Tis the season... (and three cheers to NYCB for finally changing their website so the casting list can be read on a browser other than Explorer!!!)

OPENING NIGHT GALA
Tuesday, November 22, 2005, at 7:30pm

Fearful Symmetries: SYLVE*, MARCOVICI*, WEESE, J. ANGLE*, BOUDER*, DE LUZ*, ULBRICHT, LAURENT*, PEIFFER*
Intermission
New Evans Ballet*: WHELAN*, NEAL* [Moverman, Nikkanen]
Pause
N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz: KROHN, TBA, RUTHERFORD, HALL


George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™
November 25-27, 2005

FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 8:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: SYLVE
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, HIGGINS
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: BAR, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: LAURENT
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: la COUR

SATURDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 26, 2:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: MARCOVICI
Dewdrop: FAIRCHILD
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, FOWLER
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: BESKOW, LOWERY*
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Hostess: HANSON*
Host: SETH

SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 8:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: WHELAN
Cavalier: MARTINS
Dewdrop: REICHLEN
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY+
Marzipan: EDGE
Hot Chocolate: BARAK, J. STAFFORD
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: HENDRICKSON
Candy Cane: SEVERINI
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: LARACEY, LeCRONE*
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING*
Soldier: PARADISO
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI*
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: FOWLER

SUNDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 27, 1:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: SYLVE
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, HIGGINS
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: BAR, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: LAURENT
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: la COUR

SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 5:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: MARCOVICI
Dewdrop: FAIRCHILD
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, FOWLER
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: BESKOW, LOWERY
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Hostess: HANSON
Host: SETH

John Rockwell previews the Nutcracker:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/25/arts/ ... 5nutc.html

More castings.... the Tuesday matinee looks to be a great chance to see some of the new/newer company members in action: debuts from Vincent Paradiso as Tea, Giovanni Villalobos as Candy Cane, Tiler Peck as Marzipan, William Yin-Lee as the Mouse King and Savannah Lowery as Coffee.


TUESDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 29, 11:00 AM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: FAIRCHILD
Cavalier: DE LUZ
Dewdrop: SCHELLER
Marzipan: *PECK
Hot Chocolate: MULLER, RAMASAR
Coffee: *LOWERY
Tea: *PARADISO
Candy Cane: *VILLALOBOS
Mother Ginger: DAN-WARING
Flowers: *RICARD, GOLBIN
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: SEVERINI
Mouse King: *LIN-YEE
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Hostess: HANSON
Host: FOWLER

TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 6:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: WEESE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: BESKOW, FOWLER
Coffee: BARAK
Tea: HALL
Candy Cane: ULBRICHT
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Flowers: KEENAN, *SLOAN
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: CARMENA
Mouse King: SETH
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: *ORZA

WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 6:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: MARCOVICI
Dewdrop: SYLVE
Marzipan: EDGE
Hot Chocolate: BAR, la COUR
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Flowers: RUTHERFORD, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: ULBRICHT
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Drosselmeier: la FOSSE+
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: SETH

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 6:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: RINGER
Cavalier: NEAL
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Marzipan: DRONOVA
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: SEVERINI
Mother Ginger: DAN-WARING
Flowers: RUTHERFORD, KROHN
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: SUOZZI
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Hostess: HANSON
Host: J. STAFFORD

FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 8:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: WHELAN
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: SYLVE
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, HIGGINS
Coffee: BAR
Tea: HENDRICKSON
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Flowers: BARAK, GOLBIN
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: PARADISO
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: ORZA

SATURDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 3, 2:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: FAIRCHILD
Cavalier: DE LUZ
Dewdrop: SCHELLER
Marzipan: HYLTIN
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, J. STAFFORD
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: LAURENT
Candy Cane: HALL
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Flowers: LOWERY, BESKOW
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: SEVERINI
Mouse King: SETH
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Hostess: BAR
Host: la COUR

SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 8:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: SYLVE
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: REICHLEN
Marzipan: EDGE
Hot Chocolate: BARAK, ORZA
Coffee: LOWERY
Tea: PARADISO
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: DAN-WARING
Flowers: BAR, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: CARMENA
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Hostess: HANSON
Host: J. STAFFORD

SUNDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 4, 1:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: WEESE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: FAIRCHILD
Marzipan: DRONOVA
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: *VILLALOBOS
Candy Cane: HENDRICKSON
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Flowers: LeCRONE, LARACEY
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: SUOZZI
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: ORZA

SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 5:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: SOMOGYI
Cavalier: HANNA
Dewdrop: TAYLOR
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: BAR, la COUR
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: ULBRICHT
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Flowers: RICARD, SLOAN
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: PARADISO
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: SETH

I am just curious......why isn't Aby Stafford dancing more soloist roles?
She is a fine dancer....I could see her dancing Marzipan and Dewdrop, although maybe with more reserve than some of the others cast. Same with Tinsley.....have these two danced these roles previously?

Greetings

Tinsley is dancing Marzipan next week, and has done so before. I have no idea about Abi Stafford, but there are many reasons why a dancer may not appear during all or part of the Nutcracker season - injury, illness, scheduling or guest dancing elsewhere.

Also, NYCB is often uses 'The Nutcracker' as a chance for new corps members to get experience, with more debuts and young dancers in solo roles than in the repetory seasons. With around 46 performances, soloists and principals tend to do fewer performances than corps members, so it's unusual for names to go absent for a week or two.

In this case, I think that Stafford may be dancing elsewhere. She's scheduled to dance in a Nutcracker down in Virginia on Dec. 10 and 11, and may well be guesting elsewhere as well.

Kate

Well, what do you know......a lovely mention of Jen Tinsley's lead Marzipan performance at NYCB in todays NYTimes! She took notice of the same qualities of her dancing that I admire as well......

An interesting review...comments on other boards about the same performance - referring to Sylve and Bouder - were much more positive...



Click herefor more

Holiday treats on Saturday the 10th - Reichlen's 1st Sugarplum, la Cour's first Cavalier and Peck's first Dewdrop.

And it looks to be a good Nutcracker Season - all the principal men have or are schedule to do a couple Cavaliers (except Millepied who's likely to be in Geneva rehearsing his new Nutcracker) and all of the principal women are dancing (except Kistler and Nichols, who I don't think generally do Nutcrackers anymore):

DECEMBER 6-11, 2005

TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, AT 6:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: WHELAN
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: EDGE
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: BAR
Tea: HENDRICKSON
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: A. STAFFORD, RUTHERFORD
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: CARMENA
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Hostess: HANSON
Host: FOWLER

WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, AT 6:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: WEESE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: REICHLEN
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: BAR, la COUR
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: HALL
Candy Cane: ULBRICHT
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: BARAK, GOLBIN
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: LAURENT
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: J. STAFFORD

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, AT 6:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: MARCOVICI
Dewdrop: FAIRCHILD
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: PECK
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, HIGGINS
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: PARADISO
Candy Cane: HENDRICKSON
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: BAR, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: SEVERINI
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: SETH

FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, AT 8:00 PM [Pope+]
Sugarplum: SOMOGYI
Cavalier: HANNA
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY+
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: BESKOW, FOWLER
Coffee: BARAK
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: VILLALOBOS
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: RICARD, SLOAN
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: ULBRICHT
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: HANSON
Host: ORZA

SATURDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 10, AT 2:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: REICHLEN*
Cavalier: la COUR*
Dewdrop: PECK*
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: HYLTIN
Hot Chocolate: MULLER, RAMASAR
Coffee: LOWERY
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: BESKOW, KEENAN
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: VILLALOBOS*
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: FOWLER

SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, AT 8:00 PM [Pope+]
Sugarplum: TAYLOR
Cavalier: WOETZEL
Dewdrop: SCHELLER
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY+
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, J. STAFFORD
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: VILLALOBOS
Candy Cane: SEVERINI
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: KROHN, RUTHERFORD
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: SUOZZI
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: ORZA

SUNDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 11, AT 1:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: TAYLOR
Cavalier: WOETZEL
Dewdrop: BORREE
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY+
Marzipan: DRONOVA
Hot Chocolate: BARAK, ORZA
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: LAURENT
Candy Cane: HALL
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: LARACEY, LeCRONE
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: PARADISO
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Hostess: HANSON
Host: J. STAFFORD

SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, AT 5:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: SOMOGYI
Cavalier: HANNA
Dewdrop: REICHLEN
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: SCHELLER
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, VEYETTE
Coffee: BARAK
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: LOWERY, MULLER
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: SEVERNINI
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: la COUR

Jennie Somogyi's return to the NYST stage is reviewed:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/arts/ ... 6nutc.html

DECEMBER 13-18, 2005

TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, AT 6:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: WEESE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, ORZA
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: PARADISO
Candy Cane: HENDRICKSON
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: BARAK, SLOAN
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: FOWLER

WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, AT 6:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: RINGER
Cavalier: NEAL
Dewdrop: FAIRCHILD
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Marzipan: PECK
Hot Chocolate: BESKOW, FOWLER
Coffee: BAR
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: KEENAN, LARACEY
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: CARMENA
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: HANSON
Host: ORZA

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, AT 6:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: KOWROSKI
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: A. STAFFORD
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: SCHELLER
Hot Chocolate: BAR, la COUR
Coffee: BARAK
Tea: HENDRICKSON
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: LOWERY, MULLER
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: SEVERINI
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: J. STAFFORD

FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, AT 8:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: SOMOGYI
Cavalier: J. STAFFORD
Dewdrop: REICHLEN
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: MULLER, RAMASAR
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: ULBRICHT
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: RUTHERFORD, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: SUOZZI
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Hostess: BAR
Host: la COUR

SATURDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 17, AT 2:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: BOUDER
Cavalier: J. ANGLE
Dewdrop: PECK
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Marzipan: DRONOVA
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, VEYETTE
Coffee: LOWERY
Tea: VILLALOBOS
Candy Cane: HALL
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: KROHN, LeCRONE
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: LAURENT
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: J. STAFFORD

SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, AT 8:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: MARCOVICI
Dewdrop: SCHELLER
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: HYLTIN
Hot Chocolate: BARAK, ORZA
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: HALL
Candy Cane: SEVERINI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: BAR, BESKOW
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Hostess: HANSON
Host: SETH

SUNDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 18, AT 1:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: BOUDER
Cavalier: J. ANGLE
Dewdrop: A. STAFFORD
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: BAR
Tea: LAURENT
Candy Cane: VILLALOBOS
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: LARACEY, RICARD
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: PARADISO
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: FOWLER

SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, AT 5:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: WEESE
Cavalier: HANNA
Dewdrop: PECK
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Marzipan: DRONOVA
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, VEYETTE
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: BARAK, GOLBIN
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: VILLALOBOS
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: BAR
Host: la COUR

A film about the SAB rehearsals for "The Nutcracker" will be a part of the 2006 Dance on Camera Festival:

Saturday, January 7 at 4pm:



For more information: http://www.dancefilmsassn.org/NewPages/ ... 02006.html

Three debuts in major roles on Sunday:



For more, clickhere

I saw the same cast reviewed above on Sunday afternoon and was sorely disappointed, particularly with Peck. No, particularly with la Cour. It’s a tough call. However, the kids were killers. So polished. So excited. Eager to steal every scene. Every year they are a joy to watch. Their enthusiasm is contagious to the point where at intermission, you generally see audience kids “practicing” in the aisles. Yesterday, a curly haired little girl gave the 3rd tier boxes a spontaneous vocal rendition of the Snow Flake scene along with a few steps.

Basically, the three leading adults - Reichlen, laCour and Peck - were a disappointment. Reichlen’s upper body looked like she was marking everything. The sagging elbows were most noticeable when she turned her back to walk up stage. And while there were some nice moments - big jumps, rhythmical double pirouettes with a neat finish, wonderful shoulder sits during the PdD - she still moves like she hasn’t grown into her long legs. Watching laCour, I kept asking myself “Why is this person a soloist?” Tentative, legs unstretched, feet that looked partially flexed when ascending an assemble. Peck, as Dewdrop, gave a manic performance. At the beginning of the solo where Dew starts off with the stationary bourees, she did them like a fullback at the line of scrimmage. Again, the upper body destroyed the performance - instead of it being the antithesis of what was going on with the feet and legs, Peck used her upper body to punctuate - the way the Trocks do in their performances.

