dirac Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 More promotions announced at the National Ballet of Canada. Quote Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced promotions for the 2024/25 season: Hannah Galway to First Soloist and Emerson Dayton, Keaton Leier and Issac Wright to Second Soloist. As previously announced, Tirion Law is promoted to Principal Dancer. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 A review of the first program of the Kennedy Center's 10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography by Emily Berger for Broadway World. Quote The Kennedy Center’s 10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography is an ambitious and moving showcase of some truly outstanding ballet works. Featuring two programs and a one night only tribute to Choo San Goh, the festival includes performances by Ballet West, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, Goh Ballet featuring dancers from the National Ballet of China, Houston Ballet. Pacific Northwest Ballet, Singapore Ballet, and The Washington Ballet. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 Iain Webb wins the 2024 British National Dance de Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement. Quote The National Dance Awards have been handed out since 2000 by the U.K.'s Critics' Circle, made up of more than 60 dance writers and critics. This year, more than 300 companies, choreographers, performers and other artists were nominated for the awards. Webb's honor wasn't just in recognition of his efforts to elevate the Sarasota Ballet since he and his wife, co-director Margaret Barbieri, took over the reins in 2007. The award also spotlighted his achievements as a former first soloist with London's Royal Ballet and other star turns during his career. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 A preview of the World Ballet Festival's San Diego engagement. Quote Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia (New York City Ballet), Adji Cissoko and Shuaib Elhassan (Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet) and Aaron Robison and Sasha De Sola (San Francisco Ballet) are just some of the guest artists scheduled to perform. Gorskaya-Hartwick Productions has brought ballet programs with an international cast to San Diego before, initially under the name Russian Ballet Theatre. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 A review of American Ballet Theater in "Onegin" by Ivy Lin for Bachtrack. Quote Misseldine has had a meteoric rise through the ABT ranks. She only joined the ABT corps de ballet in 2021, and has already made her debut as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. It is easy to see why. Misseldine is a gorgeous dancer. She has a shock of black hair, an expressive face with eyes that catch the light in the best way, and beautifully tapered legs and feet. Her arabesque is long, high and luscious. Despite her youth, her dancing has authority already. Mary Cargill's review of ABT for danceviewtimes.com. Quote Hurlin’s Olga and Aran Bell as Lensky were just as fitting and impressive in their roles. Like Pushkin’s Olga, Hurlin was not overly jubilant, just happy and coquettish, and Bell as Lensky was a man in love, seeing his beloved. Their first duet was far more lyrical than the opening night’s cast’s, Hurlin’s lean away from the leg in a la second moving further to the side, and in a more fluid manner that lilted into the next moves of the partnering. When it came time for Lensky’s monologue before the duel, he danced it duty-bound, earnest and accepting of his character’s fate, even if laced with shades of “how did we get here?” sentiment. Link to comment
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