State Ballet of RI has adapted after COVID upended 60th anniversary season
LINCOLN — In 2020, the State Ballet of Rhode Island was supposed to celebrate its 60th anniversary. Diamond Jubilee performances of “Giselle” were scheduled for April, and by February, company dancers, guest artists and young dancers from the Brae Crest School of Ballet, the official school of the state ballet, were well into rehearsals, overseen by the ballet's founder, artistic director and choreographer, Herci Marsden, 83. Then an uninvited guest showed up: COVID-19. By March 23, Gov. Gina Raimondo had ordered all public recreation and entertainment establishments to cease in-person...
Source: providencejournal.com