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April 12, 2008 at 4:13 am · Filed under backstage, dance, rehearsal, photography, PATRICIO, chile, ballet de santiago
Well tomorrow we have Ana Karenina general rehearsal, the premiere will be next monday, this is very nice ballet for all the company, the principals have 7 pas de deux, the soloist and the corps have a lot to dance, so it is very good for all. Very dramatic ballet, beautiful music. I hope you enjoy these photos and the Ballet de Santiago.
Marcela Goicoechea and Luis Ortigoza.
The corps in the first scene.
Ballet de Santiago on the stage.
Luis Ortigoza in the first act variation.
Andreza Randisek and Rodrigo Guzmán are the principal second cast.
Andreza and Rodrigo in second act pas de deux.
The country scene.
Marcela and Luis in the second pas de deux in first act.
Luis Ortigoza.
The orchestra.
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March 20, 2008 at 6:33 pm · Filed under dance, rehearsal, studio, choreographer, choreography, BRIAN
photography: Seem Hamid
Dancers:Kendall Teague, Damir Emric
Group shot: dancers, me and the french connection
Hello everyone,
All week I have been working on some new material for a new independent project for TAG. It has been great getting back into the studio working, trying out new ideas and working with new artists.
One thing that I am trying to do while in the creative process is move beyond myself.
Know my weakness and work on them. In the midsts of doing that, I hardly recognize myself anymore when watching the material. I take that as a good thing. A huge tribute to that is because of the dancers. I always keep an open ear if something is not working out and I like to see the intelligence of the dancers work it out for themselves, me being able to see and direct the movement so that is has flow and clean transitions. Very much a collaborative process. Seeing the dancers learning and fulfilling the movement with they’re personalities shinning through is what I’m all about. The question is… What are you all about?
I am always thinking of different ideas and pieces. I have learned that every idea is a good idea, but there is a time and place for them so I do a lot of self-editing. The viewers are always on my mind. I always get annoyed when going to a performance or movie and clearly the creativity is there but it lacks human connection (that’s just me though). Thinking back to my schooling and doing comp improv classes where you had to get up in front of your peers and teachers, perform followed by critiques. It was always a trip and very daunting. In the end it was good to get others constructive criticism because you can take the critiques and apply them if you want to or not. The main thing is that you get to hear how others respond to your work and that is something that I miss. Nowaday’s right before showtime I am always scared of “what will people think”? Are my ideas being expressed clearly?
With that in mind, March 26th I will be posting a “works in progress” as an informal showing or “conversation piece” with the material i am currently working on. I figure there is no better way to get people’s opinions on the work than to give the work to them directly. The only catch is that the viewing will be up for only one day (I could not take anymore than that).
I invite you all to watch and leave comments about whether this would be something you’d take an interest in watching?
Hope 2 c U there
B
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January 6, 2008 at 7:03 pm · Filed under dance, rehearsal, studio, Nutcracker, photography, swan lake, photographer, PATRICIO, chile, ballet de santiago, patrcio melo, santiago
Hi, we’re almost about to start our summer holidays. We just finished Nutcracker season and now rehearsals for Swan Lake, so I think that will be my last post before the holidays. Now I’ll post a bit about studio rehearsals. I hope you enjoy these pics, some are new in Nutcracker rehearsal,s and before performances in makeup, some are old in different ballet rehearsals.
Well I want to say it was great to start to be a part of The Winger, thanks so much to Kristin for all, and thanks for all your beautiful comments.
Marcela point shoes.
This is old one, is Andreza and I took with film camera.
Andreza and Javier, is old too and love it was one the first I took.
Lidia.
Makeup, Carolina and Cecilia.
Cecilia.
Lidia.
Marcela Goicoechea and Luis Ortigoza Nutcracker rehearsal.
Andreza and Jose.
Marcela and Luis.
Marcela and Sasha.
Andreza and Luis.
Marcela.
Luis and Andreza.
Luis Ortigoza in Nutcracker rehearsal.
Sasha Zaitsev in Bayadere rehearsal.
Natalia.
Marcela Goicoechea in Manon rehearsal.
Luis Ortigoza in Manon rehearsal.
Sofia.
Luis in Manon.
Robert.
Marcela and Luis in manon Pas de deux rehearsal.
Marcela and Luis in Manon rehearsal.
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December 7, 2007 at 5:38 pm · Filed under dance, rehearsal, student, CATHY, brazil, university, school, sao paolo, wings
Here in Brazil, we are watching the very beginning of summer - which means heat + rain almost every day.
My life is a little bit less chaotic now as I’m fully on vacation. Right now the only excitement is that I am anxiously waiting for the results from the universities.
I haven’t had enough time to update you all about my recent performances, rehearsals and all that complex preparation that, deep inside, we all love so much.
The performance actually already happened - nevertheless, I barely saw time passing. All of sudden, I was on stage again.
For a month I was able to rehearse only once a week, which is completely absurd to me. As a matter of fact, this semester as a whole was kind of confusing to me due to injuries also.
So, I took the week before the actual performance to rehearse intesively.
But anyway, here are some pictures from the dress rehearsal: (that out of three, I managed to attend only one)
Kids in tutus
Joana, Carol, Yolanda, amazing dancers!
Carol stretching before her entrance
The classical view from the wings!
I am very soon to be back with pictures from the performance itself!
Abraços!
Cathy
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December 5, 2007 at 3:33 pm · Filed under ballet, dance, rehearsal, VERONICA, the STUDIO, performance
As we are getting closer to our performance of “Swingin’ at Club Sweets”, my main concern is getting the dancers to feel their characters and communicate that with the audience. This past weekend we had the first of my many ‘run-thrus’. Besides running the choreography I also had Roger Moss, Ricardo Ochoa, and Eric Jones who are part of the Jazz ensemble that plays in the show.
Since I can not afford the luxury of having more than one rehearsal in the theatre, the run thrus are really important to get the dancers as prepared as they can be before they hit the stage. Working with live musicians on stage can be quite challenging for my young dancers. I also work quickly when we do get to the theatre-there is no stopping for anything.
Back to feeling it-I can not even move if I do not feel what I am doing. This goes for choreography as well. I feel first and then perfect execution. Many of my dancers execute first and have to find their way to feeling it. Sometimes this is a great challenge for me-how do you get a dancer to feel what is so completely natural to yourself? This is my favorite part of teaching, if I can bring them there it is so beyond rewarding.
Anyway this show is a very fun process-a lot of hard work-but so amazing when it’s all said and done. Here are some shots from the first run-thru.
I let my younger dancers warm up with the “big girls”
Roger Moss with Justin aka ‘Smoky’
Buster(Alston) and Harold (Ansley)
It’s tough being a waitress.(Shakira)
Cookie and Margarita
Velma and Lola
the Mooche
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