Helene Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 If we're lucky, someone in Jackson will post the info from the programs, because I can't find anything specific on the site. The Round II compulsory contemporary piece had to be chosen from specific pieces made available by Matthew Neenan and Trey McIntyre on video, and then the competitors had the chance to work with the choreographers on site. The contemporary piece for the Finals (Round III) had to be choreographed after 2010 and be a maximum of four minutes: http://www.usaibc.com/rules/#Auto%20Acceptance%20Policy I don't know if he commissioned a piece -- he'd have a lot of options just from his colleagues -- got permission to use something PNB presented, or got permission to do another existing contemporary work. "Emergence" is too old, and I doubt the solo in silence in the recent Morris would count. The only extended solo I remember in the Cerrudo is for a woman. There's nothing I can find that specifies the version of the variations for the classical rep Columns A&B. The only ballets he'd have seen at PNB are the Stowell male variation for "Nutcracker" and the Hynd and reconstructed versions of the "Sleeping Beauty" male variation, both in Column A. I don't know if there's anything else he would have danced as a PD, but it would be sweet were he to dance to a reconstructed version working with Doug Fullington. I know Doug's worked on "Raymonda," (also Column A), "La Bayadere," and "Le Corsaire," but Ali wasn't added until 1955; so much for Medora and the Slave. Link to comment
sandik Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I'm not seeing an A and B list -- I'm looking here but I have a feeling that's not the right place. It's the standard versions of Giselle and Don Quixote, the Grigorovitch Swan Lake, Esmerelda, Flower Festival and the old version of Fille. But people learn stuff all over, so I imagine he's got stuff in his personal repertoire that we don't see here. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 This is the list of Round I rep: http://www.usaibc.com/round-i-classical-repertoire/ This is the list of Round III rep: http://www.usaibc.com/2227-2/ There is no overlap: the Round I "Esmeralda" are the Esmeralda and Frolio grand pas and variations, while for the Round III, it's "Diana and Acteon." For Round I, "Swan Lake" excerpts were from Act III; in Round III they are from Act II. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 PNB posted today that Loch will be competing tonight along with a great photo of him: https://www.facebook.com/PNBallet/photos/a.439537898951.224264.21358443951/10152301455168952/?type=1&permPage=1 I asked if anyone knew what he danced in previous rounds and what he'll dance tonight. If I get any answers, I'll post them here. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 PNB answered!!! Pacific Northwest Ballet Helene Kaplan, this just in from Steven: "I perform the Prince's variation from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty, Solor's variation from La Bayadere, and a contemporary piece I choreographed myself." Link to comment
Helene Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Carrie Imler was asked about her "strategic summer schedule" by Dance Magazine: http://dancemagazine.com/issues/July-2014/Your-body-strategic-summer-schedule (with a lovely photo by Angela Sterling) Link to comment
Helene Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Carrie Imler posted this as a public post to her Facebook page: Carrie Imler Miller feeling blessed 3 hrs · Seattle, WA, United States · Can't believe I start my 20th season with PNB on monday!!!!!! I don't remember what she danced for her school graduation ballet in 1995, but to this day I remember feeling gobsmacked watching her. The great thing about dance is that the "blessed" stuff works both ways. Congratulations to her on her upcoming 20th anniversary Link to comment
Helene Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 On its Facebook Page, PNB just published a photo of Maria Chapman (Kennedy) and her new daughter, Eleanor Cavendish Kennedy, born in July: https://www.facebook.com/PNBallet/photos/np.246465218.688777437/10152373509783952 Congratulations to the Kennedy family Edited to add: I've just been given a heads up that you have to be logged into Facebook to see the photo. You don't have to "Like" the PNB page to see it, though. Link to comment
tutu Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 On its Facebook page, PNB has posted a picture of Pointe Magazine's cover, featuring Leta Biasucci. https://www.facebook.com/PNBallet/photos/a.439537898951.224264.21358443951/10152498424803952/?type=1&theater But the most exciting part may have been the caption: "Psst... you may want to be sure you're at opening night tomorrow, rumor has it Peter Boal is making an announcement." If that means what I think it means... Edit: Just seeing the other thread now—apologies for the cross-post! Link to comment
