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Btw, thanks for this info, SF_Herminator! Posted by Joe Walsh: josephwalshsf Check out what @ryanstrongin and I made earlier this year. ‘AUTUMN ETUDE’ Premiering tomorrow @sfdancefilmfest SUNDAY OCT 13 @ CATHERINE CLARK GALLERY @ 7pm Shot on Film with love, see you there? This film is based on some meditations surrounding the daily struggles, and how we make peace with that every damn day. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBCfyo9IoxF/

Quite by accident, I discovered that Shinji Eshima's soundtrack to Possokhov's Swimmer is on Spotify. 😀 https://open.spotify.com/album/3kz2KESBgMqMwlqmbPfrkR I always loved the "Twist Knock" music for the pool party scene. And the melancholy "Swim Alone" - heartbreaking to hear this again. It really brings back memories. His music for other ballet/theater works are, however, not available.

Really sad to hear about the lawsuits. I knew that Froustey had been dealing with various injuries and related medical treatments for years. It's impossible to tell from our perspective how justified the cases are. But I'm not surprised that Hummel would be really upset that her career has been ended by injury/surgery. It's kind of natural for her to want to blame someone at this point. But it's a profession that mostly ruins portions of the body over time. A ticking time bomb. Note that Dr. Richard Gibbs was, I believe, a professional dancer himself once upon a time. And he heads up the SF Free Clinic.

Thanks, Maromeo - I was suspicious, since I was pretty sure I had seen some of those performances online in the past. I'm trying to reach out to SVP and find out what is happening with the TDC. If I get any update, I'll post it here and remove the old information.

The website doesn't date the information, but it looks like Sarah Van Patten's Tahoe Dance Camp will have a professional performance on July 24th 2024 to raise money for the dance camp, and the dances will be streamed in August. If anyone knows if this information is actually from last year, please let us know. Opening Performance: August 14 - 27 Available for On-Demand Streaming We are partnering with The Marsh to bring Tahoe Dance Camp's Opening performance to you! https://www.tahoedancecamp.com/performance

This backstage view of the climactic moment in SFB's Swan Lake is hilarious: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5sJV2UuMYy/

Yes, it was a great performance. The Costa Mesa crowd tends to be "clap happy", but much of that applause was deserved. I knew of Kondaurova because she was the first really believable 'contemporary' dance performer the Mariinsky had. I think those early tours were partly intended for Kondaurova to prove herself as a classical ballerina. She was an up-and-comer at that time.

Classical ballet in LA has certainly struggled. You have just reminded me of the time I went to see Ekaterina Kondaurova and the Mariinsky perform Swan Lake in Costa Mesa, because I wanted to see a traditional version of Swan Lake. Seems like a lifetime ago.

Like PNB, the SFB audience has enjoyed watching young dancers come from the school and work their way up in the ranks.

Lauren Strongin "is a certified instructor for the Dance for Parkinson’s program, has interned with the SF Ballet in their wellness department, focusing on mental healthcare accessibility for dancers, and has designed costumes for SFDanceworks and other companies. Lauren has managed social media and marketing for several small companies. Currently, she is a stager and trustee for the Liam Scarlett Trust and is completing her degree in medical anthropology at Stanford University." https://www.sfdanceworks.org/advisory-board Earlier this year, Strongin was stager/repetiteur for Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. And last year she staged Scarlett's Frankenstein on the Joffrey Ballet .

Regarding Frankenstein: former SFB soloist (and Joe Walsh's wife) Lauren Strongin is a stager and trustee for the Liam Scarlett Trust. Earlier this year, Strongin was stager for Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. And last year she staged Frankenstein for the Joffrey Ballet.

And Kuranaga will obviously miss dancing with him. The fact that Greco has spent the better part of a year not dancing, has made a difference. Rojo is free to bring in "her own people" at this point, especially with various dancers leaving the company. It's not a wonder that dancers get depressed and worried when they are sidelined for a season. It's a little different when you've danced for the A.D. for a number of years, but with a new A.D., they're looking to be impressed by the dancers right now - Etonne-moi! Rojo is used to Isaac Hernandez being her "star" to parade around. The mistake here is, San Francisco has done well without these "stars" for decades. The audience is less gullible in that respect.

All good suggestions, and I feel like an audience would be lucky to get to see SFB perform A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's a great show. But touring with a mixed-rep for every other night would be worthwhile too - then they could really show off their impresssive range. That's very possible. Certainly you would expect the theatre to know the local audience. But Madrid is a sophisticated arts town, one would think the dance audience would enjoy seeing SFB's range of talents.

Thank you! I knew there was someone else from the present company that had danced with Houston.

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