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A story of a young Missouri lady putting off med school for a crack at NYCB:

Greetings...

Something to look forward to in the spring season...a ballet choreographed by Benjamin Millepied.

Also, Danses Concertantes will be returing to Sadlers Wells this October 19-23!

Kate

An appearance by NYCB dancers in Connecticut, as per the NYCB website:

The new SAB website has been launched, and among other things it lists the new apprentices:

Kaitlyn Gilliland, Tiler Peck, Rachel Piskin, Taryn Wolfe, Daniel Applebaum, William Lin-Yee, Troy Schumacher, and Giovanni Villalobos

Congratulations to them!
Kate

This isn't about the winter season, but the NY Times reports that Nilas Martins & his group of NYCB dancers were denied visas to take part in the International Festival of Ballet in Havana.

Not to get into politics, but this kind of visa refusal is beyond ridiculous, and since other US dancers apparently will be attending, there must be some other issue involved.

The other 19+ other countries have no problem allowing their dancers to visit Cuba, and the US regularly allows other dancers and the national fencing team to go to Havana for competitions and performances. So it seems just odd that this request was turned down, and turned down repeatedly. Not to mention that it's almost comical that the refusal came from the Treasury Department.

It seems very hypocritical to welcome Cuban dancers to live and dance here, but then to forbid our own dancers from performing in Cuba. If art can't bring the world together, than nothing can.

On a side note, Martins must now be an American citizen, as I belive he wouldn't have this kind of problem travelling on a Danish passport.

Kate

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Departures...

Lindy Mandradjieff and Robert Tewsley have left NYCB. Best wishes to them for the future plans.

Kate

Does anyone know where Lindy M. is headed? She was a lovely dancer.

Yes.....please let us know where Lindy is headed. I am so surprised. She danced wonderfully at OCPAC last month on the NYCB tour.

Lindy, sadly I think is semi-retired, atleast for now. I believe she is teaching at Pittsburgh Youth Ballet, where she trained while growing up. She is such a talent, sad loss for NYCB

Casting for the opening gala and the first few 'Nutcrackers' has been posted. The gala has no new ballets, except the NYCB debut of Martins' 'Octet', which was originally choreographed for the Royal Danish Ballet last year. The opening night cast at the Royal Theatre included Andrew Bowman, Silja Schandorff, Kristoffer Sakurai and Yao Wei. Based on my knowledge of both the RDB and NYCB dancers, I would guess that Hanna and Kistler will be dancing thr roles originated by Bowman and Schandorff, while Hanna and Bouder will take on the other two principal roles.

OPENING NIGHT GALA
Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at 7:30pm

Octet*: BOUDER*, KISTLER*, MILLEPIED*, HANNA*
    Pause
Liturgy: WHELAN, SOTO
    Pause
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux: SYLVE*, ASKEGARD
    Intermission
I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, KOWROSKI, RINGER, HIGGINS, NEAL, MARCOVICI

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™
November 26 - November 28, 2004
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 8:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: KOWROSKI
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: SYLVE
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, HIGGINS
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Flower, S.R.: BAR
Flower, S.L.: MULLER
Doll (Girl): HYLTIN
Doll (Boy): FLYNN
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: SETH
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: FOWLER

SATURDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 27, 2:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: TAYLOR
Marzipan: FAIRCHILD
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: HENDRICKSON
Candy Cane: DE LUZ
Mother Ginger: J. STAFFORD
Flower, S.R.: KEENAN
Flower, S.L.: BESKOW
Doll (Girl): PISKIN*
Doll (Boy): PECK*
Soldier: LAURENT*
Mouse King: ORZA
Drosselmeier: FAYETTE
Hostess: BAR
Host: la COUR

SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 8:00 PM [Quinn]
Sugarplum: WEESE
Cavalier: BOAL
Dewdrop: BOUDER
Marzipan: RIGGINS
Hot Chocolate: ABERGEL, FOWLER
Coffee: HANSON
Tea: CARMENA
Candy Cane: SUOZZI
Mother Ginger: TWORZYANSKI*
Flower, S.R.: RUTHERFORD
Flower, S.L.: TINSLEY
Doll (Girl): ZUNGRE*
Doll (Boy): PAZCOGUIN
Soldier: SEVERINI
Mouse King: RAMASAR
Drosselmeier: KRAMAREVSKY
Hostess: BESKOW
Host: J. STAFFORD*

SUNDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 28, 1:00 PM [Kaplow]
Sugarplum: KOWROSKI
Cavalier: ASKEGARD
Dewdrop: SYLVE
Marzipan: TINSLEY
Hot Chocolate: RUTHERFORD, HIGGINS
Coffee: REICHLEN
Tea: ULBRICHT
Candy Cane: GOLD
Mother Ginger: RAMASAR
Flower, S.R.: BAR
Flower, S.L.: MULLER
Doll (Girl): HYLTIN
Doll (Boy): FLYNN
Soldier: FROMAN
Mouse King: SETH
Drosselmeier: La FOSSE
Hostess: ABERGEL
Host: FOWLER

SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 5:00 PM [Moredock]
Sugarplum: BORREE
Cavalier: HÜBBE
Dewdrop: TAYLOR
Marzipan: FAIRCHILD
Hot Chocolate: GOLBIN, SETH
Coffee: ARTHURS
Tea: HENDRICKSON
Candy Cane: DE LUZ
Mother Ginger: J. STAFFORD
Flower, S.R.: KEENAN
Flower, S.L.: BESKOW
Doll (Girl): PISKIN
Doll (Boy): PECK
Soldier: LAURENT
Mouse King: ORZA
Drosselmeier: FAYETTE
Hostess: BAR
Host: la COUR

Other tidbits from the company:

BROADCAST ALERT: THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
New York City Ballet will again be featured in the annual Macy’s Day Parade on Thursday, November 25. NYCB Soloists Megan Fairchild and Tom Gold and students from the School of American Ballet will appear on the “Angelina Ballerina” float and perform an excerpt from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™. In the New York City metropolitan area, the parade will be broadcast on WNBC (Channel 4) from 9:00am until Noon (EST). Check local guides for channel and times in your area. The Macy’s Day Parade is typically seen by 45 million viewers worldwide.

LINCOLN CENTER TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY
The public is invited to join Lincoln Center for the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Lincoln Center Plaza on Monday, November 29 beginning at 5:30pm. Representatives from all Lincoln Center constituents, including NYCB, will be participating. This year’s event will be bigger and better than ever. Please be with us for this free, festive start to the holiday season. The ceremony will be broadcast throughout the New York City metropolitan area on WABC (Channel 7) beginning at 5:30pm (EST)

Mention of Peter Boal's last performance with the NYCB in Lawrence Van Gelder's 'Art, Briefly' column in the New York Times:

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It is gratifying to read (above) that Jennifer Dunning (who contributed the item on Mr. Boal) considers PNB to be a "major American ballet troupe, both artistically and in terms of its performance schedule and repertory."

Greetings

Congratulations to Vincent Paradiso, who has just recently gotten his corps contract!

Kate