Tag: serenade
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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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Sydney Upchurch, the Prix de Lausanne Candidate We Should All Be Watching
future ballet superstars, recently announced their list of 81 finalists. One of the finalists and the only African American selected to participate at the Prix de Lausanne, Sydney Upchurchage (age 15), is a talented young dancer from Cary Ballet.
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In Chicago? Want to see Serenade? Save 40% on Tickets!
Serenade, is my favorite ballet. Performed at any level, this ballet can not fail because of the genius that Balanchine is and created. On Saturday, May 6, 2017 Ballet Chicago’s Studio Company will be performing Serenade and various other works and a Ballet Education readers get 40% OFF TICKETS! A special offer for friends of…
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You know you trained Balanchine Part 3…
In today’s world of ballet, you have to be living under a rock not to know who Balanchine is. The opposite of that would be living in 1930 and thinking ballet has not changed. These days, the technique has been refined with the help of physics and anatomy. We have mastered our bodies through kinesiology.…
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ONE YEAR: a Ballet Education
I can’t believe this blog has survived a year. Ballet at a glance in a year: Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera became the first of their respective ethnicities to ever become principals at American Ballet. The Cirio Collective was born. Shin-Yong Kim won the YAGP at 14. NYCB made the front page of the NYT,…
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Dream Casting…
Some have fantasy football… I have fantasy ballet nights. If I were going to die, I would cash out everything I own and have one super star studded night of good ballet. And, I probably would invite all of my friends and family as well. (That has yet to be decided) Now, with all of…
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The Ballet that Inspired Innovation… Serenade
There is a ballet, a ballet that replaced the dramatic downfalls of the heroines of Petipa. A ballet that stole Swan Lake’s lighting, and the romantic tutus from Giselle, set to the most perfect score,and created by the genius of Balanchine, he named it: SERENADE. The house lights fade into blackness, and the grandiose score of strings play.…
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Type Casting … pt 1
So, when it comes to ballets I think there are always pre conceived notions as type casting, at the Artistic Director’s discretion (may or may not be a bad thing). For example if you look at a ballet there are always different spots for different types of ballerinas. In Balanchine’s Serenade we have three spots……
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