Quote of the Week

" Many other women kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster.

These are poor substitutes for passion."

 

 

 

~ Agnes De Mille

September's Ballerina: Misty Copeland

Fact #1- Misty Copeland received the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, in 2008.

Prince onstage with Misty Copeland


Misty


Misty in the winter issue of Jones Magazine


Dartanion Reed and Misty Copeland

(photo by: Goran Subotic)

Ballet Wishlist

I love this leotard! Lately I have been wanting to find some great low back leotards, and I think this is definitely a good option!

http://www.dancedirect.com/uk/Products/Ballet/1401/dans-ez-cap-sleeve-leotard/


It's already starting to get pretty chilly where I live, so these overalls should keep me nice and warm.

http://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_EF04F.html?pid=5913&Shop=Style&SID=385992652


This poster is really cool!

http://gaynorminden.com/store/freestuff.php

Quote of the Week

" The pointes for girls, I always say,

have to be like an elephant's trunk;

strong and yet flexible and soft."

 

 

 

~ George Balanchine

September's Ballerina: Misty Copeland

Fact #1- Misty Copeland won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award as the best dancer in Southern California, in 1998.
Fact #2- Misty is of Italian, German, and African descent.


Misty Copeland in Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux








Matthew Prescott and Misty Copeland performing Falling

(photo by Erin Baiano)


Jared Matthews and Misty Copeland perform Tchaikovsky's Pas De Deux

(photo by Richard Termine)

Quote of the Week

" All the dancer's gestures are signs of things,

and the dance called rational,

because it aptly signifies and displays something over and above

the pleasure of the senses."

 

 

 

~ St. Augustine

September's Ballerina: Misty Copeland

Fact #1- Misty started ballet when she was 13 years old!
Fact #2- She was born in Kansas City, Missouri


Misty


Misty teaching a master's dance class

(photo by: Stephen Carr)




gorgeous Misty Copeland




 

Quote of the Week

Today I am going to do two Quote of the Week posts. Sorry that I haven't done any posts in awhile, but this past week was my first week going to a new ballet academy, and I've been very busy!

" I like classical music, I go to ballet and I cry,

there is nothing so beautiful."

 

 

 

~ Michael Gambon

September's Ballerina: Misty Copeland

September's ballerina is Misty Copeland!!! She is such an inspiration to me because she started ballet at a late age and still became amazing!


Fact #1- Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982
Fact #2- She's a soloist for ABT.
Fact #2- She is the third African-American soloist in the American Ballet Theatre, and the first in two decades!

Misty Copeland






Misty Copeland and Gray Davis performing Christopher Wheeldon's Thirteen Diversions

(I believe this photo is by Lawrence K. Ho , but I could be mistaken)




Misty dancing on stage with Prince

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- The cause of Margot's death was cancer.
Fact #2- Fonteyn was 19 years older than her famous partner Nureyev.

Margot Fonteyn

(photo by Houston Rogers)

Nureyev and Fonteyn



Margot



Margot and Rudolf in Frederick Ashton's Marguerite and Armand

(Victoria and Albert Museum/ V&A Prints)

Margot

New York City Ballet (NYCB) - Part 2

In part 2 of my series I will write 3 facts about the company, and I will post pictures and a couple facts about 5 of the principal dancers, and 2 of the soloists.


Fact #1- The official school of NYCB is The School of American Ballet.
Fact #2- NYCB is the only ballet company in America with its own permanent costume shop.
Fact #3- Peter Martins is the Ballet Master for NYCB.


Principal Dancer
Name: Megan Fairchild
Born in: Salt Lake City, Utah
When she started ballet: 4 yrs.
Principal dancer since: January 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler) (sorry this picture is bigger than the others)


Principal Dancer
Name: Jonathan Stafford
Born in: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Principal dancer since: May 2007


(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Ana Sophia Scheller
Born in: Buenos Aires, Argentina
When she started ballet: 6 yrs.
Principal dancer since: May 2012

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Daniel Ulbricht
Born in: St. Petersburg, Florida
When he started ballet: 11 yrs.
Principal dancer since: May 2007

(photo by Henry Leutwyler) (sorry this picture is bigger than the others)


Principal Dancer
Name: Jenifer Ringer
Born in: New Bern, North Carolina
When she started ballet: 10 yrs.
Principal dancer since: spring 2000

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Soloist
Name: Erica Pereira
Born in: Northport, New York
When she started ballet: 8 yrs.
Soloist since: December 2009

(I think this photo is by Paul Kolnik)


Soloist
Name: Chase Finlay
Born in: Fairfield, Connecticut
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Soloist since: July 2011

(I think this photo is by Paul Kolnik)

Quote of the Week

"If I cannot dance, I shall die!"

 

 

~ Anna Pavlova

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- Margot's greatest ballet partnership was with Rudolf Nureyev.
Fact #2- Margot Fonteyn married Dr. Roberto Arias in 1955.
Fact #3- She retired in 1979, at the age of 60.

Fonteyn in Swan Lake

(photo by Gordon Anthony)

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet



Ballerina Margot Fonteyn with dancer/choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov


Margot


Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

Quote of the Week

"And even this heart of mine has something artificial.

The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin,

pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes."

~ Edgar Degas

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- Her entire career was spent with the Royal Ballet.
Fact #2- She started ballet when she was four.






(photo by Keith Money)

Margot in Giselle


Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn




(photo: Roger Wood/ ROH Collections

New York City Ballet (NYCB) - Part 1

This is going to be a series of posts about New York City Ballet! I will include lots of pictures and many interesting facts about the company. There will be 5 parts to this series, and they won't be done on any certain day of the week.

In part 1 of my series I will write 3 facts about the company, and I will post pictures and a couple facts about 5 of the principal dancers, and 2 of the soloists.


Fact #1- They have 24 principal dancers, 9 soloists, and 52 dancers in the corps de ballet.
Fact #2- They are one of the most well known ballet companies in the world.
Fact #3- Their repertory has over 400 ballets.

Principal Dancer
Name: Jared Angle
Born in: Altoona, Pennsylvania
When he started ballet: 6 yrs.
Principal dancer since: November 11, 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)

Principal Dancer
Name: Janie Taylor
Born in: Houston, Texas
When she started ballet: 4 yrs.
Principal dancer since: January 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)

Principal Dancer
Name: Gonzalo Garcia
Born in: Zaragoza, Spain
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Principal dancer since: 2002

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Pricipal Dancer
Name: Jennie Somogyi
Born in: Easton, Pennsylvania
When she started ballet: 7 yrs.
Principal dancer since: December 2000

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Rebecca Krohn
Born in: Vestal, New York
When she started ballet: ?
Principal dancer since: May 2012

(photo by Henry Leutwtler)


Soloist
Name: Adrian Danchig-Waring
Born in: San Francisco, California
When he started ballet: 11 yrs.
Soloist since: February 2009



Soloist
Name: Savannah Lowery
Born in: Largo, Florida
When she started ballet: 3 yrs.
Soloist since: December 2007



New York City Ballet in Glass Pieces

(photo by Paul Kolnik)