MARK KAPPEL                      

NEWSNOTES

2011

May 1 - Company C Contemporary Ballet presented the world premiere of Jodie Gates' Slip-Ring at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California.

May 1 - Paola Hartley danced one of the principal roles in Ib Andersen's Mosaik with Ballet Arizona at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.

May 3, 5, 7 & 8- Tiit Helimets danced the role of the Prince in John Neumeier's The Little Mermaid with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

May 5-7 - The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater danced Dominic Walsh's Time Out Of Line, and a world premiere choreographed by Dominic Walsh at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas.

May 6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 21, 24, 26 & 27 - The Salzburg Ballet danced Peter Breuer's Bach 'n' Drums at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

May 11 & 12 - ABT II performed Jodie Gates' A Taste of Sweet Velvet at the Kaye Playhouse in New York.

May 18 - Happy To Be So, documenting the personal and professional partnership of Mireille Briane and Oleg Briansky, had its official screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

May 26 & 28 - Ian Casady danced one of the principal roles in Christopher Bruce's Grinning in Your Face with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

May 26 & 29 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Christopher Wheeldon's Rush with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

May 26, 28 & 29 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Jorma Elo's ONE/end/ONE with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

May 28 - Sara Webb and Ian Casady danced principal roles in Christopher Wheeldon's Rush with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

May 28 - Zhong-Jing Fang danced the role of Zulme in Giselle with American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

June 2 - Zhong-Jing Fang danced the role of Zulme in Giselle with American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

June 3, 4 & 5 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Jorma Elo's ONE/end/ONE with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

June 3 & 5 - Sara Webb and Ian Casady danced principal roles in Christopher Wheeldon's Rush with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

June 4 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Christopher Wheeldon's Rush with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

June 4 & 5 - Ian Casady danced one of the principal roles in Christopher Bruce's Grinning in Your Face with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

June 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 - Tomas Schramek portrayed the role of the Butler/Executioner in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto, Canada.

June 4 & 8 - The Salzburg Ballet danced Peter Breuer's Bach 'n' Drums at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

June 9, 17 & 19- Sara Webb danced the role of Bianca and Ian Casady will dance the role of Lucentio in John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

June 9, 10 & 11 - The National Ballet of Bulgaria presented the company premiere of Kathryn Posin's Stepping Stones at the Opera House in Sofia, Bulgaria.

June 10 & 11 - Eddy Tovar danced the role of Basilio in Ben Stevenson's production of Don Quixote with the Texas Ballet Theater at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas.

June 11 & 18- Karina Gonzalez danced the role of Katherina in John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

June 15 - The Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company danced excerpts from Saeko Ichinohe's The Tale of Genji at Asia Society in New York.

June 18 - Zhong Jing Fang danced the role of Prayer in Frederic Franklin's production of Coppelia with American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

June 30 & July 1 - Karina Gonzalez danced the role of Aurora in Karl Burnett's production of The Sleeping Beauty with the Teatro Colonin Buenos Aires, Argentina.

July 4-30 - Paola Hartley was a member of the faculty for the Goh Ballet Academy's Summer Program in Vancouver, Canada.

July 25-29 - Samantha Dunster and Eddy Tovar were members of the faculty for the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana.

August 1-6 - Jenny Siu-Kan Chiang was a member of the faculty for the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana.

August 3-14, 2011 - Barbara Bears was a member of the faculty for the Goh Ballet Academy's Summer Program in Vancouver, Canada.

September 8 - Ilya Kozadayev danced the role of the Boy in Blue in Frederick Ashton's Les Patineurs with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 8, 10 & 16 - Sara Webb danced one of the principal roles in Jerome Robbins' In The Night with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 8, 10 & 17 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in the Fourth Song of Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 8, 16 & 17 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the Girls in Blue in Frederick Ashton's Les Patineurs with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 11 & 16 - Sara Webb danced the role of The Woman and Ian Casadydanced the role of The Man in Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 11, 17 & 18 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Jerome Robbins' In The Night with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 22 - Sara Webb danced one of the principal roles in Stanton Welch's Indigo with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 22, 24, 25 & 30 - Barbara Bears portrayed the part of Berthe in the Houston Ballet's production of Giselle at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 24 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Stanton Welch's Indigo with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 24 - Sara Webb danced the title role in the Houston Ballet's production of Giselle at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 25 - Karina Gonzalez danced the title role in the Houston Ballet's production of Giselle at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

September 27 & 28 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Helgi Tomasson's Trio with the San Francisco Ballet at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California.

