Avon Elementary Celebrate The Beat Students Headed To The White House September 7
August 31, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
For Avon Elementary School students Colby Lange and Luisa Taal, the road to enhanced learning via the performing arts will soon lead them to the home of the First Family as the pair of “Celebrate the Beat” dancers join forces with a national group that will participate in a special event at the White House on September 7 in conjunction with a tribute to the work of Judith Jamison.First Lady Michelle Obama will host the workshop and performance in recognition of Jamison’s outstanding career as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre for the ...
It takes four or five to tango
August 17, 2010 · Posted by The Winger ·
The first time I fell in love with tango it was at City Center in New York, arguably a hyper-stylized somewhat lyricized version danced by Julio Bocca and his Ballet Argentino - a sexy and whirlwind two hours called BoccaTango in which Julio partnered women, ladders, men and tables, all with equal eroticism.
The second time I fell in love with tango it was at Cafe Tortoni in Buenos Aires, the legendary coffee house on Avenida de Mayo with an intimate theater space toward the back where waiters seduce you with Piazzolla and cocktails as you watch a tango show at ...
Vail International Dance Festival Gets Rave Reviews in the Press
August 11, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
(photo: Misa Kuranaga and Herman Cornejo performing the Giselle pas de deux on 8.7.10 at the Vail International Dance Festival. (c) 2010 Erin Baiano.)The 22nd annual Vail International Dance Festival was not just a hit with the Vail audiences, but also with the critics!Read for yourself what the best in the business think of our Festival...Denver Post critic Kyle MacMillan's review of Paul Taylor Dance Company.New York Times critic Alastair Macaulay's review of the International Evenings of Dance.Denver Post critic Kyle MacMillan's review of the International Evenings of Dance.New York Times critic Alastair Macaulay's review of Ballroom 2010: Tango.Become a ...
A very lengthy recap post
August 10, 2010 · Posted by The Winger ·
The dance festival has sadly come to a close… luckily the Winger lives on. Today I walked to the theater along a winding path through the Rockies; birds were singing, I was listening to a mixture of Norah Jones, Minkus, and the Beatles, and already feeling nostalgic. The day before yesterday was the big departure day; all the International Evenings of Dance couples as well as most of the staff, and today the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater feels eerily quiet.
On Thursday night, Damian and Heather Watts (Damian’s wife and legendary NYCB ballerina) led Up Close: International Evenings of Dance. Up first ...
Bud Light Hot Summer Nights of Dance featuring Hip-Hop Dance Company BreakEFX to Close Out 2010 Vail International Dance Festival TONIGHT
August 10, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
The 2010 Vail International Dance Festival wraps up tonight, Tuesday, August 10 in conjunction with Bud Light Hot Summer Nights with the local hip-hop dance crew BreakEFX for Bud Light Hot Summer Nights of Dance. The free concert starts at 6:30pm at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, with gates opening at 5:30pm.Established in 2006, Colorado-based hip-hop dance company BreakEFX are, in their words, "a circle of performers dedicated to walking a path of self-expression, movement and unity through hip hop while providing one another with support, loyalty, and love in the art of dance and life."BreakEFX won the ...
Photos from UpClose: Stars of the 2010 International Evenings of Dance
August 7, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
Joaquin de Luz and Tiler PeckPhoto (C) 2010 Erin BaianoWe've posted a selection of photos below from UpClose: Stars of the 2010 International Evenings of Dance on Thursday, August 5 at the 2010 Vail International Dance Festival.Tonight we are proud to showcase the final instalment of International Evenings of Dance at the 2010 Festival. International Evenings of Dance II takes the stage at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater at 7:30pm. Limited tickets are still available. Complete details can be found HERE.UPCLOSE: STARS OF THE INTERNATIONAL EVENINGS - 8.5.10:Photos (C) 2010 Erin Baiano
Vail International Dance Festival: Notes from an Intern 2
August 7, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
Each year the Vail International Dance Festival brings some of the best dancers from around the world to stages in the Vail Valley. In addition to the dancers, we also bring countless stage hands, production managers, company mangers and interns to town.This is the second post about the 2010 Festival from the perspective of one of our Interns, Erica Sheftman. Sheftman, a Junior studying History and Literature at Harvard University has been assisting in all aspects of the Festival including video and photos. Enjoy her second dispatch as an embedded intern below and look for more posts in the coming ...
BeijingDance Photos and Video
August 6, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
BeijingDance / LDTX - 8.4.10Performing All River RedPhoto (C) 2010 Erin Baiano BeijingDance / LDTX made their Vail International Dance Festival debut on Wednesday, August 4.During their performance, the acclaimed Chinese company presented a world premiere called Solitude In Numbers choreographed by Sang Jijia. A short excerpt from the piece, themed around solitude in an urban environment, can be seen below.Tickets for International Evenings of Dance tonight and tomorrow are selling fast, or, already sold out for some options. Lawn seating is available for both evenings. CLICK HERE for complete information and tickets.BEIJINGDANCE / LDTX - 8.4.10:Photos (C) 2010 Erin ...
The Half-way Point
August 5, 2010 · Posted by The Winger ·
It’s officially past the exact middle of the festival and as I’m sitting on the lawn overlooking the stage, tech crew is sanitizing the marley and setting up barres for Damian’s 10am company class onstage. Damian and Suki Schorer have been trading off teaching in the mornings; the Vail Mountain School and the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater have been overflowing with starpower as Whelans trade off rehearsal space with Simkins to better accomodate their respective Ratmansky and Robbins dances.
Carla Korbes, Daniil Simkin and Joaquin de Luz in class with Artistic Director Damian Woetzel for the 2010 Vail International Dance Festival ...
2 for 1 Tickets for Vail International Dance Festival
August 5, 2010 · Posted by Vail Valley Foundation Blog ·
We are excited to offer all of our blog readers, Facebook friends, Twitter followers and iPhone app users 2 for 1 tickets to tonight's Vail International Dance Festival performance.Tonight's performance UpClose: Stars of the International Evenings of Dance is a unique event, hosted by Festival Director Damian Woetzel, that allows audiences to take a look behind the scenes in an open rehearsal format. Featuring full performances by 9 of the brilliant stars also performing in the International Evenings of Dance.See Tiler Peck and Joaquin De Luz from New York City Ballet and Daniil Simkin from American Ballet Theatre perform Jerome ...
