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Korean Joo Won Ahn joined ABT last year. At Saturday night’s Cinderella, closing night of ABT’s Met Opera season, together with Sterling Baca—(you DID go to see his Rothbart a week ago, as I advised last December on the Barre … Continue reading →

I live in a rent-stabilized studio apartment,  and by now the hefty annual increases have pushed the rent up to where it is probably 2/3 of market value. That, of course, is not sufficient to satisfy the landlord. It was … Continue reading →

“It’s a very interesting piece,” the Chief  said when I sent him my “Conversation with Nora White.” “P-p-p-p-lease Chief,” I said, “Can we get it into the next issue so that it is published before White’s 90th?” (August 23) And … Continue reading →

Absolutely essential reporting by DW Gibson and Michael Sorkin in The Nation on the increasingly aggressive harassment of rent-controlled and stabilized tenants: “The Inside Story on Dumping Tenants and Making a Fortune in New York City Real Estate.”It comes at … Continue reading →

“On their night off, Peggy Guggenheim invited the entire company to a party at her palazzo, across the Grand Canal from the Piazza San Marco. Dusk was coming on and lanterns were strung everywhere. Lavish platters of hors d’oeuvres were … Continue reading →

In the current, Summer 2015 issue of Ballet International there’s a lot of coverage of Peter Quanz’s choreography as well as an obit by him on Elena. She brought him to the Mariinsky in 2007 to create the ballet Aria … Continue reading →

Just as austerity in the United States has been a scam designed to funnel money to the one percent, while bringing catastrophe to so many in the balance of society, as well as short-changing societal-at-large needs like education, infrastructure–in other … Continue reading →

I recently read that a teacher of mine in junior high school had gone on to become a principal somewhere else, was now retired and teaching as an adjunct in the education dep’t of a university. And I realized that … Continue reading →

Asia is sending the world better and better dancers. The Mariinsky’s Kimin Kim was guest star with ABT for Solor in La Bayadere–dancing splendidly. He definitely can deepen his characterization, but it was sound and convincing. He has a good … Continue reading →

As a teen-aged ballet lover, I once discussed the early New York City Ballet seasons with Roslyn McDonald, a family friend who went frequently in the early 1950s, when she was studying social work. An influx of men into the … Continue reading →