A journey to ballet geekdom
Ballet San Jose’s Joshua Seibel has some strong advice for young dancers: never let anyone tell you what you can’t do. Seibel should know. Years of ear trouble—and multiple surgeries—have left Seibel mostly deaf. ‘People probably don’t realize I should technically be wearing hearing aids,’ he says. But Seibel’s partial deafness hasn’t stopped him from dancing. This season, he was even promoted to soloist at Ballet San Jose.
Read more at Ballet San Jose’s blog.
Ballet San Jose today announced its 2013 repertory season, which includes Don Quixote, one world premiere, six company premieres, and the return of Stanton Welch’s Clear, which I remember enjoying from last season, especially as it showcases the guys! (Check out this video–jump to 2:07–for clips of Clear at Houston Ballet where Welch is artistic director.)
Sometimes when I watch performances I write down notes in the program during intermissions, but more often than not… I tweet. (Hat tip to Carla Escoda of Ballet to the People and her bite-size reviews!)
March 30: San Francisco Ballet, Program 5 (Tomasson: The Fifth Season, Liaang: Symphonic Dances, Robbins: Glass Pieces).
Intermission 1 at @sfballet. Fifth Season: clean, forceful; Frances and Davit were esp lovely.
— Jeff Tabaco (@jefftabaco) March 31, 2012
Intermission 2 at @sfballet. Symphonic Dances: dramatic score, some gorgeous PDDs.
— Jeff Tabaco (@jefftabaco) March 31, 2012
Final @sfballet work, Robbins’s Glass Pieces: refreshing chaser to the neoclassicism earlier in the evening.
— Jeff Tabaco (@jefftabaco) March 31, 2012