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J onathan Hadary received the Actors' Equity
Foundation Award from Tyne Daly ( photo
below), and John Keating received the Joe
A Callaway Award from Charlotte Moore and Ciaran
O'Reilly at Actors' Equity at 165 W 46th St.
Jackie Sibblies Drury ( photo below)
and Lauren Yee received the 2019 Steinberg
Playwright Awards at Lincoln Center Theater. Montego
Glover, Oscar
Eustis, Neil Pepe were among
the many guests. It was a lovely event, and
selections from the works by the two talented
playwrights were presented in the Mitzi E. Newhouse
Theater.
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre presented
a Winter Dance Rehearsal at the Ailey Studios, 405
West 55th St. Artistic/Executive Director Amanda
Selwyn addressed
the audience, which was admitted free to the event,
which included wine and nuts before the program and
wine and cheese afterwards. The program consisted of
selections from the dance company's repertoire,
performed by twelve talented dancers, three men and
nine women, to taped music.
It was an interesting performance,
celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the
company, which will perform the World
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Premiere
of Hindsight
on March 5-7 at Baruch Performing Arts
Center, 25th St between Third and Lexington Avenues.
I attended a press preview of the Shanghai Ballet's Grand
Swan Lake at
the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, which
presented four performances January 17-19. I
photographed the leading dancers Qi
Bingxue (photo
below) and Wu
Husheng (photo below).
I congratulated Artistic Director Derek
Deane on
his superb ballet company, which rivals all the best
companies in the world. The following night I attended
the complete performance. In one word, it was
spectacular. Derek Deane is a brilliant choreographer.
His ability to fill a large stage with well disciplined, wonderful
dancers. is a joy for ballet lovers. In the
intermission, I saw him on the promenade, and was able
to express my appreciation for one of my best nights at
the ballet. The orchestra of the New York City Ballet,
conducted by Charles Barker, played the glorious
music of P.I. Tchaikovsky, and has never sounded
better. The two leading dancers, mentioned above, were
splendid, but the ensemble of swans were the highlight
of the evening. Everyone looked alike as if they had
been cloned, and their precision as they danced in
unison was amazing. It was an enchanted evening.
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