I had the excellent chance to catch New Haven Ballet‘s Shared Ability class and had a lot of fun capturing some images. I arrived early and spoke with several NH Ballet Dancers and was impressed how genuinely excited they were about the program and how many years some have been involved with the program. The […]
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New Haven Ballet – The Nutcracker – This Weekend – Jeffrey Kerekes
New Haven Ballet and The Nutcracker at the Shubert Theater The performances are: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 7 pm Saturday, December 20th, 2014 @ 1 pm & 5 pm Sunday, December 21st, 2014 @ 1 pm & 5 pm Here are some photos from the dress rehearsal.
Kesa’s Story – Chris Randall
Mnikesa Whitaker is an Educator, Founder of Ballet Haven, was named last year’s New Havener of the Year by the New Haven Independent, and is such inspiration to me and so many others. Here is (part of) her story: “It’s taken courage to accept that I’m sick enough to need oxygen. Truthfully, I’ve needed it for […]
Unity Youth Weekend (Sunday) -by Gary Winfield
Raymond Wallace and company pulled together people from across New Haven and beyond to put on another (the 4th annual) Unity Youth Weekend. Wallace has a heart for the children of the city and has spent several years struggling to make the weekend happen but this year was different. His persistence payed off as people […]
Dancing in the Streets – Guest Photographer, Maddie Molot
Maddie Molot is a teenage photographer based in New Haven and Woodbridge.She is a student at the Educational Center for the Arts and Amity High School. You can check out more of Maddie’s work here: www.maddiemolotphotography.com “Through these photos, I wanted to explore how the lines and bodies of the dancers either matched or contrasted with […]
San Cosme Mazatecochco Carnaval – Jeffrey Kerekes
As seen on Hamilton Street on Sunday. Here is a video I found on youtube from last year. To read more about the history behind this festival, I found that PDF online from a university in Mexico. The dates don’t match up but the costumes do, so Im not sure if this is the same […]
Youth Summit
Saturday was Youth Summit at Wexler Grant School. Many adults who are engaged with our youth were present but it was a day for the young people to live up to this year’s theme – Youth Have The Power. Speaking of adults here is Rachel who is in the process of directing some part of […]