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Michele Wiles

Ballet Next Brings Five World Premieres to the Joyce Theater

Jennifer Edwards | Posted 12.22.2012 | Arts
Read More: The Joyce Theater, Charles Askegard, Elad Kabilio, Ballet, Michele Wiles, Ballet Next, Mauro Bigonzetti, New York City, Kristie Latham, Alison Cook Beatty, Brian Reeder, Jason Reilly, Georgina Pazcoguin, Karina Gonzalez, Lilly Nicole Balogh, Margo Sappington, Arts News
Jennifer Edwards

As I watched a rehearsal of Mauro Bigonzetti's new work titled, BachGround, I was reminded of Wiles' desire to bring the company's work to more people and to audiences who may not be familiar with ballet.

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Ballet Next: A Conversation With Co-artistic Directors, Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard

Jennifer Edwards | Posted 02.19.2012 | Home
Read More: Charles Askegard, Michele Wiles, Ballet Next, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Ballet, Mauro Bigonzetti, Drew Jacoby, The-Joyce-Theatre, Video, Home News
Jennifer Edwards

When you are at the top of your field -- like Wiles, former principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, and Askegard, former principal dancer at New York City Ballet -- the natural question is, "what's next?"

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Ballet Is Dying? | State Of The Arts

Ashley Bouder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Evan McKie, David Hallberg, Veronika Part, The Today Show, Michele Wiles, Kanye West, Gap, Twitter, Blackberry, Black Swan, Daniil Simkin, Marjin Rademaker, Jennifer Homan, Darren Aronofsky, Misty Copeland, Runaway, I Am NY, Eric Tamm, Maria Kochetkova, Jenifer Ringer, Benjamin Millepied, Mtv, David Letterman, New York City Ballet, Sugarplumgate, Video, Arts News
Ashley Bouder

Ballet is dying? Really? With the release of Jennifer Homan's new book Apollo's Angels, it seems this question is a popular topic of discussion. While...

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Ballet Dancers Break Record In Central Park (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Nyc Culture, Nyc Events, Angelina Ballerina Stars of Tomorrow, Michele Wiles, American Ballet Theatre, Slidepollajax, Craig Salstein, Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club, New York News

Hundreds of ballerinas scampered to Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell to break a world record. Some 230 ballet dancers stood en pointe for one minu...

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A 'Beauty' in Tip-Top Touring Condition

Donna Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Tchaikovsky, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Michele Wiles, The Sleeping Beauty, Tony Walton, Marcelo Gomes, Willa Kim, Nancy Raffa, Gelsey Kirkland, American Ballet Theatre, Gillian Murphy, Victor Barbee, Petipa, Los Angeles News
Donna Perlmutter

American Ballet Theatre's 2007 production of The Sleeping Beauty hasenough gorgeous dancing, 19th-century mime characterizations and fairy tale glories to satisfy even the most curmudgeonly among us.

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