2 posts tagged “soloist”

In addition to being a highly anticipated homecoming for the former child star of San Pedro Ballet, Copeland's renditions of the "pas de trois" and dance of the "four swans" will codify her recently elevated position as the first black woman in the history of ABT to ascend to the level of soloist. Thank you, twitter.com/negrophile, for the article. [unfortunately this link is dead and I did not copy the text. Sorry! =(]

Praised by musicians, critics and audiences for his passionate, insightful, sensitive and musically intelligent performances, Samuel Thompson has established a reputation as an intense, high-level performer, being sought after throughout the United States and North America as soloist and artistic collaborator. During the 2007-2008 season Samuel will perform both Mozart’s Concerto in D Major, KV 218 and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with the Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra, with Carpetbag Theatre for the premiere of Between A Ballad and A Blues in Knoxville, Tennessee, and his voice can be heard in Rajni Shah’s Dinner With America which is currently touring the United Kingdom. Highlights of recent seasons include his 2007 Chicago debut on WFMT-FM’s Fazioli Salon Series and his 2006 debut at the New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas in a multimedia staged recital conceived and directed by Peter Webster (“Little Women”).