Thank You Facebook

In the spirit of the long standing tradition of films/theatre pieces/operas/dances that have been reinterpreted and placed in different cultures (like our Spanish colonial Giselle), over the next few days, I will be posting images from some of those works other works. I WAS going to post all of the different iterations of Romeo and Juliet today, but I serendipitously saw this pop up on my Facebook feed.

The 20 year old Orson Wells made New York City theatrical history when he directed an all-black cast in a production of Shakespeare's Scottish play, MACBETH in 1936. Wells set his adaptation on a Caribbean island resembling Haiti. The show allowed black actors to be seen more seriously in the theatre world.

Meanwhile in Balletland... Taught class today. Finished getting the SDBS students into Act Two. Cleaned it up a bit. Worked on some details in Act One, beefing up the parts for some small girls and a new role I added for Alberto's squire. Looking forward to the day off tomorrow.