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Marcelo Gomes to Guest with the Semperoper Ballett Dresden
Marcelo Gomes to guest with the Semperoper Ballett Dresden PRESS RELEASE Extraordinary Brazilian dancer to make his Semperoper debut Dresden, 2 May 2019. The company of the Semperoper Ballett welcomes one of the leading lights of the current generation of dancers to his first appearance in Dresden debut: Marcelo Gomes, Principal Dancer of the American Ballet Theatre until 2017 and Guest Artist of the Sarasota Ballet for the 2018-2019 season. The multi-award winning dancer has accepted the invitation of Ballet Director Aaron S. Watkin to the Semperoper Dresden to perform the role of Prince Siegfried in Watkin’s version of »Swan Lake« on 24, 27 and 29 May as well as Oberon in Frederick Ashton’s choreography »The Dream« on 22 and 26 June. Marcelo Gomes will be in Dresden from 7 May. During his stay he will be available for interviews. Born in Manaus, Brazil, Marcelo Gomes began his dance training in Rio de Janeiro at the age of five. After completing his dance studies in the USA, during which time he enjoyed early successes, he attended the Paris Opera Ballet School for one year before performing with leading companies worldwide. From 1997 to 2017 Marcelo Gomes joined the American Ballet Theatre, where he was promoted to soloist in 2000 and, two years later, to Principal Soloist. Marcelo Gomes has captivated audiences at all the world’s top dance venues in frequent guest appearances and with his own choreographies. His extraordinary artistic achievements have been recognized with the Prix Benois de la Danse as well as numerous other awards, so in January 2016 with the Dance Magazine’s Dancer of the Year Ward, one of the highest honors in the field. -
2018/2019 Season
Saturday, April 6, 2019 1:00 & 6:30 pm 2018/2019 SEASON Great Artists. Great Audiences. Hancher Performances. Kevin McKenzie Kara Medoff Barnett ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Alexei Ratmansky ARTIST IN RESIDENCE STELLA ABRERA ISABELLA BOYLSTON MISTY COPELAND HERMAN CORNEJO SARAH LANE ALBAN LENDORF GILLIAN MURPHY HEE SEO CHRISTINE SHEVCHENKO DANIIL SIMKIN CORY STEARNS DEVON TEUSCHER JAMES WHITESIDE SKYLAR BRANDT ZHONG-JING FANG THOMAS FORSTER JOSEPH GORAK ALEXANDRE HAMMOUDI BLAINE HOVEN CATHERINE HURLIN LUCIANA PARIS CALVIN ROYAL III ARRON SCOTT CASSANDRA TRENARY KATHERINE WILLIAMS ROMAN ZHURBIN Alexei Agoudine Joo Won Ahn Mai Aihara Nastia Alexandrova Sierra Armstrong Alexandra Basmagy Hanna Bass Aran Bell Gemma Bond Lauren Bonfiglio Kathryn Boren Zimmi Coker Luigi Crispino Claire Davison Brittany DeGrofft* Scout Forsythe Patrick Frenette April Giangeruso Carlos Gonzalez Breanne Granlund Kiely Groenewegen Melanie Hamrick Sung Woo Han Courtlyn Hanson Emily Hayes Simon Hoke Connor Holloway Andrii Ishchuk Anabel Katsnelson Jonathan Klein Erica Lall Courtney Lavine Virginia Lensi Fangqi Li Carolyn Lippert Isadora Loyola Xuelan Lu Duncan Lyle Tyler Maloney Hannah Marshall Betsy McBride Cameron McCune João Menegussi Kaho Ogawa Garegin Pogossian Lauren Post Wanyue Qiao Luis Ribagorda Rachel Richardson Javier Rivet Jose Sebastian Gabe Stone Shayer Courtney Shealy Kento Sumitani Nathan Vendt Paulina Waski Marshall Whiteley Stephanie Williams Remy Young Jin Zhang APPRENTICES Jacob Clerico Jarod Curley Michael de la Nuez Léa Fleytoux Abbey Marrison Ingrid Thoms Clinton Luckett ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ormsby Wilkins MUSIC DIRECTOR Charles Barker David LaMarche PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR PRINCIPAL BALLET MISTRESS Susan Jones BALLET MASTERS Irina Kolpakova Carlos Lopez Nancy Raffa Keith Roberts *2019 Jennifer Alexander Dancer ABT gratefully acknowledges: Avery and Andrew F. -
The Nutcracker
