stuben Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Not sure if anyone else saw this but just announced on Washington Post!!! Along with her husband, Victor Barbee, who will become the Washington Ballet’s associate artistic director! <https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/abt-star-julie-kent-is-washington-ballets-new-director/2016/03/07/e1f469ba-e49d-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html> Link to comment
Kaysta Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Wow! Didn't see this one coming. I thought she was working with the JKO school. Congratulations to Julie and her husband. Link to comment
LadyBubbles Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Wow. I guess no more character roles for Barbee on ABT then? Congrats to both of them on the new job though. Link to comment
mimsyb Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Wow! Didn't see this one coming. I thought she was working with the JKO school. Congratulations to Julie and her husband. Yes, Big surprise. Happy for both. Just a wild thought. What are the odds that Sarah Lane might jump ship for Foggy Bottom? Link to comment
FauxPas Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I was personally wondering why Julie Kent wasn't tapped as a full-time ballet mistress at ABT to replace Susan Jaffe and the late Georgina Parkinson. Kolpakova is in her eighties and is cutting back though she seems indestructible. The JKO School Summer Intensive seemed kind of small potatoes for her. We don't know if Julie is giving up that position or if Victor Barbee is leaving his position of associate artistic director at ABT. Anyway, congratulations to both of them! Link to comment
stuben Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Yes, Big surprise. Happy for both. Just a wild thought. What are the odds that Sarah Lane might jump ship for Foggy Bottom? Wow! Never thought of that or for that matter whom else will follow....!!! On a side note, I started this feed but it seems there is another feed under Washington Ballet, so if anyone else wants to continue with responses, it might be better suited under that feed since this news pertains to Washington Ballet more than under ABT?! Link to comment
mussel Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I think there's a possibility of Lane joining WB if she has a better working relationship with Kent and Barbee than with Kevin. There's already an ABT alumna at WB, Nicole Graniero left ABT for WB last summer: https://www.washingtonballet.org/company/nicole-graniero Someone raised the possibility of Lane joining PA Ballet in another thread, why not both if WB and PAB seasons don't overlap. Link to comment
abatt Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Sarah Lane's husband is a real estate broker in Jersey City. It's the same company that Eric Tamm works for. For those out of town ballet alert readers, Jersey City is a few minutes away from Manhattan. It is very easy to live in Manhattan and commute to Northern New Jersey for work. I think the odds of Sarah joining Washington Ballet are slim. Link to comment
sandik Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I imagine that it's unlikely Kent will continue to run the JKO summer program -- doesn't Washington Ballet have a robust school? Link to comment
lmspear Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I think we might see an increase in ABT dancers coming into the Washington Ballet as guest artists. Last season we had Xiomara Reyes in Sleepy Hollow and a few years ago David Hallberg guested in La Sylphide. Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I think we might see an increase in ABT dancers coming into the Washington Ballet as guest artists. Last season we had Xiomara Reyes in Sleepy Hollow and a few years ago David Hallberg guested in La Sylphide. Don't forget Copeland and her Swan Lake debut last year. Link to comment
balletforme Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hope that Washington Ballet cultivates and attracts its own talent under Kent. Link to comment
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