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Music Appreciation

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Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 26, 2018, 04:06 PM

Oct 2018

If I am choosing between NYCB and ABT then ABT is my #1. I do appreciate NYCB and their brand of ballet. I do have some fab dancers from there, such as former Principal dancer, Kathryn Morgan. But, NYCB tends to be a little too sharp for my taste sometimes. I am also not Balanchine's biggest fan by a long shot, for many reasons. On that note, I'm so tired of nearly every local version of the Nutcracker being the Balanchine version.

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When City Center Was Balanchine's House [View all] elleng Oct 2018 OP

Interesting, though I am much more a fan of American Ballet Theater than NYCB. n/t fleur-de-lisa Oct 2018 #1

I grew up with City Ballet, AT the City Center! elleng Oct 2018 #2

I enjoy the more traditional and fluid style of ABT. fleur-de-lisa Oct 2018 #3

Such great training! elleng Oct 2018 #4

Same Tree-Hugger Oct 2018 #5