Thursday, December 9

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A review of "Twyla Now" by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

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Peck and Mejia seem to be A Partnering Thing now, and that’s A Good Thing. They made “Cornbread” look good. Tharp has long been sympatico to male pyrotechnicians, first Baryshnikov, then Ethan Stiefel, then Herman Cornejo, and now Mejia. She knows that body type from the inside out. Mejia may be a pyrotechnician, but he has the instincts of a classicist, and he has good enough proportions that he’s convincing in a bigger chunk of the repertory. He’s never been cheap in his delivery.

 

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Ballet Spartanburg presents its Nutcracker with live music.

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Tchaikovsky’s classical ballet is choreographed by Artistic Director Carlos Agudelo, who is celebrating his 30th season with Ballet Spartanburg.

 

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The Eglevsky Ballet presents its Nutcracker.

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Eglevsky Ballet’s production is the longest, continuously running Nutcracker productions on Long Island. Eglevsky Ballet’s production tells the story of a young girl named “Clara” and how a mysterious gift from her godfather, “Herr Drosselmeyer” brings about an enchanted, fantastical dream. A holiday tradition for more than 50 years, Eglevsky Ballet’s production will be performed with live music provided by the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, of New York City, under the baton of maestro David Bernard. This is the first year for this exciting collaboration between the Eglevsky Ballet and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony.

 

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A&A Ballet presents an Art Deco Nutcracker.

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The company, based in the South Loop, is made up of young professionals and ballet students. It was founded in 2016 by Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik, who brought major league talent to the task: They were the founding artistic directors of the Joffrey Academy and Joffrey Studio, and their professional panache was evident from the opening curtain.

 

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 A look back at the founding of Dayton Ballet.

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Dayton Ballet took its first steps when two sisters pushed aside their living room furniture to make room for young performers.

As young girls, Josephine Schwarz and her older sister, Hermene, were mesmerized by Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova’s performance at Memorial Hall in 1910.

 

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An interview with Tylor Bradshaw of Golden State Ballet.

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“We were rehearsing for a show and at one point I was rolling on the floor right next to my trash can—definitely a humbling moment,” he says, and laughs. It’s only been one week of in-studio rehearsing for Golden State Ballet’s upcoming production of The Nutcracker, but that week has completely rejuvenated Bradshaw after so many months of dancing on his own.

 

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A TV news feature on Arkansas Ballet's " The Nutty Nutcracker" and "Nutcracker Spectacular."

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In the interview below, Catherine Fothergill, Associate Artistic Director for Ballet Arkansas, describes "The Nutty Nutcracker."

 

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The Oakland Ballet Company prepares its Nutcracker.

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A lot goes on behind the scenes for this production to happen. In addition to rehearsing at the studio in Alameda, the company rehearses in Oakland at the Malonga Casquelourd Center and at a studio in Mills College. Rehearsals involve student dancers, as well as seasoned company dancers. In total, this season’s production of The Nutcracker will use 20 of the former and 50 of the latter to make the show come to life. “It takes a lot of work to bring all these pieces together,” Lustig said during a break in the action.