Wendy Whelan's farewell evening in her own words:
Here's a slide show of photos by Henry Leutwyler from Wendy Whelan's farewell evening on October 18th along with Wendy's comments on each:
http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/wendy-whelan-last-performance.html?mid=facebook_nymag#photo=1x00012
I was really impressed with the range and depth of her thoughts on her retirement from New York City Ballet.
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| Wendy Whelan's shoes for her final performance. Photo by Henry Leutwyler |
Second Season of city.ballet on AOL:
The second season of city.ballet is now up on AOL at:
http://on.aol.com/show/517887470-city-ballet/518489161
There are 12 segments, each from 5 to 9 minutes long, covering various aspects of New York City Ballet. The clips were taken during the company's preparation for the Fall Season that ended October 19th. They feature several dancers and cover their lives both within the company and in the outside world. Each segment is a small gem that can enhance viewer's understanding of what it's really like to be one of the exotic creatures that we see on stage a few times each year. Gee, they're not so different from the rest of us!
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| city.ballet 'logo' from AOL |
SAB Workshop on PBS 'Live from Lincoln Center:
PBS has announced that it will broadcast the School of American Ballet's June Workshop Performance on Friday, December 12th, at 9:00pm (hardly live, but certainly worth the wait). The all-Balanchine program includes 'Serenade' (to Tschaikovsky's 'Serenade for Strings in C'); excerpts from Act II of 'Coppelia'; 'Swan Lake' (Balanchine's 1-act version); and the fourth movement of 'Western Symphony' (to Hershey Kay's music based on American folk themes). You may recall my post about this program which you can read here:
http://zylopho.blogspot.com/2014_04_01_archive.html
There's a short PBS 'tease' clip of the students in 'Serenade' here:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365363809/
You'll recall that I wrote about the workshop performances in my posting here:
http://zylopho.blogspot.com/2014/06/school-of-american-ballet-workshop.html
By the way that's my most popular post so far -- thanks for your support.
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| Addie Tapp (now a Boston Ballet corps member) and Preston Chamblee (now an apprentice at NYC Ballet) performing George Balanchine's 'Serenade' in the School of American Ballet Workshop last June. Photo is a still from PBS Live from Lincoln Center broadcast to be aired on 12/12/14 at 9pm. |
'Ballet 422' coming to movie theaters near you:
The documentary movie 'Ballet 422', which was well-received at film festivals this fall will be opening in movie theaters in February, 6, 2015. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of New York City Ballet's 422nd original ballet -- Justin Peck's 'Paz de la Jolla'. You can see the movie's trailer here:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1484789521803444&set=vb.1400931226855941&type=2&theater
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| Look for movie theaters near you displaying this poster. |
Nutcracker couples rehearse:
Finally, around the Rose Building (where both the School of American Ballet and NYC Ballet have their studios) we're starting to see George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker' taking shape for its annual season (this year from November 28th thru January 3rd). Ballet master Albert Evans was rehearsing with Teresa Reichlen (Sugarplum) and Ask la Cour (Cavalier) on Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday afternoon Ashley Bouder and Joaquin De Luz were rehearsing the grand pas de deux before a studio doorway packed with rapt students plus the School's Executive Director, Marjorie Van Dercook, and me. And many of the younger students are busy rehearsing to be guests in the Party Scene, Mice, Angels, and Candy Canes. And the older students are learning the Dewdrop and Sugarplum variations and the grand pas de deux from the wonderful faculty -- many of whom have danced those roles themselves.
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| Teresa Reichlen as the Dewdrop in George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker'. Photo by Andrea Mohin for NYTimes |
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