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Boston Ballet Presents Full on Forsythe
For the opening of their 2018-2019 Spring season, Boston Ballet is preparing for an exciting program of renowned choreographer and artist William Forsythe to be performed at the Boston Opera House. William Forsythe is one of the most influential choreographers living and working today. For over four decades, his works reexamine ballet’s past, redefine its…
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Una entrevista con Pablo Javier Perez: Pensando en transiciones
Pablo Javier Perez ha llamado a Raleigh, Carolina del Norte su hogar desde 1998, el año en que se unió con el Carolina Ballet dirigido por Robert Weiss como uno de los primeros bailarines de la compañía. Fue un mes antes de cumplir 20 años que Sr. Perez se mudó de Montevideo, Uruguay a la…
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An Interview with Pablo Javier Perez: Reflecting on Transitions
Pablo Javier Perez has called Raleigh, NC home since 1998, the year in which he joined Robert Weiss’ Carolina Ballet as a founding member. It was a month before his twentieth birthday that Mr. Perez moved from Montevideo, Uruguay to the “other America” to pursue his dream leaving his family, childhood friends, and comfort zone…
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Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Review: A Cinderella Saga
January 16, 2019 Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Cinderella Washington D.C. New Adventures’ Cinderella is like a Broadway show without the singing. Or a cinematic experience without the big screen. Or a (mostly accurate) history lesson without the books. Basically, it’s challenging to categorize. And perhaps that was Matthew Bourne’s intention when he re-imagined this classic…
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Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Jonathan Porretta to Retire
Pacific Northwest Ballet announced today the retirement of principal dancer Jonathan Porretta. A special tribute will be paid to one of Seattle’s most beloved ballet dancers on Sunday, June 9 at 6:30pm as part of the Season Encore Performance. Audiences can see Porretta on the stage as Carabosse in Ronald Hynd’s The Sleeping Beauty from February 1-10, 2019. Porretta…
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Discover Ballet in Cuba
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has an online video series called The Local that focuses on the cultural offerings of their port destinations. This particular episode shares the story of Gabriel and her life as a student at the Cuban National Ballet School; she is dedicated to one day becoming a dancer with National Ballet of…
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The Kennedy Center Presents National Ballet of China in Raise the Red Lantern
The Kennedy Center presents National Ballet of China in Raise the Red Lantern as part of this year’s Lunar New Year Celebration, a festival that began in 2016. The last time this ballet was performed was at the Center’s 2005 Festival of China. Based on the 1991 film of the same name by Zhang Yimou, Wang Xinpeng and Wang Yuanyuan…
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Presents Jorden Morris’s The Great Gatsby
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is preparing for the world premiere of Jorden Morris’s The Great Gatsby (based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel) at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. The PBT Orchestra will be accompanying the dancers with an original score composed by Carl Davis. The music fittingly evokes the 1920s in America, and the company will be…
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The Joffrey Ballet Presents Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina
The Joffrey Ballet will soon perform the world premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina based on the classic novel by Leo Tolstoy at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago. The company will be accompanied by the Chicago Philharmonic under the leadership of Scott Speck, the Joffrey Music Director. The score for Anna Karenina…
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Substance Abuse by Ballet Dancers
On July 24, 2014, I ended my ten-year career with Carolina Ballet, where I reached the rank as a soloist. The director of the company listened to me ramble on about how “this (ballet) wasn’t for me” and finally said, “If you need to get help and come back, do so.” Growing up, I viewed…