Archive for the ‘Ballet’ Category

Celebs Enjoy A Night Of Ballet In NYC

Twinkle toes
Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Celebs of varying stature and fame made their way to Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center in NYC, NY last night to attend the 2009 American Ballet Theatre Gala. Musician Rufus Wainwright, who tends to have more of an affinity for opera, was in attendance as well as Gossip Girl newbie Joanna Garcia and BFFs Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis. The newly single Emmy Rossum (who filed for divorce from her hubby a couple of weeks ago) showed up on the arm of Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons:


Oh wait, I’m sorry … Emmy showed up with Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, not Sideshow Bob … sorry about that. But, c’mon, you can see how I got confused. It’s nice to see young celebs taking an interest in the arts … why, David and I attended a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet here in LA just this last July for my birthday. I sincerely hope the celebs who attended last night’s gala affair did so out of an honest appreciation for dance rather than an available opportunity to dress up and pose in their finery for a photo op.

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Wherefore Art Thou?

The TV Guide
Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Last night David took me out for a night of ballet at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown LA for a performance of the American Ballet Theater’s production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet:


Altho he’s not a big Shakespeare fan, David knows that I LOVE Shakespeare so he got me tickets for the performance as my birthday present. I have to say, the performance was very impressive. I’ve never seen Shakespeare interpreted via dance (ie. no words) but the company was quite superb. I don’t know ballet but I know what I like and I really enjoyed last night’s performance. Oh yeah … and all those ballet dancers rock hard butts in those skintight tights weren’t half bad either ;) It was a really great night :)

Afterward, we met up with Sarah, Adriana and her manfriend Etay for drinks at The York in Highland Park …


… where I felt compelled to take fun tho sometimes unflattering mobile phone photos of my dear friends. ‘Twas fun!!! We didn’t stay out to late last night … but late enough for me to get a $60 parking ticket from the city of Los Angeles :( Booooo.

Tonight, Darion and I are going to see the LA Galaxy vs. AC Milan at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. My very dear friends Alyson and Alexis had a couple tix to the game that they couldn’t use and graciously gave them to me. David and I got to hang out with them for a little while yesterday to pick up the tickets and to meet in person their darling little daughter Satyana. At only 4 months old, that little princess is already so big! She’s so beautiful … we all had a nice time hanging out together. I’m very excited for the game, I’ll do my best to post photos tomorrow.

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