dirac Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Ballet West in fine shape at the box office and the bank as it prepares for its new season. Quote Fitting for the Halloween season, the Utah premiere of Jekyll & Hyde (Oct. 25 – Nov. 2), choreographed by Val Caniparoli, is a psychological thriller for mature audiences, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). In 2020, the work received its world premiere in Helsinki, with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. Kansas City Ballet gave a North American premiere last year. The score features music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Chopin, Henryk Górecki, Wojciech Kilar and Henryk Wieniawski. Caniparoli, who was inspired by the monsters of classic horror films from his boyhood days, said in a 2023 interview with KCUR-FM radio, “I think the biggest monsters in modern day are the ones you don’t expect … Look at the news: The ones that commit the most heinous crimes are those that you don’t expect. They don’t look like the monsters you see on film.” Link to comment
dirac Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Boston Ballet announces the company roster for its new season. Quote New to the main company for the upcoming season are three dancers — Evelina Godunova (Riga, Latvia) who joins as soloist, and Alexis Workowski (Orlando) and Sam Stampleman (San Francisco) joining as artists of the company — the ballet’s name for its corps members. Link to comment
dirac Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 An obituary for Baltimore ballet teacher Ellen A. Gniazdowski. Quote In the 1960s, she and fellow dancer, Danny Diamond founded the Baltimore City Ballet which eventually morphed into the Maryland State Ballet. When potential students came to Mrs. Gniazdowski, she told the old Sunday Sun Magazine in 1966, she looked at the “arch in instep, length of leg, smoothness of muscle, set of shoulders — the body development able to take training demanded by ballet.” Link to comment
dirac Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 Cape Town City Ballet celebrates its ninetieth anniversary. Video. Quote Africa Melane sits down with dancers Fumi Kaneko & Vadim Muntagirov and CTCB artistic producer, David Nixon. Link to comment
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