Tag: Ballet
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Matinée at the Met: @ABTBallet Performance of “Giselle” starring @IsabellaABT
A Matinée is an afternoon performance. They’ve always been a favorite of mine as an actor. Performing on two-show days can be exhausting, but well worth it in the end. Today, I went to a 2:00 p.m. performance of Giselle. That performance just so happened to mark the NY debut of ABT soloist, Isabella Boylston in…
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At the Center of It All: Thoughts from #TheMetropolitanOperaHouse & #ABT’s Performance of “Manon” starring #DianaVishneva, #MarceloGomes, & #MistyCopeland
A Few years ago, I saw the 2006 documentary called Ballerina. The film features profiles of five different dancers of Russia’s Marinsky (Kirov) Ballet throughout the piece. One dancer in particular caught my attention: Diana Vishneva. She was rehearsing the ballet Manon with the Paris Opera Ballet. Instantly, I was moved by it, and thought that if I ever…
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Respect for the #Arts: #Dancing #Ballet and Love of an Art Form.
From a very young age I have had a respect for movement. In the theater world, a lot of the time as an actor, you will see breakdowns that call for actors who “move well.” I’ve always had a deep admiration for those who move well–specifically dancers–more specifically, ballet dancers. They are the epitome of…