iwatchthecorps

I have seen a number of sites that sell access to bbc on the internet. The problem is that I cannot tell if they are legitimate or not. Hopefully some of our Ballet Alert colleagues are aware of the best service to use (if it exists).

Does anyone know where to go on the web to stream the BBC TV series, Agony and Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet from the US? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zfty5

Rebecca King of Miami City Ballet and Norwegian dancer Henrik Lamark have posted The Virtual Pas De Deux: Your Guide to Partnering (Part Two). Check it out at Tendus Under a Palm Tree

Rebecca King of Miami City Ballet has teamed with Norwegian dancer Henrik Lamark to blog about the art of pas de deux. It is an interesting collaboration between two dance bloggers.

You can get there through Rebecca's blog Tendus Under a Palm Tree

or go directly to Tights and Tiaras

Rebecca King, member of the corps at MCB blog about the Sleepwalker role. She interviews Jennifer Lauren who danced the role recently. Read about it at TENDUS UNDER A PALM TREE

MCB for has posted casting on their website. Click here.

This came through on one of my feeds today:

Dreamweaver: Allegra Kent guides Miami City Ballet through La Sonnambula

Over the last two weeks, Dance Advantage ran another voting to down select from all blogs. You can see that here.

Dance Advantage is holding a poll to identify the best ballet and dance blogs for 2010.

The categories are Dance Company or School, Dance News and Criticism, Dance Student or Beginner, Dance Education and Training, Dancer Musings.

There is also an overall category called Top 20.

Check it out and VOTE at: Vote here

Rebecca King, Corps member at Miami City Ballet, discusses the recent Macaulay comments on dancers eating too many Sugar Plums. Read her blog at Tendus Under a Palm Tree

Rebecca King of Miami city Ballet recounts an encounter with a ballet lover from last weekend and asks other to Help Spread the Joy of Ballet.. Make sure to share your stories with Rebecca.

MCB Corps member Rebecca King recounts the experience of seeing Alegra Kent and Edward Villella re-live a moment from Bugaku. Read more at Tendus Under a Palm Tree

MCB Corps member Rebecca King has just posted the first part of an interview with Matthew Diamond. Mr. Diamond is director of Miami City Ballet's PBS special "Great Performances: Dance In America"

Questions include:

• While working with Miami City Ballet dancers, what moment sticks out most in your memory?
  
• How did you prepare for this filming? I would be interested to hear a bit about the notes that you brought to rehearsals that week in the studio?
  
• The choreographers created these ballets to be performed live on stage. How do you find innovative and exciting camera angles, while simultaneously preserving the integrity of the stage performance?
  

You can find the interview at Tendus Undar a Palm Tree

As MCB goes through the process of filming the upcoming Great Performances for PBS, Corps member, Rebecca King, is blogging about the experience. Check it out at tenduesunderapalmtree

Colorado Ballet, facing crescendo of deficits, takes aim at red ink

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_141...6#ixzz0csk9TO01

The economic issues still persist:

A leaner Madison Ballet returns after trying times

Thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, it looks like orchestral accompaniment will return to MCB in 2010-2013.

Grant money helps to improve the arts

"Cheers to arts, sciences

The Cambridge-based American Academy of Arts and Sciences inducted its newest members - the 229th class - Saturday. In a nod to academy founder John Adams, new inductees James Earl Jones and Emmylou Harris read letters written by John and Abigail Adams. (The night before, the academy honored a slew of celebrated scribes, including Jamaica Kincaid, James Salter, Gish Jen, Denis Donoghue, and Galway Kinnell.) Saturday’s other inductees included California’s chief justice Ronald George and Miami City Ballet chief executive Edward Villella. Among the guests were several college presidents, former Citizens Bank chief executive Larry Fish, Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, critic Stanley Crouch, MIT economist and MacArthur award winner Esther Duflo, and Partners in Health founder Paul Farmer"

Boston.com

There is an interesting article on examiner.com with tips for arts orgs: Dance 101: How your arts organization can survive the recession

MCB faced a cold evening on Sunday but seems to have done very well. Keeping Balanchine legacy alive, kicking

The Miami Herald today discussed the arts worthiness for our support "Why the arts matter and deserve support -- especially in bleak times"

Miami City Ballet has launched a blog on its newly updated website. Check it out at MCB Blog

Miami City Ballet to get $50,000 bailout check from Washington Funds go to pay for 1 additional week of contract. This grant came through the state. The other half of the stimulus through NEA has not been distributed.

Ballet Florida closed for good as revival hopes stall.

Please see the article at Ballet Florida closed for good