Former SF Ballet Dancer Named Artistic Director of the Joffrey September 27, 2007
How cool is this? Ashley Wheater has been named the artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet. It’s great to see dancers from the SFB go on to do really cool things in the ballet world. He’s going to be the new Malcolm McDowell character in Robert Altman’s movie, The Company. (I hope he’s nicer than Malcolm McDowell, but who knows, maybe all artistic directors are like him??)
More entries coming soon. Sorry things have been a bit slow on this site, things have been swamped for me – both at work and at play! As I’m sure many of you know, the Jersey Boys are leaving northern California for a good while now. (I think the Jersey Boys singularly count for a good chunk of hits on this site.) The SF Cast’s last performance is on Sunday, with the Sherry cast having left Sacramento last weekend. The past few weeks with the Jersey Boys have included, for me, two backstage tours, two dinners, two late nights at a bar chatting over beers, a few interviews, and lots of fun memories! Whew, it’s just exhausting thinking about it.
Another random fact: Sweeney Todd was on Goldstar Events yesterday. It lasted for about 2 hours before all the available tickets sold out. Keep an eye on it if you want to go. And go see this show!! It is absolutely amazing. Oh wait! I just checked, and possibly more tickets were released? Go now, tickets will disappear soon. Goldstar is actually about a dollar cheaper than the Union Square half price ticket booth, in case people were wondering.
I’m also going to see what this weekend brings. In addition to doing a Western blot (which are ruling my life these days), I’m going to try to nip out for a trip to SF to check out Expedition 6, in addition for a bout of ice skating, which I haven’t done in forever. I’m busy, but I’d rather be busy than bored. Life is good.
EDITED TO ADD: Joffrey Ballet is coming to northern California through Cal Performances on Oct 4-6. Perhaps we’ll see more of the Joffrey Ballet now that Ashley Wheater is the artistic director? I hope so! Click here for more info.
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