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Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:55 AM
Xiomara Reyes was charming, impish and danced very well as Swanilda. Her face with its big eyes and wide smile speaks clearly in a large auditorium. This role finds her perfectly cast. She actually tripped onstage in the Act II mime scene where Swanilda realizes that Coppelia is actually a doll but laughingly worked it into the scene.
Ivan Vasiliev definitely was a hit with the crowd. His body type is definitely tending towards the demi-caractere. Medium height with shortish legs with overdeveloped thighs and calves. He is very nice-looking with an expressive face. I thoroughly enjoyed his mugging and eager physicality - he was a joy to watch. He has a big, Soviet style of performing - large scaled and not afraid to go over the top. However, he has a grounded masculinity that keeps him from ever looking foolish. Vasiliev didn't have much opportunity to cut loose dance-wise in Acts I and II. He was worked into one of the mazurkas and also did a big jeté offstage at the end of Act I. In Act III's variations and coda, Vasiliev showed more classical form than in "Bright Stream" (more classical choreography). In Act III, he cut loose with bravura dancing that brought the house down. Fast tours a la seconde and barrel turns punctuated by individual vertical rotating leaps upward with one leg bent to the knee. Lots of summer intensive students gasped and roared.
Xiomara came back in Act III with lots of fast fouettes with multiples and clearly was not about to be danced off the stage. Big applause at the end with standing ovations and screaming. Definitely Act III was on a different level than the earlier acts where mime predominates.
Victor Barbee was a fine Dr. Coppelius. Stella Abrera was lush as Dawn and Maria Riccetto refined and romantic with long lines as Prayer. 12 students from the Jacqueline Onassis school danced an ensemble as part of their scene. The sets look a little tired candy box chintzy in Acts I and III but the Act II set is evocative and well-done. David LaMarche conducted well. The audience went home happy.
I suspect we will be seeing Mr. Vasiliev again next year in tandem with Osipova.
Posted 17 June 2011 - 10:25 AM
Yes, I suspect we will be seeing Vasiliev next year, based on the audience approval rating. He is easy on the eyes, despite his thunder thighs (how else to jump so high?), but his Bolshoi style landings from said jumps were pretty noisy, and I'm pretty sure the menage of double sau de basques with the one knee up is the same one he threw into the choreography of "Bright Stream", that no other dancer doing the role did. So, maybe it's what he does. I wish his endings were clearer, cleaner, but his "gee whiz boyishness" is effective and he seemed to be OK with Xiomara. As described above, her big eyed delivery works for this role and she seemed at ease with the choreography. I wish I could say that the production had much going for it. Sets and costumes looked very dated, and the corps had none of the polish they had exhibited with "Bright Stream". They just didn't seem as happy to be there. It was back to the scruffy corps dancing seen so much this season. The frilly headpieces on the friends made them look a bit like chamber maids. "Dance of the Hours," "Dawn" and "Prayer" were all nicely danced, but the real dancing comes so late in this production that it almost seems a second thought. There's so much mime, especially in Act I that even the many kids around me had difficulty following it. "When do they dance?", said one Exactly! And for some odd reason there seem to be no other people living in this imaginary place. The open square that begins the ballet looks like maybe this is Chernobel, until the dancers finally do come into the picture. Usually, we get a few extras doing stuff to fill out the stage. Ah well, we can't have genius in every ballet, I guess. But coming after the delicious and inventive "Bright Stream" of the previous week, this seemed like weak pablum by comparison. I'm hoping Osipova and Simkin can breathe some life into this relic.
I suspect we will be seeing Mr. Vasiliev again next year in tandem with Osipova.
Posted 18 June 2011 - 06:42 AM
The third act finally brought some relief because it contains such beautiful dancing. I love the Prayer and Dawn solos and Abrera & Riccetto performed them very well. Reyes was lovely in hers, and Vasiliev brought the house down when he finally got to do some dancing in the 3rd act. I agree that he is not a particularly elegant dancer, but his leaps and turns are amazing and has such a warm, engaging stage presence. I really hope we get to see more of him here!
