Posts Tagged "classical ballet"
(223) Jillian Vanstone, The National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancer
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/JillianVanstone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are joined by National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancer, Jillian Vanstone. A native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Jillian trained at the Kirkwood Academy of the Performing Arts and Canada’s National Ballet School. She joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1999 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2011. We talk to Jillian all the way from Australia about her career, break out roles, stage fright, what COVID has been like for the dancers of National...
Read More(71) Calvin Royal III, American Ballet Theatre Soloist
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CalivinRoyalIII.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are going back into our vault from our time at the Vail Dance Festival this past summer, for another episode with a festival favorite. Today we talk Calvin Royal III, American Ballet Theatre Soloist. Calvin started his formal ballet training at the age of 14 in St. Petersburg, Florida. In April of 2006 he was a finalist at the Youth America Grand Prix Scholarship Comeptition in New York City, and joined ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis School a few...
Read More(65) Kevin McKenzie, American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/KevinMcKenzie.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we have the pleasure of being joined Kevin McKenzie, American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director. A native of Vermont, McKenzie recieved his ballet trianing from the Washington School of Ballet. He was a leading dancer with the Joffrey Ballet and the National Ballet of Washington before joining American Ballet Theatre in 1979 as a soloist. He would go on to dance with the company as a Principal dancer until 1991. During his time with the company he danced...
Read MoreMaking it on Broadway: Sara Esty of Tony Award Winning Show, ‘An American In Paris’
There comes a time in the life of every professional ballet dancer where they face a fork in the road. As the end of their ballet career nears, they must decide what comes next. For former Miami City Ballet Soloist Sara Esty, Broadway called, and she answered. As part of the original “An American in Paris” Broadway’s cast, she is now headlining the national tour as the show’s lead woman, “Lise.” I spoke with her about her journey from the world of professional ballet, into a whole new realm of theater. ______________________________________ Rebecca King: First of all, congratulations on your Broadway debut and leading the...
Read MoreProfile of a Great Ballet: Coppélia
Coppélia first premiered May 25, 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra in Paris. This classic ballet in three acts was originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon and set to a score by Léo Delibes. The plot follows a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann: The curtain opens on an European town as an old man, Dr. Coppélius hobbles out of his house. The town is mystified by this elderly citizen, as no one really knows exactly what he does. A beautiful young woman is sitting on the balcony of his house reading a book. As he looks up at her with delight, he renters his home. Our story’s heroine, Swanhilda, now enters. Dancing around the stage in search...
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