dirac Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 The Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition kicks off on Monday. Quote Friday April 12 is the Gala, with performances by exceptional entrants and Valentina Kozlova, who celebrates 45 years of dance in the West. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 Colorado Ballet prepares a new ballet on the theme of mountain climbing. Quote Lauren Lovette, 32, glowed with appreciation as the group, one by one, thanked the New York-based choreographer for creating an ambitious new piece for the company, and for patiently teaching it to a large contingent of leaping, scurrying, athletic dancers – with major assistance from ballet master Sandra Brown. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 A review of the Royal Ballet by Sarah Crompton in The Observer. Quote In among all these swans, a triple bill of ballets celebrating the Royal’s great dramatic choreographer Kenneth MacMillan gets only a handful of performances, yet it’s a fine insight into both his work and the history of British ballet. Some of today’s dancers struggle with the sharp oddities of Danses Concertantes (from 1955, to Stravinsky’s score), but all rise to the serene, grief-filled thoughtfulness of Requiem (1976), set to Fauré, and powerfully led by Lauren Cuthbertson and Bracewell. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 Lone Star Ballet closes its season with "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Quote LSB's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be the company's first-ever production of the tale, including magical floral views, specialized choreography, and plenty of laughs. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 A review of Alonzo King's Lines Ballet by Rachel Howard in The San Francisco Chronicle. Quote [Adji] Cissoko joined Lines Ballet from the National Ballet of Canada in 2014. She is many things—tall, tautly muscled, gifted at the unfurling movement quality King’s ballets depend on—but in “The Collective Agreement” she is also a kind of angel, seeming to beseech for cooperation among the other stage players, her hands shooting up and out in a prayer as partner Shuaib Elhassan spins her. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 A preview of Sarasota Ballet's new season. Quote Director Iain Webb said that after a slow start to the current season, ticket sales started picking up by December and are nearing what they were prior to the COVID pandemic, which has had a lingering impact on attendance at performing arts organizations across the country. Link to comment
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