New York City Ballet Winter Season 2003-04 (Balanchine 1

kurinuku · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:53 am

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A Night of Balanchine, Pure and Simple

By JENNIFER DUNNING
The New York Times

The New York City Ballet will open "Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration," its ambitious two-season tribute to George Balanchine, on a decidedly quiet note on Tuesday at the New York State Theater. The three ballets that will be performed — "Serenade," "Bugaku" and "Symphony in C" — are pretty much standard repertory. Business as usual, but Balanchine's business was of a high order.

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art076 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:45 pm

PBS' Live from Lincoln Center series will present "New York City Ballet and all of Lincoln Center celebrate George Balanchine’s 100th Birthday" on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 8 p.m. Found this info on the Live from Lincoln Center web site.

Hooray! Balanchine on TV...I wonder what they will present, and if it will be snippets or full ballets - and if Los Angeles's PBS affiliate will end up showing it at 2 in the morning again...

kurinuku · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:48 am

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Celebrating Balanchine, From Kinky to Classic

By ANNA KISSELGOFF
The New York Times

The New York City Ballet opened its season on Tuesday night with a low-key prelude to a high-octane celebration that begins in earnest in January.

The three ballets by George Balanchine on the program were familiar: two signature company works, "Serenade" and "Symphony in C," and the stylized "Bugaku," with Balanchine at his kinkiest and most experimental.

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Centenaries come and go, but celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Balanchine (Jan. 22, 1904) is not like an anniversary tribute to Bach (although Balanchine is certainly the Bach of choreographers).

Bach lives on through his music just as Balanchine and Frederick Ashton, also born in 1904, live on through their choreography as two of the greatest choreographers in the history of ballet.

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kurinuku · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:49 pm

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Yearlong Tribute to Balanchine Kicks Off

By JOCELYN NOVECK
The Associated Press

When the dancing ended, the undisputed star of the New York City Ballet took the stage for the night's biggest ovation.

It wasn't a dancer at all, but the late George Balanchine, one of the 20th century's great artistic minds, descending from the rafters Tuesday evening in a giant black-and-white photograph. The elegant tableau showed him in perhaps his most comfortable pose: teaching in class.

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Azlan · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2003 10:41 am

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SPEAKING OF BALANCHINE

Tobi Tobias
Arts Journal

New York City Ballet / New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC / November 25, 2003

The George Balanchine Foundation: Videotaping of Violette Verdy coaching George Balanchine's Emeralds / Samuel B. and David Rose Building, Lincoln Center, NYC / October 27, 2003

Works & Process: Balanchine's Lost Choreography / Guggenheim Museum / November 16 & 17, 2003 <a href=http://www.artsjournal.com/tobias/archives20031101.shtml#61423 target=_blank>more</a>

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:42 am

Balanchine 100 New York City Ballet New York
By Hilary Ostlere for The FT

In an auspicious opening of the year-long Balanchine Centennial Celebration, New York City Ballet presented three of his classics: Serenade,Bugaku and Symphony In C - a surefire selection for a special evening. Diverse as these ballets are, they are all benchmarks of a kind in Balanchine's career and the development of his company.

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Note: It looks as though a Sub-Editor's pen has wreaked havoc with the section of this review dealing with "Bugaku".

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kurinuku · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:54 am

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New York celebrates George Balanchine centennial

AFP

NEW YORK (AFP) - January 22, 2004 marks the centennial of the birth of George Balanchine, and New York is celebrating the heritage of the man who introduced and developed ballet in the United States.

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"He was so ahead of his time, he broke away from the old fashion, he asked us to dance faster, to jump higher, he took away the big heavy costumes, he pushed the body to the limits," says the young Texan, a member of New York City Ballet since age 13.

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ksneds · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:54 pm

Greeeings!
A roster update...Deanna McBrearty has very recently departed from the company, and her name is now been taken off of the website. Good luck to Deanna in her future endeavours!

Kate

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kurinuku · **Posted:** Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:18 am

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All Hail the Chief

By DEBORAH JOWITT
The Village Voice

By the time you read this, the New York City Ballet will be in the throes of its Nutcracker, but the program that kicked off the company's "Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration" promises the wealth to come throughout the centennial of George Balanchine's birth. It began with Serenade, the first ballet Balanchine made in America, and ended with Symphony in C, which opened the company's 1948 debut season under its new name at City Center. Between these masterpieces came the sole centennial performance of Bugaku (1963), a sort of sexy amuse-bouche for opening-night gala patrons.

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Azlan · **Posted:** Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:17 pm

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Promise and Problems As Centennial Season Opens

Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer

Tuesday the 25th was not just the opening night of the New York City Ballet winter season, but also the kick-off gala for "Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration." <a href=http://www.observer.com/pages/dance.asp target=_blank>more</a>

[Thanks, Leland, for this link.]

kurinuku · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2004 7:22 am

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Balanchine: Still the Radical in Classical Garb

By ANNA KISSELGOFF
The New York Times
January 2, 2004

I DON'T want my ballets laughed at 50 years from now." So said George Balanchine when I asked him if he wanted his works to survive him.

