#chloe misseldine

[ballet-symphonie]

YOU'RE BACK! I just wanted you to know that I saw Chloe Misseldine's O/O debut live! It was my first ballet live that wasn't the local nutcracker. It was a magnificent debut! What gorgeous lines, port de bras. She also makes every arabesque a moment. Her partnership with Aran was great, they really told the tragic love story quite well. Her Odile was seductive and captivating as much as her Odette was sweet and tragic. Act II and IV both made me tear up a little. And the Act II coda ending was chef's kiss. To see the growth in her over the last few years have been magical.

I'm trying to be back! It's been a hectic season!!

I'm overjoyed to hear that you had such a marvelous experience watching Swan Lake and also ecstatic to hear yet another positive review. The tension and expectation for her Met debut this summer feels huge but I'm sure she will rise to the challenge. I was hoping to be in NYC this summer in time with ABT's season but it looks like it won't be happening. ABT is always so hush hush with the videos...I'm sure we'll see some clips!

#ballet #ballet ask #abt #Chloe Misseldine #american ballet theatre

[tikitania]

ABT (and the precarious finances of dance in the US)

If you closely follow ABT on social media, then you know that company dancers have been working under an expired contract since the fall and have recently authorized a strike. Living and working in NYC is so expensive. They need a living wage, as do the musicians, stagehands, and staff behind the scenes. Performing artists in the U.S. have it tough and need support. That said, my friend is an ABT subscriber and with her membership, she was granted special Zoom access to a Swan Lake studio rehearsal with Catherine Hurling and James Whiteside with Susan Jaffe coaching. (There were major tech issues at first, but the video then came through beautifully.) If you can, please consider a gift to ABT, either a one time donation in support of the dancers or an annual subscription that will give you special behind-the-scenes access to the company and its wonderful dancers, discounts on tickets and stage rehearsals. Also, if you're in the DC area — go but tix to their upcoming run of Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center. Chloe Misseldine will make her debut as Odette/Odile.

#ABT #american ballet theatre #swan lake #ballet dancers deserve more #youtube #YouTube vs Theater #Chloe Misseldine #Instagram

[patricedumonde]

Went to see Chloe Misseldine's debut as O/O. It was magnificent! It was everything I wanted and more. What gorgeous lines, port de bras etc. She had a great partnership with Aran Bell and they really told the story well. She's definitely going places and is probably the next big star at ABT. She just has that IT girl quality you know?

Y E S. I could tell from the rehearsal, she looked very much like Olga Smirnova to me. You are so lucky to have watched her!!! I am so glad her debut went well 💞

#patrice answers #chloe misseldine

[swanlake1998]

chloe misseldine photographed for pointe magazine by jayme thornton

#chloe misseldine #ballet #ballerina #jayme thornton #pointe magazine

[amazingdancetalent]

2018 USA IBC INVITED COMPETITORS

The list of the 2018 USA IBC competitors has just been released! Who do you know that is competing? The complete list is below! Competitors are listed in alphabetical order by country.

More information about the competition: https://www.usaibc.com/compete/competitor-calendar/

Armenia

Junior Men

Razmik Marukyan

Bulgaria

Junior Men

Simeon Atanasov   

Brazil

Junior Women

Carolyne Galvao

Senior Men

Johny Klismann Bernardino, Marcos Vinicius Sousa Silva

Canada

Junior Women

Mya Kresnyak, Maggie Weatherdon

Senior Women

Emma Guertin

China

Junior Women

Ronger Teng

Junior Men

Hang Li 

Senior Women

Yunting Qiu

Senior Men

Sicong Wu

Columbia

Senior Men

Boris Ceballos

Cuba

Senior Men

Keynald Reinaldo Vergara Soto, Jorge Barani

Dominican Republic

Senior Women

Alexa Torres

Japan

Junior Women

Kanon Kimura   

Junior Men

Hyuma Kiyosawa, Tokuyama Rui

Senior Women

Rieko Hatato, Yumi Inoue, Sayaka Ishibashi, Kotomi Iwase, Fuki Takahashi, Midori Terada, Risa Mochizuki, Asami Nakashima

