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Come Behind The Scenes with The Milissa Payne Project

April 28, 2013

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Join us tomorrow, Monday 29th April, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the StageDor Studio in Sausalito for a rare look at the creative dance-making process with rising star choreographer Milissa Payne Bradley and members of The Milissa Payne Project, who have danced [..]

What Makes a Versatile Dancer? ABT Livestream on Sunday

April 18, 2013

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Catch American Ballet Theatre for free in your pyjamas this weekend: they're fielding the home team on GUGGENHEIM WORKS & PROCESS, beaming its way onto your computer screens this Sunday 7:30 pm EST: Click here for Works and Process events schedule. DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (Excerpts) Choreography by MARK MORRIS Staged by TINA FEHLANDT Music by VIRGIL THOMSON Costumes b [..]

Rachel Speidel Little and Damon Mahoney in 'Up In The Air'. (Photo: Sean Patrick McArdle, courtesy The Milissa Payne Project)

A Very American Chic: The Milissa Payne Project

April 7, 2013

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What we thought of The Milissa Payne Project's ambitious new full-length work - our Huffington Post review. Watch this clip from Up In The Air: And come see them in open rehearsal at the St [..]

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.

Children’s ballet classes now in Sausalito!

March 21, 2013

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The very gifted Ms. Leigh Donlan has just announced that her children's ballet program at the StageDor studio in Sausalito, at 10 Liberty Ship Way #340, will recommence in April. PreBallet (3-4 year olds): 3:00-3:45p Ballet Ia (5-7 year olds): 4:00-4:45p Ballet Ib (8-10 year olds): 5:00-6:00p Ballet II (11+ by approval): 6:00-7:15p She also offers private coaching for children and a [..]

#ifihadglass

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 [..]

Give the Gift of Music: Ballet To The People's Top 30 Adagio Picks

December 23, 2012

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Our favorite pieces of music to dance adagio to*, arranged chronologically: *Note: you may be unable to view this Spotify list if you're using Safari as a browser. We've found that Mozilla Firefox works, though.

I Can Dance! Make It Happen.

September 29, 2012

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Scary but true: For the first time in history, children today are projected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. - Designedtomove.org Be part of the solution! Contribute to the making of a new film that spotlights the National Dance Institute (NDI) – the brainchild of New York City Ballet legend Jacques D’Amboise. Since 1976, NDI has introduced over two million children to d [..]

Stretching the Frontiers of Dance: The Women Choreographers

July 7, 2012

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George Balanchine famously announced that "ballet is woman" but he wasn't talking about choreographers... Many women have expertly restaged ballets created by men, but few have invented new work of their own. The hottest dance [..]

Where it all started (Kuala Lumpur, 1965)

Where do you go…?

December 6, 2011

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To see how real people integrate ballet into their daily lives? When you need a French ballet term demystified? To get off-the-beaten-track suggestions for your ballet class playlist? When you want to know which is the scariest scene in all of classical ballet? To see an example of Italian fouettés beautifully executed? To find out why the plié is the most difficult step in ballet? If yo [..]

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