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Housekeeping note: neither I nor @dancelog_nyc will be maintaining a presence here much longer. Yes, all the reasons that most folks are leaving make this the right time but this has been in the works - there is a more robust dance community on Instagram. We'll be heading there.

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on @ABTBallet's Innovation Past and Present triple bill. "Abraham’s home base isn’t ballet, so he tends to quote ballet almost like giving a secret knock as a password." Read, like, subscribe, but especially enjoy. dancelog.nyc/elements-of-st…

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel uses the All-Peck program at @nycballet to look at how Justin Peck makes ballets. "someone who was anointed inside the temple, but still felt like an outsider." Read, like, subscribe, share . . . but especially enjoy. dancelog.nyc/inside-looking…

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on the New Combinations program at @nycballet. "Roman McShowoff . . . sorry, Mejia . . . hurled into a massive manège." Which of these ballets would YOU see again? Like, comment, argue, share - but enjoy! dancelog.nyc/would-you-see-…

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel greatly enjoyed Mira Nadon's Mozartiana at @nycballet. ". . . that fleeting moment of bursting into blossom is so special . . . Mira Nadon is right there, right now." Like, comment, argue, share - but enjoy! dancelog.nyc/all-that-and-a…

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on another cast of the Balanchine-Ratmansky bill at @nycballet. "Peter Walker is being pushed in an unexpected way – to be a partner in classical roles." Like, comment, share, and enjoy! dancelog.nyc/like-a-prayer

New at the Log - like, comment, enjoy! ". . . it recalled Rula Lenska in a 1970’s Alberto VO5 commercial contemplating a hot oil treatment."

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel has a great time at the debut of Roman Mejia as Franz at @nycballet. "Just because it was obvious to cast Roman Mejia as Franz didn’t mean it wasn’t fabulous." dancelog.nyc/right-up-their… Please read, like, comment and share, but especially, enjoy!

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on the Balanchine-Ratmansky bill at @nycballet. (Other casts of this same program to come!) "Seeing Peck and Mearns in the same ballet, or even on the same bill, shows the range of the company roster." dancelog.nyc/double-vision Enjoy!

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on an auspicious debut for David Gabriel at @nycballet . "equal parts affable swagger, risky pyrotechnics, and hot mess." (Don't worry, that's not about him!) Read, like, comment and share, but especially, enjoy! dancelog.nyc/in-the-lead

New at the Log: The new season at @nycballet began with some old faithfuls. @LeighWitchel was there to cover it. "Chan’s debut was both well-danced and reliable. . . He got where this adagio came from and what it referred to." Read, share and enjoy! dancelog.nyc/familiarity-2/

New at the Log: The dance season begins, and @LeighWitchel was there, covering the first program of #FallForDance at @NYCityCenter. "If SAMA didn’t make you think, it really made you move." Please read, like, comment and share, but especially, enjoy! dancelog.nyc/nycb-adjacent

backLog: @LeighWitchel was at the glittery return of @paultaylordance to the @92ndStreetY. "Instead of toppling the walls of the temple, what if Samson decided to hold a fundraiser instead?" Please read, like, comment and share, but especially, enjoy! dancelog.nyc/when-the-rebel…

backLog: @LeighWitchel pens a final report on @nycballet's 75th anniversary season. "wouldn’t it be lovely for morale if all the company’s dancers knew they had a shot to blossom?" Please read, like, comment and share, but especially, enjoy! dancelog.nyc/closing-out-re…

backLog: @LeighWitchel reports on the other cast of the Tanowitz/Wheeldon/Forsythe/Abraham bill at @nycballet. "Die and then . . . Dance. It was up to us to decide which." Please read, like, comment and share, but especially, enjoy! dancelog.nyc/repetition-cha…

backLog: @LeighWitchel went again to the Ratmansky/Dove/Reisen/Robbins quadruple bill at @nycballet . ". . . when you set aside politics and add up the artistry, the change didn’t actually do anything for the ballet." dancelog.nyc/seeing-it-twice

backLog: @LeighWitchel reports on the Tanowitz/Wheeldon/Forsythe/Abraham bill at @nycballet. " . . . this post-Balanchine program showed was the range of what the company dancers are capable of. They’re now coming into the company more cross-trained." dancelog.nyc/the-point-and-…

backLog: @LeighWitchel reports on the quadruple Ratmansky/Dove/Reisen/Robbins bill at @nycballet . "Both dancers were emoting, but Gordon was living his fierce ’90s dream." Read, like, comment, share - but especially enjoy. dancelog.nyc/the-ratmansky-…

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on Smuin Ballet's visit to @TheJoyceTheater dancelog.nyc/passing-the-to… "You quickly got a sense of how the company looked . . . and how well the dancers moved"

New at the Log: @LeighWitchel reports on Aakash Odedra and Hu ShenYuan in Samsara, from @LincolnCenter 's Summer for the City Festival. "There wasn’t a path or a route. Only a journey." Read, like, share, but especially, enjoy! dancelog.nyc/an-unending-cy…