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State Ballet of RI at 60: Celebrating resilience after COVID crashed the party By Kathie Raleigh, Special to The Journal © State Ballet of Rhode Island Dancers from the State Ballet of Rhode Island in the Coppelia finale during their Nov. 22 outdoor show on the ballet company s grounds in Lincoln.
LINCOLN In 2020, the State Ballet of Rhode Island was supposed to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
Diamond Jubilee performances of “Giselle” were scheduled for April, and by February, company dancers, guest artists and young dancers from the Brae Crest School of Ballet, the official school of the state ballet, were well into rehearsals, overseen by the ballet s founder, artistic director and choreographer, Herci Marsden, 83.
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LINCOLN In 2020, the State Ballet of Rhode Island was supposed to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
Diamond Jubilee performances of “Giselle” were scheduled for April, and by February, company dancers, guest artists and young dancers from the Brae Crest School of Ballet, the official school of the state ballet, were well into rehearsals, overseen by the ballet s founder, artistic director and choreographer, Herci Marsden, 83.
Then an uninvited guest showed up: COVID-19. By March 23, Gov. Gina Raimondo had ordered all public recreation and entertainment establishments to cease in-person operations.
“We thought, ‘Let’s get a new date,” recalls Ana Marsden Fox, the state ballet’s executive director.
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