driver of a dancer Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 My dancing daughter and I attended the showcase Saturday August 31,2002. It is located in Tivoli NY at the Kaatsbaan Center. Remember now this is from a "driver of a dancer." Martine van Hamel is the Artistic Director John Meehan, Bonnie Mathis, and Jessica Lang were the Faculty. 27 performers, 4 of those were male. I think of the names listed 2 were from the ABT Studio Company maybe another also. The showcase lasted apporx. 1 1/2 hrs.No intermission. Free It began with a demonstration Class which had center, men's technique, pointe barre and center. moved onto excerpts from Giselle Act II. Very informal no scenery a lovely short talk by Martine setting the mood. Some solos and most of the students were used in the cast. Then Giselle Act I with a few solos This as well as the demonstration class had Michael Kingon as Accompanist. Then with CD: Excerpts from The long and winding road with some solo dancing again. and then it finished with these short solo pieces: After Eden, Torso, After Eden and NO Sleep A final new work by Jessica Lang and all the dancers called Studio Three. All really seemed to enjoy themselves in this piece. At the end all performers were presented with a lovely flower from Martine. It was very lovely and organized since Martine stressed they only were working on this program I believe for 4 days. Kaatsbaan is located in lovely Tivoli NY. Probably about 2 3/4 hrs from NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calliope Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Thanks for the report driver. Is this something they'll eventually perform for a paying audience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver of a dancer Posted September 4, 2002 Author Share Posted September 4, 2002 This was the student performance for family and friends at the end of the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leigh Witchel Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 I'm just curious what an "extreme" version of Giselle looks like ;) But then again, it's the overused word of the moment, isn't it? We have extreme sandwiches, extreme Christianity (really. . .) Why not Extreme Ballet? It's just as meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Johnson Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Kaatsbaan is an interesting animal; it's a sort of "dance tank" the way that Brookings or Rand runs a "think tank". The summer student program is only a part of their total activity. For a link to their site: http://www.kaatsbaan.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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