dirac Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 A look at the state of Queensland Ballet by Deborah Jones in The Australian. Quote Government backing, corporate and private support and a devoted audience are in place. No wonder the company is hailing Li’s decade at the helm with such vigour. It’s fine to reflect on the past but equally important to think about the future, especially as Li recently signed on for another three years. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 A new ballet for the Kennedy Center features a cast made up entirely of black dancers. Quote That sharing is evident on a recent weekday as sunlight fills a dance studio in the Kennedy Center's Reach complex, where Byrd and Howard watch a run-through by the cast of 11. Everyone is masked, including the dancers, among them Precious Adams, a junior soloist with the English National Ballet; her sister Portia from Les Ballets de Monte Carlo; longtime Washington Ballet members Ashley Murphy-Wilson and Gian Carlo Perez; and members of Atlanta Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and others. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 A review of New York City Ballet by Norah Dick for the MD Theatre Guide. Quote Drawing from Shakespeare’s play, the ballet dispenses with quick character introductions at the start, centering the action of the first act in the woods—the domain of fairy royalty Oberon (Roman Mejia) and Titania (Miriam Miller). At beginning of our story, the fairy king and queen are fighting, Oberon believing that Titania’s adopted son belongs with him and she strongly disagrees. They retreat to their separate kingdoms, beautifully realized by David Hays’ set design of twining leaves and vines. Link to comment
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