In George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, the dancers are dancing even before the curtain goes up.
Too bad, then, that this season’s tossed flower was a bit of a wilted one.
It took the better part of a decade—including two high-profile cancelations—or New York to finally hear Anna Netrebko in recital.
Is anyone else as amazed as I am by the following remark in the New Yorker‘s capsule item on Armida: “…an exquisite ballet fetchingly choreographed by Graciela Daniele“?
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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