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Today is our founder Alexandra Tomalonis' birthday. Happy Birthday, Alexandra .

The Creole Giselle is one of my favorite productions of anything. I was lucky to see it live, but I'll take this video anyday.

I was going to spend the day watching Moby Dick from San Francisco Opera, but between Ballet Arizona's Symphony in Three Movements, the Danish mime documentary, Miami City Ballet's Firebird, and American Ballet Theatre at the Met, I just never got around to it! What a day of ballet

That was really beautiful.

We're glad you stumbled on ballet and found us. And we hope you're enjoying the digital ballets that are being offered now. There is so much great ballet happening across the country and world that's been inaccessible to people who can't travel to see it.

Thank you, @tpc! She was terrific.

I really liked that Bartok Ballet except and would love to be able to see it live. I have another "Who is?" question: In the last piece, who was the woman wearing the dark jumper with the white blouse? She started in the middle, looked a bit shorter than the women around her, and had dark hair.

I did, although I haven't rewatched the first piece, Lonely Waltz, yet, where there were technical issues live. Neither the follow-up email nor the YouTube video description shows an expire date for the video. I thought it was fascinating hearing Morris and Fowler describe how they and Sam Black got the instructions to the dancers and watched and edited the submissions; from 18 dancers they got scores for each piece. I particularly liked Lonely Tango, because I'm a sucker for bathtubs. Here's the video:

Not ballet, but I got a "return" survey from the National Nordic Museum on the conditions under which i would return. Eight or so basic questions -- When am I planning to return, select from a list of things they could do to make me feel safe, have I watched any of their digital content, etc. -- and age(s) of people in my household (how many by range). And I gave them the same response I gave to the ballet: video until vaccine, and that my feeling safe was not under their control.

Isn't that where all of the NYPL video recordings come from? I see them from later early '80's on.. (There are other videos, but I think they are from other sources, like Dance in America, etc. Here's an example: https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17055688__Sliebeslieder walzer__P0%2C7__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=def

Emma Love Suddarth and Price Suddarth are new parents to Milo Oliver Suddarth -- congratulations and much health and happiness to the new family

Whim W'him a contemporary dance company in Seattle, founded and led by former PNB Principal Dancer, has announced a digital season for 2020-2011. Quinn Wharton will be filming the new works for the season. Their model is a hybrid subscription model -- $120/year or $12/mo -- for the three performances plus extras or $5-$50 for each filmed performance. I am so excited about this, and I look forward to see the choices that the choreographers, dancers, and Wharton make.

Whim W'him, a contemporary dance company founded by Olivier Wevers, a former Principal Dancer with PNB, has announced an all digital season for 2020-21-- and their filmmaker collaborator is Quinn Wharton, who danced with San Francisco Ballet: SEATTLE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY WHIM W’HIM LAUNCHES ALL-DIGITAL SEASON 11 WITH IN-with-WHIM MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Seattle, WA - Whim W’Him is launching its 11th season this June with a new all-digital membership program, IN-with-WHIM. Whim W’Him created this program as a way to prioritize the health of its artists and the community, while supporting ways for dance artists, students and audiences to come together while staying apart. Through IN-with-WHIM, Whim W’Him will feature an experimental season of original dance films by some of the world’s most intriguing contemporary dance choreographers, and a series of digital conversations designed to bring audiences into the creative process to share and engage with the dance community in Seattle and around the globe. Whim W’Him is creating the original dance films in collaboration with Quinn Wharton, a New York-based movement photographer and filmmaker who has also danced professionally with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and San Francisco Ballet. These dance films will include: Choreographic Shindig VI (September 2020) - original dance films featuring new dance creations choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Madison Olandt & Mike Tyus This Is Not The Little Prince (January 2021) - an original film version of Artistic Director & Founder Olivier Wevers’ full-length work that premiered in June 2019 with original music by composer Brian Lawlor Wonder Beyond (May 2021) - original dance films featuring new dance creations choreographed by Joseph Hernandez and Robyn Mineko Williams Whim W’Him is also reimaging its XALT program, originally planned for the last week of May and early June, and is currently creating new dance films with physically distant choreography by Penny Saunders and Artistic Director & Founder Olivier Wevers. These films will also be available through IN-with-WHIM starting on June 18, 2020. In addition to these original dance films, Whim W’Him will also use its IN-with-WHIM platform to curate a series of digital artist interviews and chats called Dance and Tell, share behind-the-scenes experiences, and livestream some of its rehearsals so dancers, students and audiences can see how Whim W’Him and its dancers are continuing to find ways to create while adjusting their practices to comply with vital and necessary public safety mandates. IN-with-WHIM will also feature a variety of additional content, including videos of past creations from Whim W’Him’s first decade alongside interviews with the creators, contemporary technique classes, and forums around mental and physical health for dancers and movement artists. In addition to its new online offerings, Whim W’Him is also exploring a series of free, physically distant, outdoor pop-up performances. These performances will take place throughout the summer to engage our communities in innovative contemporary dance creations in ways that are safe and responsible. Artistic Director & Founder Olivier Wevers shared, “While online streaming will never replace the experience of live performances, we believe in nurturing the future of contemporary dance by stretching our imagination beyond the stage and engaging with our community virtually. Filled with courage and resilience, we are determined, even while physically distant from others, to look beyond our own circumstances and interact with the world in creative ways. We are keeping new contemporary dance creations alive, for our communal healing now and to ensure a revitalized future for the arts and humanity.” IN-with-WHIM memberships will go on sale through whimwhim.org during the first week of June. Annual memberships will cost $10 per month for a total of $120. Monthly memberships will cost $12 per month and can be canceled at any time. On-demand tickets for one-time viewing will also be available for each of the three new dance creations in Season 11 at prices ranging from $5-$50. On-demand tickets will be available on August 1, 2020 and throughout the season. To announce the launch of IN-with-WHIM and Season 11, Whim W’Him will also host the first episode of its Dance and Tell series from 6:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 4, 2020 on Facebook Live. The event will be hosted by Whim W’Him dancer Jim Kent and board member Natalie Sandoval, and will feature short interviews and clips about what Whim W’Him will be sharing with the community in the year ahead. Click here to watch a brief promotional video created by the Whim W’Him company and edited by dancer Liane Aung. ABOUT SEASON 11 Whim W’Him is launching its 11th season with IN-with-WHIM, an all-digital membership program featuring an experimental season of original dance films by some of the world’s most intriguing contemporary dance choreographers, and a series of digital conversations designed to bring audiences into the creative process to share and engage with the dance community in Seattle and around the globe. Whim W’Him created this program as a way to prioritize the health of its artists and the community, while supporting ways for dance artists, students and audiences to come together while staying apart. TICKET INFORMATION WHIM W’HIM SEASON 11 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021 IN-with-WHIM, featuring original dance films Choreographic Shindig VI (September 2020), This Is Not The Little Prince (January 2021), Wonder Beyond (May 2021) and more. Memberships available June 2020: Annual membership: $10/month ($120) | Monthly membership: $12/month On-demand tickets for one-time viewing available August 1, 2020 and beyond: TeenTix $5 | Students/Seniors $10 | General $20 | Family $35 | Premium $50

Wow, Bouder .

Carousel (A dance) is in PNB's rep and has been performed for at least two seasons.