Posted 18 June 2011 - 07:58 AM
The most disappointing was the corps de ballet, that looked so energized just this Tuesday in Bright Stream. Tonight, the bad old ABT corps habits were back -- the line formations that aren't straight, the lack of coordination in movements, the dissimilar port te bras, the legs that aren't held at the same height, the heavy, leaden, low-energy dancing. The corps girls don't even bother to end a musical phrase at the same time -- often, one girl's leg will fall as the other starts to rise in arabesque. Swanilda's friends and the Czardas in Act One were particularly ragged.
Posted 18 June 2011 - 08:17 PM
After hearing for years and years how wonderful Franklin's Coppelia was in relation to others, I was really lookng forward to his insightful staging of the Sergeyev notes. I was taking three girls to see it and have always felt Coppelia was a good ballet for children. It was their first time seeing a ballet at the Met,,and for some of them the first time ever seeing a real ballet company. They adored it. For myself, though I do not feel I have seen Franklin's ballet and suspect I have now lost the chance to do so. There were some strange musicalities going on here to some of the most danceable music in Ballet's repertory... In particular I remember the corps sustaining a fifth position instead of the following arabesque when the music so cried out for it, and the actorly theatrics were missing throughout in a way that seems opposite to how I've heard dancers fondly describe in Franklin's staging... It bothered me to see the Mayor pay off Coppelius rather than the young couple giving him their wedding gold. I guess my hope now is to see Ratmansky restate it and bring out the music again... Though I fear in gaining some gifts from Ratmansky we might also lose some threads back to the original. I swear for one moment i saw a Danilova mannerism preserved in something Osipova did... I keep thinking of how jacques d'Amboise said something like he can't go to the ballet without seeing the ghosts of the dancers who created the part.
Something has been bugging me about Dr. Coppelius... Was there never a production that tied his manufacture of mechanical dolls to the mechanical clock? I keep "hearing" a mechanical doll clock parade....just wondering....
From up in the nosebleeds (and by the way, the house seemed sold up to the to the last row of the FamilyCircle) Osipova!'s floating elevation is still jaw dropping, but there is not enough opportunity for herto fly in this choreography and one had to be content with her ravishing turns. Simkin also delivered, with an amazing set of grand jetes that switched from en avant to arriere and back again without changing the arc of trajectory.... But the real surprise pleasure of the evening was Hee Seo's exquisite "prayer" variation... I cannot wait to see her dance again..
I missed Meredith Benson in Basil Thompson's clever staging of Swanilda's interaction with Franz.
Posted 18 June 2011 - 08:35 PM
Simkin was delightful as Franz, although he had some partnering problems in Act Three. I was really disappointed however in the soloist and corps de ballet work. Not a world-class company by any means judging from last night. Simone Messmer was surprisingly blah as Dawn. Hee Seo, whom I usually look forward to seeing, was disappointing as Prayer. Her leg shook whenever she tried to raise it in arabesque or developpe, and the wobbles detracted from the line of this dancer's gorgeously tapered legs and arched feet.
Yes, the corps was uninspired and ragged particularly after Bright Stream... Simkin seemed not quite tall enough for the lifts, Hee Soe didn't manage to sustain one arabesque among many others that were beautiful but frankly her dancing was so gorgeous I could care less that it dropped to tendu and raised again... Her variation alone was worth the entire production for me. I suspect I could watch her dance doing only tendus and still be mesmerized. Simone Messmer's feet perhaps could use some strengthening so she had more support without having to wear such hard shoes.. She did not look comfortable enough to express herself.. And the orchestra was less than crisp in places...
But, it had been an absolutely soggy day, alternating fog, downpours and thunderstorm, so perhaps the less-than-perfects could be blamed on the weather.
Posted 18 June 2011 - 08:40 PM
I wish the Cuban ballet would tour with the crowd pleaser 1957 version it still maintains...it is really beautiful.
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Posted 19 June 2011 - 06:50 PM
However, the very best part of the evening took place in the second act, the workshop of Dr. Coppelius. A child in the front of the Orchestra was laughing without any inhibition whatsoever at the stunts of the mechanical dolls, and his/her laughter, was infectious. The child's laughter spread through the audience, which ended up laughing on both accounts--the merriment of the "dolls" onstage and the merriment of the child.
Posted 19 June 2011 - 07:59 PM
Cubanmiamiboy if you want to see Coppelia, I would suggest the New York City Ballet's version rather than that ABT's. ... NYCB is not going to dance Coppelia during the 2011-2012 season, but hopefully they'll include it in the 2012-2013 season.
