alison Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Thank you for posting, Ivy Lin. It's good to see you back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Joaquin de Luz made his farewell to NYCB after a long and illustrious career: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2018/10/farewell-joaquin.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Allen Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Thanks for this posting. It's the best and most balanced summary of the Fall season I've seen. Your comments are really appreciated and the video of de Luz' final curtain is memorable (not forgetting the useful voice-over when his mother appeared!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 11 hours ago, Douglas Allen said: Thanks for this posting. It's the best and most balanced summary of the Fall season I've seen. Your comments are really appreciated and the video of de Luz' final curtain is memorable (not forgetting the useful voice-over when his mother appeared!). Thank you! It really was a wonderful farewell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 The first week of winter season at nycb had a lot of debuts: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/01/city-ballet-winter-season-brings-new.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Justin Peck's Principia, Herman Schmerman Revival, and other NYCB Winter Season Diaries: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/02/nycb-winter-diaries-justin-pecks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Some debuts in NYCB's Sleeping Beauty: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/02/nycbs-sleeping-beauty-has-radiant-new.html Plus I am officialyl writing for Bachtrack! https://bachtrack.com/review-to-create-a-world-gallim-dance-joyce-theater-new-york-city-february-2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Congratulations, Ivy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Wow - congratulations Ivy Lin, and lucky Bachtrack! I meant to reply about how much I enjoyed reading your NYCB review a couple of weeks ago a really honest review of what sounds like a mixed bag of performances. The Kyle Abraham ballet looks terrific from that clip (and I speak as one with zero knowledge or appreciation of hip-hop). Completely agree - from what I heard - about the Sufjan Stevens score for the Peck, which is somehow offensively bland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 41 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: Wow - congratulations Ivy Lin, and lucky Bachtrack! I meant to reply about how much I enjoyed reading your NYCB review a couple of weeks ago a really honest review of what sounds like a mixed bag of performances. The Kyle Abraham ballet looks terrific from that clip (and I speak as one with zero knowledge or appreciation of hip-hop). Completely agree - from what I heard - about the Sufjan Stevens score for the Peck, which is somehow offensively bland. Thank you! I'm still going to be reviewing dance on my blog simply because I see more dance than I can cover in single performances but I'm really excited for this new gig at bachtrack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Oh - one very frivolous question I have about the Peck is: what’s with the tights-over-leotard look? I get that it’s a “rehearsal clothes” thing, but it seems to be particularly popular at NYCB, or at least that’s my perception. (I can’t say I’m an admirer.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: Oh - one very frivolous question I have about the Peck is: what’s with the tights-over-leotard look? I get that it’s a “rehearsal clothes” thing, but it seems to be particularly popular at NYCB, or at least that’s my perception. (I can’t say I’m an admirer.) I think it's a practice clothes thing but it became an actual costume in Peck's new work. I've never seen it this way in an actual costume. Balanchine probably would have been appalled -- he was such a fan of the clean leotard look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 William Forsythe used it in In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated - or is it a different look from that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 It’s this look: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I think I preferred the Forsythe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) I should clarify that I meant this look seems particularly in vogue as practice clothes at NYCB: I can only recall seeing it once in photos of class/rehearsals at the RB but quite often at NYCB. I suppose it’s just what the cool kids there do? Edited February 22, 2019 by Lizbie1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterankles Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 It makes the legs look longer - that's all, more attractive for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 I think it also makes it easier to change a pair of tights if one rips during practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stucha Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Ivy Lin, are you intending to go to Houston to review the new Sylvia? Seems like a lot of fun. And it's not every day that this ballet is revived especially in the USA. I think Mark Morris's version was the last but I don't know whether it has ever been revived. I saw the livestream of the new Vienna production last year but it didn't appeal to me. Keep up the good work! Edited February 24, 2019 by stucha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 6 hours ago, stucha said: Ivy Lin, are you intending to go to Houston to review the new Sylvia? Seems like a lot of fun. And it's not every day that this ballet is revived especially in the USA. I think Mark Morris's version was the last but I don't know whether it has ever been revived. I saw the livestream of the new Vienna production last year but it didn't appeal to me. Keep up the good work! No but I am thinking of going to Philly to review PABallet's new Giselle production. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I;ve got a new bachtrack article! https://bachtrack.com/review-all-balanchine-new-york-city-ballet-lincoln-center-february-2019 I also did a wrapup of the Winter Season which had sme backstage drama and finally the appointment of permanent leaders at NYCB: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-review-of-nycb-at-bachtrack-winter.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Hi I'm now reviewing more for bachtrack. This was my review of the Spring Gala at NYCB: https://bachtrack.com/review-spring-gala-new-york-city-ballet-may-2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 Some thoughts on the spring season at NYCB: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/05/nycb-spring-diaries-new-era.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Thanks Ivy. I look forward to reading these over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 I reviewed more for bachtrack: A triple bill at NYCB: https://bachtrack.com/review-classic-nycb-judah-dances-gathering-stars-stripes-new-york-may-2019 ABT's Harlequinade: https://bachtrack.com/review-ratmansky-harlequinade-american-ballet-theatre-may-2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Amar Ramasar makes his return to NYCB: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/05/spring-diaries-nycb-brings-back-brahms.html 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 The SAB workshop, plus Ratmansky's The Seasons, and NYCB's closing out with Midsummer's Night Dream: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/06/spring-diaries-abts-seasons-sab.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 I was at Roberto Bolle's farewell to ABT last night: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/06/abt-says-farewell-to-roberto-bolle.html 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 I attended Ratmansky's Sleeping Beauty recon: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2019/07/ratmanskys-sleeping-beauty-closes-out.html And my separate review for bachtrack: https://bachtrack.com/review-sleeping-beauty-ratmansky-trenary-gorak-abt-new-york-july-2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Thanks IvyLin. I don’t know how I missed all these, but they have entertained and informed during a long bus ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Kent Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Are there any balletcoforum folks in LA watching the Royal Ballet. I've just read in today's links Lewis Segal's less that adulatory review of Kenneth McMillan's masterpiece Mayerling... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOSS Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) No one is obliged to admire MacMillan or treat his works as if they were the culmination of twentieth century choreographic developments or him as the greatest choreographer who ever trod earth. There are those who think that most of his works are overrated and Lewis Segal would appear to be one of them. He does after all have the benefit of living in a country where he is not exposed to annual revivals of MacMillan's three act dram-ballets or subject to the influence of the institutionalised cult of Kenneth MacMillan master choreographer. I tend to think that the Royal Ballet's neglect of Antony Tudor's major early works has little to do with the fact that they were made for Ballet Rambert and a great deal to do with the fact that MacMillan's works would suffer in comparison. If you compare Tudor's Jardin aux Lilas and Dark Elegies or his later work Pillar of Fire with MacMillan's output Tudor is a master of succinct narrative and subtle characterisation where Macmillan tends to be long winded,resorting to complex Bolshoi-style lifts where Tudor would say it all with a glance , a shift of the head and natural body language integrated into his choreography. Edited July 8, 2019 by FLOSS 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Ouch, FLOSS. When it was announced I wasn’t sure that Mayerling was a wise choice for LA but, at least, the one review we have seen was positive about the company’s quality in depth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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