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🎭 Imagine where your theater, ballet company, or orchestra would be if you could get more people to love you on and off the stage. The latest blog post covers seven ways to make this happen. One takes 20 minutes. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gNCVbH7U #artsmarketing #ticketing #audiencedevelopment

We have a new season of live audio described performances across 2024-2025 at the Royal Ballet and Opera. Dates to announced soon. As part of the developing Access project the team have been exploring the incorporation of Audio Description in promotional videos. Linked to this post is a YouTube video featuring a 23 second season launch trailer with Audio Description placed over the soundtrack. This is just an initial step, as we move to more integrated processes in collaboration with our Audio Describers and artists. As someone who trained as an Audio Describer, it’s such an insightful process to explore audio description inclusion across new functions and teams. It opens rich conversations about what is useful information, what is assumed and how biases can quickly surface but also be challenged. A small movement forward, but hopefully the start of laying the foundations for long lasting Accessibility. #RoyalBalletOpera #Access #AudioDescription YouTube thumbnail ID. A dancer lifts another, small in perspective against a cosmic iris like circle that fills the backdrop of the stage. The words imagination, inspiration and experience appear, centred with the words 'audio described' placed in the top right corner. (Audio Described Trailer) Royal Ballet and Opera 24/25 Season trailer https://lnkd.in/ehT6Jf8U

Interior design of foyer of the National Opera and Ballet Theater

"Have you ever wondered at what point a collection transforms into a masterpiece of art? Take a look at this interesting article discussing when a collection becomes a work of art. "When does a collection become a work of art? Before answering this question, take a moment to imagine a ballet troupe. Each of the dancers are brilliant, their skills honed, every step of their next performance practiced to perfection. Yet, it's not until they step out onto the stage, leaping and pirouetting under the spotlight, accompanied by vibrant music that their performance can finally be considered a work of art,..." https://lnkd.in/dg2sqtUf

How do we build a legacy within the arts space that outlives us and continue to give value. : This not only shows how important organizations like the Banff Centre or the MUSON Centre are to preserving our work and legacies but also how crucial it is for the media to continue to document, disseminate and preserve our accomplishments. 💯

Very rarely has a story left me as emotional as this one has. As Aun Koh rightly puts it, Choo-San Goh was an incredible talent and left an indelible mark on the dance world, both on the home front and on the global stage. It shames me that I have danced in the Singapore Ballet's studio dedicated to him, but was not aware of the extent of his legacy—which is why I loved speaking to Janek Schergen, who describes his relationship with Goh as 'beyond the boundaries of friends'. Reading official biographies of Goh will reveal very little about his passing due to AIDS complications. In the US, at least, the 1980s and 1990s was a terrible time for many queer communities ravaged by the AIDS epidemic (let's be clear: HIV/AIDS can infect anyone, but at the time, it was largely spread among at-risk communities, including queer ones). You can imagine, of course, the double stigma of homophobia and illness that many faced, and unfortunately, Goh's life and memory was swept up by this historical moment. Today, with the antiretroviral therapy and pre- and post-exposure medication, HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, but stigma still persists—which is why I volunteer with Action for AIDS Singapore (AfA Singapore) whenever I can to educate and destigmatise. And it is not just a pleasure, but an honour, to tell the stories of legends who came before us, and whose memory it is crucial to keep in our hearts.

Be sure to check out my latest article for Pacific Northwest Ballet, "Meet the Cac-tet of Cacti" on the four phenomenal musicians on stage in Alexander Ekman's Cacti!

We just concluded our first program of the season with Fall Experience, and it set the tone for what’s to come. From reinvented classics, groundbreaking world premieres, and the return of fan favorites, there's so much more to look forward to all season long. Read more about this specially curated season from Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen in the Boston Herald, and learn what excites him about the art form’s past, present and future >> https://bit.ly/3Fl2xyU