Senior Men

Takahiro Hayashi, Yuki Kaminaka, Hirofumi Kitazume, Takumi Munechika, Tenki Nomura, Koya Okawa, Yuya Omaki, Seitaro Tatsumi, Tomoha Terada, Kento Terashita, Yuma Yasui, Yuuki Yamamoto

Republic of Korea

Junior Women

Doyoon Kim, Park Yujin

Senior Women

Shin Hyoung Han, Han Da Huin, Kim Jungju, Shin Jungyoon, Soobin Lee, Jang Yoomi

Senior Men

Seong Jun An, YeonGyu Kim, Sangmin Lee, Kim Seyong, An Jin Sung, Song Gi-Young

Kyrgyzstan

Junior Men

Sanjar Omurbaev 

Senior Men

Aslan Aliev

Latvia

Senior Women

Evelina Godunova

Mexico

Junior Men

Israel Zavaleta Escobedo

Mongolia

Junior Men

Dulguun Battsengel 

Peru

Junior Women

Sandra Chamochumbi

Senior Women

Vania Valdez

Philippines

Junior Women

Nicole Klaudine Barroso

Junior Men

Joshua Rey Enciso

Senior Women

Veronica Atienza, Denise Parungao

Ukraine

Junior Men

Vsevolod Maievskyi 

United Kingdom

Senior Men

Albjon Gjorllaku

United States

Junior Women

Elisabeth Beyer, Faith Bloomstran, Vanessa Childress, Cassidy Daves, Maddison Goodman, Alexandra Gray, Jaden Grimm, Lucy Hassmann, Liliana Lizalde, Jolie Rose Lombardo, Alexandra Manuel, Chloe Misseldine, Madison Penney, Julia Rust, Sophie Savas-Carstens, Rheya Shano, Quinn Starner, Katherine Stevens, Alina Taratorin, Avery Tessmer, Olivia Tweedy, Avery Underwood, Tia Wenkman, Sabrina Yap

Junior Men

Jacob Alvarado, Diego Altamirano, Jorge Boza Cáceres, Arthur Erlanson, Stephen Kessler, Joseph Markey, Stephen Myers, Harold Mendez, Isaac Mueller, Luke Westerman

Senior Women

Katherine Barkman, Youn Ji Choi, Robbie Downey, Yaman Kelemet, Chisako Oga, Samantha Pille, Princess Reid, Eunice Suba

Senior Men

Ariel Breitman, Andre Gallon, Derek Drilon, Yamil Maldonado, Alexander Maryianowski, Ryo Munakata, Oliver Oguma, Jefferson Payne, Alexandros Pappajohn, David Schrenk, Colton West

#ballet #2018 #master ballet academy #madison penney #quinn starner #tia wenkman

[prixdelausanne]

Results of the Selections 2018

Lausanne February 2nd, 2018: after 4 days of intensive work, 21 candidates have been qualified for the Finals of the competition.

From the beginning of the week, 74 candidates from all over the world have attended daily classes, coaching and rehearsals with prestigious professionals in the field. Carefully observed by 9 jury members, the candidates have all had one goal in mind: to perform their classical and contemporary variations on stage for a live audience at the Beaulieu Theatre.

Their potential was not only assessed by considering their technical facility, but also their ability to give an imaginative and sensitive response to the music. The candidates have had to master the traditional classical repertoire as well as the contemporary creations of Louise Deleur, Richard Wherlock, Jorma Elo, Mauro Bigonzetti or Wayne McGregor.

This year, the Artistic director of the HET National Ballet, Ted Brandsen, is President of the jury panel. As internationally-renowned dance professionals, they selected the 21 most promising talents who have outdone themselves the most.

