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The Peony Pavilion: A Treasure from China at Lincoln Center
Gia Kourlas, a dance critic for "The New York Times," wrote a decidedly tepid review of a recent performance of "The Peony Pavilion" by the China Jing Ling Dance Company at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. She did manage some faint praise for what she flippantly called the "trippy" lighting and the costumes that created a "psychedelic universe," which she described this way: "Even when it's tacky, it's incredible." Yet she was not impressed enough with the dancing to say much…
ContinuePosted on January 9, 2012 at 12:18pm — 3 Comments
"The Nutcracker" From the Other Side of the Footlights
Dear Dancers,
This post originally appeared on ThirdAge.com. The readers at that site are largely uninitiated when it comes to the dance world, but I thought you insiders here at DanceArt.com would enjoy my ballerina's eye view of the holiday ballet we all love and know so well. Feel free to add some "Nutcracker" memories of your own in the comment section!
Warmest holiday wishes,
Sondra
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"The Nutcracker" season is in full…
ContinuePosted on December 19, 2011 at 9:57am
The NYC Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture 2011
Among the awardees at the 35th annual Mayor's Awards for Arts and Culture at Lincoln Center's recently refurbished Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, November 2nd 2011 was dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov. He was cited for creating the Baryshnikov Arts Center in a once-decaying section of NYC's Hell's Kitchen. The evening's highest honor, the Handel Medallion, went to Broadway lion Steven Sondheim who looked and sounded far younger than his 81 years as he quipped that of all…
ContinuePosted on November 2, 2011 at 10:30am
"A Halloween Thriller," CTFD Gala at City Center in NYC
On Monday evening, I joined a bevy of NYC's dance elite and fans for "A Halloween Thriller," the 26th annual benefit for Career Transitions for Dancers at the newly refurbished City Center. The audience, following the suggested dress code on the invitations, showed up in gala attire and elegant costumes. I opted for retired ballerina glam with a black sequined jacket, a long black velvet skirt, lots of sparkly bling, my hair in a sleek bun, and stage make-up. My date donned a…
ContinuePosted on November 1, 2011 at 9:30am
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- Sondra
- I am a
- Dancer - Pro, Dance Teacher, Company Director, Dance Writer
- About Me
- I'm the Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Ambassadors, an arts education company with the mission of giving children and teens in underserved areas the chance to share the stage with professional dancers in costumed productions of adaptations of the classics, original ballets, and world dance productions. I'm also an award-winning journalist and author and a member of the Dance Critics Association. In 1997, David Wilson saw my byline in Dance Magazine and invited me to write for DanceArt.com. In March of that year, the New York Dance Scene made its debut. We called it a column because the word blog hadn't been coined yet! I'm thrilled to be back home at DanceArt.com.
- My Favorite _______ is _________.
- My favorite ballet is "Sleeping Beauty." When I was a child, I danced the roles of a Mouse pulling Carabosse's carriage and a Page during Aurora's birthday scene when the Royal Ballet came to Detroit where I lived at the time. That experience -- along with seeing "The Red Shoes" and reading "Dance to the Piper" by Agnes de Mille -- made me determined to become a ballerina!
- I hope to
- get sufficent funding for Ballet Ambassadors as we enter our tenth anniversary season in 2011 to make the company sustainable indefinitely.
- Website I Want to Share
- http://www.balletambassadors.org
- Website I Want to Share
- http://www.newyorkdancescene.com
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- http://sondra@sondraforsyth.com
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Thanks, Carly Marie! These children go to a school sponsored by the New York Foundling, an orphanage and foster care facility in an area of the South Bronx that is the poorest Congressional district in the country. What a joy it is to bring dance to…
The Peony Pavilion: A Treasure from China at Lincoln Center
Gia Kourlas, a dance critic for "The New York Times," wrote a decidedly tepid review of a recent performance of "The Peony Pavilion" by the China Jing Ling Dance Company at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. She did manage some faint praise for what she flippantly called the "trippy" lighting and the costumes that created a "psychedelic universe," which she described this way: "Even when it's tacky, it's incredible." Yet she was not impressed enough with the dancing to say much more…See More
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The Peony Pavilion: A Treasure from China at Lincoln Center
Gia Kourlas, a dance critic for "The New York Times," wrote a decidedly tepid review of a recent performance of "The Peony Pavilion" by the China Jing Ling Dance Company at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. She did manage some faint praise for what she flippantly called the "trippy" lighting and the costumes that created a "psychedelic universe," which she described this way: "Even when it's tacky, it's incredible." Yet she was not impressed enough with the dancing to say much more…See More
Blog post by Sondra Forsyth
"The Nutcracker" From the Other Side of the Footlights
Dear Dancers,This post originally appeared on ThirdAge.com. The readers at that site are largely uninitiated when it comes to the dance world, but I thought you insiders here at DanceArt.com would enjoy my ballerina's eye view of the holiday ballet we all love and know so well. Feel free to add some "Nutcracker" memories of your own in the comment section!Warmest holiday wishes,Sondra______________________________"The Nutcracker" season is in full swing all across the country as ballet's…See More
A blog post by Sondra Forsyth was featured
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"The Nutcracker" From the Other Side of the Footlights
Dear Dancers,This post originally appeared on ThirdAge.com. The readers at that site are largely uninitiated when it comes to the dance world, but I thought you insiders here at DanceArt.com would enjoy my ballerina's eye view of the holiday ballet we all love and know so well. Feel free to add some "Nutcracker" memories of your own in the comment section!Warmest holiday wishes,Sondra______________________________"The Nutcracker" season is in full swing all across the country as ballet's…See More
Blog post by Sondra Forsyth
The NYC Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture 2011
Among the awardees at the 35th annual Mayor's Awards for Arts and Culture at Lincoln Center's recently refurbished Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, November 2nd 2011 was dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov. He was cited for creating the Baryshnikov Arts Center in a once-decaying section of NYC's Hell's Kitchen. The evening's highest honor, the Handel Medallion, went to Broadway lion Steven Sondheim who looked and sounded far younger than his 81 years as he quipped that of all the Baroque composers,…See More
Blog post by Sondra Forsyth
"A Halloween Thriller," CTFD Gala at City Center in NYC
On Monday evening, I joined a bevy of NYC's dance elite and fans for "A Halloween Thriller," the 26th annual benefit for Career Transitions for Dancers at the newly refurbished City Center. The audience, following the suggested dress code on the invitations, showed up in gala attire and elegant costumes. I opted for retired ballerina glam with a black sequined jacket, a long black velvet skirt, lots of sparkly bling, my hair in a sleek bun, and stage make-up. My date donned a fedora and suit…See More
Blog post by Sondra Forsyth
Music Moves Me: An Ode to NYC's Ballet Class Accompanists, Redux
Back in December of 2008 during my brief departure from DanceArt.com to the now-defunct Dance.com, I wrote about seven of the amazing ballet accompanists who play for some of the classes I take in New York City. The response to the post was so positive that I've decided to bring it back and add four artists to my original roster of those who know exactly how to inspire dancers. Many of the top-flight musicians on my list play from memory or improvise on the spot, feats that continue to…See More
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The Royal Danish Ballet's Engagement at Lincoln Center
The evening of June 14th 2011 was unseasonably wet and chilly in New York City but the ebullient goings-on inside the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center chased away the gloom for the appreciative balletomanes in the audience. The occasion was the opening night of the Tuesday to Sunday run of mixed bills by the Royal Danish Ballet in its first New York appearance since 1998. Nikolaj Hübbe, a long-time and well-loved New York City Ballet principal dancer, has been Artistic Director of the…See More
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