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WATCH NY EXPORT OPUS JAZZ WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON PBS!

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 24th, at 8:00, the new film made by New York City Ballet dancers Ellen Bar and  Sean Suozzi, along with directors Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes, will air nationally on PBS.

I was sent a preview tape but I'd rather wait until everyone has a chance to see it to discuss. It's about an hour long. The first 45 minutes is a movie of current New York City Ballet dancers dancing the original choreography of Jerome Robbins's 1958 dance New York Export: Opus Jazz. The d...

DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON TEN PREMIERE

I wrote about last night's show here.

PAUL TAYLOR

Before Corella Ballet moved into City Center, Paul Taylor Dance Company had their month-long season there, in celebration this year of Paul Taylor's 80th birthday. I didn't go to as many performances as last year, but went to see the two new dances premiering this season: Also Playing (pictured above) – a sweetly funny tribute to Vaudeville, and Brief Encounters, by turns sensual, mysterious, unsettling, and funny, and danced all in black underwear with golden lighting by James Ingalls. I...

CORELLA BALLET OPENING NIGHT NYC

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Photos top to bottom: Angel and Carmen Corella in Solea, Herman Cornejo and Adiarys Almeida in Sunny Duet, and Corella Ballet cast in Christopher Wheeldon's DGV. All photos by Rosalie O'Connor.

Last night Corella Ballet Castilla Y Leon made their U.S. debut. It was one of the best evenings I've had at the ballet since ABT ended their Met season last July. Angel Corella (beloved ABT principal and founder of this company) is known of course for his bravura dancing, his ability to form a...

GUINNESS CUPCAKES?!

They're included with the special $22 prix fixe dinner tonight at Good Enough to Eat, a wonderful UWS eatery. Yum!  Unfortunately, don't know if I'll be able to make it; I'll be at City Center for Corella Ballet's United States debut!

Also currently showing in NY is Keigwin + Company at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea. It's their first full season on that stage. They're one of my favorite modern dance companies and if you're in NY I highly recommend them. Here's a promo video:

And here's an early...

NEW "BAD BOYS": DANNY TIDWELL AND JAKOB KARR

So You Think You Can Dance alumni Danny Tidwell and Jakob Karr have joined Rasta Thomas's Bad Boys of Dance and will be touring with that company this summer. I'm very glad to hear this for Bad Boys' sake since all I could keep thinking the last time I saw them perform at the Joyce was how much better it would be if all of the dancers were at Rasta's level. All of the dancers he had were good, but he was just … Rasta! Now he's got more star power up there with him.

In other SYTYCD news, Alex W...

SWALLOW IS A BOTYA FINALIST

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You guys! My book is a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award finalist!