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The company’s aim was to parody traditional classical ballet works and famous prima ballerina roles with professional male ballet dancers costumed in drag, playing all the male and female roles and dancing on pointe.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
Bakersfield native Tiler Peck’s new show features award-winning performers in an evening of diverse dance
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Tiler Peck is no ordinary prima ballerina.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
At the ballet, one of the most joyous moments comes when a young dancer is promoted to prima ballerina at La Scala, or étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet, or principal at the American Ballet Theatre, and the older members of the corps pelt them with flowers: A star is born.
—Jason Farago, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2022
Lupe Serrano, a prima ballerina with American Ballet Theater, who was known for her virtuosity, and for dancing with figures such as Rudolf Nureyev, is dead at 92.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2023
For years, Kingston has played understudy to a prima ballerina named Hudson, about 30 miles to the north and across the river.
—Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
The crew ventures to Vienna to investigate an acid attack on a rising American prima ballerina, and Smitty gets troubling intel.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
The honorees are Edith Kanaka‘ole, a native Hawaiian hula teacher; Bessie Coleman, the first Black and first Native American female pilot; Jovita Idár, a Mexican American journalist; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; and Maria Tallchief, the first Native American prima ballerina.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2022
And for her role in the ballet film Joika, Diane was guest teaching ballet classes in New York alongside a Russian teacher and former prima ballerina.
—Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
Bakersfield native Tiler Peck’s new show features award-winning performers in an evening of diverse dance
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Tiler Peck is no ordinary prima ballerina.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
At the ballet, one of the most joyous moments comes when a young dancer is promoted to prima ballerina at La Scala, or étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet, or principal at the American Ballet Theatre, and the older members of the corps pelt them with flowers: A star is born.
—Jason Farago, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2022
Lupe Serrano, a prima ballerina with American Ballet Theater, who was known for her virtuosity, and for dancing with figures such as Rudolf Nureyev, is dead at 92.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2023
For years, Kingston has played understudy to a prima ballerina named Hudson, about 30 miles to the north and across the river.
—Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
The crew ventures to Vienna to investigate an acid attack on a rising American prima ballerina, and Smitty gets troubling intel.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
The honorees are Edith Kanaka‘ole, a native Hawaiian hula teacher; Bessie Coleman, the first Black and first Native American female pilot; Jovita Idár, a Mexican American journalist; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; and Maria Tallchief, the first Native American prima ballerina.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2022
And for her role in the ballet film Joika, Diane was guest teaching ballet classes in New York alongside a Russian teacher and former prima ballerina.
—Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
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