Robert John Weber, Jr., 63, passed away May 3rd in Wanaque, New Jersey. Born in Midland, Michigan, Robert was a dancer, actor and choreographer who performed on Broadway in Miss Saigon and Meet Me in St. Louis, in the Broadway national tour of Jerome Robbins Broadway and as principal soloist with multiple European ballet companies.
Following a successful return to live theater in 2021 after the COVID-19 crisis darkened stages around the world, Good Theater has announced the schedule for the 2022/2023 season. This season marks Good Theater’s 20th anniversary, and promises to be a yearlong celebration with plenty of laughter, music, and, of course, good theater.
Boston Ballet has announced programming for the 2022–2023 season, celebrating the return to the human experience of dance with a full six-program season for the first time since the 2019–2020 season.
The unmatched impact of Rudolf Nureyev, whose performances touched the lives of people around the world, will be celebrated on stage this September in London over five performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane - where Nureyev made his London debut - in a production curated by a former star of The Royal Ballet which will bring together an array of international talent both on and off stage.
MOSSO, the Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, have announced details of their upcoming summer concerts at Symphony Hall. MOSSO will celebrate the music of Stephen Sondheim and John Williams. These concerts mark the first time in almost twenty years that the musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra have performed summer concerts in Springfield.
Jan Kooijman is set to star in the new Dutch play, Nureyev, based on the life of the world-famous ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, in February 2023. Producer De Theater BV announced the news today. The show is written by Allard Blom and directed by Martin Michel. The two-person show features choreography by Rinus Sprong. Nureyev will premiere on Tuesday 21 February 2023 at DeLaMar in Amsterdam.
“Het verhaal van Rudolf Nureyev is een verhaal van passie, zowel in het leven als in de dans. De complete overgave van een artiest aan zijn ambacht. Een voorstelling over een stervende man die zocht naar een thuis, naar acceptatie en naar de liefde, maar alles vond in de schoonheid én de wreedheid van ballet.”, zegt producent Christian Seijkens. “Dat Jan Nureyev moest spelen was voor ons meteen duidelijk. Hij neemt het verleden, de bouw, de inzet en de passie van een danser allemaal mee in de rol.”
Tomorrow, March 31, in honor of what would have been the 100th birthday of James (Jimmy) M. Nederlander, Sr., the Nederlander Organization plans to dim the lights in all 15 theaters worldwide across NY, LA, Chicago, DC and London in tribute to a great legend of theater and entertainment.
Now McKellen is to return to Hamlet in a world première at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing with the Edinburgh Festival Ballet Company. It is sure to be one of the hottest tickets in the Fringe line up.
As the centerpiece of its 2021-22 season, The Joffrey Ballet will present a spring program featuring the world-premiere adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men by choreographer Cathy Marston, set to a score by Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman, his first-ever work for ballet.
Ashley Wheater MBE, The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, today announced the Joffrey’s 2022–2023 Season at Lyric Opera House, featuring a world premiere from a rising choreographic star, a revival from a Joffrey icon, the return of a Joffrey blockbuster, and a full-length story ballet of such grand scale that it is rarely seen in the United States.
Tumultuous and full of unheard-of adventures, the love story of Conrad and Medora told by George Byron in his oriental tale in verse The Corsair (1814) ignited the imagination of subsequent generations of readers as well as serving as a basis for numerous ballet adaptations.
Creative people create, and during Covid, Christine Jowers, Janis Brenner, and JoAnna Mendl Shaw turned their attention to 'visual choreography.' The three dancer/choreographers have joined forces to show their 'Doodles, Collages, and Paintings: Dancers Pivot to Visual Choreography,'
The Public Theatre begins the second half of its exciting season with Dancing Lessons, a delightfully unpredictable romantic comedy playing live at the theatre March 11 – 20, or by video on demand March 15-20th
To celebrate the month of love, bookings open today (14 February) for Cape Town City Ballet's captivating production of Maina Gielgud's GISELLE.
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that the company will return to live performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in March as planned.
Since its premiere in 1965, danced by Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, it has remained a firm favourite of The Royal Ballet’s repertory, offering dancers in the lead roles a wealth of opportunity for differing interpretations of the star-crossed lovers.
Today, the Royal Opera House has announced that, in addition to both The Dante Project and Giselle, a further five productions will be released on select dates from New Year's Eve, offering audiences across the globe a rich range of ballet and opera this New Year.
Prince Siegfried struggles in his new role as regent. His mother and teacher want him to marry a woman he does not love. Siegfried escapes into a fantasy world and falls head over heels in love with a beautiful swan; a symbol of the freedom and love he craves. The prince does not know that the swan is in fact an enchanted princess by the name of Odette.
Following critically acclaimed performances in October 2021, Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet returns for a second run in the new year, with performances beginning on Monday 10 January 2022.
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