The 21 finalists of the Prix de Lausanne 2018 are:

112. PARK Hanna / South Korea / 15.5 years old301. XU Jingyi / China / 17.3 years old

115. YANG Irene / Canada / 15.8 years old303. GALVAO Carolyne / Brazil / 17.5 years old

125. TENG Ronger / China / 16.2 years old309. ZHAO Xinyue / China / 17.11 years old

126. MISSELDINE Chloe / USA / 16.3 years old310. OKI Aina / Japan / 18 years old

134. GUO Wenjin / China / 16.8 years old313. NAM Minji / South Korea / 18.5 years old

135. GELFER-MÜNDL Aviva / USA / 16.1 years old407. WAGMAN Shale / Canada / 17.9 years old

201. CARMECI Finnian / USA / 15.2 years old409. ZAGIDULLIN Ervin / Russia / 18 years old

203. MORIWAKI Takayuki / Japan / 15.8 years old412. ARANDA MAIDANA Miguel Angel David / Paraguay / 18.6 years old

206. YERG Makani / USA / 16 years old413. LORICCHIO Davide / Italy / 18.7 years old

207. LEE Junsu / South Korea / 16.1 years old416. BAREMAN Lukas / Belgium / 18.1 years old

210. SNYDER Eric / USA / 16.1 years old

The 21 selected candidates are from 10 different countries and the most represented is the United-States with 5 candidates, and then China with 4 candidates.

8 of the finalists will receive one of the scholarships/apprenticeships, for which the Prix de Lausanne is so well-known for. The Prize Winners receive the unique opportunity to choose among the most prominent schools and companies of ballet in the world.

Photo: ©GregoryBatardon

#Finals2018 #PrixdeLausanne2018 #Prix2018 #PdL2018

[stubfeeddance-blog]

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[ballet-symphonie]

Hey Ale! Did you see the videos of Chloe Misseldine dancing White Swan and Black Swan pas with Reece Clarke? It looked good to me, I think she really can pull off O/O soon. Maybe next Met season? Also, I just now realized how attractive Reece is and how good of a dancer he is. I haven't really followed Royal Ballet much but now I will!

The videos look stunning, especially considering the two have never danced together and had limited rehearsals. I would be interested in seeing her do the full length. Honestly, I don't mind SL taking a break from ABT's Met rep but it makes money, so I'm confident it will be back.

#chloe misseldine #ballet #ballet ask #abt #reece clark

[ballet-symphonie]

what do you think about elisabeth beyer? i know shes won pretty much every ballet competition but that doesnt always translate professionally...I think she the same age as Chloe Misseldine but only just got promoted to corps while Chloe is now a soloist so its been a much slower trajectory at ABT and i'm not sure why...I wonder if she will have an accelerated trajectory like Chloe or will be stuck in the corps

I think they're both ridiculously talented and will go far. Age is important but so is when they joined the company. Chloe was already an apprentice in 2019 - a much more stable position. Elisabeth had worse timing. She got into the Studio Company in February 2020. Those next 1.5 years not much happened, and there was not a lot of movement in companies in general so she spent nearly 3 years in the StuCo- not normal. I'm sure it was difficult to justify moving anyone up since management hadn't seen what these young students were capable of as professionals. Getting out of the second/studio company and into the main company is such a tricky transition. Elisabeth has only been an official member of the corps de ballet since June, and she got promoted after only 6 months as an apprentice- she's definitely still moving quickly. I'm not worried about either of them honestly.

#elisabeth beyer #chloe misseldine #abt #american ballet theatre #ballet #ballet ask

[tikitania]

Went to see Chloe Misseldine's debut as O/O on Friday mat. It was a magnificent debut! What gorgeous lines, port de bras. She also makes every arabesque a moment. Her partnership with Aran was great, they really told the tragic love story quite well. Her Odile was seductive and captivating as much as her Odette was sweet and tragic. Act II and IV both made me tear up a little. And the Act II coda ending was chef's kiss. If you get the chance to go to the MET this season you should try to catch her O/O Met debut. If not, I bet her Tatiana will be good too!

Oh! So lucky to attend! Love it! Thanks for sending your feedback.

