On my way to work… DC edition
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DAVID HALLBERG |
The Washington Monument amidst the cherry blossoms.
Attack of the cherry blossoms
A soon to be turned over White House
Inside looking out at the Harman Center.
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Camelot outdoors
Posted by Sandi DeGeorge
We’re outside as well!
I can totally identify with the NYCB dancers’ experience at Saratoga as we are performing Camelot at Wolftrap center for the performing arts outside of Washington D.C. Here Rachel soundchecks.
This is my second time performing in an outdoor venue in a huge musical. We did Dr. Dolittle last summer at Kansas City Starlight. What do these two venues have in common? It’s HOT!
BUT, that said, it’s amazingly fun and cool to think your performance is just kinda going off into the universe. Today was the first time I did a matinee in daylight. That is so weird. It really made me appreciate lighting design! How the lights really help the audience focus- and how we are so used to blackouts to transition. So strange to just enter and exit new scenes in full light. The Audiences here have been so wonderful. We also got a tour of the capital building courtesy of Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas- whom one of our cast members met on the plane.
I had no idea that there were frescoes in the U.S. Capital building!And a handpainted italian marble floor worth about $50 Million!
Monica, Rachel and I (am I on Friends? ) took a walk to the Lincoln memorial after a show- so beautiful.
We also rented a canoe and went rowing on the Potomac.. FUN!
Next stop is Pittsburgh- and our closing!!! I won’t be re-joining the tour when it starts again in September. Back to the grind in NY for me! I will miss my tour friends so much. Unlike NYCB, I don’t know if I’ll ever get to work with these people again. And almost our entire cast is based out of LA, with me in NY.
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NY City Ballet Update
| | Posted by Sophie
I apologize for my long absence! I have lots to catch you up on…
We successfully completed our winter season at the NY State Theater in late February, and we performed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for a week during a Shakespeare festival in Washington, DC.
I then vacationed in Palm Beach, Florida for our week long lay off (I bumped into the ABT crowd while in Miami on a day trip!), and we are now rehearsing for our upcoming spring season.
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Dance Health in Dc
Posted by Sloan
Image ©Paul Kolnik
Just a heads up…
If you’re a young dance student (or you know one) in the DC area, you may want to check out this dance health event at the Washington School of Ballet.
INJURY PREVENTION FOR ADOLESCENT DANCERS Sunday at 6; registration from 1 to 5. Washington School of Ballet, 3515 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-362-3606. Free. For more information, e-mailwellness@nycballet.com.
The superstar team of doctors and therapists that help keep us New York City Ballet dancers going, will be traveling to share their experience and expertise with the young DC dance community.
Dr. William Hamilton - orthopedist
Dr. Linda Hamilton - dance therapist who you may recognize from Dance Magazine
Marika Hatrog - one of the company’s physical therapists
and company chiropractor Larry DeMann Jr.
Here’s an article from the Washington Post with more information.
If anyone goes, let us know how it was!
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Thoughts on Kennedy
| | Posted by David
I always feel that when we go to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., it is one of the ideal theaters for dance.
Along with the plush red EVERYTHING in the Opera House, the stage, dressing rooms, and backstage area are very accommodating. The size of the Opera House is not as big as the Met, but just as beautiful, with the jeweled chandeliers hanging from the theater ceiling. It is always a pleasure to dance in the Opera House and the dancers from the company have a good feeling from the feel of the stage.
Although,
As big and intimidating as the Met seems to be, I feel most comfortable on that colossal stage (with 4500 people watching…)
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The other Shakspeare tragedy
| | Posted by David
Othello and Iago begin their story of lies.
Hello all.
I am in major Othello mode. We are here in Washington, D.C. and the company is making its debut in Lar Lubovitch’s Othello. If any of you had seen the PBS broadcast of San Fansisco Ballet’s version, with Desmond Richardson and Yuan Yuan Tan dancing the leads, its pretty amazing. It has taken much hard work to for us to get where we are now, much character research and development. Nonetheless, I find that the more research you do yourself (reading the book, development of the ballet) it pays off in such strides. Starting with a clean slate, like how I started Othello, you find after debuting the ballet, looking back at all the stages through the process is an interesting period.
1) Learning the choreography
2) Cleaning the choroegraphy
3) Slowly developing the character once the steps become ‘in the body’
4) Repetition… which can be the most daunting part
This takes months, which most of the time we dont have at ABT… time is precious.
Desmond Richardson playing Othello, living the final scene.
We only had about a month to prepare for the upcoming shows in D.C., so the time spent on the ballet as a whole was compressed into that short period of time.
Nevertheless, its happening….