Helene Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Marcie Sillman did a feature on Carrie Imler for KUOW; this page has an article that is somewhat different from the audio, which is linked from the page: http://kuow.org/post/can-we-discuss-those-fouettes-seattle-s-carrie-imler-fierce Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Every time I see that video of "Imler’s epic fouettes" I get goose bumps. I couldn't agree more with Jonathan Porretta's accolades for Carrie. His word "fierce" is spot on.Soon we will see her as the Rubies tall girl.....can't wait. I can't think of any female dancer who can dominate a stage full of men (dare I say it......as fiercely) as a solo woman better than Carrie. She is Myrtha personifiedLater edit: I screwed up in this post a few days ago. Altho there is a brief period in Rubies when the tall girl is alone with the men, it is very brief indeed (like 3 seconds!). The scene I was thinking of when I wrote the above is from Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana where Carrie is so effective as a solo woman among a gaggle of men. Sorry about that...... Link to comment
Helene Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 In the "Jewels" program there are photos of Maria Chapman with her and husband Brendan Kennedy and their daughter, Eleanor Cavendish Kennedy, who was born on 9 July, and Kylee Kitchens and husband Steven Ruane's son, Simon David Ruane, who was born on 28 August. Congratulations to both families! Link to comment
Helene Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 This isn't really news, but I didn't want to start an entire thread. I saw the "In the Woods" movie, and I was sure I was watching Elle Macy as Cinderella. imdb says that the actress's name is Anna Kendrick, but have they ever been seen in the same room? Link to comment
sandik Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Anna Kendrick has been having a pretty full career -- I think we would have noticed if Macy was gone long enough to take on that identity as well as her own! Link to comment
Helene Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Carla Korbes was one of the five retiring ballerinas featured in a new Huffington Post piece which asked each about the biggest changes in the dance world: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carla-escoda/changing-of-the-guard-five-prima-ballerinas-reflect-on-the-biggest-change-in-the-dance-world_b_6409688.html Link to comment
sandik Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Marie Sillman at KUOW has done a nice interview with Karel Cruz -- some personal history, and some commentary on the current shifting relationships with Cuba.This made me wonder, though -- I've always heard that Fabric Calmels is "the tallest man in ballet." How tall is he, actually? Link to comment
Helene Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Calmels is listed as 6'6" on the info page from the Balancing Pointe podcast: http://balancing-pointe.com/fabrice-calmels/ Link to comment
Helene Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Calmels said he is "almost 6'7"" in this Samsung commercial, in which Carla Korbes makes an appearance: PNB just tweeted the link Link to comment
sandik Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Always glad to see dancers in national advertising. Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The parts of him with the little ballet students was so adorable (and next to them he looked like a giant!). Link to comment
Helene Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 On Tuesday, June 16, works by Price Suddarth, who has created a piece for Jahna Frantziskonis, Leta Biasucci, and Elle Macy, and Ezra Thomson, who has created a piece for dancers from Spectrum Dance Company, will be presented at the Seattle International Dance Festival in the "Spotlight on Contemporary Ballet" program, along with works by Natascha Greenwalt and Kim Lusk. http://www.seattleidf.org/event/spotlight-on-contemporary-ballet-2015/?instance_id=165 On Sunday, June 21 (7:30pm), SIDF will present Ezra Thomson's and Jerome Aparis' ballet-hip hop work with music by William Lin-Yee in the Inter | National Series Weekend 2 Program B program. http://www.seattleidf.org/event/international-series-weekend-2-program-b-2015/?instance_id=147 Both are at Raisbeck Hall, 2015 Boren (between Denny and Virginia). Link to comment
Helene Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 PNB just posted a sweet photo of Maria Chapman, Rachel Foster, and Kylee Kitchens with their babies: https://www.facebook.com/PNBallet/photos/np.1434330122465578.688777437/10153085887528952/ Maria Chapman's daughter is coming up to her first birthday, and she said in a Q&A that there was about seven weeks between her daughter and Kylee Kitchen's son, and between Kylee Kitchen's son and Rachel Foster's daughter. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Karel Cruz and Lindsi Dec: https://twitter.com/PNBallet/status/664658417433247744 Link to comment
Helene Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 It's getting close for Carrie Imler and her husband Hans: https://www.facebook.com/PNBallet/photos/a.439537898951.224264.21358443951/10153685321253952/?type=3&theater Link to comment
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