I am so interested in her career trajectory! She seems to have the entire package: beautiful lines, technique, artistry. I love the rehearsal clips on IG - and hoped to see more, but what I saw was incredibly tantalizing!

I couldn’t get to DC this past week, but will try very hard to make it to the Met season. I’ll basically make any excuse I can!!

#ballet #swan lake #abt #chloe misseldine #odette odile #thanks anon!

[ballet-symphonie]

Just letting you know that Chloe Misseldine is debuting as Myrtha with ABT on tour next year (TBD on the Met but if it goes well I'm assuming we would see it there also). She's a great young dancer, excited for her first big role.

Certainly exciting (and old by the time I'm responding to this) news! She's very strong and I hope we'll get some good reports!

#abt #ballet #ballet ask #ballerina #Chloe Misseldine

[ballet-symphonie]

I’m pretty sure there’s nepotism and other shit going on at New York City Ballet, and I’ve stopped following them:

-there’s children and grandchildren of former dancers who got into the company. Roman Mejia is Paul Mejia’s son, Shelby Mann is the granddaughter of Jacques d’Amboise and the daughter of Charlotte d’Amboise and Terrence Mann (Broadway legends!) it makes me suspicious. I mean, Nilas Martins was in the company too, so I’m not surprised nepotism is still going on with the younger dancers.

-apparently there was/is body shaming? even at SAB I’ve heard rumors of kids having eating disorders. Also not surprising considering that the people who worked with Balanchine wanted a look and it was Balanchine himself who started the “skinny ballerina” trend that quickly spread worldwide. Ashley Bouder spoke up about how the higher ups body shamed her on Instagram live like a year ago, and none/few of the company members commented for support. They just posted it on their story. In general, Balanchine companies/schools tend to have a lot of body shaming, especially with how they treated Kathryn Morgan at Miami CB. CPYB (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet) has a bunch of horror stories on Instagram account called @/cpybstories if anyone wants to read.

-I don’t know if this is really BS, but they still cast roles based on height/size rather than talent. I was hoping for Tiler Peck to do Diamonds but she got Rubies. Same with Midsummer, she didn’t/doesn’t really get Titania because she’s on the shorter side and from what I’ve heard, NYCB likes their Titanias to be tall. (I’m guessing she probably will never get Titania, just because she lacks emotion in her dancing. Saw her in Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker and she barely acts.)

-the company is still predominantly white. Even PNB is more diverse than them. The BIPOC dancers like Nadon, Mejia, Furlan, Chan etc are only popular just because they fit Eurocentric views of POC (they have lighter skin and straighter hair) plus Nadon is only half South Asian, Mejia is half Peruvian, so they aren’t full blooded POC. The only POC in recent years that didn’t fit those ideals was Amar Ramasar. The kids who appear on stage for Nutcracker, Midsummer, Sleeping Beauty etc are more diverse than the actual company members.

-They didn’t handle Alexandra Waterbury’s case well. Ramasar should’ve been fired and in prison before the pandemic and from the West Side Story revival (that didn’t do well regardless). It also makes me mad that Alexa Malone (soloist) is still dating him and the fact that he’s now a stager too…like he might mess around with the underaged apprentices/corps and the cycle will start again

-Don’t get me started on people like John Clifford and how he wrote public, sexist comments on how he hates crotch shots because of platter tutus. He and a bunch of other older trust people still defend these beliefs to the death.

Hello, there's a lot in here!

Regarding nepotism, the company definitely has a history of hiring both siblings and relatives. I would extend this to ballet in general, many successful dancers today are from dance families, such as Chloe Misseldine, Daniil Simkin, Maia Makhatelli, Vadim Muntigirov, Dmitri Smilevsky, Issac Hernandez etc. But I don't think that inherently means that the dancers benefiting from that knowledge base (knowing what to do, where to train, how to structure their day, exta tips and coaching etc) are undeserving of there spots. I don't think you can watch Meija dance and think he doesn't deserve to be where he is.

