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jessa_sissonne

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  1. Hi Everyone! I posted this in the SAB Workshop thread and didn't receive any responses. Does anyone here know anything?

    "This is kind of off-topic but still SAB related. Does anyone know if On Pointe is available to watch anymore? I can't seem to locate it on Disney+. I was wanting to watch it again now that some of the students are in the company."

  2. I just received the 75th Anniversary subscription packet in the mail and for those of us trying to put faces to the new (and not so new) corps dancers, this brochure has several great photos with groups of dancers and lists their names.

    Also many of the new dancers have public facing IGs so you can get familiar with their faces that way. Still hoping for new headshots but in the meantime I hope this helps!!

  3. This is kind of off-topic but still SAB related. Does anyone know if On Pointe is available to watch anymore? I can't seem to locate it on Disney+. I was wanting to watch it again now that some of the students are in the company.

  4. 20 hours ago, FauxPas said:

    Ms. Sheehan is now Mrs. Di Pietro on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/kellie_di_pietro/

    BTW:  I saw a slew of All Balanchine I and Balanchine and Robbins: Masters at Work programs.

    Sterling Hyltin is retiring at the peak of her form.  She will be missed except that she will be teaching at SAB.  Her absence from two performances was due to a family emergency, not injury.

    The injuries of Roman Mejia and Peter Walker are unfortunate as the male roster is thin as it is.  Russell Janzen has been out a long time as well.  Andrew Veyette only danced the character role of the Baron in "La Sonnambula" and resembled Vincent Price with the greyed temples and mustache.  It was quite appropriate.

    Ashley Bouder looked much thicker in the middle and rounder in the face.  Her feet are still strong but her dancing lacked smooth transitions and flow in "Scotch Symphony".  There were wobbles and stiffness doing developpes.  Ashley B bounced back quickly from her pregnancy, losing all the weight and really pushing herself in class.  I wonder what is going on now.

    Joseph Gordon is in fantastic form - a true classicist.  He and Tiler Peck were remarkable in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.  Tiler also danced with real panache and bravura doing multiple fouettés.  They also looked good together.

     

    Thank you @FauxPas! @cobweb - she still has the same photos on her IG and it is public facing.

  5. On 9/23/2022 at 8:54 PM, cobweb said:

    Intermission report. Another great showing for the scintillating Divertimento No . 15. The yellow and blue tutus are so beautiful. I did a quick online search for a closeup of the costumes but came up empty. Back when I was on instagram years ago there was someone in the costume shop who used to post closeups of the intricate costumes. Does anyone know who that is and is she, or the costume shop, still posting? 
     

    I think you're referring to Kellie Sheehan who used to work as a draper in the costume shop. I followed her on IG and she did post great close ups of the costumes. I can't find her IG but she moved to California during the pandemic. I miss her posts!

  6. On 7/13/2021 at 10:32 AM, JuliaJ said:

    Interesting. Not sure how not letting people get up to stretch their legs and use the restroom helps "maximize audience safety," but ok. I won't miss having two intermissions in one program, that's for sure. 

    Another update to the calendar: the last show of the spring season, a Midsummer Night's Dream, is Ramasar's farewell: https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2022/a-midsummer-nights-dream/. I wonder what role he'll be dancing? Doesn't he normally just dance the Divertissement? 

    Did I miss something? I didn't know Amar Ramasar is planning to retire! When was this announced?

  7. 12 hours ago, trixiebeaumont said:

    It was last week on @jimnowakowski on Instagram.  He was formerly with Houston Ballet.  A good interview!

    Oops - on @jimnowakowski

    Thank you Trixie, that was an interesting interview. She mentioned that 9 other dancers also left MCB. Does anyone know who else left?

  8. Hi Everyone,

    I hope you're all staying safe and healthy. I just wanted to share a few links that have made my time in quarantine a bit more bearable. Megan Fairchild has been uploading videos to YouTube and her interview with Sara Mearns is highly entertaining and informative.

    I also enjoyed her quarantine diary on the New York Times. Enjoy!

    Jessa

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ_WNxLiIEESXCpqGdUGiJw

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/arts/dance/megan-fairchild-city-ballet-coping-at-home.html

  9. Does anyone know what's going on with Kathryn Morgan? There has been such a big publicity push with her return to the stage and now she's on the cover of Dance Magazine as well as a big write-up in Pointe Magazine. Yet it seems she's barely dancing, especially in Firebird which she was training for. I'm starting to wonder if this was just a big PR stunt. I hope she gets back into tutu shape so we can see more of her. Does anybody know??

