BalletX Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary With Summer Series 2010

June 9, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
Contemporary dance company BalletX marks its five-year anniversary with Summer Series 2010, opening July 21-25 at The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.  The company presents world premieres by Matthew Prescott and Co-Artistic Director Matthew Neenan, as well as Risk of Flight by Adam Hougland which premiered in 2007. Founded in June of 2005, BalletX has steadily followed its mission to produce original choreography that expands the vocabulary of classical dance for all audiences. “In the past five years we have produced over 40 works, and we like to think that they collectively helped the art form to grow and ...

BalletX Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary With Summer Series 2010

June 9, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
Contemporary dance company BalletX marks its five-year anniversary with Summer Series 2010, opening July 21-25 at The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.  The company presents world premieres by Matthew Prescott and Co-Artistic Director Matthew Neenan, as well as Risk of Flight by Adam Hougland which premiered in 2007. Founded in June of 2005, BalletX has steadily followed its mission to produce original choreography that expands the vocabulary of classical dance for all audiences. “In the past five years we have produced over 40 works, and we like to think that they collectively helped the art form to grow and ...

KINGS OF THE DANCE SHOWS HOW DANCER-RICH BUT CHOREOGRAPHY-IMPOVERISHED BALLET IS IN THE BALANCHINE-INUNDATED U.S.

February 21, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
Photo of Desmond Richardson by Andrea Mohin, taken from NYTimes. So, “Kings of the Dance” made the New York stop of its international tour this weekend at City Center. I was there Friday night. The last time this show toured here several years ago (it is produced by Russian dance promoter Sergei Danilian) there were only four male dancers — Angel Corella, Ethan Stiefel (both of American Ballet Theater), Johan Kobborg of the Royal Ballet in England, and Nikolay Tsiskaridze of the Bolshoi. This year, there were many more dancers and Tsiskaridze was the only one who returned (and, funny, but ...

KINGS OF THE DANCE SHOWS HOW DANCER-RICH BUT CHOREOGRAPHY-IMPOVERISHED BALLET IS IN THE BALANCHINE-INUNDATED U.S.

February 21, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
Photo of Desmond Richardson by Andrea Mohin, taken from NYTimes. So, “Kings of the Dance” made the New York stop of its international tour this weekend at City Center. I was there Friday night. The last time this show toured here several years ago (it is produced by Russian dance promoter Sergei Danilian) there were only four male dancers — Angel Corella, Ethan Stiefel (both of American Ballet Theater), Johan Kobborg of the Royal Ballet in England, and Nikolay Tsiskaridze of the Bolshoi. This year, there were many more dancers and Tsiskaridze was the only one who returned (and, funny, but ...