This was a good year. There’s no other way to put it. Here’s a look back at some of the stellar moments from 2011. Several of the items are linked to the blog posts where I originally blogged about them. Legally Married: After 16 years of being together, and 14 since we had our commitment ceremony, [...]
26Dec11
2011: Year in Review
Last night we went to our final American Ballet Theatre performance of the season, which also happened to be their final performance of The Met season. The Sleeping Beauty was absolutely gorgeous and a nice way to close out the season. We got to see Cory Stearns, who has become a favorite over the season [...]
Our third trip to see the American Ballet Theatre last night was timed to coincide with my birthday so we made a complete evening of it with dinner at The Met followed by the performance of Cinderella. We’ve been looking forward to this show because two of ABT’s principal dancers that we’ve wanted to see [...]
We attended are second ballet in the American Ballet Theatre series last night. This time it was Lady of the Camellias, which is based on a novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The novel has been adapted into an opera, La Traviata, and a number of movies under both this title as [...]
After enjoying our trip to The Met to see the American Ballet Theatre last summer, we decided to see more ABT this year. We bought a package of tickets to the spring season at The Met. Last night was the first of our four shows–Don Quixote. The story played out over three acts. First we [...]
Even after more than a decade in New York City, there are still many New York things that we have not done. We knocked two things off that list last night: we saw the American Ballet Theatre perform and we were inside in the Metropolitan Opera House. As part of its 70th Anniversary, ABT offered [...]