  10. So where is Miss Tiler this season? I have seen countless photos of her and her pretty model boyfriend (?) doing numerous Valentino events/parties (on her public IG) but is she injured?? As much as I love her dancing I find her to have a sort of boring “she’s so perfect we know she’s going to nail it” where as Sara Mearns goes out there and gives it her whole heart and soul in a much different way than Tiler and I am growing to love this sense of abandon so much. Sara is growing so much and I’m just in awe of what’s coming from her. 

     

    Last week I went to see Whipped Cream, which made me appreciate City Ballet so much more - in more ways than I can count. 

  11. Last night was a lovely night at the ballet, thanks to Stravinsky Violin Concerto closing out the show. There were several fumbles throughout the night (I missed the one with Indiana Woodward and Harrison Coll) - Nieve Corrigan went down hard in Scotch Symphony and for whatever reason Sara Mearns' tights had many holes in Stravinsky Violin Concerto!  I hope the new directors work on the dancers with their "dance faces". While I love Ashley Bouder's dancing, the constant mugging is too much for me. I think Lydia Wellington is just lovely and has a pleasant, elegant expression on her face at all times. Oh and back to Harrison - I liked his dancing but his expression was just too smug for his own good.

    I am also loving Aaron Sanz - such nice long limbs and I enjoyed seeing him paired with Sara Mearns. A few dancers stood out as possible concerns to me - Sarah Villwock is looking painfully thin and Jacqueline Bologna is just not in the same shape as she was before.

    There was a NYCB YouTube video awhile back where Wendy Whelan was coaching Sara Adams on Liturgy. She said that she really likes Sara and is surprised nobody gives her a chance. I'm hoping to see more of Sara because I really admire her clean technique and turnout.

    I'm also wondering if the new team will be weeding out long-term corps members or certain principals that might be needing to retire. I've seen speculation on here, only time will tell.

  12. 1 hour ago, abatt said:

    I wasn't going to say it first, but I agree with you completely about Dutton O'Hara.  As for Hutshell, I'm not sure it's a fitness issue or a weight issue.  I just think her build is short and wide.  She does not have the physique one would normally find in a top level ballet company like NYCB. 

    I have noticed Rachel Hutsell in the past and always admired her great jumping skills, but she was definitely thinner. Perhaps she's just developing more muscles, I hope that's the case.

  13. 14 hours ago, cobweb said:

    Wow, great pictures. Lowery must be the heaviest girl in the company, by some margin. She is tall and she often has a few extra pounds, but I think the main thing is that she is very, very big-boned. Even when she’s so skinny you can see her rib cage, she is big. It took me awhile to warm up to her but I like her sunniness and attack and have often seen her perform very well. Still, I have to say she does not look like these photos, especially the one from Rubies. Is she still doing Dewdrop?

    While I don't like Lowery in the leotard ballets (too exposed for her physique) I do enjoy her powerful dancing when she is wearing a longer skirt as pictured above.

    I don't mean to encourage extreme thin-ness among the dancers but I have noticed that a few corps dancers (notably Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara and Rachel Hutsell) are looking quite out of shape to a point where it is distracting. Maybe the interim management is trying to promote healthier bodies and that's great, but maybe some cross training would help.

  14. I agree with jerryb. It was a long and grueling show. When did they do away from the plastic looking costumes from Neverwhere? The dancing was a little sloppy and with the practice clothes I felt like I was watching a rehearsal. I'm failing to see the allure with Namouna. I was really excited by what I thought was the finale and then it dragged on for another 10 minutes. I was at the Sunday matinee.

  15. 1 hour ago, wonderwall said:

    What interviews are these? The article doesn't make them seem like they are part of the investigation (since they mention there has been no substantiating evidence a few times), but I haven't heard of or read any recent interviews with former NYCB dancers or SAB students that have mentioned this. Any insight?

    This article mentions a dancer named Wilhelmina Frankfurt that made some comments about Martins. 

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ballet-chief-peter-martins-under-investigation-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/2017/12/04/a474eae6-d3a3-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?utm_term=.a29afbac8521

  16. Hi Everyone,

    I was just wondering if you all have been attending the Nutcracker and if you've seen any good castings or performances by new corps members or apprentices. I won't be attending this year - tickets are just too much!

    Jessa

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