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Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard is an American ballet dancer and ballet master at Pennsylvania Ballet. Early life and education Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet. Career Askegard joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in 1987, and was promoted to soloist in 1992. In 1997, he left ABT to join New York City Ballet as a soloist and was promoted to principal the next year. Askegard appeared in PBS' Live from Lincoln Center broadcast, "New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography" in 2002, dancing in ''Them Twos'' and two years later in the Live From Lincoln Center broadcast, "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100," in ''Vienna Waltzes''. He has been a guest artist with Pacific Northwest BalletBallet Etudesof South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ''ballet'' as a unified work comprises the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets are often performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets or scenery. Etymology Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Memory Of ", a song by Radiohead
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In Memory Of may refer to: * In Memory Of (Law & Order), an episode of the TV series ''Law & Order'' * ''In Memory Of...'' (D:Ream album), 2011 * ''In Memory Of'' (Stanley Turrentine album) * ''In Memory Of ...'' (ballet), a ballet by the New York City Ballet * "In Memory Of..." (song), a 2012 sing by Drowning Pool See also * "Harry Patch (In Memory Of) "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. The song is a tribute to the British supercentenarian Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches during World War I. Radiohead self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Of The Animals (ballet)
''Carnival of the Animals'' is a ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon to the ''Le Carnaval Des Animaux'' by Saint-Saëns, with narrations written by John Lithgow, costumes and sets designs by Jon Morrell and lighting designed by Natasha Katz. It premiered on May 14, 2003, at the New York State Theater, performed by the New York City Ballet. The ballet is about a little boy who falls asleep at the American Museum of Natural History and dreams of people he knew as animals. Synopsis Oliver Pendleton Percy III, a little boy, falls asleep during a visit to the American Museum of Natural History. In his dream, people he knows are transformed to animals, such as his great aunt who is also a former ballerina as the swan, the librarian as a kangaroo who dreams of being a mermaid, his teacher as the lion, and his worried parents as cuckoos. The narrator appears as the school nurse who transforms into a female elephant. Production Christopher Wheeldon and John Lithgow met in 2002 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Peter Wheeldon OBE (born 22 March 1973) is an English international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Life and career Born in Yeovil, Somerset, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dancer at the age of 8. He attended the Royal Ballet School between the ages of 11 and 18. In 1991, Wheeldon joined the Royal Ballet, London; and in that same year, he won the gold medal at the Prix de Lausanne competition. In 1993, at the age of 19, Wheeldon moved to New York City to join the New York City Ballet. Wheeldon was named Soloist in 1998.Brown, Mark. "Ballet world abuzz at British choreographer's huge gamble," ''Manchester Guardian'', 5 January 2007. Wheeldon began choreographing for the New York City Ballet in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Project
The Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers. Choreographers 1992 * David Allan * John Alleyne *Bart Cook * William Forsythe *Robert La Fosse *Miriam Mahdaviani *Peter Martins * Toni Pimble *Alexandre Proia *Richard Tanner *Lynne Taylor-Corbett 1994 * David Allan * John Alleyne *Ulysses Dove *Anna Laerkesen *Robert La Fosse *Miriam Mahdaviani *Trey McIntyre *Kevin O'Day *Peter Martins *Richard Tanner *Lynne Taylor-Corbett *Damian Woetzel 1997 *Christopher d'Amboise *Robert La Fosse *Miriam Mahdaviani *Kevin O'Day *Angelin Preljocaj *Christopher Wheeldon 2000 *Christopher d'Amboise *Miriam Mahdaviani *Kevin O'Day * Helgi Tomasson *Christopher Wheeldon 2002 *Melissa Barak *Stephen Baynes *Mauro Bigonzetti * Albert Evans *Miriam Mahdaviani *Peter Martins *Christopher Wheeldon 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Tómasson (dancer)
Helgi Tomasson (born October 8, 1942) is an Icelandic artistic director and principal choreographer for San Francisco Ballet, and a former professional ballet dancer. Since assuming leadership of San Francisco Ballet, he has helped transform the company from a respected regional troupe to one of the world's great classical ballet companies. He is originally from Iceland. Early life Tomasson was born in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland to Tómas Bergur Snorrason and Dagmar Helgadóttir. He began his ballet training in Reykjavik with a local teacher and went on to join the National Theatre’s affiliated school, which at the time was led by Erik and Lisa Bidsted. He has a younger half brother, graphic designer Guðjón Ingi Hauksson. Career Tomasson's professional dance career started at age 15 with the Pantomime Theatre in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens. At age 17, he was discovered in his homeland by choreographer Jerome Robbins, who arranged a scholarship for Tomasson to study a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert La Fosse