Thanks for the suggestion, Colleen. It is interesting that you compare the two versions and place City Ballet's over Franklin's. I remember when I read Kirkland's book that she had some harsh words for Balanchine's staging-(VERY harsh words indeed,even deciding not to dance in it). On the other side she said to have enjoyed dancing ABT's version-(which was, back then, Enrique Martinez' staging, which he did, without crediting the source, after Alonso's 50's one, in which he danced)
Posted 19 June 2011 - 08:26 PM
And then Cinderella. No thanks. The ballet sched has been so overloaded I welcome the break before resuming multiple-performance mania with Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.
Posted 19 June 2011 - 08:55 PM
Thank you so much for recounting this incident! I can relate to that child because Coppelia was the second ballet I saw live. To my five-year-old eyes it was utterly enchanting, and like Cristian I still adore it.
However, the very best part of the evening took place in the second act, the workshop of Dr. Coppelius. A child in the front of the Orchestra was laughing without any inhibition whatsoever at the stunts of the mechanical dolls, and his/her laughter, was infectious. The child's laughter spread through the audience, which ended up laughing on both accounts--the merriment of the "dolls" onstage and the merriment of the child.
Posted 19 June 2011 - 11:07 PM
Many ballet lovers consider Coppelia ballet's great nineteenth-century comedy. I have already remarked on the quality of the score. (If memory does not betray me, Delibes was one of Balanchine's trio of greatest ballet composers: Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Stravinsky. At all events, we know he chose to stage this work despite being no fan of preserving the past for the sake of the past.) It also has a story that's merry on the surface with deeper resonance that productions and performances can draw out in slightly darker directions--or not. I've seen it done successfully both ways.
In any production it puts into play 'classic' oppositions like the natural versus the mechanical, ideal vs. real, young versus old, outsider vs. community. It also gives us the ballerina as intrepid, flesh and blood heroine AND, yet simultaneously, through her Act II deceptions, as dangerous muse. Choreographically this means plenty of dance contrasts as well (character classical, pantomime) and Swanilda's Act II tour de Force itself is, in effect, a kind of commentary on the nineteenth-century ballerina run amuck.
The choreography considered in the abstract?: In any number of more or less traditional productions I have always found it quite enjoyable with classical and character highlights in Act I--and a remarkable encounter of two counter-forces in Act II (whether played for comedy alone or comedy with a bit of tragedy), and memorable variations and grand pas de deux in Act III. Well danced the whole exudes gaiety and charm but also a certain waywardness, maybe cruelty or, at least, cruelty as one of the byproducts of everyday life.
The style is not Sleeping Beauty grand of course, but gentler almost more 'romantic-ballet' in tone (I think, but I am writing as an amateur): the dancing is airy and buoyant and, for example, the sheaf of wheat episode gives us a kind of melancholy, but tender picture of the uncertain lovers--not a show stopper, just one episode, followed by other happier, more festive ones even as the seemingly harmless lovers' quarrel continues. Act II of course suggests that their quarrel may not be so harmless--until Swanilda saves the day. In short, Coppelia has lasted in the repertory for good reason. Which, of course, does not mean that anyone has to like it let alone think that this particular production or these performances were successful. (There is lots more on the ballet elsewhere on this site--especially in the forum devoted to individual classic works.)
I saw the Franklin production at ABT a few years ago and thought I recognized it as more or less the same as the one he did for the National Ballet a few decades ago and that I assume dates back to the touring Ballet Russes versions as mentioned already above by Faux Pas. Mckenzie danced with the National Ballet and must have known this production. I remembered it as seeming magical in my childhood when I saw it with the National--especially Act II and Franklin's own wonderful Coppelius--but when I saw it at ABT, I thought it looked thin, probably for reasons already discussed above by Faux Pas and others (too few dancers, inadequate character dancing etc.). But even so, I found much in the production to enjoy. I can, of course, imagine that shabbily performed it can be dismaying and all the commentators here are pretty consistent in pointing to the faults in ABT performances so far this season. But whatever the flaws of this production and these performances, Coppelia is a major work of art, one of the ballet's masterpieces. One may not like it, but it remains in repertory for good reason.
