New Look

Just as promised, here is the new sleeker image, featuring the current dancers. I particularly like the way her arabesque leg matches his extended left leg. In many interviews, I have mentioned that our Don Juan is unusual in ballet in that it is centered around a male character rather than a female one. But just because it is centered around a guy, doesn't mean that there is a big juicy female role. Quite the contrary, the lead female dancer keeps cropping up. It is just that she does so as different characters. Gypsy. Street Vendor. Peasant Bride. Ideal Dream Woman. She even becomes a jaunty Cabin Boy. Seeing the pic also reminds me that this was the first full length ballet that I created on SDB dancer, Stephanie Maiorano. She had danced principle roles with the company before (Juliet, Sugarplum Fairy, etc) but this was the first big role created specifically on her. And she is still performing it.