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21 September 2011

How could this happen? David Hallberg joins Bolshoi Ballet

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In a tremendous blow to American ballet, our best home-grown talent, literally a corn-fed farm boy from South Dakota, David Hallberg, 29, announced today that he is joining the Bolshoi Ballet. [...]

14 July 2011

Dear David Hallberg’s ankle …

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BREAKING NEWS * BREAKING NEWS * BREAKING NEWS * This just in from Renae Williams Niles, Director, Dance Presentations, Los Angeles Music Center: It was just confirmed that he [Hallberg] will not be dancing this week.

Dear David Hallberg’s ankle,

Please, dear Mr. Ankle, be a very nice and kind ankle, and be [...]

28 August 2010

Natalia Osipova’s ethereal “Giselle”

I met and briefly interviewed the phenomenal 24-year-old Bolshoi and ABT ballerina Natalia Osipova yesterday, in rehearsal for an upcoming performance in Orange County next January. She struck me as a magnificently moody Russian. [...]

18 February 2010

David Hallberg, ballet dancer

David Hallberg, the tall American Ballet Theater principal dancer, appeared in “Kings of the Dance” in Los Angeles this week. [...]