On body shaming. Yes, none of this is positive and none of it is news either. There has been a history of toxic body shaming culture at nearly every major ballet school worldwide. Balanchine companies have had a nasty history but so have numerous Russian, European, and Asian schools. It's not a problem exclusive to SAB/NYCB.

Yes, NYCB typecasts. I'm honestly quite a fan of it because I don't think it's realistic or responsible to expect every dancer to do everything well and it results in dancers on stage in roles that they're confident in and suit their strengths- which generally leads to better performances. I don't think there's a single dancer at City Ballet who has done all three leading roles in Jewels, Peck is not an exception. I don't believe it's height/size over talent, but a complementary mix of both. Some roles have been designated by the choreographer for X skills and others have been historically dominated by dancers with X skills. And like you mention, there are lots of other factors affecting casting besides just height, acting, vulnerability, partnership, and logistics, which all play a role.

I'm not sure I agree with you that the dancers you mentioned get attention because they are POC who fit Eurocentric standards. Chan and Nadon rightfully got attention for breaking barriers and becoming the first Asian principals at the company. Both have spoken at length aobut how their cultural background and upbringing has both helped and hindered their path. I'd argue Meija gets far more attention from his father than he does from his race and Furlan (if we're considering him popular which I probably wouldn't) for his technical merit. I also think you aren't looking at NYCB's soloist rank fairly, they have Black, Asian, and Hispanic dancers at this rank. Of course, the company certainly could be more diverse but they have the self-imposed limitation of hiring nearly exclusively out of SAB. You yourself noted that the school is more diverse, this is a result of several of their scholarship and outreach programs that have been implemented in the past decade or so. Those programs are long-term investments, they are building a more diverse company now - but these dancers are still in the school. And for what it's worth, PNB is not a low bar, it is by far the most diverse major company in the US and has made hiring decisions accordingly. Approximately 50% of the company is POC which is awesome- but this realistically isn't possible at NYCB because they're not going to be hiring from outside as frequently.

Of course, if not following NYCB would make you happier, then by all means do it. But if these issues are what's causing you distress, I don't think the solution is to simply follow other companies- many of these problems exist across the industy.

Regarding the Waterbury Case, I don't disagree with you but the law is complicated. I remeber reading the case when it came out and I think the main problem is that the case wasn't able to get to discovery because she didn't have enough facutal evidence. If that had happened, I imagine things would have looked a lot different. While I absolutley believe her, she was trying to fight too many battles at once, some of which weren't directly hers, and she didn't have hard concrete proof for most of it. Everything got muddled and I don't think she had the best council either. I don't have any doubt that there's so much more here that exists only in the memories of the individuals involved. But that doesn't count in front of a court - it's about what you can prove not what happened. And NYCB's liability is limited because she was neither an employee nor a student at the time of firing.

However, while I have no comment about his personal life, I agree with you about Ramasar's line of work. It's unfortunate and incredibly disappointing how the dance world regularly absolves men like Ramasar (he's not alone) and basically gifts them back their careers. I could list a whole troupe of men who've been given second chances they don't deserve. Winning in court is an uphill battle, especially when the prosecution is often not coming from a place of strength. I just hope that the slow but steady changes happening in the industry now will prevent history from repeating itself.

And Clifford....I don't have the energy to start with. There's a reason NYCB hasn't hired him back , he's not consistently teaching or running a company, and he's just running his mouth on IG.

#nycb #ballet #ballet rant #will not be tagging names obv

[tikitania]

Favorite ABT dancers?

So…this is tricky because there aren't a lot of bootleg videos of performances online to gauge current dancers. Recently, I've only seen Cate "Hurricane" Hurlin live — and her nickname absolutely lives up to the hype. Hurlin is very, very special — an incredible talent. Same with Aran Bell.

