Friday, February 14

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Misty Copeland will speak at a United Way event in North Carolina.

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The dancer will share her life and experiences during a question and answer discussion with Taheshah Moise, a news anchor with WFMY-Channel 2, the United Way said.

 

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Wayne McGregor will adapt a Margaret Atwood trilogy.

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The British choreographer Wayne McGregor is to stage an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s trilogy of dystopian novels Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam in a major international collaboration between the Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada.

 

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Paul Boos and Jason Fowler talk about setting works by Balanchine and Wheeldon on Ballet Austin.

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It’s [Rubies] fast, it’s busy, it’s seductive and very exciting. The dancers wear bright red costumes, adorned with what look like rubies. The work features the symphonic music of Igor Stravinsky, and according to Boos, it can be really daunting and intimidating for dancers as it requires a great deal of concentration.

“When using recorded music in rehearsals, I insist that the dancers listen to specific instruments to embody those sounds,” Boos says. “It helps to put sounds to counts. There’s beauty and art in mathematics.

 

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A review of the Joffrey Ballet by Angela Allyn for Third Coast Review.

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Rahm Emanuel himself, a longtime honorary board member, kicked off the Joffrey Ballet’s winter residency at the iconic Auditorium Theatre by congratulating the company on its 25 years as a Chicago company. The program was a mix of premieres and newer short works that showcased the absolute stunning virtuosity of the current Joffrey company.

 

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Ballet West presents "Jewels."

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The expensive-sounding stage spectacle, one of choreographer George Balanchine’s signature works, is coming to Northrop auditorium this week, brought to life by 55 dancers from Salt Lake City’s Ballet West.