Elkhorn native Adrian Fry, a principal artist at Ballet West in Salt Lake City, is one of this year s guest artists in Lincoln s annual production of the Nutcracker.
With the closing months of Staatsballett Berlin’s 21/22 season turning its attention to some full length classics including Sleeping Beauty and Onegin, an alternative is offered in the form of George Balachine’s plotless ballet, Jewels. It’s a celebrated neo-classical work which can be seen in the repertoire of companies across the world. With its dazzling costumes and featuring music from Stravinsky and Tchiakovsky, both traditionalists and contemporary fans can find something to enjoy in its beauty.
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Great Performances broadcasts on PBS; she soon began taking ballet lessons in her Colorado hometown. Her familiarity with the craft was an anchor in offering a nuanced look at the world of ballet education through
On Pointe.
âOur team didnât want to dumb it down,â says Bills. âBecause ballet, and particularly Balanchine, is based on precision and attention to detail, I didnât want to let it slide. I wanted to communicate that in the filmmaking.â
After the initial approach from and negotiations with SAB, Bills and her team started by capturing footage of SAB classes to get an understanding of how to develop the story, and from there organically found students to spotlight. As director, Bills guided all of the creative elementsâfrom shaping the overall aesthetic to conducting interviews with the students. It also meant navigating how to film in the studio without disrupting class. Billsâ strategy was to maintai