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AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2014 SPRING SEASON AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE MAY 12-JULY 5, 2014
COMPANY PREMIERE OF FREDERICK ASHTON’S CINDERELLA, A SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION AND REVIVALS OF LÉONIDE MASSINE’S GAÎTÉ PARISIENNE AND KENNETH MACMILLAN’S MANON TO HIGHLIGHT SEASON.
ALINA COJOCARU, MARIA KOCHETKOVA AND DENIS MATVIENKO TO RETURN AS GUEST ARTISTS.
James Whiteside has been promoted to Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The promotion is effective October 30, 2013.
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, James Whiteside began his training at age nine at the D’Valda & Sirico Dance and Music Centre, where guest faculty included Franco De Vita and Raymond Lukens. He continued his training at the Virginia School of the Arts for one year under the direction of Petrus Bosman and David Keener. In 2002, Whiteside joined Boston Ballet II. He joined the corps de ballet of Boston Ballet in 2003 and became a second soloist in 2006. He was promoted to first soloist in 2008 and to principal dancer with Boston Ballet in 2009.
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE LAUNCHES PROJECT PLIÉ: A COMPREHENSIVE INITATIVE TO INCREASE RACIAL AND ETHNIC REPRESENTATION IN BALLET. PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ANNOUNCED
Payless ShoeSource® to Serve as a Leading Corporate Sponsor of Project Plié.
Don Quijote por el American Ballet Theatre, una de las mejores compañías de ballet clásico del mundo en el Liceu
La temática española ha sido siempre una gran favorita en la tradición del ballet ruso, y Don Quijote ha sido precisamente la obra elegida por el American Ballet Theatre para su primera visita al Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona.
Por Mª Jesús Beltrán de Heredia Santamaría*
Clásico quijotesco.
El grand pas de deux de Don Quijote es uno de los dúos de ballet clásico más populares, exigentes y virtuosos del repertorio; por eso mismo suele ser uno de los favoritos de los bailarines más importantes, indispensable en toda gala de danza. Lo han llevado a su máxima expresión desde la Pavlova a la Makarova, desde Baryshnikov a Corella, desde Ivanov a Nureyev…
Por Pablo Meléndez-Haddad para el Gran Teatre del Liceu (Material extraído del programa de mano).