"It's maybe even more intimidating than being on the bill of Balanchine and Robbins works, because they're in a category beyond me no matter what," Mr. Peck said during a conversation on Skype the morning after his July 14 debut, a milestone he said he was still struggling to process.
He went to that tournament as a backup and he made another milestone debut, in the Champions League, for Twente Enschede on Tuesday.
Echoes of that story carom across "Rebellious Soul," her debut album, a milestone it seems she might never have reached had she not been willing to put her dirty laundry up for public scrutiny on reality television.
Le Beau Serge (1959, 12, Second Sight, VHS/Retail) With this milestone debut (largely financed by his wife), the 27-year-old Cahiers du Cinéma critic Claude Chabrol launched the French New Wave, and he immediately followed it with a companion piece Les Cousins, also released this week.
For Culkin, Goodshank, and Green alike, this art collective debut marks several milestones in their respective careers.
A house debut is a career milestone, and Mr. Kim seemed a little nervous during Act I.
Gittens is "pretty excited"; a Swan Lake debut is a significant milestone in a dancer's career, and the performance will mark her entrée to the top rank of the profession.
Classical music loves to celebrate its own, with performers seizing upon any artist's birthday or major work's debut to which a milestone number can be added and staging a party.
The 38-year-old, who this week signed a one-year contract with Linfield, saved a penalty on his return to the side to ensure Conor Washington's debut goal secured a milestone victory.
The recital that the Moroccan pianist Marouan Benabdallah gave at Zankel Hall on Thursday night, his American debut, was naturally a personal milestone for this 29-year-old artist.
