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Category Archives: Behind the Scenes
It’s been a busy transition for all of us backstage as we begin the season, going from the gala performance on Wednesday night into Swan Lake, which opened on Saturday. The cues for calling a full-length ballet like Swan Lake aren’t necessarily complicated, but they do require a lot of concentration to match-up the stage [...]
This year I danced seven roles in Nutcracker. Talk about keeping a show fresh and new! I was daily remembering which steps I was supposed to do depending on which day of the week it was. Come to think of it, I had one role for every day of the week. It’s probably easier to guess which ones I [...]
After the 13-hour flight from San Francisco, the dancers and company arrived safe and sound in Shanghai. All in all, it was a pretty uneventful travel day, but then again, moving 100 people half-way around the world is an event in and of itself. By the time we arrived at the hotel in Shanghai and [...]
Ballet’s Newest Composer, Kip Winger
composer for Christopher Wheeldon's world premiere Ghosts©
February 4, 2010