Tuesday, March 15

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The Russian Ballet Theatre executes a quick name change.

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The change will remain in effect for the remainder of the current U.S. tour of its production of “Swan Lake,” which runs through April 9. It includes a stop Thursday at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio.

 

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This year's session of the New York State Summer School of the Arts is canceled, with the future in doubt.

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The ballet, modern dance and orchestra programs were typically held at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs each summer, with school directors and teachers coming from the ranks of New York City Ballet, the Philadelphia Orchestra and prominent dance companies presented as part of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center season.

 

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A "sponsored" article in The Seattle Times on Pacific Northwest Ballet's costume workshop.

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In the middle of these stacks of sparkling tulle sits Pauline Smith. Smith has worked at PNB for over 30 years, and she knows a thing or two about tutus. As a first hand, she works with one of the shop’s drapers, Luna Pham, to cut out, put together and prepare for dancers’ first fittings, and helps adjust these costumes through multiple rounds of fittings until they are ready for the stage. “Each costume is custom made. It’s different from fashion where you have small, medium, large — we don’t do that. We make it for the dancer who will be wearing it on opening night.” And, especially where a classical ballet tutu is involved, this is no small feat.

 

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Danielle St. Germain-Gordon's interim appointment as San Francisco Ballet's executive director is made permanent.

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The new appointment means St. Germain-Gordon will be in place to act as a full partner with Tamara Rojo when the Spanish dancer arrives as artistic director later this year, succeeding Helgi Tomasson. Together, they will form the first all-female leadership team in the company’s 90-year history.