Amy Reusch

Some people maintain that performance art cannot be restaged, but Robert Wildon's work is not of that genre I think... It was too staged to begin with to not survive restaging. But, is a film remotely the same thing as being in the space? Seems like coming and going from a room is very different, just as staring at a screen for several hours would be much harder than staring at a stage. Did they shoot it in 3D by any chance?

Thank you so much for your generous giving of your time... Looking forward to the next fifteen years!

Considering that she was a PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE, they are well rid of her!

This is slightly off topic, given that she dances for Dance Theater of Harlem, but if someone is researching Afro-American dancers, here is a lovely example :

I think it is sad too. There are disproportionately few African American girls in American ballet schools... European Americans mostly with a few Asian Americans, but very very few African Americans. It is Ballet's loss. This is why it is so important for the role models to be seen.

I understand. I should have clicked through to the site instead of thinking Helene had posted the all dance info here. I didn't realize ADF did not present ballet. I've always equated it with The Pillow.

Oh, thanks... Thats reassuring... I didn't see then in Helene's list.

I am surprised at there is nothing for American Dance Festival...

Seems like peanuts compared to what the NEA used to grant decades ago, particularly when one hears the pentagon gets to spend in the neighborhood of $550 Million annually on it's music. (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/161837-analyst-military-bands-to-cost-dod-50b-in-50-years).... But at least it is something.

I think it was the frequent practice they put in expressing vitality...

"Was she so desperate to become a affiliated with the Bolshoi that all financial and monetary considerations were thrown to the winds?" No one goes into ballet for the financial/monetary considerations. I imagIne there are many in New York who would throw caution to the winds for a chance to play for the Yankees/Mets/Giants/Jets/Knicks/Rangers even at partial pay. It was her life's dream to dance for the Bolshoi; she had already thrown all to the wind just to have a shot at it. It was not, however, a sustainable situation.

Maybe we could just start calling it Balanchine's Theater... though I applaud the state's role in it's existence, so it will always be "The State Theater" to me... Just like that road will always be "The West Side Highway" no matter who they name it after next. Watch the ensemble choreography from the balcony, the principals' performance from the orchestra, preferable from where the lighting designer sat when he lit the ballet... Atleast 2/3rds back and center,,,

Well, like Black Swan, it may bring a new audience to the ballet... Maybe the hope is that their eyes will open for the scandal and stay open to savor the beauty... Has the Black Swan surge panned out into any increase of sustained interest?

Why did they recieve permission? It has sounded like a reality show from the word go, but I think the boat sailed several months ago... There is no such thing as bad publicity?

Without daily class dancers would not keep up to the the level required and would not have their contract renewed, but would there be objection if a dancer took class elsewhere as long as their technique was delivering what the AD required?

Thank you! I wonder when we will see that kind of stage presence again... If you ever hear why the Bournonville choice, I hope you will share it here. When did Nureyev meet Bruhn?

Forcing smoking out of public spaces has done a lot to discourage smokers from smoking in this country... I believe forcing discrimination out of public spaces has done a lot to discourage discrimination. Sure, some smokers have just gone underground, but a great number of them have quit altogether and many more have never gotten started...

This looks wonderful! http://newyorkartistsforthephilippines.weebly.com/ Quote from website: On December 30th, artists from New York will come together for an evening in honor of the survivors and in memory of the victims of typhoon Haiyan. Dancers and vocalists to include Stella Abrera*, Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside of American Ballet Theater, Ashley Bouder, Amar Ramasar, Gina Pazcoguin*, Lauren King, and Anthony Huxley* of the New York City Ballet, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, and Daniel Harder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Blakeley White-Mcguire of Martha Graham Dance Company, Tiffany Mangulabnan* and Clifford Williams of Ballet Next, Bennyroyce Royon* of Bennyroyce Dance Productions, Angelo Soriano* of Flashdance! The Musical, Diane Phelan*-Broadway performer, Michael Trusnovec and Jamie Rae Walker of Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Terra Firma Dance Theatre. World Food Programme is a worldwide organization invested in feeding those in need. By raising just $12,500 we can provide 50,000 meals to the hungry and displaced victims in The Philippines

Ray, I found this on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grossvater_Tanz "The Grossvater Tanz (Grandfather's Dance) is a German dance tune from the 17th century. It is generally considered a traditional folk tune. Its real author has been claimed to be Carl Gottlieb Hering (de) (17661853),[1] but this attribution seems not to be generally supported." And Robert Schumann quoted the Grossvater Tanz in two works: - the final section of Papillons, Op. 2 (1831) - the final section ("Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins") of Carnaval, Op. 9 (183435), where he labels the theme "Thème du XVIIème siècle" (Theme from the 17th century). And "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky also quotes the tune in act 1 of his ballet The Nutcracker (1892). It appears at the end of the Christmas party. Tchaikovsky was a great admirer of Schumann's music, but it is not clear whether this was meant as some sort of tribute to Schumann or simply as an appropriate tune to use in music depicting the winding up of a happy family event.[3]". ------ With which I have quoted practically half the article. It does work nicely as a plot device... So perhaps it was a little of both... Something appropriate that easily came to mind because of Tchaikovsky's fondness of Schuman. Somewhere I read the ballet was composed under a flood of childhood memories of his sister whose death he belatedly learned of while he was abroad... Not sure where I got that info and my memory is mutable. Will see if google can help.... Yes, it appears that I did not make that bit up... But with my brief review, I find no particular source worth quoting here. I have wondered how a Russian's childhood memories would serve fir a German christmas, but as a child he had a "French nanny" he was very close to, French, but with the name Fanny Dürbach, who taught him fluency in German as well as French. Doesn't look like a French name to me. She was from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montbéliard. This is an interesting site: http://wiki.tchaikovsky-research.net/wiki/Main_Page

For number 8) isn't the nod debated?

Putin, like Obama, like any head of state, should have body guards... Gergiev? I don't think Peter Martins requires bodyguards...

It is confusing because in some articles and blogs she is sometimes referred to as a soloist and a soloist contract is mentioned but I only see her listed as corps on the Bolshoi roster. Was she ever offered a soloist contract or was this just internet rumor?

I find that bio confusing... Says she was born in '65 and the family moved to Nj in '76 when but shegot a part in a Broadwaybshow, but she joined Cincinnati Ballet before following her family to NYC? Hunh? She joined Cincinnati Ballet when she was 11? Her wikipedia entry makes more sense and does not mention ABT. Probably some reporter got SAB & ABT mixed up? ABT used to have open classes at their school but I suspect she was too young to have studied there and certainly not while she was at SAB. (?)

Sounds like a question for our sister site... (BT4D tab above or follow this link. http://dancers.invisionzone.com/)

It seems liie they keep adding new behind-the-scenes clips... Or did I just miss them my first time through?