Tobias Menzies -Emmy Award Winner in the ‧ Conspiracy Fiction Manhunt - 2024
The 2024 Winter Television Critics Association press tour, Apple TV+ revealed the trailer for “Manhunt,” the upcoming seven-part, true crime limited series starring Emmy Award-winning actor Tobias Menzies (“The Crown,” “Game of Thrones”), and created by Emmy nominee Monica Beletsky (“Fargo,” “The Leftovers,” “Friday Night Lights”), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. “Manhunt” makes its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, March 15, 2024, and new episodes will debut Fridays, culminating in the finale on April 19, 2024.
Based on the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book from author James L. Swanson, “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer “ is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Part historical fiction, part conspiracy thriller, Edwin Stanton delves into the aftermath of the first American presidential assassination-and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
Starring alongside Menzies are Anthony Boyle (“Masters of the Air,” “Tetris”), Lovie Simone (“Greenleaf”), Will Harrison (“Daisy Jones & The Six”), Brandon Flynn (“13 Reasons Why”), Damian O’Hare (“Hatfields & McCoys”), Glenn Morshower (“The Resident”), Patton Oswalt (“A.P. Bio”), Matt Walsh (“Veep”) and Hamish Linklater (“The Big Short”).
Manhunt” is produced by Apple Studios and coproduced by Lionsgate Television, in association with POV Entertainment, Walden Media, 3 Arts Entertainment, Dovetale Productions and Monarch Pictures. Beletsky, Emmy nominee Carl Franklin, Layne Eskridge and Kate Barry executive produce. Swanson, author of “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer,” also serves as executive producer alongside Michael Rotenberg, Richard Abate, Frank Smith and Naia Cucukov. Franklin (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” “One False Move,” and “Devil in a Blue Dress”) also directed the first two episodes.
“Manhunt” will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 15.
Tobias Menzies great actor. I’m determined to watch the series 🍿
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AUTHORS INCLUDE: Brighton Walsh | Nicole French | Kennedy Fox | A.M. Roark | A.R. Hall | Aarti V Raman | Aidy Award | Alexis Anne | Amanda Richardson | Amelia Wilde | Amie Knight | Amy Quinton | Anna Michael | Aria Wyatt | Ashley Lane | Autumn Jones Lake | B. Celeste | Blair Babylon | Brenda St John Brown | Brenna Aubrey | Bri Blackwood | Cara Dee | Carmen Jenner | C.L. Matthews | Cassie Graham | Celia Kyle | Charity Ferrell | Claire Wilder | Claudia Burgoa | Dakota Willink | Dani René | Daniela Romero | Dee Garcia | Dee Lagasse | Deidre-Ann Anderson | Donna Grant | Echo Grayce | Elena Aitken | Elle Thorpe | Ellis Leigh | Emily Colin | Emily Goodwin | Erica Alexander | Erin Parisien | Eva Charles | Eva Moore | Evelyn Adams | Glenna Maynard | H.D. Carlton | Haley Jenner | Heidi McLaughlin | Holly Mortimer | Hope Jones | Ines Johnson | Iris Morland | J. Saman | J. Sterling | J.H. Croix | J.L. Beck & C. Hallman | J.M. Walker | Jane Blythe | Janet Berry | Jasmin Miller | JD Hollyfield | Jen Stevens | Jenika Snow | Jenna Hartley | Jenna Lynn | Jennifer Sucevic | Jessica Florence | Jillian Liota | Julia Kent | Kait Nolan | Kat Latham | Kat Savage | Kate Canterbary | Kate King and Jessa Wilder | Kate Meader | Kathy Coopmans | K.B. Cinder | K.D. Proctor | Kelly Maher | Kim Loraine | Kym Grosso | Lainey Davis | Laramie Briscoe | Laura Hall | Laura Lee | Lauren Stewart | Lea Coll | Len Webster | Lili Valente | Linnea May | Lisa Shelby | Lissanne Jones | Lucy Lennox | Mary Ann Marlowe | Max Henry | Megan Ryder | Melissa Andrea | Melissa Marino | Melonie Johnson | Mia Harlan | Mignon Mykel | Molly O’Hare | Monica Corwin | Morgan Jane Mitchell | N.A. Moore | Natasha Raulerson | Nicole Blanchard | Nina Levine | Pamela DuMond | Patricia D. Eddy | Persephone Autumn | R.L. Kenderson | Rachel Brookes | Raven James | Rebecca Paula | Rebecca Yarros | Regina Kyle | R. Castro | Roxie Noir | S. Cinders | Sade Rena | Saffron A. Kent | Samantha Lind | Sarah M. Cradit | Scarlett Cole | S.E. Rose | Shaw Hart | Sydney St. James | S.J. Sylvis | Skye Alder | Stephanie Anne | Suzanne Baltsar | Sylvie Stewart | T.K. Leigh | Tabatha Vargo | Tamara Lush | Taryn Quinn | Tawna Fenske | T. Gephart | Toni Aleo | Tracy Krimmer | Tricia Lynne | Trish Milburn | V.F. Mason | V.L. Souders | Vanessa Booke | Vivian Wood | Zoe Ashwood | Zoe York
How one apartment project on the Far Northwest Side created divisions on affordable housing, congestion and more – Chicago Tribune
How one apartment project on the Far Northwest Side created divisions on affordable housing, congestion and more – Chicago Tribune
Biking around her Far Northwest Side neighborhood, Monica Dillon’s eyes sometimes linger past a nondescript parking lot east of O’Hare International Airport, squeezed between the Kennedy Expressway, some office buildings and a Marriott hotel.
