THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: February 28 - March 6
Catch up on the week's biggest stories from Broadway and beyond in BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures,' featuring coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights, and more. Highlights this week include coverage of a performance preview of FINDING NEVERLAND, SYTYCD winner Ricky Ubeda joining the cast of ON THE TOWN, Roundabout Theatre Company's annual Spring Gala celebrating Helen Mirren, and more!
Photo Flash: First Look at Rasta Thomas' ROMEO AND JULIET, Opening Tonight in the West End
Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Jay Z, LMFAO, The Police, David Guetta (as well as Vivaldi and Prokofiev) provide the hit tunes as the greatest love story of all time bursts into the 21st century in a phenomenal adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Rasta Thomas' Romeo and Juliet will play a four-week London season at the Peacock Theatre, Sadler's Wells' home in the West End, now through Sunday 29 March. The show opens tonight, 4 March 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the dancers in action below!
Bad Boys of Dance to Perform at London's Peacock Theatre, 10-28 June
After taking the US, Australia and Europe by storm, Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance are to make their eagerly awaited West End debut in Rock the Ballet, a breathtaking fusion of classic ballet, hip hop, tap and acrobatics performed against a backdrop of animated scenery and stadium rock lighting.
Bad Boys of Dance Set for Annenberg Center, 2/20-22
A high-octane troupe of stellar dancers towing the lines of classical and contemporary movement, Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance features "fast and furious pop dancers steeped in ballet basics" (Chicago Tribune). Appearing on the stage at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, February 20-22, the company's fast-paced 80-minute signature program is performed by six male and two female dancers to a soundtrack of popular music from Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Coldplay, The Beatles, Robin Thicke, Usher, Queen, Justin Timberlake and more.
Shakspeares 450. Geburtstag: Rockballett Romeo and Juliet in Berlin
Mit der Idee geliebaugelt hatten sie schon ewig - nun mussten sie es einfach tun: Rasta Thomas und Adrienne Canterna, die Schopfer der gefeierten Rock The Ballet-Show, haben sich mit ihrer brandneuen Produktion Romeo And Juliet einen großen Wunsch erfullt. Seit Jahren haben sie bereits davon getraumt, dieser Geschichte ihren Stempel aufzudrucken.
ROMEO AND JULIET " A Classic Rock Ballet wird nächstes Frühjahr im Capitol Theater Düsseldorf zu erleben sein
Rasta Thomas hat mit „Rock the Ballet" das klassische Ballett entstaubt. Jetzt katapultiert er ROMEO AND JULIET in das 21. Jahrhundert: klassischer Tanz kombiniert mit Hip Hop und Jazz, faszinierende Videoprojektionen und ein außergewohnlicher Musikmix machen William Shakespeares Drama zu einer zeitgenossischen Inszenierung, die es so bisher noch nicht gab. Einfuhlsam, sinnlich und leidenschaftlich und doch voller Power und Energie.
NYC Dance Alliance Foundation's DESTINY RISING Benefit Set for Tonight
On Monday, April 22 at 7:30pm at The Joyce Theater, the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation will present DESTINY RISING, an evening of dance artistry benefiting the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation College Scholarship Program. Featuring outstanding NYC Dance Alliance alumni, choreography from NYC Dance Alliance faculty, and special guest performances from prominent professional dance companies, there will also be a post-performance talkback available to all in attendance. VIP tickets are $100 (prime orchestra ticket and a ticket to the after party), additional tickets are priced at $45 (orchestra seating) and $25 (for loge or front row orchestra seating).
DESTINY RISING at The Joyce Theater on 4/22 to Benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation
On Monday, April 22 at 7:30pm at The Joyce Theater, the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation will present DESTINY RISING, an evening of dance artistry benefiting the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation College Scholarship Program. Featuring outstanding NYC Dance Alliance alumni, choreography from NYC Dance Alliance faculty, and special guest performances from prominent professional dance companies, there will also be a post-performance talkback available to all in attendance. VIP tickets are $100 (prime orchestra ticket and a ticket to the after party), additional tickets are priced at $45 (orchestra seating) and $25 (for loge or front row orchestra seating).
BWW Reviews: ROCK THE BALLET Admiralspalast, Berlin
Es war der legendare Fred Astaire, der folgenden Satz pragte: 'Tanz ist ein Telegramm an die Erde mit der Bitte um Aufhebung der Schwerkraft.' Die Bad Boys des Tanzes unter der Leitung und Choreografie von Rasta Thomas gastierten im Admiralspalast Berlin mit ihrer mitreißenden Show 'Rock the Ballet'. DIe Schwerkraft wird an diesem Abend gleich mehrere Male aufgehoben, denn dass was das hochkaratigem siebenkopfige Ensemble bietet ist schlichtweg atemberaubend.