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Alastair Macaulay / New York Times
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"Visions of Sugar Plums"
"I'm actually surprised...that this performance was only the 2,000th...to those of us who have watched good stagings of plays, ballets and operas crumble after only a very few performances...the evergreen freshness of the Balanchine "Nutcracker" is cause for wonder...I regret that I have seen only 1 percent of its performances to date, the more so as I still find new felicities of drama and construction at each viewing." Read review...
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Joel Lobenthal / The New York Sun
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"Fresh Faces in the Kingdom of Sweets"
"New York City Ballet likes to take some performances at its annual "Nutcracker" season and chock them full of more debuts than raisins in a Christmas fruitcake. That was the case Saturday afternoon at the New York State Theater, when the second-act divertissements in the Kingdom of Sweets were largely populated by first-timers." Read review...
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Philip / Oberon's Grove
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"2007 NUTCRACKER #4"
"Saturday December 15, 2007 matinee - This was the New York City Ballet NUTCRACKER performance with so many young dancers taking on new roles, chief among them being Kathryn Morgan's debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Since I'm sure everyone will want to know how Ms. Morgan did, I will say immediately she was truly gorgeous in the role from start to finish." Read review...
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Mary Cargill / Danceviewtimes
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"A Radiant Stability"
"Fortunately, there is nothing new to report about the NYCB production of "The Nutcracker". It continues weaving its magic, unexaggerated and unchanged, its glorious details intact." Read review...
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Tonya Plank / Swan Lake Samba Girl
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"My Annual NYCB 'Cracker!"
"Everyone, ballet fan or not, has to see The Nutcracker at least once a holiday season, right! It's a requirement. This ballet -- particularly NYCB's Balanchine version (since that's the only one I've seen in adulthood) -- is always magic, especially after the party is over, Clara dozes off, and her little Nutcracker doll becomes a prince and whisks her off to the lands of live Snowflakes and dancing Sweets." Read review...
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Philip / Oberon's Grove
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"2007 NUTCRACKER #3"
"I always try to see Wendy Whelan's Sugar Plum Fairy each winter...Wendy and Philip then pulled out all the stops and gave us a really grand pas de deux that had the audience cheering. Opening the second act, Wendy seemed in a radiant mood, bedazzling the small angels with her smile. The solo was perfect; I've never been able to figure out just what it is about this woman's every step, gesture and expression that keeps me in a state of elation. I hope I never figure it out. I love watching her." Read review...
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Philip / Oberon's Grove
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"2007 NUTCRACKER #2"
"The dusting of snow this morning put me in a more Christmasy mood today and the party had a charming atmosphere with several new faces among the guests." Read review...
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Tobi Tobias / Bloomberg
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"City Ballet's Annual `Nutcracker' Defies Gravity"
"The opening night's Sugar Plum Fairy, Maria Kowroski, mistress of adagio dancing, gave a ravishing account of the ballet's climactic duet. Her Cavalier, Charles Askegard, was secure enough to toss her into the air for a moment midway through their fish-dive maneuver that is already a tour de force: ``Look, Sugar, no hands!''" Read review...
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Joel Lobenthal / New York Sun
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"Child's Play at The Ballet"
"The children stole the show at the first "Nutcracker" of New York City Ballet's five-week run on Friday night. They were in fine fettle, their high spirits subject to well-drilled discipline and professionalism." Read review...
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Philip Oberon / Oberon's Grove
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"2007 Nutcracker #1"
"I thought I could get thru the first week of the New York City Ballet's current season without a NUTCRACKER but I heard Maria K, Ashley B and Chuck calling me and I couldn't resist. It's been a while since I'd seen Maria's Sugar Plum Fairy; Dewdrop is one of Bouder's masterpieces, and Charles Askegard is always such an attentive and elegant cavalier." Read review...
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Jennifer Dunning / New York Times
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30
"The Child in Balanchine Still Jumps for Joy"
"Why has George Balanchine's production of "The Nutcracker" remained the gold-standard version of this holiday classic? The New York City Ballet began its annual run of the piece on Friday night at the New York State Theater and worked its usual magic, despite generally run-of-the-mill performing." Read review...
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Joel Lobenthal / The New York Sun
New York City Ballet
Opening Night Gala
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
November 20, 2007
"A Tribute to Two"
"New York City Ballet's season opening gala Tuesday night was billed as a tribute to NYCB co-founder Lincoln Kirstein, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. But the opening and closing sections seemed as much a tribute to George Balanchine himself." Read review...
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Jennifer Dunning / New York Times
New York City Ballet
Opening Night Gala
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
November 20, 2007
"Verve, Affection and Glitter in a Gala Tribute to Kirstein"
"All that was missing from "Dancing for Lincoln: A Centennial Celebration," the New York City Ballet's spirited, affectionate opening-night gala on Tuesday at the State Theater, was the once-familiar sight of Lincoln Kirstein staring down from his seat in the first ring, keen-eyed, at all that he had wrought as a founder of the company with George Balanchine." Read review...
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Tonya Plank / Swan Lake Samba Girl
New York City Ballet
Opening Night Gala
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
November 20, 2007
"Happy Happy Night: Feisty New Dance By Peter Martins and Promising New Ballet Movie!"
"Highlights of New York City Ballet's Opening Night Gala were two world premieres -- one of a feisty new ballet by NYCB artistic director, Peter Martins, the other a brief but fabulous excerpt from a new movie-in-the-making of Jerome Robbins's jazzy cool ballet, N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz." Read review...
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Philip Oberon / Oberon's Grove
New York City Ballet
Opening Night Gala
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
November 20, 2007
"City Ballet Opening Night"
"After the long wait, New York City Ballet is back at the State Theatre. What a perfect way to start a gala - and a season - with the Garland Waltz from SLEEPING BEAUTY. Balanchine's genius for structure is in full bloom here, and his introduction of children into the patterns is masterfully timed." Read review...
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Apollinaire Scherr / Foot In Mouth
New York City Ballet
Opening Night Gala
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
November 20, 2007
"Go: Peter Martins' "Grazioso" at New York City Ballet's Fall Gala"
"It's one of the duties of the Ballet Master in Chief of big ballet companies to create pieces d'occasion for the galas...[Peter] Martins usually does his duty, but not one iota more...Imagine my surprise, then, at the charming, breezy, and engrossing piece Martins created this year." Read review...
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