By Jordan Hammond member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet October 23, 2009
So far this year the Trainees have had a lot on our plates! Upon returning from China, Bryn and I headed straight back into rehearsals. While we were gone, the other Trainees had been working hard to prepare for our upcoming shows that were only a few short weeks away.
Our first performance of the year was just last weekend, and surprisingly, it was not in San Francisco! In fact, we were invited to perform Parrish Maynard’s Fractals down in Southern California with the Festival Ballet Theater (fellow trainee Bryn’s old studio), at the Irvine Barclay!
(front to back) Bryn, Jordan, and Nicole in Parrish Maynard’s Fractals. Photo Credit: Dave Friedman
So we hopped on a plane Saturday morning, and arrived an hour later where we then headed to the theater, did a quick, on-stage rehearsal, and went on to dance in the evening performance at 7pm. On Sunday, we performed in the 2pm performance and hopped on a plane to San Francisco that night! It was a quick trip, but the performances were so much fun and it was wonderful to see so many familiar faces (I am also from Orange County). I was delighted to see former San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Evelyn Cisneros (she staged a piece by Val Caniparoli for Festival Ballet Theater), because she was a former teacher of mine and is someone I truly look up to. And a big thank you to Salwa Rizkalla, director of Festival Ballet Theater: without her, our trainee trip to perform in Orange Country would not have been possible!
Waiting at the airport with Francisco
After the show of Fractals
Our next performance is this Friday at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where we performed last year. We’re so happy to be invited back to perform again at such a beautiful school. We are doing a morning assembly performance for the students, with a longer performance later in the evening. The pieces we have been working on so far this year have includedHelgi Tomasson’s Haffner Symphony (2nd and 3rd movement) and a pas de deux from 7 for Eight, the Bluebird pas de deux (from Sleeping Beauty), Fractals, fellow trainee James’ piece Down, and apprentice Myles Thatcher’s choreography Time Piece. We’ll also be performing solo variations from La Bayadere, Grand Pas Classique, and Don Quixote.
Well that’s all for now but more to come very soon because next month the Trainees will hop on another plane to… Canada!
Trainee Update
member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet
October 23, 2009
So far this year the Trainees have had a lot on our plates! Upon returning from China, Bryn and I headed straight back into rehearsals. While we were gone, the other Trainees had been working hard to prepare for our upcoming shows that were only a few short weeks away.
Our first performance of the year was just last weekend, and surprisingly, it was not in San Francisco! In fact, we were invited to perform Parrish Maynard’s Fractals down in Southern California with the Festival Ballet Theater (fellow trainee Bryn’s old studio), at the Irvine Barclay!
(front to back) Bryn, Jordan, and Nicole in Parrish Maynard’s Fractals. Photo Credit: Dave Friedman
So we hopped on a plane Saturday morning, and arrived an hour later where we then headed to the theater, did a quick, on-stage rehearsal, and went on to dance in the evening performance at 7pm. On Sunday, we performed in the 2pm performance and hopped on a plane to San Francisco that night! It was a quick trip, but the performances were so much fun and it was wonderful to see so many familiar faces (I am also from Orange County). I was delighted to see former San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Evelyn Cisneros (she staged a piece by Val Caniparoli for Festival Ballet Theater), because she was a former teacher of mine and is someone I truly look up to. And a big thank you to Salwa Rizkalla, director of Festival Ballet Theater: without her, our trainee trip to perform in Orange Country would not have been possible!
Waiting at the airport with Francisco
After the show of Fractals
Our next performance is this Friday at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where we performed last year. We’re so happy to be invited back to perform again at such a beautiful school. We are doing a morning assembly performance for the students, with a longer performance later in the evening. The pieces we have been working on so far this year have included Helgi Tomasson’s Haffner Symphony (2nd and 3rd movement) and a pas de deux from 7 for Eight, the Bluebird pas de deux (from Sleeping Beauty), Fractals, fellow trainee James’ piece Down, and apprentice Myles Thatcher’s choreography Time Piece. We’ll also be performing solo variations from La Bayadere, Grand Pas Classique, and Don Quixote.
Well that’s all for now but more to come very soon because next month the Trainees will hop on another plane to… Canada!