American Ballet Theatre Kevin McKenzie Rachel S. Moore Artistic Director Chief Executive Officer Alexei Ratmansky Artist in Residence HERMAN CORNEJO · MARCELO GOMES · DAVID HALLBERG PALOMA HERRERA · JULIE KENT · GILLIAN MURPHY · VERONIKA PART XIOMARA REYES · POLINA SEMIONOVA · HEE SEO · CORY STEARNS STELLA ABRERA · KRISTI BOONE · ISABELLA BOYLSTON · MISTY COPELAND ALEXANDRE HAMMOUDI · YURIKO KAJIYA · SARAH LANE · JARED MATTHEWS SIMONE MESSMER · SASCHA RADETSKY · CRAIG SALSTEIN · DANIIL SIMKIN · JAMES WHITESIDE Alexei Agoudine · Eun Young Ahn · Sterling Baca · Alexandra Basmagy · Gemma Bond · Kelley Boyd Julio Bragado-Young · Skylar Brandt · Puanani Brown · Marian Butler · Nicola Curry · Gray Davis Brittany DeGrofft · Grant DeLong · Roddy Doble · Kenneth Easter · Zhong-Jing Fang · Thomas Forster April Giangeruso · Joseph Gorak · Nicole Graniero · Melanie Hamrick · Blaine Hoven · Mikhail Ilyin Gabrielle Johnson · Jamie Kopit · Vitali Krauchenka · Courtney Lavine · Isadora Loyola · Duncan Lyle Daniel Mantei · Elina Miettinen · Patrick Ogle · Luciana Paris · Renata Pavam · Joseph Phillips · Lauren Post Kelley Potter · Luis Ribagorda · Calvin Royal III · Jessica Saund · Adrienne Schulte · Arron Scott Jose Sebastian · Gabe Stone Shayer · Christine Shevchenko · Sarah Smith* · Sean Stewart · Eric Tamm Devon Teuscher · Cassandra Trenary · Leann Underwood · Karen Uphoff · Luciana Voltolini Paulina Waski · Jennifer Whalen · Katherine Williams · Stephanie Williams · Roman Zhurbin Apprentices Claire Davison · Lindsay Karchin · Kaho Ogawa · Sem Sjouke · Bryn Watkins · Zhiyao Zhang Victor Barbee Associate Artistic Director Ormsby Wilkins Music Director Charles Barker David LaMarche Principal Conductor Conductor Ballet Masters Susan Jones · Irina Kolpakova · Clinton Luckett · Nancy Raffa * 2012 Jennifer Alexander Dancer ABT gratefully acknowledges Avery and Andrew Barth for their sponsorship of the corps de ballet in memory of Laima and Rudolph Barth and in recognition of former ABT corps dancer Carmen Barth. -
Spring Performances Celebrate Class of 2018
Fall 2018 Spring Performances Celebrate Class of 2018 The Morris and Elfriede Stonzek Spring Performances, presented last May, served as a fitting celebration of the 2018 graduating class and a wonderful way to kick off Memorial Day weekend. In keeping with tradition, the performances opened with a presentation of the fifteen seniors who would receive their diplomas the following week—HARID’s largest-ever graduating class. Alex Srb photo © Srb photo Alex The program opened with The Fairy Doll Pas de Trois, staged by Svetlana Osiyeva and Meelis Pakri. Catherine Alex Srb © Alex Doherty sparkled as the fairy doll, in an exquisite pink tutu, while David Rathbun and Jaysan Stinnett (cast as the two A scene from the Black Swan Pas de Deux, Swan Lake, Act III pierrots competing for her attention) accomplished the challenging technical elements of the ballet while endearingly portraying their comedic characters. The next work on the program was the premiere of It Goes Without Saying, choreographed for HARID by resident choreographer Mark Godden. Set to music by Nico Muhly and rehearsed by Alexey Kulpin, this work stretched the artistic scope of the dancers by requiring them to speak on stage and move in unison to music that is not always melodically driven. The ballet featured a haunting pas de Alex Srb photo © Srb photo Alex deux, performed maturely by Anna Gonzalez and Alexis Alex Srb © Alex Valdes, and a spirited, playful duet for dancers Tiffany Chatfield and Chloe Crenshaw. The Fairy Doll Pas de Trois The second half of the program featured Excerpts from Swan Lake, Acts I and III. -
Cockerel, Pierrette in Harlequinade, Blanche Ingram in Jane Eyre
Founders Stella Abrera is the Artistic Director of Kaatsbaan and a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Gregory Cary Kevin McKenzie Theatre. Ms. Abrera is from South Pasadena, California, and began her studies with Philip and Bentley Roton Martine van Hamel Charles Fuller and Cynthia Young at Le Studio in Pasadena. She continued her studies with Lorna Executive Director Diamond and Patricia Hoffman at the West Coast Ballet Theatre in San Diego. She also spent three Sonja Kostich Artistic Director years studying the Royal Academy of Dancing method with Joan and Monica Halliday at the Stella Abrera Halliday Dance Centre in Sydney, Australia. Board of Trustees Kevin McKenzie, Chair Stella Abrera Ms. Abrera joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in 1996, was Christine Augustine Gregory Cary appointed a Soloist in 2001, and Principal Dancer in August 2015. Her repertoire with ABT includes Sandy Choi Sonja Kostich the Girl in Afternoon of a Faun, Calliope in Apollo, Gamzatti and a Shade in La Bayadère, The Chris Omark Bentley Roton Ballerina in The Bright Stream, Cinderella and Fairy Godmother in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, Martine van Hamel Moss and Cinderella in James Kudelka’s Cinderella, Aurora in Coppélia, Gulnare and an Odalisque Board of Advisors in Le Corsaire, Chloe in Daphnis and Chloe, She Wore a Perfume in Dim Lustre, the woman in white Dancers Isabella Boylston in Diversion of Angels, Mercedes, the Driad Queen and a Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Helena in The Gary Chryst Herman Cornejo Dream, the first -
