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Ballet San Jose

October 27, 2023

Ballet San Jose was a ballet company based in San Jose, California, US, operating from 1985 to 2016.

History edit

The company was founded in 1985 as the "San Jose Cleveland Ballet," a co-venture with the ten-year-old Cleveland Ballet which offered to the dancers added performing exposure, and each city a ballet company for a moderate, shared investment. In 2000, the Cleveland Ballet ceased operations, and over half the dancers, the headquarters, and artistic director/choreographer Dennis Nahat moved to San Jose to continue operations there. The company was originally known as Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, but in July 2006 shortened its name to simply Ballet San Jose.

In 2003, the company gained benefactor and current chairman of the board John Fry, co-founder of Fry's Electronics.[1]with a 1 million dollar contribution. Fry helped the company survive the dot-com crash and continued to support the company until he closed it in 2016. Over the years Fry became personally involved and Ballet San Jose faced increasing Fry's support, prompting Karen Loewenstern, founding board chair of Cleveland San Jose Ballet to say "...he bought himself a ballet company."[2]

By 2007, still led by founding artistic director, Dennis Nahat, there was a resident company of 44 dancers from 14 countries in four continents, with a repertoire of over 120 traditional and modern classical ballets. Performances at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts are accompanied by the Symphony Silicon Valley. The Ballet is now a 'fully owned' resident company serving all of Silicon Valley.

On December 23, 2011, Ballet San Jose and John Fry announced[3] a partnership with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) which will license the company "to implement ABT's comprehensive National Training Curriculum for dancers and receive its rolodex and world renowned repertory".[4] In January 2012, Nahat was “ousted” and John Fry in a letter prepared by his newly appointed Executive Director Stephanie Ziesel said that his services were no longer required due to the ABT arrangement. Fry said, “ABT and its artistic director Kevin McKenzie won't collaborate as long as Nahat is still here. You know, it's the greatest company in the world.“.[5][6][2] Shortly after, Fry stepped down from the board, replaced as chair by Lorraine Gilmore of Edison Pharmaceuticals. Kathy Kolder, Vice President of Fry's Electronics, remained on the board with Fry's intention to continue its financial support. But, it did not come to be.[7]

Artistic direction was shared for two seasons by Principal Ballet Master and former long time principal dancer of Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Raymond Rodriguez and former retired ABT dancer, Artistic Advisor Wes Chapman. George Daugherty was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor in August, 2012 after Maestro Dwight Oltman's 35-year tenure.[8][9] José Manuel Carreño was appointed Artistic Director effective September 2013.[10]

In March 2015, with mounting debt, the company announced an emergency fundraiser in which it needed to raise $550,000 to maintain operations and cover the expenses of the rest of the season. Ziesel was fired and under the direction of the newly appointed CEO Alan Hineline, the company was paying off debt and attempting to update its business model to be more sustainable.[11] The fundraising campaign was successful, but mounting debt surpassed it. Hineline resigned.

In September 2015, the company again changed its name to Silicon Valley Ballet in an "effort to erase the passed and incorporate the greater Silicon Valley area."[11] As Silicon Valley Ballet, the company went on a multi-week tour to Spain mid-January to mid-February 2016. They performed the "Director's Choice" mixed repertoire program.[12] Upon arriving home to San Jose after a disastrous financial and artistic tour, the company performed the same program but it turned out to be the last.

In March 2016, the Ballet announced it was closing.[13] At the time of its closing there were 30 union dancers plus all artistic, production and administrative staff laid off permanently.[14] The school stayed open and became the New Ballet School with the ABT approved syllabus, under former Cleveland San Jose Ballet dancer Dalia Rawson and Ballet San Jose dancer Alexsandra Meijer.

Repertoire edit

The company developed a repertoire of over 120 traditional and modern classical ballets under founder Dennis Nahat, performed by dancers from Argentina, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Venezuela, Vietnam, and the United States. The repertoire includes ballets by Balanchine, Bournonville, de Mille, Daryl Gray, Flemming Flindt, Donald McKayle, Kurt Jooss and the bulk of the repertory specially-created ballets by founder Dennis Nahat. The company performed all the classic ballets such as Giselle, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake and more modern ballets such as Nahat's ground breaking Blue Suede Shoes,[15] based on Elvis Presley's songs and Flindt full evening modern classics.