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 06:07 AM
couldn't resist noting - Osipova is from a Moscow school, Part is a product of Vaganova school (St. Petersburg) the main source for Kirov/Mariinsky ballet. There was always a difference in style between the schools (however, it was a bit blended at Bolshoi as plenty of Mariinsky/Vaganov dancers moved to Bolshoi)......
I saw the Friday night performance. While Osipova's technique was flawless, I was surprised at the lack of fluidity in her upper body. She doesn't have the plasticity of, say, Veronika Part, who only has to breathe to radiate eloquence. In fact, I could imagine that Osipova had been trained in the U.S. rather than in Russia. Still, she was adorable to watch and her jumps are, beyond question, thrilling.
and the second offtopic - Bolshoi is scheduled to bring its Coppelia to DC next May ;-))
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I have noticed that some people take a lot longer to pray than others. I was wondering what exactly adds to this length? I do understand it's probably thinking of the meaning of the words etc. but being that its davened so often, doesn't the person know what he is saying already? And wouldn't that familiarity reduce rather than lengthen the time needed?
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The goal is concentration and that takes awareness and work. Some people naturally read slower but for many, it isn't a matter of reading as it is of focusing. The prayer isn't a race but a chance to connect with the divine -- it shouldn't be the goal to get through it as quick as possible -- that should be the opposite of the desired experience. It isn't about the holiness of the individual, but about the kind of religious experience that the individual is going for. We don't try to assess another person's holiness or tie it to our external sense of what they are doing.
If you had a chance to have a sit down with the president, wouldn't you measure every word carefully and speak slowly instead of zooming though some prepackaged speech? And if you had a prepared text, wouldn't you deliver it carefully, infusing into each word the subtleties of meaning and intention showing that yours is a conscious delivery and not a "by rote" performance? Actors on Broadway don't finish their plays faster just because they have memorized their lines.
The challenge is to keep it vital and fresh even though one knows what is coming next. Sure, in a pinch, someone very familiar with the words can rush through, but unless there is a pressing emergency or other valid reason, the effort should be made to pay attention to what each word means and carries with it.
Prayer used to be a personal liturgy, not a codified one. It has become established to help people who would not, otherwise, have the words to communicate to Hashem. We are still allowed to add in personal supplications and give the prayer even more meaning. But even if we don't, our job is to take the printed word and breathe life into it. And that takes time.
In my shul I am one of the slowest daveners, if not the slowest. One a good day kavanah will slow me down, but by far the most influential factor on my pace is straightforward pronunciation.
My spoken Hebrew is poor, but years of davening have made the words fluent in my mouth. Even so, I am careful to pronounce the words properly and it simply takes time to verbalise them.
Perhaps what I am doing differently is speaking loud enough to hear what I am saying, albeit in a whisper. When I can hear each syllable I am forced to slow down to make each sound separate and distinct. Not exaggerated, not extended, but not running into the next.
For me it's pedantry, not holiness.
I think this question is based on a false premise that knowing the literal meaning of the words is equal to having kavanah. The question also borders on evoking a discussion rather than an answer that can be supported with traditional sources, however, I have a vague memory of a possible source that could address this question. Namely, our tefillah should be new every day despite the fact we're saying the same words. It requires thinking beyond the simple literal meaning of the words to make one's tefillah new every day, and that takes a little extra time. I can't remember if this teaching comes from a chassidishe sefer or the Talmud.
Addendum added later: I remember now. I got it from S'fat Emet on Parashat Ki Tavo, focusing on the pasuk Devarim 26:16, "Today, Hashem your God commands you to do these decrees..." There, he compares tefillah to bikurim (first fruits) because we suspend our typical human activities to take time out to engage with Hashem at the "first" opportunity. The idea of "first" opportunity relates to "reishit peirot," first fruits. He then expands the concept of "ha-yom," today, citing Rashi and Midrash Rabba on this pasuk where they say the Torah and mitzvot should be regarded as new every day. The S'fat Emet then points to Hashem's constant re-creation of the world and suggests that this is a hint to us that we have the power to make our daily service of Hashem new every day, and tefillah is the natural focal point for renewing our daily service to Hashem.
To respond to the original poster, I am suggesting that some people who take longer to daven might be attempting to engage in this mindful renewal of service through concentrating on the significance of what they're saying. This goes way beyond merely knowing what the words mean and what's coming next.
