dirac Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 The Australian Ballet presents "Carmen." Quote Set to Rodion Shchedrin’s brilliant arrangement of Bizet’s score, Inger’s retelling of Carmen, created in 2015, draws upon Mérimée’s original novel and examines the ugly manifestations of machismo through the eyes of a young boy. The winner of the Benois de la Danse in 2016, this is ballet on heat and not to be missed. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 A review of the Estonian National Ballet in "Anna Karenina" by Maggie Foyer for Bachtrack. Quote Laura Maya, as the eponymous heroine embodies the fragility of a woman consumed by an overwhelming passion. In a range of exquisite dresses and displaying a challenging range of emotions, she dominates the evening shared with her dashing lover Count Vronsky (Leonardo Celegato) and husband, Karenin (Sergei Upkin). She is a potent figure, defying convention, following her heart and choosing death rather than life without love. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 An appraisal of Ballet West's season by Lee Roka in The Utah Review. Quote Ballet West’s staging of Red Angels, first set by Ulysses Dove thirty years ago for the New York City Ballet’s Diamond Project, succeeded marvelously in elucidating the transfixing dimensions of the work. It is about as perfect a pure abstract dance composition of top athleticism could ever be. The April 18 performance highlighted the strengths of the company’s deep bench of talents in the two couples: Emily Adams and Dominic Ballard; Amy Potter and Jordan Veit. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 Social pages report on the Youth American Grand Prix gala. Quote Hundreds of young aspiring ballerinas in white tutus covered the David. H Koch Theater stage, performing a Grand Défilé, a YAGP traditional pièce d’occasion, to open the evening. A congratulatory video with celebrities and ballet leaders was shown, which included Misty Copeland (Principal, ABT), Susan Jaffe (Artistic Director, ABT), Julie Kent (Co-AD, Houston Ballet), Natalia Makarova (Former Principal Dancer of ABT, Royal Ballet, and Bolshoi Ballet), Tate McRae, Kevin O’Hare (Director, Royal Ballet), Sascha Radetsky (AD, ABT Studio Company), Rob Schneider, Sasha de Sola (Principal, San Francisco Ballet), Stanton Welch (Co-AD, Houston Ballet), and many more. This was one of a variety of special video projection sequences, creative and directed by Joshua Beamish. Related. Quote The gala program opened with a banger: Grand Défilé, a YAGP traditional pièce d’occasion, choreographed by Carlos Dos Santos, Jr. set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Hundreds—literally hundreds—of students in white filled the stage in packed lines and tight but intricate formations. The dance was as impressive as it was adorable, and there were audible “oohs” and “aahs” all around. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 A woman is found beaten to death near the Miami City Ballet building. Quote In a statement, Miami City Ballet said it “is cooperating with the authorities investigating the tragic incident that occurred in the area outside our building early this morning.” Related. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 A review of West Australian Ballet in "La Bayadere" by Isabelle Leclezio for Dance Australia. Quote Before applauding the incredible talents and hard-work of the artists involved in this production, it is necessary to acknowledge that, having seen the same production performed in 2019 by West Australian Ballet, a great opportunity to reimagine the ballet and bring about meaningful change has been missed. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 The National Ballet of Cuba continues its tour through Spain. Quote The first of the performances also included the love duet of “Espartaco”, by Plisetsky, Anette Delgado, and Dani Hernández, and “Rítmicas”, by Iván Tenorio, with Gabriela Druyet and Yunior Palma. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 Ballet Kelowna closes its season with a ballet based on the Scottish play. Quote [Alysa] Pires says she believes Macbeth has been so successful because it's quite different from a typical ballet piece. "When we think of story ballets, often we think of tutus and tiaras, our Sleeping Beauties, our Swan Lakes, and this is something that is really different." Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 A new documentary focuses on the return of Steven McRae from a career-threatening injury. Quote Director Stéphane Carrel followed him for almost two years, step after step, for better and for worse. His documentary hides nothing of the difficulties, the anxieties of this brilliant performer who finds himself forced to start from scratch, or almost. The title of the film refers to resilience, this ability to never give up. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 The winners of the 2024 Youth America Grand Prix. Quote Over the course of the competition, 120 finalists—out of 2,000 dancers—were selected to participate in Wednesday night’s Final Round. The winners were announced at Saturday’s awards ceremony, along with many other dancers who received summer intensive scholarships, invitations to pre-professional training programs, and company contracts. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 A review of the Polish National Ballet by Graham Watts for Bachtrack. Quote Still a dancer in the corps de ballet, this is [Anna] Hop’s fourth production for the company and her first full-evening work on the main stage. There are many reasons to admire this new creation including her success in making a ballet that will appeal to children who only know of Pinocchio through Walt Disney’s cartoon film, and yet still faithfully represents the morality tale that Collodi intended (his 1883 novel was an allegory about children taken into serfdom through urbanised industrialisation). Link to comment
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