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Dancers Preparing For This Year’s ETUDES
Damien Johnson, of London’s Ballet Black, arrived Sunday night and was hard at work yesterday, teaching ballet to the dancers of this year’s Bermuda Civic Ballet production, ETUDES. A spokesperson said, “His broad smile said it all: he is delighted to be back in Bermuda, having first had a brief visit during this year’s Bermuda International... Read more of this article
Bermuda Civic Ballet Welcomes Laura Hussey
Classes for this summer’s production, ETUDES, are now in their second week, and former English National Ballet ballerina Laura Hussey has arrived to teach classical ballet. Ms. Hussey, who trained at the Royal Ballet School, subsequently had an illustrious career, dancing as First Artist with the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet [now Birmingham Royal Ballet];... Read more of this article
Ballet Black’s Johnson To Teach In Bermuda
When the sensational dance company from London, Ballet Black, participated in this year’s Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, it gave an opportunity for Bermuda Civic Ballet’s director Coral Waddell to discuss future plans with principal soloist Damien Johnson. The charismatic dancer subsequently cleared his schedule and will be coming to Bermuda... Read more of this article
Civic Ballet Open Air Production Of Romeo & Juliet
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, in the grounds of Fort Hamilton, the Bermuda Civic Ballet will put on an open-air production of Romeo and Juliet starting on August 22nd. They have reached around the globe and assembled a world class group of professional dancers who will be supported by Bermudian dancers, some of whom are also professionals who dance... Read more of this article
Videos: ‘Nutcracker’ Dance Show
This past weekend [Dec.16/17] approximately 80 students – aged from seven to 18 years old – took to the stage at City Hall for the In Motion School of Dance’s second annual Nutcracker Holiday Spectacular. The performance was a two-part show, which featured choreography from local and international artists, showcasing various dance... Read more of this article
Photos: In Motion’s ‘The Nutcracker’
Dancing dolls, waltzing flowers and the Sugarplum Fairy returned to Bermuda when the In Motion School of Dance presented their second annual Nutcracker Holiday Spectacular on Friday [Dec. 16] and Saturday [Dec. 17]. Approximately 80 students, aged from seven to 18 years old, participated in the City Hall performance, which featured choreography from... Read more of this article
Video: Dancers Prepare For ‘Nutcracker’
Dancing dolls, waltzing flowers and the Sugarplum Fairy will return to Bermuda this week when the In Motion School of Dance hosts their second annual Nutcracker Holiday Spectacular tomorrow [Dec. 16] and Saturday [Dec. 17]. There are approximately 80 students from ages seven to 18 years old participating and the performance this year will feature choreography... Read more of this article
Chewstick Fundraiser For Dancer
Krystal Smith, one of Bermuda’s premier dancers will be featured at The Chewstick Foundation’s next Griot Session, as Chewstick continues to expand its popular series to support the educational endeavours of Bermuda’s young artists. Krystal, who has been accepted into the Associates Programme at the Welsh Ballet in Wales, will perform on Friday,... Read more of this article
Bermudian Accepted Into Welsh Ballet Company
Bermudian dancer Krystal Smith will be gracing the stages of the United Kingdom soon, after being accepted into Ballet Cymru’s Senior Associates Programme. The programme trains dancers for entry to the company, and as a Senior Associate, she will also be performing with them throughout the year as she learns their repertoire. The Welsh company... Read more of this article
National Dance Foundation Scholarship Winners
National Dance Foundation of Bermuda announced the recipients of scholarships established by Academy Award and Tony Award winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones for attendance at next year’s DanceBermuda summer intensive. The awards were made at the end of the DanceBermuda workshop production yesterday [Aug.19] in front of a sold-out audience at the... Read more of this article
Upcoming: National Dance Foundation Workshop
Five young men from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York will join 42 Bermuda dancers in a workshop production on Friday, August 19 that marks the culmination of Dance Bermuda 2011, a three-week intensive programme run by the National Dance Foundation of Bermuda in partnership with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). The workshop production... Read more of this article
Videos: ‘Return To Paradise’ Dance
This past weekend, Bermudian dancer and choreographer Eric Bean Jr. presented ‘Return to Paradise’ at City Hall. Featuring some of Bermuda’s best young dancers, Return to Paradise was a seventy minute production choreographed entirely by Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean started dancing with United Dance Productions under Suzette Harvey. He... Read more of this article
