ALL DAY AT ABT: ALL AMERICAN AND ALL ASHTON PROGRAMS

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Last Saturday I had my first crazy ABT day where I spent the whole day at Lincoln Center, seeing both matinee and evening performances. I'll do the same tomorrow with two Sleeping Beauties – can't miss Alina Cojocaru (who I've never seen before) guesting from the Royal Ballet in the lead, and then in the evening the spectacular Natalia Osipova.

Anyway, last Saturday the matinee was their All-American program; the evening was the All-Ashton. The All-American opened with Twyla Tharp's...