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Ballet Arizona - Post-Performance Question & Answer Session
Excitement Of The Annual All-Balanchine Program at Symphony Hall in Phoenix Arizona...
An afternoon of works by the father of American Ballet, George Balanchine. Ib Andersen is one of a handful of artists worldwide authorized by The Balanchine Trust to stage Balanchine’s masterpieces.
“One of the most striking developments in modern ballet is that there is now a trans-American, even trans-global, Balanchine diaspora. Ballet Arizona ranks among the most significant.”
– Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times
Choreography: George Balanchine
Onstage Panel (Left to Right):
Mimi Tompkins
Washington, D.C.
Joined Ballet Arizona: 2014
Training: The Harid Conservatory, San Francisco Ballet School
Other Companies: National Ballet of Canada
Jackson Dwyer
Montreal, Canada
Ballet Arizona
Joined Ballet Arizona: 2015
Training: Canada's National Ballet School, John Cranko Schule
Other Companies: The National Ballet of Canada
Joseph Cavanaugh
Phoenix, Arizona
Joined Ballet Arizona: 2001
Training: Virginia School of the Arts, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
Joseph Cavanaugh pursued his professional training at the Virginia School of the Arts, and later graduated with honors from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division. He has worked with and performed for such choreographers as Dwight Rhoden, Jordan Morris, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Alexei Ratmansky. Since joining Ballet Arizona in 2001, Mr. Cavanaugh has originated featured roles in Ib Andersen’s Elevations, Mosaik, 2B, Play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and in Interplays by Vladimir Angelov. He has danced soloist and principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle (Hilarion), Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section, Dwight Rhoden’s Ave Maria, Jerome Robbins’s In the Night, and Polyphonia by Christopher Wheeldon. His Balanchine repertoire includes principle roles in Agon, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Movements for Piano and Orchestra. Mr. Cavanaugh has been teaching around the United States and Canada for the past 12 years. He is currently working as a Ballet Master for Ballet Arizona in addition to his teaching. This is Mr. Cavanagh’s second year teaching at The School of Ballet Arizona.
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Post-Performance Q & A - 1
Ballet Arizona - Post-Performance Question & Answer Session
Excitement Of The Annual All-Balanchine Program at Symphony Hall in Phoenix Arizona...
An afternoon of works by the father of American Ballet, George Balanchine. Ib Andersen is one of a handful of artists worldwide authorized by The Balanchine Trust to stage Balanchine’s masterpieces.
“One of the most striking developments in modern ballet is that there is now a trans-American, even trans-global, Balanchine diaspora. Ballet Arizona ranks among the most significant.”
– Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times
Choreography: George Balanchine
Onstage Panel (Left to Right):
Mimi Tompkins
Washington, D.C.
Joined Ballet Arizona: 2014
Training: The Harid Conservatory, San Francisco Ballet School
Other Companies: National Ballet of Canada
Jackson Dwyer
Montreal, Canada
Ballet Arizona
Joined Ballet Arizona: 2015
Training: Canada's National Ballet School, John Cranko Schule
Other Companies: The National Ballet of Canada
Joseph Cavanaugh
Phoenix, Arizona
Joined Ballet Arizona: 2001
Training: Virginia School of the Arts, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
Joseph Cavanaugh pursued his professional training at the Virginia School of the Arts, and later graduated with honors from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division. He has worked with and performed for such choreographers as Dwight Rhoden, Jordan Morris, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Alexei Ratmansky. Since joining Ballet Arizona in 2001, Mr. Cavanaugh has originated featured roles in Ib Andersen’s Elevations, Mosaik, 2B, Play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and in Interplays by Vladimir Angelov. He has danced soloist and principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle (Hilarion), Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section, Dwight Rhoden’s Ave Maria, Jerome Robbins’s In the Night, and Polyphonia by Christopher Wheeldon. His Balanchine repertoire includes principle roles in Agon, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Movements for Piano and Orchestra. Mr. Cavanaugh has been teaching around the United States and Canada for the past 12 years. He is currently working as a Ballet Master for Ballet Arizona in addition to his teaching. This is Mr. Cavanagh’s second year teaching at The School of Ballet Arizona.
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