MARK KAPPEL                      

NEWSNOTES

2021

July 26-30 - Betsy McBride and Simon Wexler were on the faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana.

August 2-6 - Daniel Saez was on the faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana.

August 13 & 14 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Helgi Tomasson's the Fifth Season at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

September 30-October 3 - Valentina Kozlova performed Ruth St. Denis' Incense as part of the dance program entitled Denishawn at the Theatre at St. Jeans in New York.

October 19 - The Kathryn Posin Dance Company performed an excerpt from Kathryn Posin's Triple Sextet at the Gene Frankel Theater in New York.

October 23-November 3 - The National Ballet of Japan  danced the Peter Wright/Galina Samsova production of Swan Lake at the National Theatre in Tokyo, Japan.

November 12 - Janis Brenner performed her solo piece, Inheritance: A Litany at the National Arts Club in New York.

November 26-December 26 - The Boston Ballet performed Mikko Nissinen's production of The Nutcracker at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.

December 2-5 - Janis Brenner's Lost, Found, Lost  performed by the Dance Department at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York.

December 3-24 - The Kansas City Ballet performed Devon Carney's production of The Nutcracker at the Kauffman Center for the Arts in Kansas City,  Missouri.

December 10, 11 & 12 - Violeta Angelova and Matthew Prescott appeared as guest artists in Ballet Arts, Inc.'s production of The Nutcracker at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, Tennessee.

December 11 & 12 - Simon Wexler appeared as a guest artist in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's production of The Nutcracker at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.

December 18 - The Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory danced Valentina Kozlova's Nutcracker Suite at Symphony Space in New York.

2022

February 1,  2, 4, 10 & 12 (Matinee) - Tiit Helimets portrayed the role of Mr. Braddock in Cathy Marston's Mrs.Robinson with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 3, 5 , 8 & 13 (Matinee) - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Jerome Robbins' In The Night with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 4 & 12 (Evening) - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in the Second Movement of Helgi Tomasson's Trio with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 5 & 11 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Helgi Tomasson's Caprice with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

March 15 & 17 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in the Winter section of Alexei Ratmansky's The Seasons with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

March 24 - Tiit Helimets danced in the Act II Pas de Deux from Helgi Tomasson's production of Swan Lake at the San Francisco Blalet's 2022 Season Gala at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

March 24-27 - The Tulsa Ballet performed Marcello Angelini's production of Swan Lake at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

April 2 (Matinee) - Zhong Jing Fang danced the role of Mercedes in Kevin McKenzie's production of Don Quixote with American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. 

April 2 & 3 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Helgi Tomasson's The Fifth Season with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

April 5, 13 & 16 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Yuri Possokhov's Magrittomania with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

April 6 & 15 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Helgi Tomasson's Prism with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

April  9 & 10 - Cristian Laverde Konig appeared as a guest artist in Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's production of Coppelia dancing the role of Franz at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.

April 24 - Participating in the San Francisco Ballet's Helgi Tomasson A Celebration, Tiit Helimets danced in the Pas de Deux from Helgi Tomasson's The Fifth Season at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

May 26-June 5 - The Boston Ballet will be performing Mikko Nissinen's production of Swan Lake at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.

June 4 - The Valentina Kozlova Studio Company will dance Kozlova's Overcome at Symphony Space in New York City.

June 13-17 - Ginger Thatcher will be a member of the faculty for Ballet Arts Inc.'s Summer Intensive in Jackson, Tennessee.

June 15 (Evening) - Zhong Jing Fang will dance the role of Mercedes in Kevin McKenzie's production of Don Quixote with American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

June 20-24 - The Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition will be held at Symphony Spacein New York City.

July l2-15 - Janis Brenner will dance her solo, Inheritance: A Litany, as part of the American Dance Festival at the Rubensteinn Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina.

October 14-23 - The Kansas City Ballet will perform Devon Carney's production of Giselle at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.

November 23, 25-27 - The Kansas City Ballet will perform Devon Carney's production of The Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

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

December 7-24 - The Kansas City Ballet will perform Devon Carney's production of The Nutcracker at the KauffmanCenter for the Performing Arts in Kansas, Missouri. 

2023

February 17-26 - The Kansas City Ballet will perform Devon Carney's Cinderella at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.

Last Revised: May 2022

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