dirac Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 San Francisco Ballet meets its employee relief fundraising goals for the year. Quote Not many Bay Area arts organizations can say they’ve been able to keep employees paid during the pandemic, but the San Francisco Ballet recently announced that it was closing its employee relief fund after raising more than $5 million since march, with the goal of the funds being to keep not only dancers but technical and administrative staff paid and with health benefits through the end of the year. Link to comment
dirac Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Texas Ballet Theater cancels its Nutcracker. Quote Texas Ballet Theater already had to cancel Beauty and the Beast, which was to open its 2020-21 season. The company estimates a combined gross revenue loss of $2.8 million. Link to comment
dirac Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Aesha Ash joins the faculty of the School of American Ballet. Quote Ms. Ash takes her role as a mentor seriously. “I hope that as a teacher I can help shape and form dancers,” she said, “and just remind them that if you don’t get the company of your choice, if you don’t get into this career, that it’s not the end all be all. There are really so many other beautiful ways to participate.” Link to comment
dirac Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 A review of Scottish Ballet on film by Jann Parry for DanceTabs. Quote The first film was as baffling as its title, Prometheus and Epimetheus. A male couple (Barnaby Rook Bishop and Thomas Edwards) and a female pair (Grace Horler and Grace Paulley) were filmed in a dance studio, performing the same choreography by Alexander Whitley. It was impossible to follow because the duets, separately recorded under lockdown, were intercut and the camera, directed by Michael Sherrington, moved dizzyingly around the room. Link to comment
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