Summer of the Swan.

My sister‘s summer season at the Met has now begun, and is running through June 28th. (Go here for tickets.) If you’re looking for an evening’s entertainment in NYC this summer, it’s hard to do better than American Ballet Theatre.

Get your Motor Running.

Tonight at 10pm, Great Performances will air Dance in America: Born to be Wild, which features ABT‘s star male dancers, including my sister‘s boyfriend Ethan. Balletomanes will surely want to check it out.

Ballet mistresses and Web masters.

Over the break, I took over webmaster responsibilities for my ballerina sister’s website from my parents. And after a move over to Cornerhost (whom I can ‘t say enough good things about. It’s a great place to reside.) and a quick redesign, GillianMurphy.com is open for business. If you’re interested in ballet at all, you might want to check it out.

Gotta be the shoes.

Several people have told me that my sister Gill is featured prominently in an off-line New Yorker article about recent advances (and controversies) in ballet shoe technology. I haven’t read it yet, but thought I’d drop a note here anyway.

Poetry in Motion.

Rosalie O’Connor, a former dancer with ABT, now has her own photography site full of striking pictures, including this one of dancers in the wings watching one of Gill‘s performances. Definitely worth a look-see. (Via Listen Missy.)

Elegance on Stage …

Gill‘s ABT run at City Center began this week, with this well-reviewed show on Tuesday. The show Wednesday was also quite good – I even enjoyed Symphony in C, which I’m bit a sick of at this point (second movement notwithstanding). And I’ll be returning next week to catch the Harrison piece.

Swans and Toddlers.

Gillian gets a very positive review in the NYT for her performance as Odette/Odile (the lead) in Swan Lake over the weekend. No mention is made of the ridiculously bratty kid who was screaming through most of Act II, nor of the overly reactive shushs and gasps of utter disbelief made by most of the ballet cognoscenti at the child’s behavior. Gill and her partner (Jose Carreno) were real troopers through it, though, and it definitely got the crowd even more behind them for the rest of the show.

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