MARK KAPPEL                      

NEWSNOTES

2019

December 6 & 7 - Students of the Australian Ballet School danced Simon Dow' Con Brio at the Playhouse at Arts Center Melbourne, in Melbourne, Australia.

December 7-22 - The Tulsa Ballet performed Marcello Angelini's production of The Nutcracker at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

December 11 & 12 - Marena Perez and Daniel Saez appeared as guest artists in the Shreveport Metropolitann Ballet's production of The Nutcracker at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.

December 11, 14, 17, 20, 22 & 24 - Luke Ingham 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 13, 14 & 15 - Katie McDermott and Cristian Laverde Konig appeared as guest artists in the Ballet Arts' production of The Nutcracker at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, Tennessee.

December 13, 21 & 29 - Skylar Campbell danced the dual role of Peter/The Nutcracker Prince in James Kudelka's production of The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

December 15, 20 & 27 - 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 20 & 21 - Simon Wexler appeared as  a guest artis in Etudes de Ballet's production of The Nutcracker at the Golden Gate High School Auditorium in Naples, Florida.

December 23, 26 & 29 - Ian Casady danced the role of the Nutcracker Prince in Stanton Welch's production of The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas.

2020

January 1 - Skylar Campbell danced the dual role of Peter/The Nutcracker Prince in James Kudleka's production of The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of Canad at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre in Toronto, Canada.

January 16 - Participating in the San Francisco Ballet's Gala at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California, Tiit Helimets performed the role of Count Vronsky in Val Caniparoli's Foreshadow and will lead the Finale from George Balanchine's Diamonds.

January 23 & 25 - Luke Ingham danced the role of Prince Guillaume in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

January 28 & 29 - Skylar Campbell danced one of the princcipal roles in Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort with the National Ballet of Canada at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

January 29-February 1 - The Peter Wright/Galina Samsova production of Swan Lake was performed at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, England.

January 31-February 3 - The Sarasota Ballet performed Dominic Walsh's I Napoletani at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts in Sarasota, Florida.

February 1 - Skylar Campbell danced the Bluebird Pas de Deux in Rudolf Nureyev's The Sleeping Beauty with the National Ballet of Canada at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

February 2 - Luke Ingham danced the role of Prince Guillaume in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 11 - Tiit Helimets danced the role of Vronsky in Val Caniparoli's Foreshadow, and Luke Ingham danced in the Pas de Deux from Mark Morris' The Sandpaper Ballet with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 13 - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Edwaard Liang's Inifinite Ocean, and Luke Ingham danced one of the principal roles inTrey McIntyre'sThe Big Hunger with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 14 - Tiit Helimets danced the role of Vronsky in Val Caniparoli's Foreshadow, and Luke Ingham danced principal roles in the Pas de Deux from Christopher Wheeldon's After The Rain, and the Pas de Deux in Mark Morris' The Sandpaper Ballet.

February 15 (matinee) - Tiit Helimets danced one of the principal roles in Harald Lander's Etudes, and Luke Ingham danced a principal rolein Edwaard Liang's The Infinite Ocean with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 15 (evening) - Tiit Helimets danced principal role in Edwaard Liang's The Infinite Ocean, and Luke Ingham danced a principal role in Trey McIntyre's The Big Hunger with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 14 & 15 - Zhong Jing Fang danced the role of Zulme in Giselle with American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

February 14-23 - Devon Carney's production of Swan Lake was danced by the Kansas City Ballet at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.

February 16 (matinee) - Luke Ingham danced the Pas de Deux from Christopher Wheeldon's After The Rain with the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 19-29 - The Peter Wright/Galina Samsova production of Swan Lake was performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Birmingham Hippodrome in Birmingham, England.

February 20 - Luke Ingham danced the Pas de Deux in Mark Morris' Sandpaper Ballet with the San Francisco Ballet at theWar Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.

February 29 - Janis Brenner danced her solo piece, Inheritance: A Litany at the Steps Studio Theater in New York.

February 29 - Skylar Campbell danced one of the principal roles in Wayne McGregor's Chroma with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

March 3, 4, 6 & 7 - Skylarl Campbell danced one of the principal roles in Wayne McGregor's Chroma with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

March 4-7 - The Peter Wright/Galina Samsova production of Swan Lake was performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet at The Lowry in Salford, England. 

March 11, 14, 18, 20, 22 - Skylar Campbell danced the role of Benvolio in Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

March 12-14 - The Peter Wright/Galina Samsova production of Swan Lake was performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Sunderland Empire in Sunderland, England.

March 12, 13, 15, 19 & 21 - Tomas Schramek portrayed the role of Friar Laurence in Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet with the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Canada.

June 26 - Luke Ingham danced one of the principal roles in Christopher Wheeldon's Pas de Deux from After The Rain in the San Francisco Ballet's livestream performance.

June 30 - Tiit Helimets danced the role of Vronsky in Val Caniparoli's Foreshadow and one of the principal roles in the Finale from the Diamonds Act of George Balanchine's Jewels in the San Francisco Ballet's livestream of the company's season Opening Night Gala performance.

July 22 - Margo Sappington's Risa's Dream  was presented by the New Jersey Ballet as part of its Quarantine Solo Project on its livestream platform. 

July 27-31 - Betsy McBride and Simon Wexler were members of the faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana. 

August 3-7 - Paola Hartley and Karen Scalzitti-Kennedy were members of the faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana.

August 5 - Ginger Thatcher's Mask, and Loss, was presented by the New Jersey Ballet as part of its Quarantine Solo Project on its livestream platform.

August 18 - Battery Dance presented its Festival on a virtual platform this year and the Kathryn Posin Dance Company performed the Third Movement from Kathryn Posin's Double Sextet as part of this performance.

September 30 - Zhong Jing Fang's  world premiere Perception was presented by American Ballet Theatre Moving Stories Livestream with Ms. Fang as one of the dancers.

November 9 - Skylar Campbell will dance in the Skylar Campbell Dance Collective film production of Ariel  Rose's The Traveler Part I on Youtube.

November 23 - Skylar Campbell will dance in the Skylar Campbell Dance Collective film production of Ariel Rose's The Traveler Part III on Youtube.

November 23 - Concert, a solo show created by Colin Dunne in collaboration with Sinead Rushe and Mel Mercier, has been nominated for a 2020 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production.

Last Revised: November 2020

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