“Amazing” Dancer
Posted February 6, 2013 at 5:30 am by Tim Dustrude
Jan from the Community Theater sends this notice:
Danny Boulet will star as The Prince in Lina Downes’ new ballet “A Fairytale Romance”
“Amazing” Dancer Stars in New Ballet from Island Choreographer
La Danse et La Musique, a “grand” evening of music and movement at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m., brings a chance to see more mesmerizing moves from an internationally-renowned Seattle dancer.
Event director and choreographer Lina Downes has cast Danny Boulet in the role of the prince in her new ballet, A Fairytale Romance, which will make its premiere on the Whittier stage that evening. Downes says the island is very lucky to see the very busy Boulet perform again (Boulet and his twin brother, Sylvain, had dancing roles in Downe’s 2011 and 2012 production of The Birthday Boy). “All the people that watched him perform then were amazed and stunned by his dance expertise,” said Downes. “I’m very pleased to present him in this classical ballet role.”
Boulet will be joined by former New York ballerina Caitlin Ross and members of Downes new youth dance company, La Danse de la Mer—including 12-year-old Joely Loucks who has performed in several SJCT productions such as last year’s The Sound of Music. Not wanting to give away the story, Downes calls it a traditional ballet for all ages that is full of romance, beautiful lifts, elegant costumes and some humor. And in that tradition, a folk dance will be performed in the middle of the story by the island’s Ballet Folklorico Monarca.
In addition to the ballet, the evening includes light classic and opera from “The Golden Voice” of Daniels Recital Hall lyric soprano Angela K. Morgan; Seattle singer, actress and musician Mary Lou Mills; and piano solos from San Juan Island’s Stella Joh.
The Business Partner for La Danse et La Musique is Coho Restaurant. Tickets are $16 for adults, $8 for student reserved and $5 student RUSH at the door. The SJCT box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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