Golden Idol Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 James Whiteside's Twitter account says to watch for an "exciting" announcement from ABT later this week. Promotion, perhaps? By the way, whatever you may think of him as a danseur, his JbDUBS videos are very funny. And the boy can move! Link to comment
California Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 James Whiteside's Twitter account says to watch for an "exciting" announcement from ABT later this week. Promotion, perhaps? By the way, whatever you may think of him as a danseur, his JbDUBS videos are very funny. And the boy can move! ABT sent out the same Tweet yesterday, but I ignored it. I'm hoping for several promotions in the ranks: @ABTBallet 21h Stay tuned for an exciting announcement from ABT later this week! Link to comment
mussel Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 In terms of roster changes, there're 3 possibilities, promotions from soloist to principal, corps to soloist, or new principal(s) from outside. I think Whiteside's promotion is the most likely. Link to comment
Jayne Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 or maybe Ratmansky will be named Associate AD? Link to comment
Barbara Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Jayne, would this mean Victor Barbee would have to step down or is there sometimes more than one Associate AD? I know this is speculation so maybe not appropriate. Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I'm hoping the announcement will be for some well-deserved promotions (but no new guest artists)! Link to comment
Helene Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Jayne, would this mean Victor Barbee would have to step down or is there sometimes more than one Associate AD? I know this is speculation so maybe not appropriate. Management makes up its own rules about management. It would be unusual to have two Associate AD's, but ABT could do it if it wanted. I don't think ABT would throw this out as a teaser though. Link to comment
abatt Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 It was last September around this time that ABT announced that Vasiliev was joining as a principal at ABT. So if I were making bets, I would bet that the announcement will relate to promotiion(s), not a change in management. Link to comment
Golden Idol Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Apropos the whereabouts of departing/departed ABT dancers, Roddy Doble's Facebook page indicates he's living in Boston now, but no mention of affiliation. Carlos Lopez was teaching in Mexico this past summer. I hate to sound like a cyber-stalker, but the Facebook pages of ABT dancers are informative and often charming, because from their comments and especially the photos they post of themselves and their colleagues, you get a sense of just what a bunch of kids they are, kids who may certainly be accomplished artists but who do, well, all sorts of kids things! Link to comment
Helene Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Like all Facebook users, some dancers only allow their content to be seen by Friends (private) that they've approved, some allow all of their content to be public-facing, and others choose post-by-post whether to make it public or private. ABT just tweeted, Tomorrow is the day! We are launching a major initiative and can’t wait to tell you about it. which doesn't sound like promotion announcements to me. Link to comment
Swanilda8 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 ABT just tweeted, Tomorrow is the day! We are launching a major initiative and can’t wait to tell you about it. which doesn't sound like promotion announcements to me. Maybe this is something to do with the new $2 million grant for the JKO school. "A major initiative" has the ring of money to me. Link to comment
mussel Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 May be a multi year program to restore, reconstruct, & restage all Petipa ballets. Please pardon my daydreaming. Link to comment
vipa Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 May be a multi year program to restore, reconstruct, & restage all Petipa ballets. Please pardon my daydreaming. If we are daydreaming - I'll daydream about re-staging Tudor. I think we are all overly optimistic. Link to comment
bingham Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 May be a multi year program to restore, reconstruct, & restage all Petipa ballets. Please pardon my daydreaming. I'll daydream with you. Link to comment
Swanilda8 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 May be a multi year program to restore, reconstruct, & restage all Petipa ballets. Please pardon my daydreaming. If we are daydreaming - I'll daydream about re-staging Tudor. I think we are all overly optimistic. I second that dream, if we can add all the de Mille ballets too. Link to comment
California Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 WSJ just sent out a story about the new initiative: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323392204579071071121764480.html Project Plie will promote diversity in ballet, featuring Misty Copeland. I'm really pleased to see them partnering with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. My brother-in-law worked in related non-profit sectors much of his life and B&GC has a stellar reputation among the many groups working with underprivileged youth. Denzel Washington is one of their many "alumni." ABT just sent out a Tweet about this. I see Dale has started a new thread, so people might want to discuss it there. AmericanBalletTheatr @ABTBallet 4m ABT announces Project Plié, a nationwide initiative to increase racial & ethnic representation in ballet http://www.abt.org/projectplie #ProjectPlie Link to comment
bingham Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 May be a multi year program to restore, reconstruct, & restage all Petipa ballets. Please pardon my daydreaming. We just have to continue daydreaming. Mine was Yuri Burlaka's joining as a Petipa stager. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I've moved the responses to the Project Plie to Dale's thread, which is now California's thread, since California wrote the earliest post. Please continue to discuss here: http://balletalert.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/37780-abt-launches-project-plie/ Link to comment
dancemom101 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Roddy Doble joined Boston Ballet's Corps. http://www.bostonballet.org/Company_Dancers/Dancers/Roddy_Doble.html Link to comment
Helene Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Finally they updated their website . Link to comment
Plisskin Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I saw they have 4 new members from the school joining the corps as apprentices: Catherine Hurlin, Pasha Knopp, Alexandra Pullen, and Hanna Marshall. I wish ABT had graduation performances like the Bolshoi, Mariinsky, and POB do. Maybe when they get more money they will. Link to comment
mussel Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 They sort of have annual JKO graduation performance at end of July at the Sinatra School auditorium in Long Island City. Link to comment
abatt Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 James Whiteside's Twitter account says to watch for an "exciting" announcement from ABT later this week. Promotion, perhaps? By the way, whatever you may think of him as a danseur, his JbDUBS videos are very funny. And the boy can move! For the James Whiteside supporters (including me), the Sunday NY Times had an article on people in the NY dance scene to watch, including James Whiteside. Macauley writes, "It’s hard to imagine that he won’t be promoted to a principal here soon." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/arts/dance/movers-and-shapers.html?pagewanted=3 Link to comment
Dale Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I moved the James Whiteside discussion to a new thread. Link to comment
Plisskin Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Eun Young Ahn is no longer on ABT's website and dancers Mai Aihara, Sungwoo Han and Jonathan Klein joined the corp this month. Their has been a lot of shake up in the corp this year. Link to comment
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