ARTS Announces New Partnership with American Ballet Theatre
Press Contact: Titi Oluwo, WNET 212.560.4906, [email protected] Gabrielle Torello, Grand Communications 917-312-2832, [email protected] Press Materials: allarts.org/pressroom ALL ARTS Announces New Partnership with American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Isabella Boylston for Ballerina Book Club Launching with “The City We Became” by bestselling sci-fi fantasy author N. K. Jemisin Features new digital content including author interviews with Misty Copeland, a dedicated newsletter, original videos and more (NEW YORK – August 3, 2020) ALL ARTS, the free broadcast and digital platform dedicated to the arts, announced today a new partnership with Isabella Boylston and her Ballerina Book Club. Boylston, best known for her role as Principal Dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in New York, is one of the world’s most popular dancers as well as an avid reader. ALL ARTS will enhance her monthly book club through new digital content including original videos, a monthly newsletter, author interviews with Boylston and ongoing editorial support. The first Ballerina Book Club selection with ALL ARTS is “The City We Became” by New York Times- bestselling and three-time Hugo Award-winning author N. K. Jemisin. Boylston will present an interview with the author, featuring reader questions, on August 20 and host the first Instagram live book club discussion on August 26. The book club will also feature additional author interviews with special guests each month, including a video interview with Misty Copeland on September 18. Copeland will be discussing her memoir, “Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina,” her picture book with Christopher Myers, “Firebird,” and her upcoming children’s book, “Bunheads,” slated to release September 29 from G.P. -
Winter Performances Delivered an Exciting and Varied Program
Spring 2014 Winter Performances Delivered an Exciting and Varied Program Those who attended HARID’s Winter Performances last December 14 and 15 were treated to a varied program that included classical ballet, character dance, and modern dance. Classical Divertissements showcased Alex Srb © Alex the students’ classical ballet technique in a series of variations from The Fairy Doll, Don Quixote, and Paquita. Faculty member Svetlana Osiyeva choreographed the opening adagio and finale, which seamlessly tied the various solo dances together with beautiful ensemble work. Srb Alex © Classical Divertissements HARID’s premiere of Krakowiak, a Polish character dance from the opera ‘A Life For the Tsar’, was immaculately staged by Bertha Valentin. Seven couples paraded and danced elegantly in striking, burgundy costumes on loan from Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Modern-dance teacher Danielle Armstrong created another engaging new work for the performances. Alex Srb © Alex Silver Lining, set to Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ featured several of HARID’s advanced students, along with an ensemble of younger dancers. Their movements created a mood of simple pleasure and happiness, which was enhanced by Paul Safran’s stage lighting. HARID’s holiday tradition, Divertissements from The Nutracker, Act II, once again served as the program finale. Impressive new choreography by faculty member Donald Tolj added much excitement to Arabian Coffee, Chinese Tea, and the Russian Trepak. Waltz of the Flowers was— as always—beautifully staged by Victoria Schneider, and Svetlana Osiyeva’s staging Alex Srb © Alex of the Grand Pas de Deux demonstrated the elegance and purity that is unique to IN THIS ISSUE classical ballet. -
Gainesville Ballet Contact
