Fourteen talented teens named Grand Prize finalists for the The Music Center s 33rd annual Spotlight program oc-breeze.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oc-breeze.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dance companies pirouette to streaming services
Anying Guo, The Washington Post
April 15, 2021
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Most of the performances we ve seen the past year have existed between the four corners of a laptop or a television screen. Live entertainment has been essentially nonexistent, arts organizations have taken pay cuts, venues are strapped for cash and some underfunded troupes may never recover. Yet somehow, despite the continued strain and strife, many dance companies have successfully adapted to the evolving digital stage - reimagining Nutcracker seasons, digitizing never-before-seen archival videos and launching their own streaming services.
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MSA cast members in Sleeping Beauty rehearsals (Glenn Cook)
Metropolitan School of the Arts (MSA) of Alexandria, Virginia will perform a virtual, Sleeping Beauty, online from May 8, 12 AM to May 9 at midnight. MSA pre-recorded its Sleeping Beauty performance at the George Washington Masonic Temple in Alexandria, Virginia. There are three shows, each with a different cast. Virtual admittance to one show is $20, two shows is $25, and three shows is $30. To purchase tickets, go to https://metropolitanarts2021springballet.anywhereseat.com/channel.php.
Sleeping Beauty is brought to life by the Metropolitan School of the Arts Youth Ballet, with film direction by Enoch Chan Productions, cinematography by Austin Reeves, direction by MSA faculty member, Kirsten Noetzel and MSA youth ballet director, Jacqueline Doherty.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performances set to the music of
Duke Ellington and
Ailey Extension dance and fitness classes this April.
Ailey All Access is an online initiative that offers free online performances, live-streamed dance classes, and other special programming. The goal is to build community and “celebrate the indomitable human spirit through dance.” Alvin Ailey’s classic
Blues Suite is available for viewing until April 13. The performance is from the 1985 PBS Great Performances television special
Three by Three and features an introduction by
Alvin Ailey, himself.
To celebrate Jazz music, as well as modern dance, Ailey All Access will drop