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March 21, 2008 at 5:28 pm · Filed under dance, candice thompson, CANDICE, LOLAstretch, retirement
I have spent much of the week in a landscape of invoices, packing slips, receipts, and paperwork of any and every sort, so there has not been much to bring you other than that having a small business involves a lot of accounting and organizing, no matter what. But as I have been at my desk furiously poring over purchase orders and invoices this morning, a notice of retirement has come to my attention that I would love to give tribute to here, as it represents an underground form of dance and means a lot to many people.
One of my best friends since my early days at Milwaukee Ballet School summer program and NYU, Shane Cisneros aka Shania Rendezvous, is retiring from the cabaret stage. Shania decided not to go for a professional ballet career after our first year at NYU and has since found a career in fashion and styling. However, dance has always been present, and she has been delighting NYC audiences with her drag show for the last 10 years, really putting her ballet technique to use in an alternative and often overlooked way.
She has acquired quite a cult status and there have been more than a handful of times that someone has said to me, “You know Shania Rendezvous?!” as if my best friend were a pop star. And over the years, I have realized she really is. Congratulations Miss Rendezvous on 10 years of being fabulous and giving us some serious technique in a combination never seen before on the drag stage! You are truly fierce!
Photo of Shania Rendezvous in a custom LOLAstretch leotard!
If you would like to read more about Shania Rendezvous’s career and scheduled retirement at the Night of 1000 Gowns on March 28th, you can read her blog at the Gayzofourlives website.
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June 27, 2007 at 4:30 pm · Filed under dance, american ballet theater, the met, metropolitan opera, abt, miki orihara, MIKI, alessandra ferri, retirement
Posted by Miki Orihara
This if the front site of Alessandra’s curtian call( one of many )
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June 25, 2007 at 10:21 pm · Filed under backstage, dance, new york city ballet, stage, kyra nichols, charles askegard, philip neal, retirement
Posted by Kristin Sloan
After seeing David’s beautiful photos of Alessandra Ferri’s farewell performance, I thought maybe I should post a few of our (NYC Ballet’s) “hometown” hero. I was busy videotaping the evening’s performance, so I’ve included a few screenshots from some of my footage.
Kyra Nichols has always been one of my favorites. I only wish I could have seen her in Spring from Jerome Robbins’ The Four Seasons and in the pas de deux from In G Major again! She looks as if she could keep dancing forever. Kyra, we will miss you!
With Charles Askegard in Davidsbündlertänze.
Just before the ending of Balanchine’s Serenade.
Before stepping on stage for Vienna.
Ms. Nichols with Philip Neal in The Last Waltz from Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes
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July 14, 2005 at 6:10 pm · Filed under SLOAN, backstage, saratoga, retirement, james fayette, farewell
Posted by Kristin Sloan
From the Wings.
James (left), and Jeni (right).
. . . one bouquet from Peter, one from Jeni, and one thrown from the audience.
James Fayette’s last show. . . and the thunderstorm of thunderstorms.
Everyone was piled up in the wings to see James Fayette’s final performance. He danced the second movement of Brahms with his wife, Jenifer Ringer.
On top of all the excitement from that, insane thunder and lightning began in the middle of the first movement. By the time James and Jeni started it was a full blown hurricane-scale storm. THEN, the power went out. The three corps girls on stage at the time were dancing in darkness for about 20 seconds.
James and Jeni danced so beautifully together. As would be expected, it was a super-emotional performance. There’s a moment in this section were James and Jeni embrace, I think everyone there had a tear in their eye. I would think that for your final performance, you would want it to stand out from past performances as much as possible. Everyone there, including James and Jeni, will definitely remember that one for the dancing as well as the experience. In addition to being a fantastic dancer, James was also the head of the dancer’s committee. He was the liason between the dancers, the administration and the union. It takes a lot of time, dedication and commitment and he did a great job.
Bye James, you are awesome and we will miss you!
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