dirac Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 A preview of American Ballet Theatre's fall season. Quote The second program, titled 20th Century Works: Balanchine and Ashton, features two works by the named choreographers. Balanchine's Ballet Imperial, choreographed to Tchaikovsky's second piano concerto, had its world premiere in 1941, and its ABT premiere in 1988, and is a tribute to the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, where Balanchine received training. In 1973, Balanchine stripped the ballet of its Russian scenery and costuming, and retitled it Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, with the aim of letting the dance and the music stand on their own. ABT will be presenting the original version of the ballet, while within the same month, at the same theater, New York City Ballet will be presenting the revised version. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 Celia Fushille will step down from the artistic directorship of Smuin Ballet, to be succeeded by Amy Seiwert. Quote Fushille is Smuin Ballet’s last founding member to remain working for the company, having spent the last three decades with the company as a performer and later as the company’s Associate Artistic Director. She took on the role of Artistic Director after founder Michael Smuin died in 2007. Having spent many years working by Smuin’s side, Fushille has made honoring her mentor’s legacy a priority of hers during her tenure as Artistic Director. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 Ballet 5:8 performs this month. Quote In addition to its main Orland Park campus, School of Ballet 5:8 has two Chicago campuses: one in the Beverly community at St. Paul’s Bible Church and a new one in the Lakeview community at Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, where ballet classes begin Aug. 29. “We’re not just teaching kids to be great dancers. We’re teaching dance to make great kids,” said Slager of Tinley Park. Link to comment
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