Plans to build a $91 million apartment complex with some affordable units on the Higgins Road lot west of Cumberland Avenue have stirred controversies…
There’s been rumours for a few years now that Yuhui was never promoted to principal because there was a ballet mistress at the ROH that really didn’t like her :( Obviously take with a grain of salt as it’s just gossip! IMO she also suffered from the change of directorship from Monica Mason to Kevin O’Hare, he seemed to focus more on providing opportunities for the company’s younger up & coming dancers at the time.
Yes, I believe I've talked about these rumours before. These are likely factors that damaged her chances for principal. Sadly, promotions are often determined by who you dance for (and if they like you) and not how well you dance.
Which Russian dancers you think are the best actors out there? I love their technique but sometimes they look dead inside, no emotions at all
I’d say Evgenia Obraztsova is the best hands down. I think Batoeva and Shakirova are pretty good as well. Osipova outside of Russia has improved a lot as well recently, though not all would agree with that.
would you consider kevin o'hare and aurelie dupont good artistic directors?
I think Kevin O’Hare has been really good for the Royal Ballet, much better than Monica Mason IMO, who made some strange promotion decisions. The Royal Ballet is thriving right now and they’ve really expanded their online presence under him, which I’ve really liked.
It’s hard for me to judge Dupont as I don’t follow the casting/admin decisions of POB that closely.
have you ever watched ida praetorius from the royal danish ballet? i don't think she's as technically strong as other principal dancers, but she's one of the best actors i've ever seen - her portrayal of giselle was absolutely amazing!
I haven’t really focused on the acting because it’s very difficult to get past the poor technique.
hi! wrt your latest text post, what casting decision did you have in mind? iirc, the last time you made a similar post, renata had been cast as a shade. what happened this time? i'm not attacking you, just curious as i don't follow the mariinsky that closely
Sorry this took so long to answer this! It was actually in regards to Eleonora Sevenard dancing one of the divertissements in Swan Lake.
helloooo what are your thoughts about Hannah O' Neill and Sae Eun Park?
I enjoyed them both in the recent broadcast of La Bayadere, probably Sae Eun Park more than O’Neill. They’re both technically good. Haven’t seen a lot of acting from either of them yet though which makes judging them hard.
Do most balletomanes (perhaps the older ones?) think it's perfectly okay to critique a dancer based on their body? Saw a video comparing Osipova, Zakharova, and Núñez as Nikiya and some comments say "she is too old" or "she needs to lose weight"...
It’s probably an age, gendered, and cultural difference. I can’t speak for everyone but I don’t comment on weight.
I think commenting on age is different than commenting on weight. For example, it is usually inappropriate for a 40 year old to dance something like Juliet, or for an 18 year old to dance, say, Diamonds. But that’s about maturity rather than appearance.
Victor Caxieta gives me bad vibes all around, I had to unfollow him on instagram because he just seems so annoying and kind of mean.
I haven’t noticed that myself, but to be fair if a post isn’t about ballet than I usually just scroll past. What do you think is mean?
