Category: ballet companies
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Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is coming up and A Ballet Education’s Scholarship Fund: A Ballet Foundation is asking you to donate to our scholarship fund. Over the last 9 years we have given away over $400,000 through scholarships, pointe shoes, and fees associated with ballet. This year is our first official years a non-profit 501(c)3, this means…
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Summer Intensive Guide 2023
It is that time of the year again; the time where everyone is overwhelmed, overworked, exhausted, and juggling a million different things. Yes, the 2023 audition season is upon us, and it is more stressful than ever. It could be that this is the first year back of full in-person auditions since the pandemic restrictions.…
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Ballet West presents Nicolo Fonte’s CARMINA BURANA With Jerome Robbins’ GLASS PIECES
Ballet West will revive Nicolo Fonte’s Carmina Burana with the Utah premiere of Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces in an electrifying evening of dance, music, and drama. DATES: April 1 – 9, 2022TIMES: April 1, 2, 7, 9 – 7:30 PM; April 2, 9 – 2:00 PMLOCATION: Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UTRUNTIME: 1 hour 45 minutes with one…
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The Stars of the Paris Opera
If you don’t know what an étoile is, the direct translation means star, but it is a position at the Paris Opera that surpasses all others. A position that surpasses the American equivalent of principal dancer, this position and recognition is something very few dancers will ever achieve, or even come close to, especially those…
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Ballet Idaho Presents Anthology
Get lost in movement and explore a constellation of smaller works that showcase Ballet Idaho as a whole at Anthology, an intimate series of six dance pieces that will take place on March 24-27 at the Boise State University Special Events Center located at 1800 W University Dr., Boise, ID 83706. Featuring the choreography of guest…
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The Stories We Tell…
Ballet Idaho is pleased to be bringing a mixed repertory dance program, The Stores We Tell, to the stage. We invite you to join us and experience dance from the classical to the contemporary at the Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2011 W Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, Idaho 83725 on Friday, February…
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Is this the end of live arts?
This is not about the politics, or vaccination policies, this post is just my personal thoughts… Recently the Metropolitan Opera announced they will require proof of vaccine boosters to enter the world’s largest opera house… (click here for full article) Major shows, institutions, and opera have also withdrawn holding live performances this month… The world…
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JOB ALERT: COLUMBIA CITY BALLET
South Carolina’s largest ballet company, Columbia City Ballet, is actively seeking principal male dancers 6′ and taller with strong technical training for the 2021-2022 season. The 2021-2022 season includes Dracula: Ballet With A Bite, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green and the world premiere…
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Sae Eun Park becomes an etoile at the Paris Opera
The Paris Opera Ballet is literally is the foundation of ballet, and while the Paris Opera Ballet reigns as the codifier of classical ballet, it sometimes remains behind the times. But, POB’s Director, Aurelie Dupont, and the director of Paris Opera, Alexander Neef, are making changes. Sae Eun Park, from South Korea, is the first…
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Dancers Amplified Launches Podcast and Blog
Who: Dancers Amplified, a global alliance of dance professionals in activism What: Launch of “Empower” online platforms When: April Where: Online – dancersamplified.com APRIL 2021 — Dancers Amplified, a global alliance of dance professionals in activism, builds virtual platforms to empower dancers and elevate new creative content. Dancers Amplified is the first to bring dancers…
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San Franciso Ballet Announces 2021-2022 Company Roster
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ANNOUNCES COMPANY ROSTER FOR 2022 SEASON In the midst of a pandemic, San Francisco Ballet takes on more dancers including Olivia Brothers! Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson promotes Jasmine Jimison to Soloist and Olivia Brothers to the corps de ballet, effective July 1, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2021—San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) announces two promotions and the appointment of…
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SFB ANNOUNCES NEW POWERHOUSE ROSTER
On an uplifting note, SFB has hired six of their apprentices into the corps, with an additional corps contract from a graduate from Princess Grace. They have promoted two soloists to principals; Four corps dancers to soloists; an extra principal contract to the stunning NIkisha Fogo from Vienna State Ballet, and have taken on six…
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Promotions
Congratulations to everyone joining a ballet company for the 2019-2020 season and congratulations to everyone who has been promoted!
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Another New Ballet Company comes to Florida
Joseph Gatti, Marcelo Gomes, Rasta Thomas, Elias Baseman, Matthew Golding and a few others are teaming up and taking on Orlando. Artistic Director and Founder of United Ballet Theatre, Joseph Gatti has brought in a slew of men and a blonde bombshell, Chloe Sherman for a new work by Marcelo Gomes. This “equation” looks familiar, right? Yes,…
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It is time to start nominating & voting
It is time to start nominating your favorite dance companies for A Ballet Education’s Company Awards!! Okay everyone, it is time to start compiling data and preparing for YAGP finals… Which means I will be MIA for a little bit as we compile date for the TOP TEN LISTs. But, it is time to start…
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A Ballet Mindset…
Hey ABE readers, guess what? Guest post. I think this book is really relevant to ballet dancers both professional and training. Sometimes we get lost in our work and sometimes we don’t know where to turn, or you just want a good read… So here is my friend Andrews new book. “Hey! My name’s Andrew…
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10 Ballet Movies You Should Own…
There has been quite a great amount of exceptional ballet out there lately… and thankfully a lot of it has been recorded on film. Here are my 10 movies that I truly do enjoy… and have purchased. I reference them for style, for technique, for inspiration, and just to enjoy. Most of them are recent…
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The Top Ten Ballet Companies (2017 Edition)
Ballet is progressing at such a fast rate that it seems impossible to keep up with all of the changes. This year, the idea of ballet has shifted even more. From spectacular premiers and wondrous PR Campaigns, ballet truly has a lot to honor this year. Every ballet company has something to offer the world,…
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A Night to Remember: Dance Theatre of Harlem
There are three types of quality dance performances. The first type of dance performance is the typical performance, strong technique, beautiful sets, and lavish costumes. It is entertaining, strong and shows how together or in sync the corps and powerful a company is and it is everything that dance should be. The second type of dance…
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And the envelope please… a Ballet Education’s Ballet Awards 2016
Each year as the season ends a history disappears. As a dancer, it means that the applause is over, that all of your hard work, hours of rehearsals, performances and stage time is gone… There is nothing left, there is no reliving the moment… Ballet is a performance art, so every performance is different, every moment…
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