by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 29, 2010 | Company Life
Last spring, as American Ballet Theatre began rehearsals for its Metropolitan Opera House run of La Bayadère, someone important was missing. All the Nikiyas and Gamzattis were in the studio; no Solor or Bronze Idol was unaccounted for. But Marian Butler, a member of...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Oh, ballet dancers: We’re nothing if not perfectionists. From our first class we’re programmed to eliminate flaws–or at least camouflage them. But what happens when things go truly wrong? Last night at New York City Ballet, soloist Savannah Lowery...