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Dominique Willis Named Acting Artistic Director

Dominique Willis Named Acting Artistic Director

The Bermuda Civic Ballet Board of Trustees said they are pleased to introduce Dominique Willis as the new Acting Artistic Director for the Summer Intensive 2019 following the resignation of Coral Waddell after more than 40 years as Director. A spokesperson said, “The 2019 summer season welcomes an exciting change for the Bermuda Civic Ballet,... Read more of this article

Civic Ballet Prepares For Summer Selections

Civic Ballet Prepares For Summer Selections

Bermuda Civic Ballet will be presenting their Summer Selections at City Hall on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28, with a host of guest performers and choreographers set to be featured. A spokesperson said, “Bermuda Civic Ballet, now in its 47th year, is currently preparing for Summer Selections 2018 at City Hall on Friday, July 27 and Saturday,... Read more of this article

‘Chopiniana’ Leads Anniversary Performance

‘Chopiniana’ Leads Anniversary Performance

In 1972, Bermuda Civic Ballet arose from the successful staging of ‘Devil In The Village’, based on a fairy tale and involving a large cast of Bermudians and some visiting artists. That same year, workshops were held to bring in teachers from overseas to train Bermuda’s young dancers. This set the pattern for Civic, which is celebrating its... Read more of this article

Photos: Civic Ballet Holds ‘Summer Selections’

Photos: Civic Ballet Holds ‘Summer Selections’

The Bermuda Civic Ballet recently held its Summer Selections event, featuring music and dance from a variety of genres and styles. The evening started with an energetic and humorous hip-hop number by Angelina Hayward Simas, to “It’s a Hard Knock Life”, followed by the graceful “Chopin”, choreographed by Coral Waddell. Then came Alexis Richens’... Read more of this article

Photographer Puts ‘Dancing Shoes’ Back On

Photographer Puts ‘Dancing Shoes’ Back On

Ashley Lusher Tatem [pictured], better known as Ally, is well-known in Bermuda for her photographic work, especially the book “Generations Apart, NE Lusher Revisited”. She and her husband Mark run the Two+Quarter Studios, specializing in wedding and portrait photography. But this summer Ally has put on her dancing shoes and returned other... Read more of this article

Bermuda Civic Ballet Summer School Begins

Bermuda Civic Ballet Summer School Begins

Bermuda Civic Ballet Summer School classes got underway on July 6, with the first class delivered by James Waddell to some 20 Civic dancers. A spokesperson said, “Mr. Waddell, who has been dancing since he was a toddler, is a member of the company of Royal Ballet of Flanders. In the past season he has danced in Onegin, Don Quixote, and Flanders... Read more of this article

Civic’s Summer Dance School Starting On July 6

Civic’s Summer Dance School Starting On July 6

Bermuda Civic’s Summer School will be starting at 9:30 am on Monday, July 6, at the Pembroke Sunday School. For over four decades Civic has been bringing in renowned dancers from overseas to give the best training possible to Bermudian dancers in training. A spokesperson said, “We are extremely lucky to have a return visit by the very talented... Read more of this article

Nancy Osbaldeston To Dance In Bermuda

Nancy Osbaldeston To Dance In Bermuda

Bermuda Civic Ballet said that Nancy Osbaldeston will be dancing two classical pieces in the upcoming Summer Selections 2015, August 6 and 7, at the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall. “Nancy is a demi-soloist in her first year with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she danced Olga in John Cranko’s Onegin. Having trained at the National English... Read more of this article

Laurie McSherry-Gray To Perform In Bermuda

Laurie McSherry-Gray To Perform In Bermuda

Bermuda Civic Ballet announced that Laurie McSherry-Gray, of the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Belgium, is joining Summer Selections 2015, August 6 & 7. “Laurie trained at The Royal Ballet School in London and then joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet, after which he spent some time with Angel Corella’s company, Corella Ballet, in Spain, where... Read more of this article

Malachi Simmons To Perform Locally In August

Malachi Simmons To Perform Locally In August

The Bermuda Civic Ballet has announced that Bermudian dancer Malachi Simmons will be coming home to the island in the summer to perform at City Hall on August 6 and 7. While attending Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom, Mr. Simmons was chosen to appear in the New Adventures show, Matthew Bourne’s Lord of the Flies, which gave him the experience... Read more of this article

Video: Bermuda Civic Ballet Preview Showing

Video: Bermuda Civic Ballet Preview Showing

Dance fans were treated to a preview of the Bermuda Civic Ballet’s ETUDES [Summer Selections 2014] with the dancers giving a 15-minute presentation on the steps of City Hall yesterday [Aug 6] The full ETUDES [Summer Selections 2014] performances will be held on Friday [Aug 8] and Saturday [Aug 9] evenings at the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall.... Read more of this article

August 6th: Preview Of Ballet Summer Selections

August 6th: Preview Of Ballet Summer Selections

On Wednesday, August 6, Bermuda Civic Ballet will be showcasing ETUDES [Summer Selections 2014] by giving a 15-minute presentation on the steps of City Hall. A spokesperson said, “Starting at 12:30 pm, dancers will perform excerpts from some of the pieces which will be performed in full on Friday and Saturday evenings at the Earl Cameron Theatre,... Read more of this article

Dancers Preparing For This Year’s ETUDES

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

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

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

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