I'm so glad to find someone else who doesn't like Maria Khoreva's style. I find she looks so strained. I don't get the hype! I do like her workout videos on youtube, though. Also don't get the hype over Xander Parish. I think he always looks a bit anxious/apprehensive on stage. (But I do like his film photography!)
I haven’t tried her workout videos. I tried to do some of her ballet exercise videos but found it a bit complicated for an amateur at home. I agree about Parish.
(unpopular?) ballet opinion nobody asked for: I think May Nagahisa could become great if she was a bit better at emoting/expressing. She's so light and energetic, I'm always blown away with how easy she makes dancing look. Almost too easy, like she's bored/just running through the motions. I want her to FEEL the music more because I think she has great potential.
Yes I totally agree. Technique-wise she is gorgeous. But she looks like a student performing at an exam rather than someone feeling emotions onstage. I think if she matures and listens and feels with dancing she could be really great.
do you have thoughts on david yudes?
He’s never really stood out to me while watching him, which I think might signal his future at the company. There is SO MUCH upcoming male talent right now at the Royal that there’s no room NOT to stand out.
Where: Wrigley Field / Wrigleyville, Boystown, Sears Tower (fuck what google says), Foster Beach
Warnings: None.
Featuring: The Sicilianis (Elena, Nonna, Pops, Aunt Connie, Uncle Nick, The Cousin Squad)
After spending the whole day at the outlet mall…in true Siciliani fashion, the two of them headed out and went back to the city to finally surprise Nonna and Pops with Lola…little did she know was that the tables were turned when they arrived to be surprised with them at the door. It was a comical sight watching them attempt to scramble down the stairs, Elena facepalming and praying to the highest of heavens that neither of them fell. Lola hugged her grandparents as tightly as she could, excited to spend at least the next few weeks with the exploring the city and sitting and watching General Hospital with Nonna.
The next few weeks were just as she expected.
She went to watch the Cubs with Pops and her Uncle Nick, cheering them on and yelling, “HIT IT HOME BAEZ!” And “LOAD THE BASES FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD!” They shared polish sausages with the sweet caramelized onions and mustard and good ol’ Miller Lite beer as they typically did and took a few selfies…mostly for Uncle Nick’s really cheesy instagram.
After heading home, she was dragged out to Boystown for shopping with her Aunt Connie who returned from a “business trip” in New York (more like went to hook up with one of her sugar daddies in New York, but she was hustling hard) —and was mostly roasting how Chicago’s Pride Parade was unnecessarily extra. In which the younger one showed a video of how wild Santa Monica was.
“You guys treated Pride like Coachella on cocaine and LSD, and I’m kind of jealous. We just looked like fucking parrots like that Rio movie!”
Lola laughed, shaking her head. She loved hanging around her Aunt Connie, mostly because she was the cool aunt that traveled around the world and always had a wild story to tell. Plus, she was the one who got her, her first fake ID. However, neither of them were in the mood for going out to the bar, instead, they ordered pizza and had wine, where they sang very loudly to Lady Gaga until the wee hours of the morning.
As per usual, while Elena had her work meeting and Pops was out doing yard work and gossiping with the neighbors, Lola and Nonna watched The Price is Right, General Hospital, Family Feud, and Wheel of Fortune all while cooking and learning to master the art of making the perfect ciabatta bread in the comfort of a nice air conditioned home. Between the occasional giggles and Nonna playfully scolding her in Italian, it was everything she had needed to clear her head.
Then came the pivotal moment, Lola finally braving the Sears Tower’s Sky Deck (and if anyone ever told her it was Willis, she’d scoff…and maybe tell you off). She was always roasted for getting nauseous the moment she stepped into the glass box, but this time, she’d take a leap of faith with her mother and bravely stepped in and laughed excitedly. She took a picture of her feet and sent it to her siblings’ group chat and found out that poor AJ had been home alone as Ivy had finally taken time to jet off by herself. That notion made Elena scoff. She knew her kids way too damn well.
As all good things, her time in Chicago was coming to an end, mostly because she wanted to go out and enjoy the rest of her summer back in Santa Monica. So she took a “mini road trip” to Foster Beach to lay in the sun, reminisce, and reflect in front of the sparkling Lake Michigan. They sat, grilled hot dogs, burgers, and laughed about how their lives had all changed…with Lola being one of the youngest, her life was going through rapid changes and having that reassurance and genuine encouragement reminded her that she wasn’t alone navigating through this weird maze called life.