I saw Sarah Lane after she was canned from ABT and I was very impressed. Gillian Murphy is probably their best Odile / Odette in a generation. Years ago, I saw Julie Kent in Juliet…absolute perfection. But they are part of the old guard…. But I think there's an exciting rooster of new dancers catching fire there - Chloe Misseldine, Jake Roxander, Devon Teusch. And I'm excited to see where Susan Jaffe's leadership takes the company. Unlike MacKenzie who relied on bringing big-name international stars, I hope Jaffe develops and promotes internal talent. It creates a healthier working environment. I'm going to try to catch a few performances this fall, but lately I've been relying on Gia Kourlas' reviews in The New York Times and Marina Harss writings in Fjord Review — both have subscription firewalls. Sorry…that's a long response to say "the jury's out" but I'm excited for ABT for the first time in a long time. BTW, Julie Kent is leaving DC and will be co-director of the Houston Ballet. I'm very exited to see what she does for the company.

#ballet #ABT #American Ballet Theater #Cate Hurlin #Aran Bell #Sarah Lane #Gillian Murphy #Julie Kent is a queen #Gillian Murphy is a goddess

[patricedumonde]

IDK if you have any interest in ABT ballerinas but Chloe Misseldine just posted a video of her rehearsing White Swan on instagram. What do you think?

Yup I actually follow ABT, there’s just not a lot of clips online of their performances.

I like Chloe, I think she’s one of the strongest dancers in the company and her rehearsals looked really good! She just gives me Olga Smirnova vibes and yes that’s a very high compliment.

#patrice answers

[ballet-symphonie]

Who are your up-and-coming/ones-to-watch in the major companies? (e.g. MT, BT, RB, POB, ABT)

Mariinsky Theatre

Maria Koshkareva (Moscow IBC gold medal, MT trainee, dancing solos in galas and in small solo roles in MT performances)

Yaroslavna Kurpina (Moscow IBC silver medal, an underdog that shockingly got herself an MT traineeship, ideal body type, dancing small soloist roles at MT)

Anastasia Zinchenko (MT trainee, really flying under the radar, character soloist parts in VBA graduation show)

Ruslan Stenyushkin (this is complete wishful thinking on my part, he danced very well at VBA graduation...he won a diploma at Moscow too..)

The rest of VBA's 2023 class is undoubtedly promising...but I'm less confident both about their choice of work and their future potential growth

Bolshoi Theatre

Eva Sergeenkova (Obviously the new shooting star, giant political push behind her, leading soloist, graduated in 2021)

Arina Denisova (first soloist and only graduated in 2021, already danced O/O + Gamzatti)

Sofia Maimula (Current MGAH student, already dancing soloist roles on BT stage in Flames of Paris)

Royal Ballet

Mariko Sasaki (PDL prize winner, newly promoted soloist, absolute pleasure to watch)

Marco Masciari (PDL gold medal, good in classical and contemporary, dancing solo parts as an apprentice)

Hanna Park (PDL prize winner, just got into the corps, danced principal parts in RB School show)

Paris Opera Ballet

Bianca Scudamore (Varna silver medal, consistently getting lots of opportunities)

Ines Mcintosh (The heir apparent, very fast rise, stunning to watch)

Lillian Di Piazza (Former Principal of Pennsylvania Ballet, now in POB)

Thomas Docquir( favorite of mine, got some chances in Bayadere this year)

Koharu Yamamoto (Just admitted in to the corps, studied privately with Isabelle Ciaravola, PDL finalist)

American Ballet Theatre

Chloe Misseldine (Apprentice-> Soloist in 3 years, her mother is an excellent retired ABT dancer, gorgeous girl)

Elizabeth Beyer (Has won basically every competition in existence, fabulous razer sharp technique)

Kotomi Yamada (Academie Princess Grace graduate, naturally elegant and a killer work ethic, given lots of opportunities to dance featured things with ABTII while she's still got promoted to apprentice midseason)

Jake Roxander (he's the new virtuoso ABT has been waiting for)

Andrew Robare (legs for days, tall, stunning extension, really fits the mold of the 'Gabriel Figueredo' body type that is becoming rewarded more and more now)

#way too many to tag #ballet #ballet ask #ballerina #paris opera ballet #mariinsky ballet #bolshoi ballet #russian ballet #abt #american ballet theatre