dirac Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 The Royal Ballet presents "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Quote That firecracker performer Steven McRae tap-dances up a storm as the roguish Mad Hatter and Lauren Cuthbertson, the original Alice in 2011, is now the ferocious Queen of Hearts in a giant red cylinder of an outfit that needs to be propelled onto the stage by two handlers. Freed from this, she dances with imperious expressiveness and touches of comedy. Link to comment
dirac Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 An obituary for Rowena Jackson. Quote Rowena Jackson, New Zealand’s first prima ballerina, was box office gold: when she toured New Zealand with the Royal Ballet Company in 1959, crowds queued overnight to try to get tickets to see her dance when the box office opened. It was a triumphant homecoming for the Invercargill-born dancer who, as an 8-year-old in Dunedin, took up dance as a way to restore vitality and strength following a severe attack of bronchitis. Link to comment
dirac Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 Chloe Misseldine talks about her promotion. Quote Misseldine, 22, is still processing the news. “It was the last thing I would have expected,” she says. Despite beginning ballet lessons before she started kindergarten and seeming to be 80 percent leg, Misseldine insists that she wasn’t a natural dancer as a child. She enrolled in ballet because her mother Yan Chen was a former American Ballet Theatre soloist and taught at Orlando Ballet School, in Misseldine’s native Florida. Dance classes were a place to park Misseldine after school—over her vocal protests. It wasn’t until she started high school and began participating in dance competitions—including the 2017 Youth America Grand Prix New York City Finals, at which she took second place—that she developed a passion for the form. Link to comment
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