Adria Rolnik

Tweeting ballet/dance news plus breaking stories in the arts. Dance Publicist: Instagram: nydancetalk Archivist: Antony Tudor Ballet Trust

[Adria Rolnik @AdriaBalletBeat]

I am a pretty bad skier, but can still do a pretty good barre! On ski ballet, last seen at #theolympics in 1992 via ⁦@nytimesarts⁩ ⁦@margaretfuhrer⁩ #ballet https://t.co/ZrgdieIXMW

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Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance to Present THE WINTER'S TALE at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music June 10/11 NYC @BroadwayWorld https://t.co/COMpiDxsiH

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New York City Ballet Pulls Out of Kennedy Center Performances https://t.co/wAfa0dKszB via @NYTimes

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THE POLITICS OF MOVEMENT at Theater at the 14th Street Y #NYC April 14 & 15 - Clark Center NYC and the American Dance Guild explore protest, resistance, and social justice through dance. Featuring eight companies performing historic and contemporary works https://t.co/KJ3RUDgwln

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Do you think they didn’t realize the Koch Theater is actually perpendicular to @MetOpera, across the plaza? #lincolncenter Protesters Interrupt a Performance of ‘Carmen’ at the Met Opera https://t.co/h89rIvJsLP via @NYTimes

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@FeldmanAdam Ug. And have got tkts

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DEC 12 #NYC JAZZ + DANCE Experience a rare complete performance of “Such Sweet Thunder” - Ellington’s twelve-part #jazz suite inspired by William Shakespeare & co-composed with Billy Strayhorn. https://t.co/dBwA7eesIx @ATDForg

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Loved this - reminds me of the detail I witnessed while serving as a child “super” during the 1st years of the “new Met” @LincolnCenter - the incredible production details will never be forgotten. It’s Not ‘La Bohème without… https://t.co/6M7ipCiiGq via @NYTimes

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On Sept 11, Dick Van Dyke will be honored by @ATDForg . Loved his dancing—as goofy as Ray Bolger, as light as Fred Astaire. #DanceHistory

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This year's Tap Preservation Award goes to Michelle Dorrance @dorrancedance, who preserves and hurls tap dance to new places @ATDForg https://t.co/cOArtdV1p0 tnx @Dance_Magazine for photo

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@AnAntLife The best. But when wasn’t she the best? What a loss.

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Of the 18 commercial musicals that opened on #Broadway last season, not one has turned a profit.

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As seen on @dance_edit today: "Amid turmoil at the Kennedy Center, ticket sales have declined rapidly, with upcoming performances from Stuttgart Ballet and BODYTRAFFIC expected to be at less than 20 percent capacity" #dance #ballet https://t.co/gWk7wZ14yC

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Next week at Library for the Performing Arts - THE TAP CITY AWARDS! #NYC 9/11 AT 6PM - FREE https://t.co/pvbARRzVOg @ATDForg #tapdance #Dance

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Nakagawa was concerned by “radical leftist ideologies in #ballet - I don’t have words… Kennedy Center Appoints Stephen Nakagawa After He Criticizes 'Radical Leftist Ideologies in Ballet' https://t.co/ORMGbJ7jit

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🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️Kennedy Center Fires Dance Director After Questions About Programming https://t.co/DnBObQBFfU via @NYTimes

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@wperrondancemag People really are clueless!

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Lots of great examples and videos! The Secret Weapon of Dance? Hands! #dance https://t.co/zAJxzworyQ via @NYTimes

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4 Rising Dancers Reflect on the Cracked Mirror ‘Black Swan’ Held to Ballet https://t.co/cWSmIQgpAb via @NYTimes

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WOW! CENTENNIAL!! The Rockettes Will Celebrate 100th Anniversary at the 2025 Christmas Spectacular https://t.co/fNtGZxdYU4

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It doesn't stop.. Polk-based Florida Dance Theatre folds after 31 years.. "founded in 1994, had been approved for a grant of $18,800 before Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $32 million in state arts and cultural funds." https://t.co/tqkNKc0YbT via @theledger #ballet