Upon the final drive to O’Hare Airport, Lola felt at ease and Elena could see that in her daughter. Sure, her mental health would have to be closely monitored, but overall, Lola felt better about herself and felt better about her next chapter. Maybe this was one of those moments where she just needed to ground herself back at home before taking the final plunge into the unknown.
She hugged her mother tightly.
“Go get ‘em, kid. I believe in you and call me when you land, okay?”
“I will, ma. I love you.”
“I love you too, Lola-bear,” the older woman pressed a kiss to the top of her daughter’s head.
Just like that, Lola was headed back to Santa Monica with a clearer headspace and ready to take it on.
Each week the Brooklyn Museum Summer Interns participate in full-day educational programs that explore the roles of museums through on-site visits and field trips to other institutions around the city. Look out for our weekly posts where we’ll share what we’re doing and learning in the program.
Week 10: The Brooklyn Museum summer interns gathered for our final day of educational programming this Tuesday. We met up in Manhattan, a strange but fascinating land, in the plaza of Citigroup’s TriBeCa complex.
We convened there, accompanied by David Berliner, the Brooklyn Museum’s Chief Operating Officer, to hear from Citi representatives. The Citi Foundation has generously sponsored a cohort of interns at the Brooklyn Museum for two consecutive summers. The program strives to facilitate diversification in the arts field by offering paid summer opportunities to a growing number of participating museums.
We admired Citi’s space-craft of a building, which looked more like the realization of an architectural rendering than any space I have ever visited, as we made our way to the 39th floor. There we filed into a stunning meeting room with panoramic views of Manhattan’s downtown skyline. Our first guest was Vice Chairman of Citi, Ray McGuire. After recovering from the initial shock of his presence, my awe at Ray grew as we learned of his accomplishments in the art world. Our conversation with Ray centered the social role of museum spaces as responsive institutions and the rewards his personal involvement in the arts has brought into his life.
Next we heard from a panel of Citi employees intended to illuminate arts related career opportunities in for-profit contexts. The panelists included Suzanna Gyorgy, Managing Director of Citi Private Bank Art Advisory Services, Mary Kate O’Hare, Vice President of Citi Private Bank Art Advisory Services, Sarah Richardson, Global Head of Citi Center for Culture and Anuar Juraidini, Vice President of Citi Foundation. They spoke about curating in corporate and private settings and shared much appreciated career advice.
Lunch was a wild scene. Citi’s cafeteria is a wonderland. Voucher in hand, I ogled the bountiful options for so long I barely had time left to eat. In no time we were stepping out into the heat of downtown Manhattan, cramming into a train and setting off to Brooklyn.
Back home at the museum, we met Kristen Windmuller-Luna in One: Egúngún. Kristen serves the museum as Sills Family Consulting Curator of African Arts. She walked us through the careful installation of the Yorùbá masquerade dance costume and told us of her journeys to Nigeria where she connected with the garment’s original family. Upstairs in the boardroom, Kristen presented on the responsibilities of a curator and answered our various questions.
We then traveled downstairs to the Beaux-Arts Court to hear from a panel of interns-turned-museum employees. They shared their experiences shifting from interns to full time employees and, in theme with the day, their most valuable career advice.
In the transition period before our closing activity, the interns congregated in the small pool of sunlight spilling into the Beaux-Arts Court. We had reserved the boardroom for our final discussion, but the warmth of the sun-pocket compelled us to request a change of plans. Outside in the courtyard, we pulled two picnic tables together and began sharing our informal group presentations. Monica and Erika, our program advisers, had asked us to envision interventions in the Cane Acres house. We spoke about revising didactics and repurposing the space. Our final Tuesday of programming came to a bittersweet close. The organic friendship that arose among the interns, facilitated by these Tuesday sessions, has been one of the most valuable gifts from our summer at the museum. We were comforted by remembering it was not goodbye and that we had three more days of hallway encounters and impromptu lunches to share. I hope my fellow interns will be my coworkers one day soon.
So, as of right now, these are the characters I have fancasted for Earth-46. I’ll most likely be adding to this as I fancast more characters. Also, I’m aware that there’s some repeats. That isn’t a mistake.