What did he mean? That over time ballets are distorted or modified by dancers and choreographers when their creators are gone? Yes, but more certainly he meant that tastes change, that dancing changes and that since he choreographed for his time, even if his ballets were preserved in amber, they would not speak to another age.

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kurinuku · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:32 am

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Kyra Nichols Keeps Balanchine in the Air

By GIA KOURLAS
The New York Times
January 4, 2004

Kyra Nichols is 45. No, it's not exactly young for a ballerina. But for those who didn't experience the prime of George Balanchine and his New York City Ballet, Ms. Nichols — with her luminous phrasing, regal presence and generous free spirit — makes everything O.K. Though she is a mother of two, it is difficult to imagine she ever danced better than she does now.

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ksneds · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:12 am

Hi!
Highlights for the week:

*Bojeson and Lund from the Royal Danish Ballet guesting in Flower Festival in Genzano

*Carrie Lee Riggins debuting in Scotch Symphony

*Sofiane Sylve's debut as Hippolyta (!!!)

*Seth Orza and Andrew Veyette in role debuts in Slaughter...

*Midsummer Night's Dream in January...hmmm...think warm, I guess!

With the repertory season opening tonight, here are my wishes forand some highlights of the coming Balanchine Centennial seasons...

Wishes!!
*for good health: Jared Angle, Robert Tewsley, Joaquin de Luz and Benjamin Millepied

*promotions (too many, but one can always dream):
Ulbricht, Orza, Seth, Carmena, Fowler, Hanna and Stafford. Bouder, Edge and Riggins
Janie Taylor

Highlights!
*Bojeson and Lund from the RDB guesting this week

*Susan Stroman's new ballet...from what I've heard, it sounds wonderful. Scheduled dancers include Gold, Kowroski, Woetzel, Fairchild etc.

*Igor Zelenksy guesting!

*Sylve debuting as Hippolyta this week

*A plethora of interesting seminars, presentations, displays and performances relating to the Balanchine Centennial.

*Promises of suprises and guest stars for the performance this month on Balanchine's birthday.

SO, please, don't be shy and post about your experiences at these performances and other Balanchine experiences!!

Kate

ksneds · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:22 am

Wow!!!
Now the season is really getting interesting...next week's casting is full exciting debuts.

**Ansanelli, Taylor and Bouder will be making their debuts together in Apollo, with none other than Peter Boal.
Then we get Hubbe, with Kistler, and both Sylve & Weese making their debuts.

**Joaquin De Luz will be debuting as Oberon, which is not a huge surprise. Also, Taylor & Marcovici in the Act II divertissement.

**And finally, a whole new cast in Harlequinade. And it's one fine cast.... Ansanelli, Millepied, Sylve, De Luz, Fairchild, Bouder !!! Hubbe, Edge, Borree and Tinsley also will be debuting in a later cast.

**Also, Carmena & Bouder will be doing Flower Festival in Genzano. I wonder it they have (or will) received any coaching from the Danes while they are in town. Thomas Lund is one of the Bournonville coaches for the RDB, so working with him would be a great experience.

Casting
Program and Casting Subject to Change
*First time in role
+Guest Artist
# SAB Student

JANUARY 13-18, 2004
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13 AT 7:30PM
Apollo: BOAL, ANSANELLI*, BOUDER*, TAYLOR*
Intermission
Donizetti Variations: RINGER, WOETZEL
Intermission
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue: NEAL, SYLVE, FAYETTE, VEYETTE, FOWLER, SUOZZI, FROMAN, ORZA

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14 AT 8:00PM
Concerto Barocco: BORREE, SOMOGYI, FAYETTE
Pause
Flower Festival in Genzano: BOUDER*, CARMENA*
Intermission
Apollo: HÜBBE, KISTLER, SYLVE*, WEESE*
Intermission
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue: WOETZEL, KOWROSKI, FAYETTE, VEYETTE, FOWLER, SUOZZI, HENDRICKSON, ORZA

THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15 AT 8:00PM [Mann+]
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Titania: KOWROSKI
Hippolyta: REICHLEN
Puck: ULBRICHT
Helena: ABERGEL
Hermia: TINSLEY
Butterfly: FAIRCHILD
Divertissement: TAYLOR*, MARCOVICI*
Oberon: DE LUZ*
Theseus: la COUR
Titania's Cav.: ASKEGARD
Demetrius: FOWLER
Lysander: J. STAFFORD
Bottom: ORZA

FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16 AT 8:00PM [Mann+]
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Titania: KOWROSKI
Hippolyta: REICHLEN
Puck: ULBRICHT
Helena: ABERGEL
Hermia: TINSLEY
Butterfly: FAIRCHILD
Divertissement: TAYLOR, MARCOVICI
Oberon: DE LUZ
Theseus: la COUR
Titania's Cav.: ASKEGARD
Demetrius: FOWLER
Lysander: J. STAFFORD
Bottom: ORZA

SATURDAY MATINEE, JANUARY 17 AT 2:00PM
Serenade: KISTLER, SOMOGYI, KOWROSKI, ASKEGARD, FAYETTE
Intermission
Harlequinade:
Colombine: ANSANELLI*
Pierrette: FAIRCHILD*
Le Bonne Fée: SYLVE*
Lead Alouette: BOUDER*
Harlequin: MILLEPIED*
Pierrot: DE LUZ*
Léandre: DAN-WARING*
Cassandre: KRAMAREVSKY

SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17 AT 8:00PM
Apollo: BOAL, ANSANELLI, BOUDER, TAYLOR
Intermission
Harlequinade:
Colombine: BORREE*
Pierrette: EDGE*
Le Bonne Fée: SYLVE
Lead Alouette: TINSLEY*
Harlequin: HÜBBE*
Pierrot: GOLD
Léandre: DAN-WARING
Cassandre: KRAMAREVSKY

SUNDAY MATINEE, JANUARY 18 AT 3:00PM [Quinn]
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Titania: NICHOLS
Hippolyta: SYLVE
Puck: HENDRICKSON
Helena: TAYLOR
Hermia: van KIPNIS
Butterfly: RIGGINS
Divertissement: RINGER, NEAL
Oberon: GOLD
Theseus: FOWLER
Titania's Cav.: FAYETTE
Demetrius: HIGGINS
Lysander: J. STAFFORD
Bottom: SETH

JANUARY 6-11, 2004
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6 AT 7:30PM [Mann+]
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Titania: KISTLER
Hippolyta: SOMOGYI
Puck: EVANS
Helena: ANSANELLI
Hermia: RUTHERFORD
Butterfly: EDGE
Divertissement: WEESE, SOTO
Oberon: BOAL
Theseus: SETH
Titania's Cav.: ASKEGARD
Demetrius: MARCOVICI
Lysander: HANNA
Bottom: FAYETTE

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7 AT 8:00PM
Apollo: HÜBBE, BORREE, SOMOGYI, RUTHERFORD*
Intermission
Scotch Symphony: NICHOLS, MARTINS, RIGGINS*
Intermission
Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2: WEESE, NEAL, BOUDER, VEYETTE, SUOZZI, TINSLEY, RUTHERFORD [Walters]

THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8 AT 8:00PM
Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2: WEESE, NEAL, BOUDER, ORZA, SUOZZI, TINSLEY, RUTHERFORD [Walters]
Intermission
Concerto Barocco: BORREE, SOMOGYI, HÜBBE
Intermission
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue: WOETZEL, KOWROSKI, FAYETTE, VEYETTE*, FOWLER, SUOZZI, HENDRICKSON, ORZA*

FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9 AT 8:00PM
Serenade: KISTLER, ASKEGARD, BORREE, SYLVE, FAYETTE
Intermission
Scotch Symphony: NICHOLS, MARTINS, RIGGINS
Intermission
Prodigal Son: WOETZEL, KOWROSKI, FAYETTE, GOLBIN, ABERGEL, CARMENA*, FROMAN*

SATURDAY MATINEE, JANUARY 10 AT 2:00PM [Quinn]
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Titania: KISTLER
Hippolyta: SOMOGYI
Puck: EVANS
Helena: ANSANELLI
Hermia: RUTHERFORD
Butterfly: EDGE
Divertissement: WEESE, SOTO
Oberon: BOAL
Theseus: SETH
Titania's Cav.: ASKEGARD
Demetrius: MARCOVICI
Lysander: HANNA
Bottom: FAYETTE

SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10 AT 8:00PM [Quinn]
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Titania: NICHOLS
Hippolyta: SYLVE*
Puck: HENDRICKSON
Helena: TAYLOR
Hermia: van KIPNIS
Butterfly: RIGGINS
Divertissement: RINGER, TEWSLEY
Oberon: MILLEPIED
Theseus: FOWLER
Titania's Cav.: FAYETTE
Demetrius: HIGGINS
Lysander: J. STAFFORD
Bottom: SETH

SUNDAY MATINEE, JANUARY 11 AT 3:00PM
Concerto Barocco: BORREE, SOMOGYI, HÜBBE
Pause
Flower Festival in Genzano: BOJESEN+, LUND+
Intermission
Prodigal Son: WOETZEL, KOWROSKI, FAYETTE, GOLBIN, ABERGEL, CARMENA, FROMAN
Intermission
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue: NEAL, SYLVE, FAYETTE, VEYETTE, FOWLER, SUOZZI, FROMAN, ORZA

Azlan · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:14 pm

Hmm... I'll have to see about adjusting my travel plans yet once again...


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