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The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) is a youth orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts under the artistic leadership of music director, Federico Cortese. [1] Since 1958, BYSO has served thousands of young musicians from throughout New England with three full symphonic orchestras, two young string training orchestras, six chamber orchestras, a preparatory wind ensemble, a chamber music ...
The Boston Ballet is an American professional classical ballet company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams [1] and Sydney Leonard, and was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. It has been led by Violette Verdy (1980–1984), Bruce Marks (1985–1997), and Anna-Marie Holmes ...
Coordinates: 39.937636°N 75.166565°W. The Rock School for Dance Education is a classical ballet school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] It is headed by director and president Peter Stark, [2] who formerly ran Boston Ballet School. The Rock School for Dance Education. Location. 1101 S. Broad St. Philadelphia 19147.
Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 – September 10, 2024) was a Sierra Leonean–American ballet dancer who danced with the Boston Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. DePrince rose to fame after starring in the documentary First Position in 2011, which followed her and other young ...
Womack appeared in the documentary Joy Womack: The White Swan, made by Dina Burlis, Danila Kuznetsov and Sergey Gavrilov, detailing her journey from a young American girl to becoming prima ballerina of Kremlin Ballet. It debuted in June 2020 at the Marché du Film at Cannes [19] and was released in late 2021. In 2024, New Zealand filmmaking ...
Alma mater. Canada's National Ballet School. Occupation. Ballet dancer. Employer. Boston Ballet (2003–2024) Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2024–) John Lam (born 1984) is a Vietnamese-American principal dancer with the Boston Ballet. [1][2]
Humphries joined Boston Ballet II in 2016 and was promoted to artist in the Company in 2017. [2] She debuted her choreography in 2018 with the BB@home: ChoreograpHER program. [5] In 2019, she choreographed dances for the Boston Calling Music Festival, [6] as well as the BB@home ChoreograpHER program. [5][7][8]
She also danced for the Dutch National Ballet and joined the Boston Ballet as a principal soloist in 2021. The news of DePrince's death was confirmed in a statement posted to her official ...