October 1 - Karina Gonzalez and Sara Webb danced principal roles in Stanton Welch's Indigo with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

October 1 - Barbara Bears played the part of Berthe in the Houston Ballet's production of Giselle at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

October 1 - Karina Gonzalez danced the title role in the Houston Ballet's production of Giselle at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

October 1 - Sara Webb danced the title role in the Houston Ballet's production of Giselle at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

October 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 - Sara Webb danced one of the principal roles in Jiri Kylian's Falling Angels with the Houston Ballet at the Joyce Theater in New York.

October 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 - Karina Gonzalez danced one of the principal roles in Jorma Elo's ONE/end/ONE with the Houston Ballet at the Joyce Theater in New York.

October 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 - Ilya Kozadayev danced one of the principal roles in Christopher Bruce's Hush with the Houston Ballet at the Joyce Theater in New York.

October 13, 14 & 15 - The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater performed Dominic Walsh's Katharsis and The Whistling at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas.

October 13-16 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Ringling International Arts Festival in Sarasota, Florida.

October 15 - Imagine Ballet Theatre presented the world premieres of Raymond Van Mason's Passing and Ashura at Peery's Egyptian Theater in Ogden, Utah.

October 19-22 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York.

October 27, 28 & 29 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada.

October 28-30 - The Cincinnati Ballet performed Devon Carney's production of Giselle at the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio.

November 2 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine, California.

November 7 & 8 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of time as a participant in the Panorama Festival at the Teatro Carlos Gomes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

November 9 & 13 - Zhong Jing Fang danced in Paul Taylor's Black Tuesday with American Ballet Theatre at the City Center in New York.

November 11-13 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, as a participant in the Brasilia Panorama Festival/CCBB in Brasilia, Brazil.

November 16-17 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Sao Paolo SESC in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

November 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26 - Tomas Schramek portrayed the role of Friar Lawrence in Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

November 24 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Pavillion Theatre in DunLaoghaire, Ireland.

November 25 - Sara Webb danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Karina Gonzalez danced the role of the Snow Queen in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

November 25-December 31 - The Boston Balletperformed Mikko Nissinen's production of The Nutcracker at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.

November 26 - Ian Casady danced the role of the Nutcracker Prince in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

November 27 - Karina Gonzalez danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

November 28 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Irish World Academy Theatre in Limerick, Ireland.

November 30 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Dunamaise Theatre in Portlaoise, Ireland.

December 3 - Colin Dunneappeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the An Grianan in Letterkenny, Ireland.

December 3 - The Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory presented the Margo Sappington and Valentina Kozlova production of The Nutcracker at the Symphony Space in New York. Margo Sappingtonappeared as a guest artist in the role of Baroness Drosselmeyer.

December 3 - The Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company celebrated its 40th anniversary performing the world premiere of Saeko Ichinohe's Rebirth, and Saeko Ichinohe's Heian at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York.

December 3 & 4 - Sofia Menteguiga and Alfonso Martin appeared as guest artists in the Fountain Dance Ministry's production of The Nutcracker at the Jane Tasch Performing Arts Theatere in Pinckney, Michigan.

December 3 & 4 - Sara Webb and Ian Casady appeared as guest artists in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's production of The Nutcracker at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.

December 4, 21 & 24 - Karina Gonzalez danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

December 7 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Simsia Tire in Tralee, Ireland.

December 10 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Town Hall in Galway, Ireland.

December 10, 16, 17, 21 & 22- Tiit Helimets danced the Grand Pas de Deux in Helgi Tomasson's production of The Nutcracker with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

December 10-23 - The Tulsa Ballet performed Marcello Angelini's production of The Nutcracker at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

December 10, 17, 20 & 21 - Paola Hartley danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Ib Andersen's production of The Nutcracker with Ballet Arizona at Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona.