Superman (Clark Kent): Christopher Reeve (circa 1986-1987)
Sweet Tooth (Jeffrey Leonard “Jeff” Fink): Jeff Blim
Tempest (Garth): Jack Falahee
The Atom (Raymond “Ray” Palmer) [RETIRED]: John C. McGinley
The Atom (Ryan Choi): Ryan Zheng Kai
The Joker: is a complicated case. Basically, as an extension of the idea that he has so many different moods, I’m using a variety of different face claims for him. So for example, one day he could look like Willem Dafoe, and the next, like Cesar Romero.
Theodore “Teddy” Malik: Danny Pudi
The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot): Bob Hoskins (circa 2005)
The Question (Charles Victor “Vic Sage” Zsasz): Misha Collins
hey! could you please help me out with making a family for taron egerton? i'm hoping for some sisters between 25-28 and brothers between 20-24. thank you so much!!
didn’t have anything holiday themed planned but a post on twitter inspired me to draw Mona! Since my first piece this year was a drawing of her, why not end the year with her as well!
Why do some villages or towns develop into hubs of business and culture and others do not? Why do some businesses take off and other like ones do not? It could be “location, location, location” or a decision/vision or just an unexpected fluke.
John (brother) sends me interesting reading as he finds articles from our hometown, local or other national periodicals. Recently he sent me a piece about Moline, Illinois’s airport that was unknown to either of us.
After WWI, aviation became quite a “thing.” In 1928 a Moline newspaper commented, “A lot of pastures all over the country, level enough to land an airplane if the pilot is skillful and the wind is right, are dubbed airports nowadays.”
Competition has always been high among the once Tri-Cities (Davenport, IA, Rock Island and Moline, IL) and now Quad Cities (add Bettendorf, IA). Even within the past 50 years, the cities tried to agree on a civic center on an island in the middle of the Mississippi River to be shared among them all, but which city was to have control became the issue.
So, Moline just built it on its shoreline, naming it the Quad Cities Civic Center. End of discussion.
Back to the airport...Davenport was the first choice for placement of the Cities’ airport. But for some now unknown reason that wasn’t acceptable. Rock Island couldn’t be the city of choice because of its dependence on Davenport for operating supplies. Moline didn’t waver, the mayor made a phone call and started the process.
The designated land in Moline was extremely low and it was said then that, “…one could stand on top of a car in the center and not be level with the surrounding countryside.” In fact, when construction began to level the area, “…there were hundreds of turtles in the sand.”
With the work of the Moline mayor, a state Senator and three visionary citizens, Moline, Illinois became a significant part of the national “air-map” and brought air-mail service to the Cities. After many changes and enlargements, today it is the Quad City International Airport and was declared “Illinois Primary Airport of the Year” in 2012.
That title begs the question: What about Chicago O’Hare?
Today, O’Hare is the 6th busiest airport in the world (if you have had the displeasure of going to Atlanta’s airport, you understand why it is #1). O’Hare was destined to be large.
Chicago’s Midway airport was the largest in the area for a while. However, because of its location within the city, it was not able to grow with the demand. The hunt for a second location began.
During WWII, the Army Air Corps bought a former farming community known as Orchard Field in the NW outskirts of Chicago and leased it to Douglas Aircraft Company who built a 2M sq. ft. manufacturing plant. They also built a four-runway airstrip to fly out their completed planes.
Douglas’s contract ended with the war, and they moved everything to the headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. The Army continued ownership. The airfield was assigned the name Orchard Field Airport by the international association for global air standards…thus the code ORD for the later renamed field to O’Hare International Airport.
The city board considering new airfield sites, was able to purchase Orchard Field (reserving a portion for military use) in 1946.
The designer of Orchard Field was the same man (Ralph Burke) who designed Meigs Field (Chicago’s one-airstrip field until secretly demolished in the middle of night in 2003) and the Chicago subway. His final plan was a central terminal with ten tangent runways. This design allowed for bad weather conditions and expansion.
The airfield was renamed in 1949 to honor the WWII U.S. Navy’s (Go, John!) first flying ace and a Medal of Honor holder, Edward “Butch” O’Hare.
When John and I were very little, we would go with our parents to Chicago to pick up our Aunt Mimi who would visit from San Francisco. I can still remember standing behind the big windows and watching the plane traffic.
To little eyes, a plane would drop from up in the sky to bring Mimi; then, later she would get back in the plane to disappear up in the sky.
Thus, for many years (and even now for fun) we would point to a plane in the air and say, “Mimi, up in the ‘ky!” As we grew older, we would tease that she was perpetually “in the ‘ky,” and today she is.
