dirac Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 A review of Northern Ballet by Graham Watts for Bachtrack. Quote Northern Ballet’s interpretation of Romeo & Juliet by the late Christopher Gable and Massimo Moricone is now more than 30 years’ old and (like Juliet herself) it has been revived from oblivion, after the sets and costumes were destroyed by flood water almost a decade ago. Hopefully (unlike Juliet) this revival will be long-lived. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Marchers protest against Northern Ballet's plans to replace its orchestra with canned music. Quote Under current plans, Northern Ballet will replace the musicians in its orchestra with recorded music for its touring productions. The protest coincided with the first performance of Northern Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet at London’s Sadler’s Wells. No performances of the production will be accompanied by live music after June. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 A profile of Mira Nadon by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times. Quote When Nadon was accepted to the School of American Ballet, City Ballet’s training ground, she knew her parents weren’t going to want her to go, which would mean leaving home at a young age. She is grateful to Darci Kistler, a former City Ballet principal, who offered her a scholarship for the summer course and convinced her parents that it would be more than OK to let her go. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 An interview with Siphesihle November. Quote In 2020, he became a soloist and shortly after was promoted to principal dancer, which has added a sense of pressure that he's comfortable with. "I don't mind pressure," he says. "From a young kid coming here with pressure, going through the bout of school was pressure, getting to that point of promotion was pressure. I like it. I don't mind it when it comes to dance. I'll take [pressure] any day." November is currently taking on the lead role of Basilio in Don Quixote and one of the lead roles in George Balanchine's Jewels, which are both being staged as part of the National Ballet's June Season. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Paris Ballet and Dance of Jupiter, Florida performs this weekend. Quote The show will also feature the world premiere of “Match”—a performance dedicated to Serena Williams—choreographed by New York City Ballet Principal Tiler Peck and performed by American Ballet Theater Principal Skylar Brandt and Joffrey Ballet School trainee Breeanna Palmer. Presented by Lola Abigail Koch, founder and producer of Ballet Support Foundation in collaboration with Paris Ballet, this new work unites the dynamic worlds of tennis and ballet. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 An obituary for dancer, teacher, and director Deborah Oakley Vinton, who has died at age 71. Quote Born in Virginia and raised in Sarasota, Deborah’s calling to Ballet began at the age of 11, under the tutelage of Jean Spear. After graduating from Riverview High School, Ms. Vinton received four years of intensive Cecchetti ballet training in London with Nesta Brooking. She was later awarded the Maestro Cecchetti Final Diploma and became an international examiner of the Cecchetti method as a Fellow of both the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and the Cecchetti United States of America, serving on the CUSA board of directors for 25 years. Professionally, Deborah performed with the Royal Ballet Choreographic Group, Maryland Ballet, and worked with Danny Diamond, Anton Dolin, Edward Villella, & Violette Verdy, among others. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 The family of New York dancer Órla Baxendale sues a grocery chain after her death from anaphylaxis. Quote Órla Ruth Baxendale died on Jan. 11 from an anaphylactic shock after having an allergic reaction to a cookie containing "undeclared peanuts," according to the complaint filed May 23 in the Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut. Stew Leonard's, the chain of supermarkets the suit holds culpable for Baxendale's death, sold the dancer the Florentine Cookies, the legal document obtained by USA TODAY continued. Obituary on the Alvin Ailey School's website. Quote Órla Baxendale (1998 - 2024) was born and raised in Manchester, UK, where she started Irish dance at a very early age. She later developed a love for other dance styles and started training at Northern Ballet Academy, Leeds UK, and Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham, UK. Link to comment
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