In 2008, Nahat arranged to take the company on an unprecedented 8-city tour of China. Called the "Goodwill Tour From Silicon Valley," it represented the first international tour of the company since its move from Cleveland.[16]

Under newly appointed artistic director José Manuel Carreño, the 2015/2016 season included a staging of Alicia Alonso's Giselle utilizing Nahat's staging of Giselle production concepts and retired Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Ballerina Karen Gabay's new Nutcracker with a production from ABT and the "Director’s Choice" mixed rep program. The "Director’s Choice" Program included Ohad Naharin's Minus 16, Cuban Pas De Duex featuring various classics staged by José Manuel Carreño, Jorma Elo's Glow Stop, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Prism. This program was also performed during the company's tour to Spain.[17]

Artistic direction edit

Nahat was not allowed to announce preparations for the 2012 season which were delayed, with the dancers' contract being finalized in December 2011 and rehearsals for any performances other than The Nutcracker not begun by mid-December.[1] The company's web site on January 5, 2012 had not announced its 2012 season,[18] but a "shortened"[19] season was later announced, with programs for March, April and May.[20] Although earlier reports[1][21] that Artistic Director Dennis Nahat might be replaced were subsequently denied,[4] his role in the company remained unclear and the 2012 program will be chosen by the new artistic committee and new board of directors appointed by Fry since all former major board members resigned after Nahat's ousting.[4] In January 2012, the new leaders removed Nahat in a letter directed by Fry and delivered by executive director, Stephanie Ziesel stating that his services were no longer required from his role as artistic director[2] and he left the company.[22]

The company danced to recorded music for its spring 2012 repertory season, but all 2012–2013 performances are being accompanied by Symphony Silicon Valley, including new productions of The Nutcracker in December 2012, a new full-length Don Quixote was staged and performed by ABT retired principal dancer José Manual Carreño using sets and costumes from a number of Nahat productions in February 2013, as well as such pieces of mixed repertoire as Sir Frederick Ashton's Lez Rendez-vous and Thais Pas de Deux, and Clark Tippet's (Former Cleveland Ballet dancer and ABT Principal) Bruch Violin Concerto.[8][9] Beginning in 2013, most of the ballet's performances were danced to recorded music instead of a live orchestra.[23]

José Manuel Carreño became artistic director September 3, 2013,[24] and remained through the company's closure.[25]

Education edit

The Ballet San Jose School was established in 1996.[26] Upon the closure of the company, the school is now its own entity, The New Ballet School. It is an American Ballet Theatre Certified School run under the direction of former Cleveland San Jose Ballet dancer, executive director, Dalia Rawson.[27]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hunt, Mary Ellen (December 13, 2011). "San Jose Ballet's Dennis Nahat may be forced out". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Hunt, Mary Ellen (January 14, 2012). "Dennis Nahat out at Ballet San Jose". San Francisco Chronicle. p. F-1. Retrieved January 13, 2012. Originally published online January 13, 2012 under the title "Nahat, San Jose Ballet part ways".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ (PDF) (Press release). Ballet San Jose. December 23, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Hamlin, Jesse (December 26, 2011). "Ballet San Jose, American Ballet Theatre in deal". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Harmanci, Reyhan (January 5, 2012). "After Disastrous Year, Ballet Tries to Regain Balance". New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  6. ^ Winn, Steven (March 5, 2012). "Ballet San Jose review: Return reaps rich rewards". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  7. ^ Scheinin, Richard (January 6, 2012). "John Fry to step down as Ballet San Jose board chair". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  8. ^ a b McCollum, Charlie (August 23, 2012). "Ballet San Jose announces new season". San Jose Mercury. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  9. ^ a b (Press release). Ballet San Jose. August 24, 2012. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  10. ^ Ulrich, Allan (June 19, 2013). "Ballet San Jose's new artistic director". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  11. ^ a b Cobb, Christiana. "Ballet San Jose Begins Emergency Fundraiser". SanJose.com. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "Silicon Valley Ballet will perform eclectic program from its tour of Spain in San Jose". The Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  13. ^ D'Souza, Karen (March 8, 2016). "Silicon Valley Ballet shutdown -- 'the writing was on the wall'". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  14. ^ Schrock, Madeline. "Silicon Valley Ballet Closes Its Doors". Dance Magazine. DanceMedia LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  15. ^ . Ballet San Jose. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006.
  16. ^ (PDF) (Press release). Ballet San Jose. February 20, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  17. ^ . Silicon Valley Ballet. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  18. ^ . balletsj.org. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2009. 2012 season coming soon.
  19. ^ Felciano, Rita (March 5, 2012). "Review: Ballet San Jose's opening program". Mercury News. San Jose. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  20. ^ . Ballet San Jose. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  21. ^ "Ballet San Jose: A ballet company losing direction". Ballet News. December 14, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  22. ^ Hurst, Ann (April 1, 2012). "Opinion: Ousted Ballet San Jose founder Nahat takes the high road". Mercury News. San Jose. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  23. ^ Berman, Janice (September 2, 2014). "Why Ballet San Jose Stayed Home". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  24. ^ Ulrich, Allan (June 19, 2013). "Ballet San Jose's new artistic director". SFGate. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  25. ^ Schrock, Madeline (March 8, 2016). "Silicon Valley Ballet Closes Its Doors". Dance Magazine. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  26. ^ . Ballet San Jose School. Ballet San Jose. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  27. ^ "About - The New Ballet School". newballetschool.org. Retrieved February 18, 2017.

