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Flying High: The Milissa Payne Project

March 25, 2013

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Don't miss The Milissa Payne Project at The Garage on April 3rd and 4th in the premiere of their whimsical new work 'Up in the Air', set to Max Richter's radical surgical overhaul of the most overplayed piece of music in the Western world, Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons.' For more on Milissa Payne Bradley, check out our preview in the Huffington Post.
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February 25, 2013

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#ifIhadglass Ballet To The People (http://ballettothepeople.com/manifesto/) would invite all Bay Area dance companies to collaborate on a dance film called Glass Dances, celebrating the oddity, charm and inventiveness of San Francisco, with one- to two-minute segmen [..]

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Arabesque Penchée on the Dock of the Bay

December 18, 2012

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In the summer of 1967 Otis Redding played the Fillmore in San Francisco, and stayed out on a houseboat in Sausalito, where he was inspired to write the lyrics to the now-classic Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay. 45 summers later, inspired by the beauty of the same location, a retired ballerina dusted off her old pointe shoes and turned the railing of a pier into a ballet barre:
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The Never-Ending Scandal of the Tutu

December 27, 2011

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Cleaning out her closet, Ballet to the People unearthed these exquisite vintage tutus from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Their tags reveal that they were made by Grace Costumes and Barbara Matera, leading costumers for ballet, theatre, opera and film for over five decades, for renowned ballerinas including Cynthia Gregory and Cheryl Yeager. Handmade, these tutus boast construction and embro [..]

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Saluting the Sun God at Machu Picchu

November 12, 2011

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Having just hiked four days through cold and rain, covering 49 kilometres of the Inca Trail from Cuzco through the Andean cloud forest to Machu Picchu, Leah celebrates her arrival at t [..]

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Relevé on the Embarcadero

September 2, 2011

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Some of our favorite things to do on the Embarcadero in San Francisco: 1. Gate-crash the Cowgirl Creamery Experience at the Ferry Building 2. Engage in a lively debate with the protestors who want the bronze statue of Gandhi on the waterfront removed because (they claim) he was a racist and a sham 3. Watch the bachelorette party girls in their too-tight miniskirts and bleached-straw hair stag [..]

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Arabesque à terre in the eye of a storm

August 29, 2011

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It’s called petit allegro – the swift and agile footwork that enables ballerinas to dodge falling debris during a hurricane. Ignoring Mayor Bloomberg’s order to stay indoors and watch SYTYCD reruns this weekend, Becky, visiting from England, decides not to let a little hurricane spoil her trip to New York. Leaping over a fallen tree branch, she finishes in an arabesque à terre croisé de [..]

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Burning Man Survival Guide for Dancers

August 17, 2011

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Will there be ballet at Burning Man this year?  Ballet to the People interviewed some veterans who passed on these survival tips for dancers: Dancing in that low humidity can be lethal: hydrate well. Coconut water is the fashionable hydrating drink right now, ve [..]

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Anthony takes the 4th

August 6, 2011

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Anthony takes a break from rehearsing an Indonesian adaptation of ‘Swan Lake’ on the Big River to demonstrate an open 4th position croisé. Think of the open 4th position of the f [..]

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