dirac Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 An article on the late Chita Rivera's early training in ballet by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times. Quote At first joining City Ballet was her dream, but that changed when she became aware of Janet Collins, then the only Black teacher at School of American Ballet. Her classes were a mix of modern dance, ballet and the technique of the choreographer and anthropologist Katherine Dunham. Rivera also started going to the Palladium Ballroom, the Midtown dance hall, for its Latin Nights. Soon she was, as she writes, “out on the dance floor fusing my ballet training with the salsa, mambo and rumba steps I was learning.” Link to comment
dirac Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 A review of San Francisco Ballet by Jim Munson in Broadway World. Quote World premieres always come with an extra measure of excitement, but they’re also a roll of the dice – sometimes they come up a winner and sometimes they don’t. San Francisco Ballet’s Mere Mortals, alas, falls into the latter category. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Ballet Frontier presents "Romeo and Juliet" on Valentine's Day. Quote "Romeo and Juliet is something that everyone can connect to; the emotions are high, it's something you relate to, your first love... it's a great love story. Who doesn't love that?" said dancer Perry Meadors. The company's artistic director Chung Lin Tseng says the show is meant to remind the audience of their own love story. Link to comment
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