ViolinConcerto Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 My "Google Alert" led me to a very interesting article about Aesha, now dancing with Alonzo King in San Francisco. I for one was sorry to see her go, (she was my mother's favorite female dancer) and felt that she had been under-used. Albert Evans' piece to the John Cage music ("Haiku") showed what she was capable of doing. I hope you'll follow the link to this information. The article traces not just her physical journey from New York to Switzerland (with Bejart) to San Francisco, but her internal struggles with being the only African-American woman in NYCB. I was sad to read that she had become discouraged, and wish her well in her new endeavors. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c...ype=performance Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Thanks for the article. I miss her too, and hope we'll get to see her again. I noted that line about "a dispiriting meeting with Peter Martins" which led to her leaving NYCB. Link to comment
carbro Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Since there is already an ongoing discussion of Aesha Ash in the Dancers' forum, I will close this topic. Thanks, ViolinConcerto, for linking to the article! Link to comment
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