December 10, 18, 21 & 23 - Paola Hartley danced the role of the Snow Queen in Ib Andersen's production of The Nutcracker with Ballet Arizona at Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona.

December 14, 15, 16, 17 & 19 - Imagine Ballet Theatre presented Raymond Van Mason's production of The Nutcracker at Peery's Egyptian Theater in Ogden, Utah.

December 15 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Backstage Theatre in Longford, Ireland.

December 17 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the Glor Theatre in Ennis, Ireland.

December 18, 22 & 26 - Ian Casady danced the role of the Nutcracker Prince in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

December 19, 23 & 27 - Ian Casady portrayed the role of Dr. Drosselmeyer in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

December 20, 23 & 27 - Sara Webb danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Karina Gonzalez danced the role of the Snow Queen in Ben Stevenson's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

2012

January 13-14 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at the France Scene National in Senart, France.

January 17-18 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at La Coursive in La Rochelle, France.

January 19 - Tiit Helimets danced the Pas de Deux in David Bintley's Dance House as a participant in the San Francisco Ballet's Opening Night Gala at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

January 20 & 23 - The Salzburg Ballet performed Peter Breuer's Elements at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

January 24 - Colin Dunne appeared in his solo show, Out of Time, at Le Parvis in Tarbes Pyrenees, France.

January 27 & 29 - The National Ballet of Bulgaria performed Kathryn Posin's Stepping Stones at the Opera House in Sofia, Bulgaria.

February 1 - Colin Dunne will appear in his solo show, Out of Time, as a participant in the Antigel Festival in Geneva, Switzerland.

February 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15 & 29 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Elements at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

February 9, 10 & 11 - The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater will perform Dominic Walsh's Nessuno and Duets from The Trilogy" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas.

February 9, 11 & 12 - Paola Hartley will dance the role of Princess Florine in Ib Andersen's production of The Sleeping Beauty with Ballet Arizona at Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona.

February 15, 19 & 25 - Tiit Helimets will dance one of the principal roles in Wayne McGregor's Chroma with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 16, 18, 21 & 24 - Tiit Helimets will dance one of the principal roles in Helgi Tomasson's Trio with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 24 - Nathalie Nordquist will dance the dual role of Odette/Odile in Natalie Conus' production of Swan Lake with the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Opera House in Malmo, Sweden.

February 28 - Nathalie Nordquist will dance the dual role of Odette/Odile in Natalie Conus' production of Swan Lake with the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Opera House in Stockholm, Sweden.

March 1, 5 & 8 - Nathalie Nordquist will dance the dual role of Odette/Odile in Natalie Conus' production of Swan Lake with the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Opera House in Stockholm, Sweden.

March 10 & 22 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Elements at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

March 11, 15 & 17 - Tomas Schramek will portray the role of Catalubutte in Rudolf Nureyev's production of The Sleeping Beauty with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

March 30 & 31 - Ballet Nebraska will perform a solo from Jeff Satinoff's Perpetuum Mobile at the Joslyn Art Museum's Witherspoon Concert Hall in Omaha, Nebraska.

April 19, 20, 28 & 29 - The National Ballet of Bulgaria will present the company premiere of Kathryn Posin's Scheherazade at the Opera House in Sofia, Bulgaria.

April 27-29 - The Cincinnati Ballet will present the world premiere of Devon Carney's The Steadfast Tin Soldier at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio.

April 29 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Beatles Tanzabend at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

May 3, 4 & 5 - The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater will perform Dominic Walsh's The Itch and a world premiere ballet at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas.

May 4, 10, 13, 23, & 25 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Beatles Tanzabend at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

May 17 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Elements at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

May 22 & 24 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Sophie in Wonderland at the Salzburger Landesthater in Salzburg, Austria.

June 5, 6 & 14 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Beatles Tonazabend at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

June 7, 10, 15, 16 & 17 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Sophie in Wonderland at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

June 9 & 13 - The Salzburg Ballet will perform Peter Breuer's Elements at the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg, Austria.

2013

June 19-22 - The David Bintley/Galina Samsova production of Giselle will be danced by the Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Hippodrome in Birmingham, England.

Last Revised: February 2012

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