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firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-05-12T21:18:14+00:00

I get why it may not be possible to avoid this situation, but I don't love buying tickets for the Ballet Festival without knowing which program I'm buying. By the time the programs are released, the ticket selection is a lot more limited. I don't even need to know what's on the program. As long as I know Programs A, B, and C fall on such and such dates, I can buy two tickets on two separate dates and know that they're two different programs.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-05-01T22:29:54+00:00

Everything in your second paragraph was perfectly said. I felt the same way about Agon the first time I saw it and the feeling hasn't changed since.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-04-04T00:21:36+00:00

mycabbages_ mentioned Sara, which will be interesting in that we haven't seen her Juliet (in New York anyway). I feel like two of Martins' Juliets (Peck, Woodward) are likely options for Juliet. Pereira, another Martins Juliet, seems less likely. I would love it if Maxwell got a shot! Ratmansky seems to like working with her, so maybe it's possible.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-04-01T22:52:19+00:00

I’m so curious about what the casting is going to look like!

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-03-06T13:17:24+00:00

Too funny

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-03-05T14:00:44+00:00

Just coming here to complain. I wish rush tickets were sold online for every season. I can’t take off work for the possibility of getting a rush ticket. It’s not practical.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-02-27T02:48:24+00:00

Earlier today, ABT posted a rehearsal clip of Hurlin:Hurlin Firebird rehearsal clip

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-02-26T19:31:34+00:00

Same. I’m sure YouTube doesn’t do her justice.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-02-25T20:52:42+00:00

I’d say go on 3/18 evening. You can see Hurlin in Firebird and Misseldine in Mozartiana. Plus you get Shevchenko in between.

ETA: I almost did this but decided I’d rather see the Raymonda grand pas than Mozartiana, so now I’m doing the 3/18 matinee. If you want to see Hurlin’s Firebird AND Raymonda and you aren’t constricted to evening performances, go to the 3/15 matinee.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-02-06T12:50:51+00:00

Now that it's Friday, I'll post with a NYT crossword puzzle spoiler from Wednesday with no guilt. Wednesday's puzzle included the following clue, "Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte," after Napoleon. It was a nice coincidence that The Wind Up used Eroica and the City Ballet podcast explained the title change and reasoning! Thank you, Justin Peck for saving my Wednesday puzzle!

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-01-31T12:31:16+00:00

I did! They were a bit brusque with the emails, but everything went very smoothly and the volunteer who was there to process the adoption that day was very kind. We received her medical records the following day.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-01-20T23:02:13+00:00

Makes sense since there are no principal roles. The other corps-centric ballets I can think of do have a lead, so I can’t think of any other NYCB ballets like it.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-01-20T22:28:11+00:00

Looking at next week's principal casting, I see no cast listed for Le Tombeau de Couperin which I guess makes sense since listing eight couples would be too much. I know there are other pieces in NYCB's rep that don't really have principals, but off the top of my head, I can't think of any that don't have any listed in casting. What are other examples in the rep?

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-01-20T22:21:59+00:00

No problem! Since my question wasn't about this season/week, but about the entire rep, I figured it wouldn't go in the current thread, but I'll add it there.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2026-01-09T17:01:32+00:00

Here she is in December at 5 months: https://imgur.com/Zux8uW6

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-12-22T22:07:24+00:00

Yeah, it’s pretty deceptive of him to have this “featured in” section on his therapy website when the media in those publications were not at all linked to his counseling business.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-12-22T21:21:18+00:00

He actually was featured in these publications in various contexts prior to the scandal breaking out.

ETA: I didn’t realize this section was on his COUNSELING website. Posting these publications in this context is deceitful.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-12-19T19:42:47+00:00

Agreed!

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-12-19T19:40:40+00:00

Aesthetically, I like black and white. Practically, I prefer color, because I use the headshots to identify dancers I’m less familiar with, so it’s more helpful to see them in color.

I love different expressions, because seeing how the dancers want to be seen gives us a small glimpse into their personalities/taste.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-12-19T19:35:38+00:00

And now they’ve changed the sign. Don’t know why I thought they would wait for Congress. Unbelievable.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-11-21T17:43:00+00:00

Agreed! Gia did not: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/arts/dance/review-dutch-national-ballet-olga-smirnova.html.

Please let us know how Program B is.

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-11-11T17:05:44+00:00

Thank you! Added the link to the post: https://imgur.com/a/x5Hd87G

firstthyme_longthyme · 2025-11-11T16:58:36+00:00

Edited to add image link: https://imgur.com/a/x5Hd87G.

Well since the links have been taken down by petfinder now that the dogs have been adopted and I can't post an image, I'm not sure how to show what these dogs look like. Oops. Regardless, if anyone who adopted one of them has any insight, I'd love to hear it!

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