Thiago Soares in Rehearsal by Andrej Uspenski. ROH, 2016
Thiago Soares becomes Royal Ballet guest Principal for the 2019/20 Season
After 16 years with The Royal Ballet, Thiago Soares has decided to make this Season his last as a Principal dancer with the Comapny in order to focus on new projects in dance and the performing arts. He will return as a guest Principal in the 2019/20 Season.
Soares said,
I’m so grateful to The Royal Ballet and feel privileged to have had the opportunity to work with so many incredible artists during my time here. I’m thankful for being “adopted” by the UK and for being so warmly welcomed as part of the Royal Opera House family.
I want to thank Director Kevin O’Hare for helping me develop my plans for the future and for facilitating the next step in my artistic career.
Don Quixote by Petipa
Cinderella. Thiago Soares as The Prince. ROH, 2010. Ph. Tristram Kenton.
Thiago Soares in Mayerling, photo by Andrej Uspenski
The Winter’s Tale. Thiago Soares as Leontes. ROH, 2018. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.
JUDAS TREE The Royal Ballet, ROH; Dancers; Lauren Cuthbertson, Thiago Soares, Edward Watson, Reece Clarke,
His documentary film Primeiro Bailarino (Principal Dancer) will be screened in the Linbury Theatre on 21st January, giving a unique insight into his dance journey in London and Brazil. He will also feature in a new work by Goyo Montero in the Linbury Theatre as part of New Work New Music. Thiago will also dance in his first solo venture, Duelo with Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke, at the Tivoli Theatre, Lisbon in February and he will also perform in Mayerling on tour with the Company in the summer.
The Royal Ballet’s Director, Kevin O’Hare, remarked,
Thiago has had an extraordinary career with The Royal Ballet.
He has performed a huge range of roles across both the classical and contemporary repertory. His imposing stage presence has been particularly memorable in dramatic roles such as Onegin, Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling and King Leontes in The Winter’s Tale.
He will be missed as a regular on the Royal Opera House stage but I am delighted to be able to invite him back in the 2019/20 Season.’
Thiago Soares. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski.
Thiago Soares by Phil Poynter.
Thiago Soares joined The Royal Ballet as a First Artist in 2002 and was promoted to Principal in 2006. He has performed leading roles across the Company’s repertory including Giselle, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty among the classics, Frederick Ashton’s Thaîs Meditation, Sylvia and La Fille mal gardeé, John Cranko’s Onegin, Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, Manon, Romeo and Juliet and Song of the Earth and George Balanchine’s Jewels. In more recent work Soares has featured in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale and After the Rain, Liam Scarlett’s Sweet Violets, Wayne McGregor’s Raven Girl and Tetractysand Arthur Pita’s The Wind.
Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1981 and trained at the Centro de dança, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, joining the Municipal Theatre Ballet in Brazil in 1988. In 2002 he trained with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and that same year was invited by Monica Mason, then Director of The Royal Ballet, to join the Company.
Soares has won a number of awards including silver at the 1998 Paris International Dance Competition, gold at the 2001 Moscow International Ballet Competition and Outstanding Male Artist (Classical) at the 2004 Critics’ Circle National Awards. In 2018 he was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the Brazilian government for services to art.
After 16 years, Thiago Soares leaves as Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet Thiago Soares becomes Royal Ballet guest Principal for the 2019/20 Season After 16 years with The Royal Ballet, Thiago Soares has decided to make this Season his last as a Principal dancer with the Comapny in order to focus on new projects in dance and the performing arts.
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People are so helpful everywhere I have been. Sometimes I have just been standing at places and people ask “if I need help”. They are also big on the ‘Mam’ in addressing you, eg ‘yes Mam’. I was going to get a day pass for the trains today but the lady on the station explained I didn’t need one when I told her what I was going to do. For $3 you could travel the trains for 2 hours. I was only going to do a couple of trips around the Lopp just to experience it. The Loop, as the name suggests, goes in a loop around downtown Chicago. There was a station about 20 metres from my building so pretty easy.
The tracks were built up high as the ground Chicago was built on was swampy. Now it would be too expensive to put the tracks underground. I think it adds to the character of the city. It get a good view as you go around and the train makes a real clacking noise. I could hear 40 floors up in my room.
The trains were very clean and nicer inside then they looked outside.
I caught the Brown Line and left the Loop to go to a few more stations. I then got off, went downstairs under the tracks to the road.