Gainesville Ballet Contact: Elysabeth Muscat 7528 Old Linton Hall Road [email protected] Gainesville, VA 20155 703-753-5005 www.gainesvilleballetcompany.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2015 ABT BALLET STARS BOYLSTON AND WHITESIDE IN GAINESVILLE BALLET NUTCRACKER GAINESVILLE, Va. – Gainesville Ballet is excited to announce two performances of The Nutcracker on Friday, November 27, 2015 at 2 PM and 7 PM. The full-length ballet features ballet superstars, international guest dancers, the professional dancers of Gainesville Ballet Company, and the students of Gainesville Ballet School. What better way to continue the celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, than to see a beautiful, professional performance of The Nutcracker at the elegant opera house of the 1,123-seat Merchant Hall at the Hylton Performing Arts Center! Audiences who reside in Northern Virginia and beyond will have the rare opportunity to see two of American Ballet Theatre’s most exciting Principal Dancers, Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside. James Whiteside and Isabella Boylston in Giselle. Isabella Boylston was promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Photo by MIRA. Theatre in 2014. She originally joined ABT as part of the Studio Company in 2005, joined the main company as an apprentice in 2006, and became a member of the corps de ballet in 2007. She was promoted to Soloist in 2011, before recently becoming Principal. Boylston began dancing at the age of three at The Boulder Ballet. At age 12, she joined the Academy of Colorado Ballet in Denver, Colorado, where she commuted two hours on a public bus to study there each day. -
(With) Shakespeare (/783437/Show) (Pdf) Elizabeth (/783437/Pdf) Klett
11/19/2019 Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation ISSN 1554-6985 V O L U M E X · N U M B E R 2 (/current) S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 (/previous) S h a k e s p e a r e a n d D a n c e E D I T E D B Y (/about) E l i z a b e t h K l e t t (/archive) C O N T E N T S Introduction: Dancing (With) Shakespeare (/783437/show) (pdf) Elizabeth (/783437/pdf) Klett "We'll measure them a measure, and be gone": Renaissance Dance Emily Practices and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (/783478/show) (pdf) Winerock (/783478/pdf) Creation Myths: Inspiration, Collaboration, and the Genesis of Amy Romeo and Juliet (/783458/show) (pdf) (/783458/pdf) Rodgers "A hall, a hall! Give room, and foot it, girls": Realizing the Dance Linda Scene in Romeo and Juliet on Film (/783440/show) (pdf) McJannet (/783440/pdf) Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet: Some Consequences of the “Happy Nona Ending” (/783442/show) (pdf) (/783442/pdf) Monahin Scotch Jig or Rope Dance? Choreographic Dramaturgy and Much Emma Ado About Nothing (/783439/show) (pdf) (/783439/pdf) Atwood A "Merry War": Synetic's Much Ado About Nothing and American Sheila T. Post-war Iconography (/783480/show) (pdf) (/783480/pdf) Cavanagh "Light your Cigarette with my Heart's Fire, My Love": Raunchy Madhavi Dances and a Golden-hearted Prostitute in Bhardwaj's Omkara Biswas (2006) (/783482/show) (pdf) (/783482/pdf) www.borrowers.uga.edu/7165/toc 1/2 11/19/2019 Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation The Concord of This Discord: Adapting the Late Romances for Elizabeth the -
September 4, 2014 Kansas City Ballet New Artistic Staff and Company
Devon Carney, Artistic Director FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ellen McDonald 816.444.0052 [email protected] For Tickets: 816.931.2232 or www.kcballet.org Kansas City Ballet Announces New Artistic Staff and Company Members Grace Holmes Appointed New School Director, Kristi Capps Joins KCB as New Ballet Master, and Anthony Krutzkamp is New Manager for KCB II Eleven Additions to Company, Four to KCB II and Creation of New Trainee Program with five members Company Now Stands at 29 Members KANSAS CITY, MO (Sept. 4, 2014) — Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney today announced the appointment of three new members of the artistic staff: Grace Holmes as the new Director of Kansas City Ballet School, Kristi Capps as the new Ballet Master and Anthony Krutzkamp as newly created position of Manager of KCB II. Carney also announced eleven new members of the Company, increasing the Company from 28 to 29 members for the 2014-2015 season. He also announced the appointment of four new KCB II dancers, which stands at six members. Carney also announced the creation of a Trainee Program with five students, two selected from Kansas City Ballet School. High resolution photos can be downloaded here. Carney stated, “With the support of the community, we were able to develop and grow the Company as well as expand the scope of our training programs. We are pleased to welcome these exceptional dancers to Kansas City Ballet and Kansas City. I know our audiences will enjoy the talent and diversity that these artists will add to our existing roster of highly professional world class performers that grace our stage throughout the season ahead. -
