Changing rosters.SOFIANE SYLVE, a first soloist with the Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell (1961-1969), Rudi van Dantzig (1969-1991), Wayne Eagling (1991-2003) and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. , has joined NEW YORK CITY BALLET New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. as a principal dancer. * New to SAN FRANCISCO BALLET San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. are NICOLAS BLANC, a soloist formerly with the Zurich Ballet, and corps de ballet corps de bal·let n. The dancers in a ballet troupe who perform as a group. [French : corps, corps + de, of + ballet, ballet. member MATTHEW STEWART. In addition, the company has promoted PASCAL MOLAT to principal and former apprentice COURTNEY ELIZABETH is now in the corps. * AUGUSTA BALLET has added CHRISTY WHITESELL, EDUARD FOREHAND, RIDER VIERLING, and KRISTY TANCRED to its roster. The company has increased its roster of professional dancers from ten to thirteen. * The TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY has appointed MICHELE THOMPSON as executive director. * KIROV BALLET principal SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA joined Moscow's BOLSHOI BALLET September 1. |
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