Ballet isn’t modelling business, it’s about dancing. Tall people can dance, short people can dance, everyone can dance. It dosn’t matter, it’s all about how you can express yourself and how smart you use what you have. Nothing else is important.
This is my body, my body’s holy
No more excuses, no more abuses
We are mothers, we are teachers,
We are beautiful, beautiful creatures
I dance cause I love
Dance cause I dream
Dance cause I’ve had enough
Dance to stop the screams
Dance to break the rules
Dance to stop the pain
Dance to turn it upside down
Its time to break the chain
OBT Rehearsal - Romeo & Juliet by Oregon Ballet Theatre
Via Flickr:
Xuan Cheng as “Juliet” in rehearsal for Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of James Canfield’s “Romeo & Juliet,” running Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2016 at the Keller Auditorium. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.
The academy is gearing up for the new academic year, which will commence on the 1st of September. No formal announcement has been made yet, but it appears that there have been several significant changes to the class structure and teaching staff.
Change 1: Grade 8 / Level III
VBA added another year level between the “high school” levels and the undergrad courses. There is now a Grade 8 / Level III. I’m not sure what this means exactly, but it looks like last year’s Grade 7 / Level II (Khoreva, Ionova, etc) will not be proceeding to the undergraduate courses, but will rather be completing another year of “high school”. I’m pretty sure they will still be graduating in 2018, but their diplomas may be different to those of the previous graduates.
Change 2: Tsiskaridze will continue teaching a class.
(In what is the least surprising development ever) Nikolai Tsiskaridze appears to have enjoyed his stint as a substitute coach so much last academic year that he will be taking on another class in 2017/2018. More specifically, he’ll be looking after Grade 7 / Level II.
Classes of 2018 (graduating next year)
As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