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2019 Phoenix Art Museum EVENING EVENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2019 Phoenix Art Museum EVENING EVENTS 6:30 pm Cocktails | Greenbaum Lobby 7:30 pm The Making of The Firebird | Great Hall 8:00 pm Dinner and Dancing | Great Hall HONORARY CHAIRS Billie Jo & Judd Herberger The Phoenix-Scottsdale landscape was changed forever Chair: Adrienne Schiffner in 1948 when Bob and Katherine “Kax” Herberger moved Co-Chairs: Barbara Ottosen & Daryl Weil their young family here from Minnesota. Soon, the couple began giving the growing city what it needed to Gala Committee be vibrant: Art. Ellen Andres-Schneider, Joan Berry, Salvador Bretts- “Kax” was an artist and collector. She and Bob wanted Jamison, Carol Clemmensen, Jacquie Dorrance, Mary their sons, Gary and Judd, to enjoy the arts, and Ehret, Barbara Fenzl, Susie Fowls, Stephanie Goodman, encouraged their support of arts groups. Molly Greene, Kate Groves, Linda Herold, Gwen Hillis, Keryl Koffler, Jan Lewis, Sharron Lewis, Linda Lindgren, Over the past 70 years, the Herberger family has Miranda Lumer, Betty McRae, Janet Melamed, Richard launched and supported many of the Valley’s arts Monast, Doris Ong, Camerone Parker McCulloch, Carol organizations including, the Herberger Theater Schilling, Leslie Smith, Colleen Steinberg, Ellen Stiteler, Center, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Theatre, Valley Vicki Vaughn, Ruth & John Waddell, Nancy White Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Opera, The Phoenix Symphony, Valley Youth Theatre, Childsplay, and our own Artistic Director: Ib Andersen Ballet Arizona. In addition, Billie Jo and Judd have been Executive Director: Samantha Turner major supporters of the Scottsdale Waterfront’s Canal Convergence, Release the Fear, and Kids Read USA. Development Staff: Jami Kozemczak, Natalie Salvione, Elyse Salisz and Ellen Bialek “Mother taught us that involving young people in the arts is most important,” says Judd. -
US Ballet Superstar Misty Copeland Joins the Australian Ballet in the Sleeping Beauty
For immediate release: Monday 14 August 2017 Misty Copeland. Photo Gene Schiavone US ballet superstar Misty Copeland joins The Australian Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty The Australian Ballet is thrilled to announce that American The Nutcracker, to name a few. She also created His Loss Ballet Theatre (ABT) Principal Dancer Misty Copeland will in Marcelo Gomes’ AfterEffect, the Spanish Dance in join the company as guest artist during the Sydney season Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, the Fairy Fleur de farine of The Sleeping Beauty, opening at the Capitol Theatre (Wheat Flower) in Ratmansky's The Sleeping Beauty and from 11 November to 25 November 2017. Ms Copeland will leading roles in C. to C. (Close to Chuck), Dumbarton, perform the role of Aurora on 22 and 24 November, Glow – Stop, One of Three and With a Chance of Rain. dancing for the first time in The Australian Ballet’s critically acclaimed production, which has been spectacularly In addition to her remarkable dance career, Ms Copeland is reimagined by Artistic Director David McAllister. an inspiring public speaker, celebrity spokesperson and stage performer. She is also the author of the best-selling “It's an honour for me at this juncture in my career to have books Life in Motion and Ballerina Body, as well as the the opportunity to be a guest artist with premiere award-winning children’s book Firebird. In 2014, President companies like The Australian Ballet. The warmth and Obama appointed Ms Copeland to the President’s Council openness that I received from the Australian people while on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, and in 2015, she was on tour with ABT in 2014 was overwhelming.