Some more pictures of the first cast of The Sleeping Beauty.
Marianela Núñez as Princess Aurora, Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Florimund, Fumi Kaneko as the Lilac Fairy, Kristen McNally as Carabosse.
📸: Tristam Kenton for The Stage
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La Scala Ballet’s full and empty houses – Covid or cash?
Recent performances by La Scala's ballet company in the opera house and in venues around Milan have revealed some worrying problems.
Teatro alla Scala auditorium
Recently at La Scala in Milan, I’ve heard many people saying that they are not booking in advance anymore as there are always discounted tickets on the day of the performance. Pre-Covid, this only happened for the oddest of contemporary mixed bills – never for a ballet like Onegin. Yet apart from the performances starring pulling-power dancers Marianela Nuñez and…
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As a former child dancer and a dance fan, I relaunched my Zazzle side hustle to open the site’s own branch, TFBSAADE Dance Ed. Personalizables & Treats. The meat and veg of the content is safe, healthy dance for youth and others.
2 of the topics I covered in my merch are safe pointework and taming overzealous dance parents. In the latter, my Dance Parent Reminders collection focuses on having them control their emotions.
Building on that when it comes to their kids performing and/or competing is audience etiquette. The collection - Dance Parent Audience Etiquette - is inspired by a Dance Informa article that asks, “Is it okay to shout, ‘Werk it,’ at a student performer?”
Dance Parent Audience Etiquette Green Notebook, made by me via TFBSAADE Personalizables & Treats.
“In general, cheers/affirmations can be interpreted as reinforcement of a behavior or, in the case of dance, a movement," Youth Protection Advocates in Dance panelist and psychologist Dr. Christine Donaldson explained.
“In the field of psychology, we call this process ‘operant conditioning’. Operant conditioning is a learning process through which the strength of an individual behavior is modified by either a reward or a punishment. Typically, if something feels good (reward), we repeat the behavior, and when it doesn’t feel good (punishment), we avoid the behavior.”
"To be completely honest, most people cheer dancers on in competition in order to help them win awards," Dr. Steven Karageanes, sports medicine specialist, added.
"Because these dance conventions include a competitive element, parents, friends and fans take sides. In competition, you have winners and losers, and nobody enjoys losing. Parents and friends can get caught up in the winning and forget to show sportsmanship and class toward other dancers and studios.”
And not to mention audience etiquette.
Sadly, a small minority (my estimate) of the parents who each holler at their 10-year-old, “Werk it,” as she does an especially hypersexualized jazz solo went to see an in-person performance of a major ballet company’s production of Swan Lake. It would be a ridiculous - as well as RUDE - thing to scream the EXACT SAME thing as Odile does 32 fouettes en tournant in the coda of the Act II pad de deux.
Dance Parent Audience Etiquette Pink Flyer (great for studio registration packets), made by me via TFBSAADE Personalizables & Treats.
The coda of the Act II pas de deux from Swan Lake popped in my mind reading the Dance Informa article. Hence, the Dance Parent Audience Etiquette collection was born.
Katie Gatlin, a former studio owner, advised, “When cheering, I would stick to the basics: ‘Way to go!,’ or, ‘Great energy!’ Shy away from comments regarding physical appearance or body performance. Simply clapping is also a great way to remain positive!”
Better yet, save those cheers AFTER the solo or group numbers. Treat every recital or performance just as if you’re watching a major ballet company’s production of Swan Lake.
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Continúa el mes de la Danza en San Martín
Continúa el mes de la Danza en San Martín
Se celebra hasta el 30 de mayo con clases abiertas, talleres, espectáculos y otras actividades gratuitas, informó el municipio en un comunicado de prensa. En el Complejo Cultural Plaza, el martes 10, a las 20, habrá una función de escena compartida entre la Compañía Juvenil de Danza y la Compañía Nacional. Lo organiza el municipio junto a los estudios privados de la ciudad.
Toda la programación…
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Continúa el mes de la Danza en San Martín
Continúa el mes de la Danza en San Martín
Se celebra hasta el 30 de mayo con clases abiertas, talleres, espectáculos y otras actividades gratuitas, informó el municipio en un comunicado de prensa. En el Complejo Cultural Plaza, el martes 10, a las 20, habrá una función de escena compartida entre la Compañía Juvenil de Danza y la Compañía Nacional. Lo organiza el municipio junto a los estudios privados de la ciudad.
Toda la programación…
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Natalia Osipova & Marianela Nuñez
Pavla Pećušak & Edina Pilčanić
Mayara Magri & Lauren Cuthbertson
Svetlana Zakharova & Zuzana Zahradnikova
Yuhui Choe & Hikaru Kobayashi
Gillian Murphy & Hee Seo
“Gamzatti has heard that Nikiya is a beautiful temple dancer, but when she lifts up her chin and first sees her face, it’s like, ‘Oh, no.’ She’s stunningly gorgeous.” Gillian Murphy.
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Pictures of the first cast for this season's run of The Sleeping Beauty during their general rehearsal:
Marianela Núñez as Princess Aurora, Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Florimund, Fumi Kaneko as the Lilac Fairy, Isabella Gasparini as Princess Florine and Joseph Sissens as the Bluebird.
They open tomorrow (Monday) night!
📸: Emma Kauldhar for Dance Europe
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