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pilarsings

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  • Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
    performer, studied ballet for years, my mother was a ballerina with the Rio de Janiero Opera house
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    Redmond
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    WA
  1. Thanks for your response Drew, how funny you had a chance to see Figaro with Michael. I was able to see him do Figaro in San Francisco with Kiri te Kanawa who has been a fave of mine for years. He took me back stage so I could meet her. I live in Seattle now and so does Michael, we had lunch the other day. Small world. he is going deaf which is so sad.. I too loved Gelsey Kirkland with ABT... Take care.
  2. I'm new here and can't seem to find my way yet but I'll get the hang of it. I just want to make sure the topic where I responded, An Evening's Waltz's is something I can find without having to google it. Anyway, love the ballet, Can watch it all day! BTW, has anyone here seen this beautiful dancer Mahallia Ward with the Joffrey?
  3. Hello, this was an odd roundabout way to find this forum but I was curious about a certain dancer, Heather Watts, who I saw was a friend on FB of Jennifer Nairn-Smith who I know from LA. So I googled to see if she was the one who replaced Gelsey Kirkland in An Evenings Waltz's back in the 70's. This forum cam up first so I clicked it. As I was reading thru the string of questions surrounding An Evening's Waltz's I remember it was Christine Redpath, I think. The amazing story is that I was in the audience or should I say just me and my friend who sings in the NYC opera at the time, Michael Devlin, took me to watch a rehearsal. We were the only ones out in the theater. I remember so vividly seeing Gelsey fracture her ankle. She was dancing with John Clifford who I met years later in LA. I always thought it was him throwing her incorrectly that caused the injury. But of course I could be wrong. I fell in love with the ballet, the music is now some of my favorite by Prokofiev and to watch Jerry Robbins work was such a treat. I went to a performance with a friend to see it in costume. It was magical and I could never understand why it wasn't performed much after that. Well, I love films like Bright Star and My Brilliant Career(works of art) which the public just doesn't get. So there you have it. My mother was a ballerina in Brazil and danced with the Ballet Russe when they came thru and the Rio de Janiero Opera. I love the ballet even though I was never very good. I ended up doing more Musical Theater because I have a strong, trained voice. Now I'm into film making. I have a lovely friend in the Joffrey, Mahallia Ward, so if you ever see that company, I hope you have the opportunity to see her perform. She's exquisite. Excuse my lenghty post. This experience with the NYC Ballet and GK getting hurt was such a strong memory I had to share it.
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