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Blog 95: Reckless/Feckless
95. Reckless/Feckless: Ratmansky’s Paquita Grand Pas, Martins’ Swan Lake, and NYCB Performances, reviewed by Pippa Hammet ...
M.P.
Jun 3017 min read
Blog 94: Surrealisms
94. Surrealisms: N.Y.C. Ballerinas, Corbet’s Brutalist, Schulz’s Street, Bonomini’s Novices and Pynchon’s Lot 49 , reviewed by ...
M.P.
Mar 1311 min read
Blog 93: The Way of the Balletomane
93. The Way of the Balletomane : Fancy Free ’s 80th , Abraham’s Dear Lord, Campo’s The Unforgiveable, Baker’s Anora and Audiard’s...
M.P.
Feb 610 min read
Blog 92: Category Slippage
92. Category Slippage: Robert Beavers, Ingmar Bergman, Schanelec’s “Musik,” and White’s “Nocturnes for the King of Naples”, reviewed by...
M.P.
Dec 22, 202411 min read
Blog 91: Sanctuaries
91. Sanctuaries: NYCB’s “Bourrée Fantasque”, Sondheim’s “Merrily”, “La Chimera” and “Snow Country”, reviewed by Pippa Hammet ...
M.P.
Sep 19, 202410 min read
Blog 90: Auspicious
90. Auspicious: The Ballerina, Movie Actresses, and Kawabata’s Three Half-Sisters, reviewed by Cheryl S. Everything is up in the air. ...
M.P.
Jun 20, 202410 min read
Blog 89: Celebration
89. Celebration: New York City Ballet at Seventy-Five, an Editorial by Michael Porter A festival in the arts justifies itself when what...
M.P.
Feb 25, 20247 min read
Blog 88: Transits
88. Transits: “Carnaval”, “Ariane”, “The Future Future”, and “Barbie”, reviewed by Cheryl S. Sandy has begun a new pas de deux for...
M.P.
Nov 20, 20238 min read
Blog 87: Intersubjectivity
87. Intersubjectivity: American Ballet Theatre, Proust’s Folios, Kafka’s Diaries, and Petzold’s “Afire”, reviewed by Master Raro It is...
M.P.
Oct 19, 202310 min read
Blog 86: Retrievals
86. Retrievals: New York City Ballet’s Spring Season and James Purdy biography, reviewed by Sandy News from Paris! Albertine has...
M.P.
Aug 9, 202310 min read
Blog 85: Identity Issues
85. Identity Issues: Manzoni’s “The Betrothed”, Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid”, and White’s “The Humble Lover”, reviewed by Pippa Hammet Our...
M.P.
Jun 21, 202310 min read
Blog 84: I AM A ROBOT
84. I AM A ROBOT: “Copland Dance Episodes: A Ballet by Justin Peck”, reviewed by Robby the BalletBot [Editorial Note: Herewith, the...
M.P.
May 20, 20236 min read
Blog 83: Contraband
83. Contraband: New York City Ballet’s Winter Season, the complete “Chips” Channon, and “Le pupille”, reviewed by Sandy Cheryl and I...
M.P.
Apr 5, 202311 min read
Blog 82: Security
82. Security: End-of-Year Movies and “Spare”, reviewed by Master Raro Lockdown has a new meaning here at Ebersdorf Tower. Our dear...
M.P.
Mar 14, 202310 min read
Blog 81: ModCons
81. ModCons: Paul Taylor season, the N.Y. Philharmonic, “Mr. B”, “Arthur Miller” and Broadway’s “Some Like It Hot”, reviewed by Pippa...
M.P.
Jan 16, 202310 min read
Blog 80: Too Much
80. Too Much: New York City Ballet, “Tar”, “Blonde”, “Decision To Leave”, and “Amsterdam”, reviewed by Master Raro I suppose that I am...
M.P.
Dec 8, 202211 min read
Blog 79: Conventions
79. Conventions: Sarasota Ballet, “Elizabeth Finch” and “Peter von Kant” reviewed by Louise Ebersdorf After consultation with my dear...
M.P.
Nov 6, 202210 min read
Blog 78: Increments
78. Increments: ABT, “Nope” and “Louisa Pallant” reviewed by Master Raro You have doubtless heard classic stories about I.W....
M.P.
Sep 19, 202210 min read
Blog 77: Self-Made
77. Self-Made: Reviews of Books and “The Rake’s Progress” by Pippa Hammet When our boss, Louise Ebersdorf, makes up her mind – and...
M.P.
Aug 19, 202210 min read
Blog 76: Distressed
76. Distressed: Ballet, Opera, Film and Two Biographies, reviewed by Sandy Our employer, Louise Ebersdorf, called me in for a private...
M.P.
Jul 6, 202210 min read
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