According to this news release, Texas Ballet Theater principal dancer Simon Wexler has joined ABT in some unknown capacity. If true, that would be the second dancer from TBT to join ABT this year - the first being corps dancer Betsy McBride.
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Alessandra Ferri's production company, AF Dance, has both a website and a YouTube channel which we should all keep both eyes on for future developments. Note that the website mentions a New York season for her, Herman Cornejo, and pianist Bruce Levingston in Trio Concertdance. The program includes works by Russell Maliphant, Demis Volpe, and Fang-Yi Sheu from Taiwan. Also mentioned are dances by Alexei Ratmansky and Angelin Prejlocaj.
The sponsors include The Joyce Theater's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Natalia and Veronica Bulgari. Maybe we'll see this in the spring at the Joyce Theater or maybe even some dates at Lincoln Center.
per info shared publicly on facebook, Betsey and Simon are in a relationship.
Posted by: m&m | July 15, 2015 at 02:28 PM
We probably should wait until his face goes up on the roster to question the validity of those two hiring decisions. We can, however, question why McKenzie is hiring short guys that look like a repeat of the Simkin mistake. Does ABT really need more Bluebirds, Benvolios, and Bennos?
So much talent walks in the door at ABT and then dies on the vine. It's never a matter of whether or not they can do the job brilliantly; it's a matter of whether they can survive under the uninspired, uninspiring, asinine leadership.
Posted by: Haglund | July 15, 2015 at 04:10 PM
Just saw this awesome viewpoint by Wendy Perron on Stella Abrera:
http://www.dancemagazine.com/views/equal-time-for-stella-abrera/
Posted by: L | July 15, 2015 at 08:57 PM
Thanks so much for posting this wonderful article, L.
Posted by: Angelica Smith | July 16, 2015 at 03:19 PM