dirac Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 Kyle Abraham makes a new piece for the Royal Ballet. Quote The question of diversity in a notoriously white art form has long concerned Kevin O’Hare, the Royal Ballet’s artistic director for the past ten years. He says that the Royal Ballet has reconfigured its education programme in the hope of encouraging more children of colour to take up dance, while its emerging choreographer candidate is Joseph Toonga, a black artist whose background is in hip-hop. “But we are really finding our way forward,” O’Hare says. “And in all honesty there is lots more to do.”
dirac Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 An obituary for Clement Crisp in The Times. Quote Crisp’s first duty was to his readers. One rookie press officer used the word “exciting” in his press release only to receive a call: “Two tickets, usual seats, and I will decide if it’s exciting.” His unapologetically direct writing was compulsory reading for balletomanes. “No critic can kebab shoddy or vulgar work as cleanly and as ruthlessly,” observed Ismene Brown, a fellow critic.
dirac Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 A story on an Orlando ballet studio receiving threats because it has "Russian" in its name. Quote Video: Russian ballet studio in Orlando receives threats despite being owned by Ukrainian family
dirac Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre announces its 2022-23 season. Quote "Dracula," Michael Pink's spine-chilling dance drama, will be at the Benedum Center Feb. 10-12, 2023. It will be the first time Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has taken on this production.
dirac Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 In Mick 'n' Melanie news, the Rolling Stone frontman has presented Hamrick with something that, if I had any self-restraint, I would refrain from calling a big rock: Quote The former ballerina was wearing the 4-carat sparkler, surrounded by sapphires, on the proper finger last Saturday in Boca Raton, Fla. The dance she choreographed, “She’s a Rainbow,” was performed to a medley of Stones songs as part of “A Night at the Ballet.”
dirac Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 The Russian National Ballet seeks to tour under a different name, Quote The company has rebranded as the National Ballet in the wake of the Ukraine crisis but as the Sunday National went to press, venues were still selling tickets for performances of Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty under the old name.
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