Tuesday, August 30

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The Astana Ballet opens its tenth season in September.

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The theater will also stage the “The Snow Queen” ballet based on one of the most famous fairytales written by Hans Christian Andersen and choreographed by Georgy Kovtun.

 

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A review of Miami City Ballet by Gay Morris for danceviewtimes.

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Also, for the first time at the Pillow, a Balanchine ballet was presented. The reason for this late Balanchine appearance is due to the fact that until this summer, the Pillow had no orchestra pit. Most of the music for past performances was recorded. According to executive director Pamela Tatge, the Balanchine Trust, which controls access to Balanchine’s ballets, does not allow his works to be performed without live music. A two-year structural upgrade to the Ted Shawn Theater, which included additional stage space and a pit, has now solved that problem. So Miami City Ballet was able to introduce Balanchine to local audiences. What better way to celebrate the Pillow’s 90th anniversary and its new structural additions, than with Balanchine’s “Serenade,” set to music of Tchaikovsky.

 

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Alexei Ratmansky works with Ukrainian dancers forming a new company.

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On social media he has marshaled expressions of solidarity with Ukraine from across the ballet world, a world in which Russia has historically played a towering role. And he and his wife, Tatiana, a former dancer, spent two months in The Hague, helping build the new United Ukrainian Ballet Company, which toured the Netherlands and will perform in London next month.