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All posts tagged "Ballet RI"
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101Dance HealthBowing and exiting for the last time: The social and emotional dynamics of retiring from the stage
“Dancers die twice – once when they leave the stage,” Martha Graham famously said. Yet, a challenge to that sentiment recently came...
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92ReviewsArt forms converging and the soul eased: Ballet RI’s ‘Off The Wall’
Woodman Family Community and Performance Center, Providence RI.October 26, 2025. “How lucky are we to have art that reminds us that we’re...
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123EventsFormer Boston Ballet Principal John Lam unveils Lam Dance Works and ‘Act II’ Debut
Renowned dancer John Lam, who retired as a principal dancer with Boston Ballet in spring 2024 after a distinguished twenty-year career, is...
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146Feature ArticlesGiving it a try: From company to freelance
Many dancers, at some point in their careers, make the decision on whether to join a company or work freelance. There are...
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156ReviewsPeril and majesty: Ballet RI’s ‘Swan Lake’
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence RI.May 3, 2025. In every fairy tale, there is a paradox of peril and majesty that co-exist. Humans...
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476ReviewsInspiration and collaboration: Ballet RI’s ‘Ballet Meets the Beatles’
The Woodman Family and Community Performance Center, Providence, RI.March 23, 2025. That electricity in the air when collaboration is humming, creative minds...
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715ReviewsAccessibility and artistry in action: Ballet Rhode Island’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’ and 2025 ‘Made on Hope’
Ballet RI Blackbox Theater, Providence, RI.February 23, 2025. “I like contemporary dance, but when I see it I don’t really know what’s...
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496ReviewsNaturalism in magical realism: Ballet RI’s 2024 ‘The Nutcracker’
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI.December 21, 2024, 1pm. “Acting is behaving realistically under imaginary circumstances”: an adage I still remember from a...
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553ReviewsInspiration from anywhere: Ballet RI’s ‘Art & Literature Meet Ballet’
The Woodman Family Community and Performance Center, Providence, RI.November 1, 2024. The gentle slope of a fruit in a still life, a...
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504ReviewsLeveling up, getting on the map: Revolve Dance Project’s Season 3
RISD Auditorium, Providence, RI.July 21, 2024. If you’re from Rhode Island, you’ve heard all the small state jokes (and, in all fairness,...
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628ReviewsImmersed in the magic: Ballet RI’s ‘Cinderella’
The Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI.May 10, 2024. Sometimes we just need a break, an escape…modern life can be a lot. Sometimes...
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473ReviewsMoving multiplicity: Ballet RI’s ‘Off the Charts’
The Woodman Family and Community Arts Center, Providence, RI.March 17, 2024. One could explore the possibilities within dance art for a lifetime...
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756ReviewsCarrying the classics forward: Ballet Rhode Island’s ‘Death and the Maiden’
Woodman Family and Community Arts Center, Providence, RI.October 15, 2023. Baroque notes rang through the theater, and the curtain rose on dancers...
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705ReviewsThe meaning of having a voice: Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project’s 5th Anniversary Concert
Ballet RI’s Black Box Theater, Providence RI.August 27, 2023. Twenty to 22 percent of dance works one normally sees onstage are choreographed...
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580Feature ArticlesSarah Lane to become School Director of Ballet RI
Ballet RI has announced that world-renowned dancer, teacher, coach and rehearsal director Sarah Lane will become the next director of the School...
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497Feature ArticlesRhode Island Women’s Choreography Project celebrates 5 years and looks ahead
The Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project (RIWCP) proudly commemorates its fifth anniversary this summer with live performances and a special fundraising initiative...
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1.0KFeature ArticlesBoldly reimagining ballet, Festival Ballet Providence rebrands to Ballet Rhode Island
Festival Ballet Providence is thrilled to announce its rebrand to Ballet Rhode Island (RI). This new identity is a dedication and commitment...
