{"id":597,"date":"2014-10-19T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T13:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2014-10-19T09:07:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T13:07:36","slug":"new-york-city-blog-oct-13-oct-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Oct. 13 – Oct. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I went to a party last night. It was filled with warmth, dancing, glitz and humor. It was principal dancer\u2019s Wendy Whelan\u2019s Farewell to the New York City Ballet. The David H. Koch Theater was packed. It was a wonderful tribute from behind the footlights. Two of the choreographers who have worked with Wendy Whelan closely, Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky, created a ballet for her and her two principal partners, Tyler Angle and Craig Hall. It\u2019s called BY 2 WITH & FROM. Last night she and Hall also danced Wheeldon\u2019s AFTER THE RAIN and she and Angle danced an excerpt from Ratmansky\u2019s CONCERTO DSCH. During the evening there were short clips from a documentary about Whelan. She was shown fostering to NYCB younger dancers and celebrating, in bittersweet fashion, her October 18 retirement after thirty years. The affection for Whelan flowed across the stage to the audience and visa versa. At the end of the evening, most of the NYCB appeared on the stage. At first, they arrived one by one, each offering W. W. a bouquet. It was a lovely, gentle sight gag. Within minutes she was weighed down with flowers. Still, they kept coming and we, the audience, kept laughing like kids watching a beloved relative being teased.<\/p>\n

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Farewell to Wendy Whelan. The NYCB on stage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Since I couldn’t offer Wendy Whelan real flowers I’ll offer her virtual flowers.<\/p>\n

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Flowers for Wendy Whelan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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