This Friday is New York City Ballet’s first annual Dancers’ Choice evening, which was programmed and cast by Principal Dancer Jonathan Stafford, and features a world premiere ballet by dancers Adam Hendrickson (choreographer) and Aaron Severini (composer) among excerpts from a variety of ballets by Balanchine, Robbins, Martins, and Wheeldon.
Tickets are specially priced at $45 and $25. All proceeds from the evening will go to benefit the Dancers’ Emergency Fund, which exists to help dancers in times of extraordinary need.
There will also be a Silent Auction, as well as two film clips we’ve been working on (”The Monarch” about Adam and Aaron’s new work, and “When We Were Kids” featuring footage of NYCB dancers when they were little.)
Should be an exciting program, and it’s for a good cause. Maybe we’ll see you there!
Cool weather/highway-driving helmet.
Back in it’s resting spot.
So my time in Saratoga Springs with NYCB is now officially over…
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I returned to the city yesterday, arriving tired but in one piece. (Can’t exactly say the same for all the buggies decorating the front of my helmet.)
I thought I’d give you one last little montage of images that haven’t made it on yet, before going back into NYC-posting mode….
Aaron Severini, dancer and composer extraordinaire,
in the SPAC parking lot. (that’s Adrian on his Vespa in the background.) I’m still kicking myself for missing his concert at the National Arts Club last month, but I’ll be sure to make it next time and give all of you plenty of notice as well!
The pool portion of the historic Victoria Pool.
(I think I only showed you the lounge area before.) This was a nice place to try to squeeze in some aquatic physical therapy. Wish there were one of these downtown.
My favorite person rode up to spend July 4th with me.
We had grand plans of trying to fit in a stop at Victoria Pool, or a quick ride up to Lake George, but alas, it rained for the entire 24 hours that he was here. Check out the fun stuff he designed for an article about improving the Bloomberg Terminal.
The SPAC dressing room scene.
Look, windows!
The Parting Glass, a downtown Saratoga Pub.
After the show on Friday night this was the only place in town that we could find still serving food. It gradually became populated with more and more dancers as the evening progressed.
Note to Saratoga restaurants… if you serve food late, they will come.
Joe from the NYCB press department, giving Mr. Albert Evans a final approval of photos appearing in the next brochure.
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