Tag: ABT
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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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Help get these kids to their dream schools!
Hey guys! We are getting down to the wire! There are about six kids who have reached out to me who are trying to get to their dream schools. You can donate individually via their go fund me or you can VENMO me at @davidjwking and the money will be split evenly.
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Susan Jaffe to be the next AD of ABT
So I called it… BOOM! (previous article with me calling it) NEW YORK, NY (May 9, 2022) — Former American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Susan Jaffe has been named the Company’s next Artistic Director. Jaffe’s appointment, effective December 2022, was announced today by Andrew Barth, ABT Chairman of the Board of Governing Trustees. Jaffe will succeed…
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Changing of the Guard: More Changes to the 2021 Season
ABT Executive Director will be stepping down, the AD of Kirov is leaving, Bo Spassoff from the Rock School will be retiring.
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Who will be the next Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre?
Yesterday, news broke via the New York Times and American Ballet Theater’s press department that Kevin McKenzie, ABT’s Artistic Director for the last 30 years, will be stepping down after the 2021-2022 season. This is no surprise, as McKenzie’s peer, Helgi Tommason, the Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet, recently announced he will step down…
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ABT’S TOGETHER TONIGHT
American Ballet Theatre just made ballet history and made ballet even more accessible to everyone. While in the past few years, ABT has struggled with staying ahead of the curve of ballet innovation, ABT just blew everyone out of the water and jumped into the future of the art. Their fresh creativity via archived footage,…
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ISSUE V…
It’s that time of year again, taking a look at this years top ten ballet schools in the world. This issue features the best of the best, and takes a look inside Master Ballet Academy and the young women that ferociously train there. The cover features from L to R Kenzie Thomas, Robbie Downey, Madison…
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IHOP… International House of Primas
I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day! This week has been a crazy amazing week for ballet… and this next week is going to be a great week as well. This week’s insta theme is International Ballet… So, if you missed anything this week in ballet, here are some of the highlights: Royal Ballet…
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Company Profile: American Ballet Theatre
Arts Profile ABT THE GOLDEN YEARS: ABT at the Met on DVD ABT THE PROGRESSION OF BALLET: ABT’s Variety and Virtuosity ABT’s Website. Favorite Principals at ABT: Hee Seo (gorgeous), James Whiteside (daddy 1), Marcelo Gomes (big daddy) Favorite Soloists at ABT: Alexandre Hammoudi (aka baby daddy) Jeffrey Cirio (fly as f*ck), Christine Shevchenko, Devon…
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SHE DID IT
MISTY COPELAND IS A PRINCIPAL!!! So is Stella Abrera… and Maria Kochetkova left SFB to join ABT. Jeffrey Cirio has left Boston to join to ABT as well. Boom
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Summer Program Life
You made it into a Summer Program, now what? You work hard, you sweat hard, you what? Are you prepared, are you ready, are your parents ready? Now what? It is a really big step for a ballet student to go to a summer program, especially if they are are young. But, once your student…
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Ballet Needs to Stop Making Me Mad Late at Night…
#BLOOP … Tonight I was reminded why I started my blog…. (http://aballeteducation.com/2014/07/07/firstpost) Then… as the 2015-2016 season is being announced, once again I am like flabbergasted and irritated with ballet. Here is what is irritating me tonight, at 5 AM. Preface: I am up all night because on October 3rd I will be partnering up…
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ABT is campaigning hard… too hard…
It isn’t a surprise that ABT has been campaigning hard for their 75th anniversary… but for Pointe magazine to have back to back ABT covers…. kind of fishy… I love Skyler Brandt… I LOOOOVE HEE SEO and Isabella Boylston… but to put Sarah Lane on the cover? #joke I swear to baby jesus that if…
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The American Ballerina: the 21st century prima
What truly does it mean to be an American Ballerina? The idea of an American Ballerina isn’t far fetched at all, and actually since the cold war, America has become one of greatest manufacturers of ballet dancers. While up until the Cold War, ballet was dominated by the Russians. The history of ballet is funny,…
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: MAY 15
ABT’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY! CLICK THE LINK BELOW… GORGEOUS VIDEO!!! YOU MIGHT DIE!!! http://www.wsj.com/video/exclusive-clip-american-ballet-theatre-a-history/52FAA9EA-5642-4E18-AECF-B7E52B56D45A.html PBS will be adding American Ballet Theatre to their American Masters series! Take a look at 75 years of magic. In the Wall Street Journal it was revealed that footage of Robbins, Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Tharp, Baryshnikov, Alicia Alonso, and more…
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Ballet Vocabulary: Lesson 1
In the world of ballet, there are three languages. There is the language in which ballet was codified, French. Then there is the language in which interprets ballet, body language backed by emotion. And then there is a language that ballet dancers actually speak, a language of their own, and I’m not talking about French.…
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BIG THINGS FOR A BALLET EDUCATION
So, I have decided to launch a few big things for a Ballet Education, and I hope they are helpful… But, unfortunately it will take a little bit of capitol. If you have enjoyed reading my blog, minus the grammar mistakes, you can now donate so I can pay an editor to go back through…
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The Return: A Ballet Education
… I thought I was going to be giving this up, and I thought I would leave my nightly rants to Facebook… BUT THEN a ballet company finally replied to my e-mail, and they did not have anything nice to say… So, with that being said, a Ballet Education is coming back full force… Don’t…
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5 Ballet Techniques that make me melt
In today’s world of dance we applaud ridiculous extension, turns that never end, and jumps that defy gravity. Or, we celebrate mediocrity. Either way, it doesn’t do it for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some musicality, and artistic achievement but… I’m like a lover of technique. So, as much as I appreciate…
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JKO SCHOOL
There really is no secret formula to decide what ballet school is better. You have to remember that my top ten ballet schools was a reflection of history, careers, and outstanding teachers… A lot of people have written in on why I don’t talk about the JKO school, so here I am talking about the…
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