I was going to just head back the way I came so had to change sides by going up the stairs on the other side. No escalators at these stations.
The platform is outside which in the winter can make catching the train a pretty cold experience.
A visit to the Art Institute of Chicago was next so I got off at the train station closet to it. The stairs going down off the platform. The show ER used to be filmed in Chicago and they often showed the cast catching trains at the end of their shifts.
The Institute at the end of the street.
This street was also the start of Route 66. The girl who took my photo had just taken 16 days to drive, with a friend, along the route from Santa Monica. There were also two couples taking their photos as they were leaving to drive the route tomorrow.
I was too early for the Art Institute so I went for a walk through Grant Park which was next door and runs along the lake.
Train tracks were built all the way along the lake in times past when the land was plentifull. Now, even though they are still used, they are being covered by parks and even skyscrapers. The land is valuable, now.
Garden, skyline and blue skies, perfect.
The Buckingham Fountain was once the symbol of Chicago but now the Bean has become the popular photo place.
Me in front of the fountain when the spray was down.
Beautiful rose garden.
The train going overhead.
The Art Institute had some wonderful paintings, lots of Impressionists, sculpture, modern art, everything. I particularly loved these Renoirs, very colourful and vibrant.
Van Gogh made three versions of his bedroom.
Andy Warhol. The Institute has a number of his works.
The skyline through the blinds make a great backdrop.
These windows are called ‘America Windows.’ They were done by Marc Chagall who also did the Four Seasons mosaic in the Chase Tower Plaza. After WWII Chagall changed his direction in art and turned to stained glass. He made 86 windows across Europe, Israel and the USA. Chagall dedicated his work to Mayor Richard Daley, as he was a great supporter of public art projects in the city.
Picasso’s piece he designed for the city which wasn’t an easy piece to make larger. The one in Daley Plaza is not an exact replica.
This was one of French artist Jean Dubuffet’s sculptures. One also sits outside the James. R. Thompson Center.
This was the original Flamingo by American artist Alexander Calder. A large version sits in Federal Plaza.
The old Chicago Stock Exchange building was going to be pulled down but interested citizens prevented the destruction of the main hall and raised money for it to be pulled down and reassembled at the Art Institute. The room was now used for functions.
The control desk.
The elaborate detail of the pillars.
The courtyard was a lovely place for lunch and a bit of reflection on what I had seen and still wanted to see.
This was Gothic American art. I had seen this painting before in an American mid west exhibition in the Orangerie in Paris in 2016.
American folk art.
A bronze sculpture by Remington.
The river meets the lake just past the last bridge you can see.
Lovely street flower beds. All over Chicago there were flower beds and everything was so clean. It’s impressive.
The walking tour guy said ‘if we hadn’t gone up any of the high buildings, yet, to go up to the restaurant and bar on the 96th floor of the Hancock building, as you didn’t have to pay, unlike going to the level above and paying over $30′. I liked that idea. The Hancock building was at the north end of the Magnificent Mile and was the black building. To get there, though, I had to walk from the Institute all the way to the building which was a bit of a distance and a walk I had done yesterday.
I was happy with 96 floors as the Sears building was 103 floors so not much difference. The Hancock was much closer to the lake, though, and no cost wins any time.
Looking north.
Looking down onto the coast looking south and to Navy Pier. I actually took this photo in the Women’s toilet. There was a whole wall of glass.
Skyline. The Sears/Willis building is the highest building to the right.
The view through the restaurant to Lake Michigan.
On the way back to my hotel I went past the other main piece of art in the city which also has its original in the Art Institute. It’s by Spanish artist Joan Miró. It stands opposite Picasso’s piece and was supposed to complement it.
Close up of Jean Dubuffet’s work.
I caught the train out to O’hare airport late afternoon which took about 45 minutes and cost $3. The Blue line was the airport line and the station for that was just around the corner from my hotel. There were stairs down to the first level and a guy offered to carry my bag down which was very nice of him. There were escalators to the next level down. The Blue line goes underground until about 15 minutes out in the suburbs then it’s above ground. The train was good with plenty of people around. It went right into the airport building. I was staying at a hotel near the airport, as I was leaving early to fly to Toronto. The hotel had a free shuttle so it picked me up from the airport.
I didn’t walk quite so far today but still managed 20,034 steps. It’s been interesting having my monitor.