dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Chun Wai Chan is promoted to principal at New York City Ballet. Quote Chan was born in Guangdong, China, and trained at the Guangzhou Art School. In 2010, he was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne, an international competition in Switzerland for young dancers seeking to pursue professional careers in ballet. His finalist placement earned him a full scholarship to study with the Houston Ballet’s second company, Houston Ballet II. Related. Quote His promotion to the rank was announced along with those of David Gabriel and McKenzie Soares, who were named to the corps de ballet today. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 The parents of an unvaccinated toddler file suit against New York City Ballet. Quote C.L., who asked his full name not be used, sent an email to the ballet about this issue but he never received an answer, the suit alleges. The suit claims that the ballet allows exemptions for medical and religious reasons for adults — who are more of a risk of spreading the virus than children under 5 would be. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents "Ballet Under the Stars." Quote This year’s show includes PBT dancers and dance students participating in PBT School’s Company Experience, a two-week summer intensive workshop. There will be food trucks, kids’ stations with craft and dance activities, photo opportunities with dancers and face painting. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Trey McIntyre talks about his new piece for Houston Ballet. Quote “I think especially with male dancers there’s a kind of inherent cockiness,” he says. Still, McIntyre insists on separating that love of performing, especially performing center stage with all eyes upon him, with a word like “narcissism.” “It’s this idea of what it means being in the spotlight, to live your life like that,” he says. “I was interested in exploring that in a way.” Link to comment
dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Ballet Arizona names a new executive director. Quote Ballet Arizona overcame some serious hurdles after the Covid pandemic forced it to shut down in the early spring of 2020. The ballet’s staff created a Covid relief fund with a fundraising goal of $1 million to build a bridge of support, aided by a $250,000 donation from board members Jacquie and Bennett Dorrance to jump-start fundraising. Ballet Arizona also received $749,800 in Paycheck Protection Program funding through the federal government’s SBA loan program....... Link to comment
dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 A RadioFree Europe profile of Igor Zelensky. Quote However, on May 16, prominent Russian pranksters Vladimir Krasnov and Aleksei Stolyarov, known as Vovan and Lexus and who have been suspected of having ties to the Kremlin, posed as a Ukrainian official in a telephone conversation with Bavarian State Opera General Director Serge Dorny and duped him into providing more information about Zelensky's departure from Munich. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 A review of the National Ballet of Marseille by Laura Cappelle in The Financial Times. Quote In the early 2000s, it moved away from classical technique altogether, with the contemporary dancemakers Frédéric Flamand and later Emio Greco & Pieter Scholten at the helm. In 2019, La(Horde), a young collective with a background in jumpstyle (an electronic dance-flavoured genre), was appointed to revive the company’s declining fortunes. It has achieved a measure of success, as its current Paris season (at Théâtre de la Ville’s La Villette) demonstrates..... Link to comment
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