Tag: american ballet theatre
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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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Ballet is Back in the City!
Featuring dancers from almost every major company across New York City, Harper’s Bazaar puts culture and arts on the front page
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ABT’s SUMMER CELEBRATION
Pull out that skinny pop and get ready to watch some beautiful ballet! Don’t forget to watch ABT’s Free Performances! Click here to watch the Summer Celebration! Highlight: Cassandra Trenary and Calvin Royal III dancing Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet pas de deux. Don’t forget, ABT might be coming to an outdoor venue near you!…
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Why Dancers Should Be Financially Compensated for Social Media
Every time I am about to start a blog post, the world we live in drastically changes, thus causing me to reevaluate what I post. In the latest post, I was going to be writing about Ballet West returning to the stage but this morning Utah put a limit to no more than 10 on…
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Mancrush Monday: David Hallberg
Okay, I know it isn’t monday… but I couldn’t come up with a title… and I found myself surrounded by David Hallberg today. The International Ballerino: David Hallberg From Arizona Ballet School to the Paris Opera Ballet School… David Hallberg joined American Ballet Theatrein April of 2001 and rose to the rank of Principal in…
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The Ballet Shake Up of 2017
This year has been a whirlwind. Four years ago we had a shake up in changes in the Artistic world of Ballet as dancers and directors shuffled among the companies. But, this year, dancers and directors are being removed from the picture. Between the hustle and bustles and crazy sh!t storm that is the Nutcracker……
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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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This week in Ballet News…
This week was a super exciting week in ballet world… Boston Ballet opened Onegin. NYCB closed their season with killer black and white ballets. PNB and Houston Ballet took on NYC with killer reviews. Dutch national Ballet premiered their killer campaign for Best of Balanchine. San Francisco closed their Swan Lake. Los Angeles Ballet sold…
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AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… the top 10 ballet companies in the world
With the Oscars around the corner, it means it is time for a Ballet Education’s award season. With that about to happen, after two years of hesitantly writing a list of actual top ten companies… I have given in.
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#BalletPolitics
Between racism, sexism, and body types… The real politics of ballet boil down to one thing: favoritism. After the recent performance of Los Angeles Ballet’s DON Q, I realized that favoritism may be the downfall of 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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T SHIRT LIFE…
Order the Cirio Collective T-SHIRT celebrating their first Season. Photo from LIA CIRIO’S IG: msliac www.ciriocollective.com
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Not Bad.
After two hip surgeries, and not dancing in like 5 years, and gaining like 20 pounds… Exploring Arabesque on the beach while storming… On another note, I hope you had a good holiday weekend if you are in the US. There were a ton of Stars and Stripes videos posted all over social media, and…
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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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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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The Guide to Fierceness
OUR FIRST EVER DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK: http://joom.ag/RuCp Now available for $4.99 USD
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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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Ballets to Buy
This week there are a couple great new DVDs to get. NYCB’s Ballet 422 about Justin Peck’s premier. And ABT’s PBS Modern Masters, plus the book! If you buy all 3, you are roughly looking at 100 bucks, but well worth it. Update: Our June Issue is a little behind, I’ve had a lot going on at…
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Fantastic Five: 5 Really Great Male Variations
In the world of ballet, variations define a dancer’s career. As artists a variation is the one moment where technique, artistry and years of daunting rehearsals finally meet. A 2-3 Act ballet is carried by the principals, and the defining moment for them are their variations. For a female in the role(s) Odette/Odile, she is first…
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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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