Additionally, some people who take a long time to daven may just be mindful of the correct pronounciation of the words. It actually does take a great deal of concentration and some extra time to make sure every letter is pronounced clearly, distinctly, and correctly, and that in and of itself is a new challenge every day. When standing before the King of kings of kings, it's generally a good idea to avoid carelessly mumbling and slurring one's words just for the sake of whipping through them as fast as possible.
At about 9 minutes into this video, R' Aryeh Kaplan, ZT"L, discusses how a meditative 'Amidah would be slower, and how this would afford the person praying the opportunity to connect to the Divine.
Davening is about connection, we are during Davening connecting with Hashem.
When you try to connect with someone, it's not just about the words, rather it's about the feeling behind the words. The same goes with Davening, we try to not only understand the words but generate a feeling of love and fear of Hashem, this takes time.


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I have often heard that yes it does, and no it does not. The fact is that densho (transmission scrolls) do exist detailing the skills used in war and defense, including hand to hand combat. Does this qualify it as a martial art?
From the standpoint of "is it a martial art" I think the answer is most definitively "yes." Many of the techniques it practices are very fitting in with other contemporary "martial arts." It teaches hand-to-hand combat and techniques such as dive rolls and breakfalls, among other things, that are commonly found in other martial arts. I can't really think of anything that would keep it from being considered a "martial art."
On the other hand, that's an easier question than whether it should be considered a traditional martial art. That's a substantially more difficult question, but not one that really detracts from whether it should be considered a martial art in its current form.
For some reference, Ive been training in a ninjutsu school for a couple years now.
From what I have gathered is that the ninjutsu aspect of the art is more of a state of mind rather than specific martial schools. The ninjutsu aspect focus's on getting out of line of sight and distracting the opponent. In fact the only unique ninjutsu kata i have found teaches the person to distract and invade the opponent.
Most of the other techniques are very jujutsu like.
This is a good read on the school i attend. http://blog.bushinbooks.com/archives/11
(Disclaimer, I train in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu)
Nin "JUTSU". The answer is in the name. Wikipedia
Update Dr Kacem Zoughari discussing ninjutsu as an martial art.
Is there a unique [set of martial arts] for the ninja? Not in my experience. The basic weapon work (bokken, bo, tanto) is very similar to other "traditional" Japanese martial arts, and so is the un-armed stuff. What is different (but again, not unique) is the emphasis on "warrior combat" and "battlefield awareness" with an eye on surviving, not achieving an honourable death.
If we assume, as others have described, that arts such as Kyudo, Kendo, Kickboxing, Kumdo, Escrima, etc. are martial arts, then we need to give a broad definition to the term. Martial Arts could, therefore, be described as:
In this way, we include under the banner 1.) combat sports (which we must acknowledge as, at the very least, being derived from warrior virtues), 2.) philosophical pursuits of war (Heiho/tactics, for instance, or the zen aspects of Kyudo without including pursuits such as Shodo or tea ceremony), and 3.) weapon arts (to not exclude those arts that are purely related to the development of a weapon skill, such as Iai, whether or not they are viewed, correctly or incorrectly, as practical). Further, we exclude any need or demand for any moral guidance through the art, allowing both those arts dubbed
Then, if we accept this definition, we must accept ninjutsu as a martial art, since it is inclusive of tactics, weapon skills, and those traditionally warlike aspects of effectively eliminating an enemy.
I've come to a new realization regarding ninjutsu, which I feel I need to share. Please forgive its depth. Going through the shoninki, bansenshukai, and shinobi hiden (along with new translations) have led to a new understanding. This too is likely to change.
Ninjutsu is an erroneous name; the art is better written 忍ノ術, read "Shinobi-no-Jutsu", the arts of the shinobi. The art, or rather collection of skills, is not combative, and consists of a series of skills related to their abilities:
Now, this is shinobi-no-jutsu, or what we commonly call ninjutsu. Saying that it is a "martial art" is a bit like saying that a KGB agent living in the US during the cold war was a "soldier".
As far as combative skills, it's likely that many had training, likely in some form known to their family or through affiliation.
I don't know if this is an answer, but I thought I should post the new information and add it for evaluation.
I would think it can definitely be considered an art because it evolves over time, and students who become teachers will favor certain techniques and skills, and will assimilate techniques and skills from other arts.