This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers. Principal dancers Soloists This is a list of New York City Ballet New York City Ballet#Soloists, soloists. Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet. * Victor Abreu * Devin Alberda * Marika Anderson * Olivia Boisson * Gilbert Bolden III * Jacqueline Bologna * India Bradley * LaJeromeny Brown * Christina Clark * Lauren Collett * Nieve Corrigan * Naomi Corti * Uma Deming * Gabriella Domini * Savannah Durham * Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara * Jonathan Fahoury * Christopher Grant * Laine Habony * Kennard Henson * Spartak Hoxha * Rachel Hutsell * Sasonah Huttenbach * Baily Jones * Alec Knight * Ruby Lister * Malorie Lundgren * Jules Mabie * Alston Macgill * Mary Thomas MacKinnon * Olivia MacKinnon * Zoe Bliss Magnussen * Jenelle Manzi * Alexa Maxwell * Samuel Melnikov * Clara Miller * Lars Nelson * Davide Riccardo * Andrew Scordato * Kristen Segin * Mary Elizabeth Sell * Quinn Starner * Mimi S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliot Feld
Eliot Feld (born July 5, 1942) is an American modern ballet choreographer, performer, teacher, and director. Feld works in contemporary ballet. His company and schools, including the Feld Ballet and Ballet Tech, are deeply committed to dance and dance education in New York City. Feld has choreographed 149 ballets since 1967, with his work being performed by such companies as American Ballet Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet, the Juilliard School, New York City Ballet, the New York City Opera, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, among many others. Life and career Feld was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Alice (née Posner), a travel agent, and Benjamin Noah Feld, an attorney. Feld attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York, and studied at the School of American Ballet and the New Dance Group, as well as with Richard Thomas (dancer), Richard Thomas and Donald McKayle. He performed as a child in George Balanchine's original production of ''The Nutcracker'' as the Nutcracker P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thou Swell (ballet)
''Thou Swell'' is a ballet created by New York City Ballet's balletmaster-in-chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky. The music is performed by an on stage trio and two singers. During the course of the ballet one of the male dancers (Nilas Martins in the original cast) "sits in" at the piano. The premiere took place on 22 January 2003 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with scenery by Robin Wagner, costumes by Julius Lumsden, supervised by Holly Hynes, and lighting by Mark Stanley. Featured songs (Song used and date of composition): *"Where or When" (1937) *"Manhattan" (1925) *" Mountain Greenery" (1926) *"My Heart Stood Still" (1927) *" This Can't Be Love" (1938) *" Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (1940) *" The Lady Is a Tramp" (1937) *"Blue Moon" (1934) *" Getting to Know You" (1951) *"Lover" (1932) *" The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (1935) *" With a Song in My Heart" (1929) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Martins
Peter Martins (born 27 October 1946) is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981. He retired from dancing in 1983, having achieved the rank of danseur noble, becoming Co-Ballet Master-In-Chief with Robbins. From 1990 until January 2018, he was solely responsible for artistic leadership of City Ballet. Early life Martins was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark.Mary Ellen Snodgrass (2015)''The Encyclopedia of World Ballet,''Rowman & Littlefield. His parents were Børge Martins, an engineer, and Tove Christa Ornberg, a pianist. His maternal aunt and uncle, Leif and Elna Ornberg, members of the Royal Danish Ballet, started teaching him ballroom combinations when he was five years of age; when he applied to ballet school, however, he was the subject of discrimination because his aunt and uncle had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell (born December 1, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and television producer. She wrote a column for ''The New York Observer'' (1994–96) that was adapted into the bestselling ''Sex and the City (book), Sex and the City'' anthology. The book was the basis for the HBO hit series ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004) and two subsequent movies. Bushnell followed this with the international bestselling novels ''4 Blondes'' (2001), ''Trading Up (novel), Trading Up'' (2003), ''Lipstick Jungle (novel), Lipstick Jungle'' (2005), ''One Fifth Avenue (novel), One Fifth Avenue'' (2008), ''The Carrie Diaries'' (2010) and ''Summer and the City'' (2011). Two of her novels have been adapted for television: ''Lipstick Jungle (TV series), Lipstick Jungle'' (2008–09) on NBC, and ''The Carrie Diaries (TV series), The Carrie Diaries'' (2013-2014) on The CW. ''One Fifth Avenue'' has been optioned by the Mark Gordon (film), Mark Gordon Company and American Broadcasting Company, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Wiles
Michele Wiles is an American ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre from 2005 - 2011. In 2011, she left ABT to form the independent classical ballet company Ballet Next with former New York City Ballet principal dancer Charles Askegard. Biography Wiles was born May 7, 1980. She began studying ballet in Washington, D.C. where, at the age of ten, she received a full scholarship to the Kirov Academy of Ballet. She studied at the Kirov from 1991 to 1997, during which time she also participated in summer programs at the Joffrey Ballet and The Royal Ballet. Michele joined American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in 1997. In 1996, Michele was a Gold Medal winner at the 18tInternational Ballet Competitionin Varna, Bronze Medal winnerin Nagoya, Japan and a finalist at thParis International Dance Competition She was a Princess Grace Foundation – U.S.A. Dance Fellowship recipient for 1999–2000 and won thErik Bruhn Prizein 2002. (See also: Erik Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
