dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Darcey Bussell meets newly named guide dog puppy Darcey at White Lodge. Quote They held bake sales and jumble sales and some students took on additional fundraising challenges such as helping in the family business or taking on extra chores. When they reached their fundraising target, they unanimously chose the name Darcey to honour ballet star and former student Darcey Bussell. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 An onstage marriage proposal in Verona. Quote Timofej Andrijashenko and Nicoletta Manni had been together for seven years, and both dance at La Scala in Milan as primo ballerino and prima ballerina. The pair had just performed the duet scene from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet on the stage of the Arena di Verona, the Italian city’s famously atmospheric open-air theatre, and were enjoying the audience’s applause. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 A report from the Hungarian National Ballet Institute Exam 2023 by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance." Quote No less than thirty-eight pieces were presented in the two-part gala by – if correctly counted at curtain call – sixty-seven students in total. That only nine of them were male, substantiates Balanchine’s famous statement that “Ballet is woman”. Not shy in challenging their students, petite Luca Solymosi (preliminary intermediate 1) performed a soft-shoe variation of Florine of Petipa’s Bluebird pas de deux, Dorottya Tóth (3rd-year) tackled a fairy variation of Petipa’s “Sleeping Beauty”, and Róza Fövenyi (1st-year) portrayed the jaunty title heroine of Nina Anisimova’s “Gayane”. Together with Örs Domonkos Molnár (3rd-year) in the role of a grandpa, Tóth also embodied a granny suffering from back pain. All ailment was gone though, the moment both set off for a feisty tap sequence. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 The Dutch National Ballet will perform at Jacob's Pillow for the first time. Quote Founded in 1961 when the Amsterdam Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged, the Dutch National Ballet will perform five different works at each performance at Jacob’s Pillow from July 5 to 9. The first piece on the program is ‘Variations for Two Couples’ by Hans Van Manen. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 The Tbilisi Ballet Festival dedicates a performance to Ukraine. https://agenda.ge/en/news/2023/2614 Quote One-act ballets Spring and Fall by John Neumeier and 5 Tangos by Hans Van Manen were performed by the Kyiv-based company in the evening, where Gomes, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer, and the Semperoper Dresden’s Martinez featured in Faun(e) choreographed by David Dawson. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Ballet teacher Susan Dromisky is leaving BalletMet. Video. Quote Susan Dromisky speaks of her love of ballet: she is retiring as BalletMet rehearsal director, now taking a teaching job at the New Albany Ballet Company. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Fort Wayne Ballet announces its 2023-24 season schedule. Quote Fort Wayne Ballet has released details of its 67th season, which includes "The Nutcracker" and "Romeo and Juliet." Link to comment
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