Helene Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Here's another article about Cruz at OU: https://www.fox23.com/news/oklahoma/cuban-dance-teacher-shares-passion-at-university-of-oklahoma/981691603 Link to comment
Helene Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I just came across this: Quote OPENING For MM Contemporary Dance will be a world premiere choreographed and performed by the BC-based extraordinary dancers Alexis Fletcher and Andrew Bartee, 2019 Chutzpah! Dance Artists in Residence. https://chutzpahfestival.com/performances-tickets/dance/mm-contemporary-dance/ Link to comment
sandik Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Rummaging around online and found this -- Chelsea Adomaitis has joined the Monte Carlo company! Link to comment
seattle_dancer Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Thank you Sandik! I was just thinking about Chelsea and wondered what happened to her. There are certain roles that I distinctly remember her in and then I really miss her. Now I hope to see her dance when Les Ballets de Monte Carlo tours just like Noe and Lucien way back when! Link to comment
sandik Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I'd be very curious to see her in that repertory. Link to comment
Helene Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Great interview with Carla Korbes by Michael Breeden and Rebecca King Ferraro for their Conversations on Dance podcast: https://conversationsondancepod.com/2020/01/21/carla-korbes-2019/ It was done at last summer's Vail International Dance Festival. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Gavin Larsen is teaching in Asheville, NC, and in this Conversations on Dance Podcast episode, she discusses her career and then the challenges of teaching online with Rebecca King Ferraro and Michael Breeden: https://conversationsondancepod.com/2020/05/18/gavin-larsen/ I loved her dancing and was really happy when she returned to the West Coast to dance with Oregon Ballet Theatre, where I got to see her perform featured roles. Link to comment
Helene Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 In a still conceptual project, Kathryn Morgan wants to start a small group of professional dancers who would partner with schools, and she mentioned Sean Rollofson as someone she'd like to participate. I was happy to hear his name mentioned: I miss his dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjdYTvsPpG4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR08UhWdvvDlvNe18Iqu0rEHb3VVfUsTGKvqU4EFjueXNNLGH9s-_fXbdPo Link to comment
Helene Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 PNB just linked an article about Lindsi Dec and Karel Cruz's new studio, the DeCruz Ballet Studio, which they opened in San Antonio this past September. My favorite quote is: Quote “Right now, we are focusing on a professional program where we look at the structure and curriculum of what we have learned and what we were lacking when we were growing up,” said Dec. “We look at what we wished we had.” I remember Dec saying in a Q&A that being in Seattle, she missed the sun.. She'll certainly get as much sun as she wants in San Antonio! Link to comment
Helene Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 From Links, an article on Ballet Tucson, where Margaret Mullin is Associate Artistic Director: The company is presenting works by Kiyon (Gaines) Ross -- A Piece in P-I-E-C-E-S in the opening program in October and No Holds Barre'd in the closer in April -- and a new work by current PNB dancer Amanda Morgan in January. https://ballettucson.org/performances-and-tickets/ Link to comment
Helene Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 This recent article in Pointe Magazine features five dancers for whom the pandemic changed the course of their careers. Two are former PNB dancers Steven Loch and Jahna Franziskonis, and one if former PNBS Professional Division dancers, Kyle Davis, who joined Ballet West II upon graduation and became a Ballet West company member. I was sorely disappointed when he wasn't asked to join PNB, and I'm glad that he was featured here. Link to comment
sandik Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 A friend of a friend was in Monte Carlo and saw both Jerome and Laura Tisserand in Maillot's production of Faust. Jerome Tisserand was Faust in one cast, and Laura Tisserand was Death in a second cast. Link to comment
sandik Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 And Patricia Barker is retiring from the Royal New Zealand Ballet. It looks like she'll be heading back towards Seattle, since she's joining the board of Whim Whi'm. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Not a "Where are they now?" but a "Where were they then?": Kurt Froman just posted a picture from School of American Ballet, where, in the back, he was partnering Maria Chapman: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpksVCWOSbQ/ Link to comment
sandik Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Seth Orza has been working diligently on developing a new soft ballet shoe with internal support (especially in the sole) -- it looks like he's ready for business! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 15 minutes ago, sandik said: Seth Orza has been working diligently on developing a new soft ballet shoe with internal support (especially in the sole) -- it looks like he's ready for business! Very cool! Link to comment
Helene Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Former and much-missed PNB dancer Barry Kerollis is in Seattle this weekend for the 50th Anniversary celebration along with other PNB Alumni, and he posted this video clip of him performing Puck, one of his best roles and finest performances at PNB: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8OI3CgodX/- Other alumni in told included Angela Sterling, Deborah Hadley, and Eric Hipolito, who will appear on a panel led by Kyon ross for the Rep V Conversations on Thursday, April 14 at 5:30pm (ticketed) before the Dress Rehearsal, according to the email. Link to comment
Grace8 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 William Lin-Yee is now a voice actor. He made the pre-performance etiquette announcement (put away phones, etc) for the Midsummer Night's Dream rep, and to also highlight the Second Stage program. Link to comment
sandik Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 4/18/2023 at 12:35 PM, Grace8 said: William Lin-Yee is now a voice actor. He made the pre-performance etiquette announcement (put away phones, etc) for the Midsummer Night's Dream rep, and to also highlight the Second Stage program. I squeaked when I heard that -- such a great next act! Link to comment
sandik Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet has announced a round of new appointments -- Noelani Pantastico has been named Artistic Director. https://www.citybiz.co/article/405988/central-pennsylvania-youth-ballet-appoints-noelani-pantastico-as-artistic-director/ Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) What an amazing place for Noe to land! (.....the well spring of so many greats). P.S. Noe, how about talking Carrie into doing a "Master's Class" at CPYB every year or two???😉 Edited April 22 by SandyMcKean Link to comment
Helene Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 She's been on the faculty since last year. She left PNB after Romeo et Juliette to take the position. Link to comment
Helene Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Seth Orza posted a Mother's Day tribute on Instagram to his mom and his wife, also a former Principal Dancer at PNB (scroll using the < and > arrows): https://www.instagram.com/p/CsOeh9PL7yK/ Those are one dancing families! Lola, the Orzas older child, was born when both were dancing. Link to comment
Helene Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Alastair Macaulay posted group photos from The Balanchine Foundations part one coaching/demo sessions on Apollo's Muses, and Francia Russell, who had danced Polyhymnia, is one of the coaches, along with Suki Schorer, who had danced Calliope. https://www.instagram.com/p/CuhQfM3Al_4/ Isabella LaFreniere is dancing Calliope, Devon Teuscher is dancing Polyhymnia, and Chloe Misseldine is dancing Terpsichore. Robert Fairchild is daning Apollo. Macaulay posted that Kay Mazzo was going to coach Terpsichore, and that he'll be interviewing all three. Link to comment
Helene Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Carla Korbes has joined the faculty of ABT's JKO School's JPre-Professional Division: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBalletTheatre/posts/pfbid0zQot1PayFQNtTgTonbE5T5wMwRsLBMzmRZ4kvzbbFFjPq4iDY1wTBECXhMdyNqual Link to comment
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