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  1. Ivy Lin
    Serious question: has anyone ever tried to dance La Sylphide exactly the way Marie Taglioni would have danced it, WITHOUT the modern pointe shoe? Here are her ballet slippers and there is no hard block at all. Curious if modern ballerinas could hold themselves up purely with their foot strength like Marie:
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    I saw this tonight. Gorgeous! Ida Praetorius and Jon Axel Fransson were lovely. It's so different from the last Hubbe production. Just what I needed.
  3. Ivy Lin
    I saw O'Sullivan and Sambe danced the Tchai pas in NYC in 2018 and was blown away by their energy and allegro dancing. I was looking forward to watching them again and while there were some very good things I too was disappointed. It just didn't have the zip and sparkle I remember their performances having in NYC. I thought it was a bit affected and precious. However the rest of the program was great. I LOVED Monotones II -- such a peaceful, tranquil ballet. Also loved Yasmine Naghdi in Concerto's second movement. Osipova's Dying Swan was definitely not the graceful, elegiac solo I'm used to but it was very vivid. Loved the Rhapsody pas de deux.
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    I wrote a review of the new works for bachtrack: https://bachtrack.com/review-video-new-york-city-ballet-digital-fall-lincoln-center-october-2020
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    The DAAG excerpt was exquisite.
  6. Ivy Lin
    Loved Symphonic Dances!
  7. Ivy Lin
    I loved the SAB workshop. Wow at Mira Nadon. I remember not being able to go to that performance and people telling me "you missed a perfromance of a lifetime." Now I get to see it!
  8. Ivy Lin
    RDB is streaming Diamonds. It has a geo-block but is easily accessible if you remove the geo-block via a VPN program.
  9. Ivy Lin
    Not ballet but Hamilton on Disney Plus is AWESOME! Omg. https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2020/07/hamilton-on-disney-plus-happy.html
  10. Ivy Lin
    I usually save the videos to my computer and watch them later.
  11. Ivy Lin
    Hmm if anything one thing the streaming has done is made me realize the greatness of some of the more regional companies. For example I had never seen much Perm Ballet but I look forward to their streams now -- they have a lovely, understated classical style. Not as distinct as the Mariinsky or Bolshoi but very beautiful. Also really enjoying Ballet Arizona, Pennsylvania Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, etc.
  12. Ivy Lin
    I used a VPN program and was able to watch the Rubies.
  13. Ivy Lin
    I follow her on IG and it seems she now teaches at the Ballet West academy. She posted an IG story of her teaching today.
  14. Ivy Lin
    Recent NYCB Apollos have been CHase Finlay (obviously not going to show him), Adrian Danchig-Waring, Gonzalo Garcia, Taylor Stanley. All were in their own way wonderful, I think Stanley chooses a less noble, more childlike interpretation.
  15. Ivy Lin
    It was overall a wonderful gala. Here were some of my favorite moments: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-best-moments-from-met-at-home-gala.html
  16. Ivy Lin
    Allegro Brillante was AWESOME!
  17. Ivy Lin
    This upcoming week at the Met in streeams ... the Coviddammerung: https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2020/03/covidammerung-end-of-world-in-met.html
  18. Ivy Lin
    What I'm reading between the lines were that there were no issues with children at the Royal Ballet School but that there might have been many other issues with the Royal Ballet company that they're not willing to disclose at the time.
  19. Ivy Lin
    Well for those who want to stream the Met website here's my totally irreverent thoughts on the Met HD's being streamed. Stay safe everyone, wash your hands! https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2020/03/for-covid-apocalypse.html
  20. Ivy Lin
    Penelope did JK sound actually indisposed or like he was marking? I've heard both from him (along with some very magnificent nights). IMO he tends to be a somewhat variable artist.
  21. Ivy Lin
    I don't think Meghan is tragic either but I just had fun writing this. For one the overwrought press coverage really was operatic. I half expected some of the royal rota to break out in a mad scene.
  22. Ivy Lin
    Episodes has always been an odd duck in the Balanchine canon but with the Paul Taylor solo back in it makes so much more sense.
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    The revival of Episodes with the Paul Taylor solo was amazing! https://humbledandoverwhelmed.blogspot.com/2020/02/nycbs-episodes-wakes-up-sleepy-winter.html
  24. Ivy Lin
    I live in the U.S. But bascially this isn't complaining about one thing. The curtain went up and she was complaining. It happened nonstop throughout the performance. She was just chatting with her companion DURING THE PERFORMANCE about how awful it was, like she was watching this on her TV in the living room.
  25. Ivy Lin
    Anyone run into a negative Nancy sitting next to you? I was at the ballet the other night and this woman behind me would not stop complaining about the performance ... during the performance. Everyone was "awful," numerous attempts to shush her did not work. She was so miserable I thought she'd be gone after the interval but nope she stayed, to complain some more. I wondered why she even left the house as she was determined to be miserable.
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