It also is not a closed system bound by unbreakable rules - IOW if you come up with a new technique or skill that works then you can incorporate it in. This in itself would mean it satisfies the definition of an art as opposed to a science or practice.
Yes, because it meets the definition of martial arts — a system of techniques and ideas utilized for combat and self defense. However, some people ask if ninjutsu still exists. The schools Tomagakure Ryu, Kumogakure Ryu and Gyokushin Ryu teach Ninpo (Ninjutsu). The many practical techniques used by these schools are now taught in Bujinkan.
However, to keep certain tactics secret, many of these skills were not written down and passed on orally and lost in modern teachings. The scrolls and techniques from these schools are still used in Bujinkan which qualifies Ninpo as a martial art that's still around.
That means that a ninja can murder, steal and perform any low-moral acts.
To make an analogy to modern times, you can think of a ninja as a "bad guy" on the broadest of the sense.
Then "-jutsu" suffix means technique.
Therefore ninjutsu is basically a list of the technique used by bad guys without honor. Is this an "martial" art? I doubt it.
However, the technique used are probably effective, if all that you care is to do bad things (as opposed to knowing yourself, build a better society and so on).


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I've always been having some silly mistakes in homeworks/tests/exams etc, as well as programming. I very often seem to be 1-2 silly mistakes away from a perfect score, despite having done a draft and being really confident at my work. Sometimes it's the catchy questions, but most of the time it's the easy questions and me over-complicating the questions which almost everyone else gets right.
This has been a "thing" for me for years. I'll graduate college in less than a year.
I have the feeling that this is not a coincidence. I know of other students who seem to get perfect scores all around. And having talked with them it seems they don't put in more work than me.
It's not really bothering me because of the grades. They have always been good, and have always represented my understanding rather well. I'm just generally curious. My guesses are, it's either psychological, or I am simply not as smart (or talented) as other people think. I don't consider myself smart or talented, I'd say it's 100% work and 0% talent for me. Or maybe I am more error-prone by default (genetically?), and I should just accept this as part of me.
Question has a "how" in it, so I'm expecting some advice or tips and tricks :) And I hope it fits Personal Productivity.


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1. all the transfers are in for janruary (its 7th of feb) plus theres the internet to clarify them.
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3. they have numerous websites with thousands of threads containing thoughts, suggestions & improvements.
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5. because its never right is it? since when did starting a new season in the traditional july take into account players bought in august & janruary? xmas 2008 for the new FM2009 anyone?


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ANDERSON, S.C. – With just three duals left on the 2013-14 schedule, Anderson University wrestling holds its final home dual of the season as the Trojans welcome regional opponent UNC Pembroke for the annual Battle for the Belt on Thursday. First bout from the Abney Athletic Center is slated for 7 p.m.
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Seeking his second trip to the NCAA Championships in as many years is sophomore Zak Hale who currently leads the team in wins, carrying a 16-4 record and he descends into 133 after competing at 141 for most of the season. Hale came away with a hard-fought 8-7 decision over Coker's Charlie Huff in his last bout, as the Shaftsbury, Vt. native has earned five pins for the season.
Following Hale in victories is graduate student Zane Newton who has a 14-7 mark for the season. Newton has won three of his last four bouts at 157 including two straight. Also on a winning streak is redshirt senior Cory Monteforte (125), winning three straight bouts headlined by a second period pin over Tiffin's Kyle Holliday at the Super Region 2 Duals.
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UNC Pembroke enters Thursday's dual with an 8-4 record, pending a result against St. Andrews on Wednesday evening. The Braves have taken seven straight duals, including a first-place finish at the Virginia Duals with wins over Central Florida (41-12), Ferrum (28-13) and Steven Tech (22-15) in the championship round.
Currently, heavyweight Chris Giddens leads the Braves in victories for the season, holding a 19-5 mark, including an 8-1 record in duals. Following the heavyweight is Daniel Ownbey (141) with an 18-6 record Blaze Shade (174) with a record of 17-7.
Ownbey ranks first among UNCP's attached wrestlers in wins by fall with six, while Shade and Stuart Nadeau (197) follow with five apiece.
The Series
The Braves control the all-time series, as they earned their 20th overall and seventh straight win over Anderson last season in a series that dates back to 1991-92. AU seeks to bring the belt back to the Upstate for the first time since the 2005-06 season.


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