sandik Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I was surprised to read (thought the links section) that the company had scheduled 22 performances of Sleeping Beauty. Is that a typical run for Colorado Ballet? Most companies I know of about that size do considerably fewer performances of any one program, except Nut. (Just occurred to me -- does that include dedicated school shows?) Link to comment
Amy'sMom Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 There was an article in The Denver Post yesterday about that discussed the number of Colorado Ballet's Sleeping Beauty performances. Here's the Link: Colorado Ballet Article Link to comment
Helene Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 The above article posted by Amy's Mom states, Snider conceded that although this season's performances are set, "The Sleeping Beauty" attendance numbers may prompt the company to reevaluate the number of shows it stages at the opera house next year. It's also possible the ballet will discontinue Sunday-night shows and midweek matinees. The tally for the rest of the season is: Nutcracker: 30 performances Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: 8 performances over one week in February Cinderella: 13 performances over 5 weekends Choreographer's Showcase 7 performances over 5 weekends That's a very strange schedule. Link to comment
sandik Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 Cinderella: 13 performances over 5 weekendsChoreographer's Showcase 7 performances over 5 weekends That's a very strange schedule. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Five weekends?! Golly -- who else uses that theater? Up here in Seattle, the ballet used to share with the opera and the symphony, and everyone clawed for more time (in a well-bred manner, of course). Now that the symphony has its own hall, the ballet and the opera still have to contend with other users. I can't imagine a situation where they would have five (I'm assuming consecutive) weekends for anything other than Nutcracker. I imagine that the Choreographer Showcase (above) shares time with some other event, considering the math, but still... Golly. Link to comment
YouOverThere Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) Cinderella: 13 performances over 5 weekends Choreographer's Showcase 7 performances over 5 weekends That's a very strange schedule. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Five weekends?! Golly -- who else uses that theater? Up here in Seattle, the ballet used to share with the opera and the symphony, and everyone clawed for more time (in a well-bred manner, of course). Now that the symphony has its own hall, the ballet and the opera still have to contend with other users. I can't imagine a situation where they would have five (I'm assuming consecutive) weekends for anything other than Nutcracker. I imagine that the Choreographer Showcase (above) shares time with some other event, considering the math, but still... Golly. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Colorado Ballet shares a venue with Opera Colorado. It looks like Opera Colorado got the better dates this year. The Choreographer Showcase does share time with some other event: Cinderella. It will be interesting to see how they split up the principal dancers between the 2 programs. It also means that there is no April-May ballet, which is really unfortunate. On warm Spring evenings, the audience-watching can be almost as much fun as the performance. Edited December 1, 2005 by YouOverThere Link to comment
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