Bad news as Silicon Valley Ballet, formerly Ballet San Jose, will shut down, according to the Contra Costa Times. When the company hired José Manuel Carreño, a star in the dance world, as its artistic director in late 2013, hopes …
Category: Other Ballet Companies
Julie Kent New Washington Ballet Artistic Director
Julie Kent, who retired from ABT last season, was appointed as Washington Ballet’s new Artistic Director. Her husband, Victor Barbee will become the company’s Associate Artistic Director. He has served as ABT’s Associate Artistic Director since 2003. Kent grew up …
Mariinsky at BAM, 2/25-2/27
Mariinsky Ballet’s Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya-the Bolshoi prima ballerina assoluta who died in 2015-presented in four programs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Thursday through Sunday had a strange mix of repertory without cohesion, often having the feel of a gala put …
Mariinsky at BAM
I posted several curtain call photos of Thursday’s Mariinsky Ballet performance at BAM on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. Diana Vishneva and Uliana Lopatkina were the featured dancers. Mariinsky will perform at BAM until Sunday. Look for my reviews this weekend.
Ballet Academy East
Studio Showing, Feb 19
New York has a number of great ballet schools and it’s always exciting to attend their performances, wondering which dancers will make it to the ballet major leagues. One such school is Ballet Academy East (BAE) founded by Julia Dubno …
Ballet Academy East Performs Feb 18-22
Ballet Academy East (BAE) Student Company will perform Thursday through Saturday at the Ailey CitiGroup Theater with an innovative repertory. While most ballet school performances stick to standard classics, BAE will present four new works created specifically for the school. …