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It could have been a Degas painting: twenty-four young girls silhouetted against the pale blue backside of the rear projection screen. Gold sequined, lace appliqués sparkle on stiff-standing pink tutus. Tiara jewels quiver and twinkle with the slightest movement. We are standing all the way to the rear, behind the stage, safely out of the way of [...]
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BRAVO volunteers have five children to chaperone in each performance of Romeo & Juliet. Backstage with the children this evening, I had a special treat: watching Marty Pistone, the fight director on this production, teach them stage combat techniques for the performance. In the production, the two little boys mimic their elders with some mock [...]
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As a BRAVO chaperone for the thirteen children in Fokine’s Petrouchka, I was amazed and rather moved when I went downstairs in the Opera House backstage and saw stacks of the hampers that the production’s costumes came to us in, shipped all the way from the Birmingham Royal Ballet in the United Kingdom. So old-fashioned! [...]
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Behind the Scenes with “Don Quixote”
Former-president and current member of BRAVO, an active group that contributes thousands of hours of volunteer assistance every year and provides vital services to support SF Ballet.
April 30, 2012