The soloists were well rehearsed and for the most part were first rate - especially Craig Hall as Candy Cane and Austin Laurent as Tea. I think someone near me was snoozing during Coffee’s solo, but I thought that Rebecca Krohn was believable and well rehearsed. The corps in Snow and Waltz was super. Hats off to the dancers for maneuvering through the big blizzard during Snow.

I agree with Poohtunia but I think Reichlin gave an appropriate performance for the occasion: NYCB (who are not known for coaching) + Balanchine Nutcracker (which is probably the least magical production I've seen of all the major ones) + a matinee. She is after all still only a soloist.

I have to admit I dozed through parts of the choreography -- except for the kids, nothing much captivated me about this production. I remember having the same problem at OBT's performance a couple years ago of the same Balanchine production.

Lot of premieres next week:

Corps members Andrew Veyette, Amar Ramasar and Adrian Danchig-Waring all are scheduled for their first Cavalier and Sterling Hyltin for her first Dewdrop:

DECEMBER 19-23, 2005

MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, AT 6:00 PM [Delmoni]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: WEESE
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: SCHELLER
Hot Chocolate: MULLER, RAMASAR
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: HALL
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: BAR, A. STAFFORD
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: SEVERINI
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: HANSON
Host: FOWLER

TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, AT 6:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: WHELAN
Cavalier: MARTINS
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, J. STAFFORD
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: VILLALOBOS
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: BARAK, GOLBIN
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: SUOZZI
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Hostess: BAR
Host: la COUR

WEDNESDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 21, AT 2:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: A. STAFFORD
Cavalier: DANCHIG-WARING*
Dewdrop: FAIRCHILD
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY+
Marzipan: HYLTIN
Hot Chocolate: BESKOW, FOWLER
Coffee: KROHN
Tea: HALL
Candy Cane: HENDRICKSON
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: KEENAN, SLOAN
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: LAURENT
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: ORZA

WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, AT 6:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: SOMOGYI
Cavalier: J. STAFFORD
Dewdrop: WEESE
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: EDGE
Hot Chocolate: BAR, la COUR
Coffee: BARAK
Tea: SUOZZI
Candy Cane: ULBRICHT
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Demi-Flowers: BESKOW, LOWERY
Columbine Doll: HYLTIN
Harlequin Doll: PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: VILLALOBOS
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: HANSON
Host: SETH

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, AT 6:00 PM [Delmoni]
Sugarplum: FAIRCHILD
Cavalier: VEYETTE*
Dewdrop: REICHLEN
Drosselmeier: HENDRICKSON
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: BARAK, ORZA
Coffee: BAR
Tea: PARADISO
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: KROHN, RUTHERFORD
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: CARMENA
Mouse King: SETH
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: FOWLER

FRIDAY MATINEE, DECEMBER 23, AT 2:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: BOUDER
Cavalier: RAMASAR*
Dewdrop: HYLTIN*
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY+
Marzipan: DRONOVA
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: LAURENT
Candy Cane: SEVERINI
Mother Ginger: DANCHIG-WARING
Demi-Flowers: MULLER, RICARD
Columbine Doll: PISKIN
Harlequin Doll: KING
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: TWORZYANSKI
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: J. STAFFORD

FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, AT 8:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: RINGER
Cavalier: NEAL
Dewdrop: WEESE
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE+
Marzipan: PECK
Hot Chocolate: KEENAN, VEYETTE
Coffee: LOWERY
Tea: VILLALOBOS
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI
Demi-Flowers: LARACEY, LeCRONE
Columbine Doll: ZUNGRE
Harlequin Doll: PECK
Soldier: PARADISO
Mouse King: LIN-YEE
Hostess: HANSON
Host: SETH

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24-25
Christmas Eve & Day!
No Performances