sohalia Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Lots of shake-ups at the Pennsylvania Ballet have led Principal Dancer Lauren Fadeley to leave, and to join Miami City Ballet for next season. She will join as a soloist. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEpZNEDTewN/?taken-by=lfadeley&hl=en This is the story about the Pennsylvania Ballet, and how 40% of its dancers are leaving. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/20160426_Pennsylvania_Ballet_to_leave_or_be_let_go.html Link to comment
Helene Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Good for her! Fadeley and her husband, Francis Veyette, were the subject of a two-part Balancing Pointe podcast http://balancing-pointe.com/74-francis-lauren-fadeley-veyette-principal-dancers-pennsylvania-ballet-part-one/ http://balancing-pointe.com/74-francis-lauren-fadeley-veyette-principal-dancers-pennsylvania-ballet-part-two/ and Fadeley was featured on Barry Kerollis' first Core-ography episode: Lourdes Lopez is making some very fine choices for MCB. Link to comment
sohalia Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 I agree, I am glad she was able to find a good home with MCB and is able to continue dancing. I hope she blossoms just as much as Messmer has this season. I would love to see Veyette maybe get involved with the school down here. He has a a lot of experience working with the pre-professional company of Pennsylvania Ballet. Link to comment
kfalker Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I have been in touch with Lauren. She is actually very excited to be a part of MCB and closer to her family in Florida. AND.....you can look forward to hearing more from Lauren and her transition as I will be producing a new podcast for her in the very near future . It will be a featured show on my recently launched Premier Dance Network. Link to comment
ddsbiggestfan Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I agree, I am glad she was able to find a good home with MCB and is able to continue dancing. I hope she blossoms just as much as Messmer has this season. I would love to see Veyette maybe get involved with the school down here. He has a a lot of experience working with the pre-professional company of Pennsylvania Ballet. Enjoy Lauren - we will miss her terribly here in Philadelphia! I am so glad she found such a great position. And my daughter is an advanced student at the School of PA Ballet - the Miami Ballet School should snap up Francis immediately! He is one of the most gifted ballet teachers I have ever observed, and it is a huge loss to the school and PA Ballet II that he is leaving. Link to comment
sohalia Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 According to this photo on Lauren's Instagram, it sounds like fellow dancer Amir Yogev is also joining MCB... again ;) Yogev was at MCB about 6/7 years ago before going to Pennsylvania Ballet. https://www.instagram.com/p/BExBBAsze0X/?taken-by=lfadeley&hl=en Yogev is/was a Corps dancer for the Pennsylvania Ballet. I assume he'd join MCB as a Corps member as well. Link to comment
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