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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue at ABT

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 25 October 2015
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“a fine show”
Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 24 October 2015
Programme
After You (Mark Morris)
Le Spectre de la rose (Mikhail Fokine)
Valse-Fantasie (George Balanchine)
Company B (Paul Taylor)
Performers
American Ballet Theatre
Isabella Boylston, Dancer
Herman Cornejo, Dancer
Cassandra Trenary, Dancer
Daniil Simkin, Dancer
Devon Teuscher, Dancer
Joseph Gorak, Dancer
Kathryn Boren, Dancer
Scout Forsythe, Dancer
Betsy McBride, Dancer
Kaho Ogawa, Dancer
Misty Copeland, Dancer
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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.