External links edit

  • Official website[dead link]
  • Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Mission and Background[permanent dead link], Ballet San Jose, September 25, 2000
  • Private Boeing 747SP used for Ballet San Jose group tours beginning in 2007
    • JetPhotos.net image of Ballet San Jose Boeing 747SP – December 2007 at San Jose International Airport (as N747FU) after Cleveland tour
    • Airliners.net image of Ballet San Jose Boeing 747SP – June 2008 at San Jose International Airport (re-registered as N747A) after China tour

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Ballet San Jose was a ballet company based in San Jose California US operating from 1985 to 2016 Contents 1 History 2 Repertoire 3 Artistic direction 4 Education 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe company was founded in 1985 as the San Jose Cleveland Ballet a co venture with the ten year old Cleveland Ballet which offered to the dancers added performing exposure and each city a ballet company for a moderate shared investment In 2000 the Cleveland Ballet ceased operations and over half the dancers the headquarters and artistic director choreographer Dennis Nahat moved to San Jose to continue operations there The company was originally known as Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley but in July 2006 shortened its name to simply Ballet San Jose In 2003 the company gained benefactor and current chairman of the board John Fry co founder of Fry s Electronics 1 with a 1 million dollar contribution Fry helped the company survive the dot com crash and continued to support the company until he closed it in 2016 Over the years Fry became personally involved and Ballet San Jose faced increasing Fry s support prompting Karen Loewenstern founding board chair of Cleveland San Jose Ballet to say he bought himself a ballet company 2 By 2007 still led by founding artistic director Dennis Nahat there was a resident company of 44 dancers from 14 countries in four continents with a repertoire of over 120 traditional and modern classical ballets Performances at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts are accompanied by the Symphony Silicon Valley The Ballet is now a fully owned resident company serving all of Silicon Valley On December 23 2011 Ballet San Jose and John Fry announced 3 a partnership with American Ballet Theatre ABT which will license the company to implement ABT s comprehensive National Training Curriculum for dancers and receive its rolodex and world renowned repertory 4 In January 2012 Nahat was ousted and John Fry in a letter prepared by his newly appointed Executive Director Stephanie Ziesel said that his services were no longer required due to the ABT arrangement Fry said ABT and its artistic director Kevin McKenzie won t collaborate as long as Nahat is still here You know it s the greatest company in the world 5 6 2 Shortly after Fry stepped down from the board replaced as chair by Lorraine Gilmore of Edison Pharmaceuticals Kathy Kolder Vice President of Fry s Electronics remained on the board with Fry s intention to continue its financial support But it did not come to be 7 Artistic direction was shared for two seasons by Principal Ballet Master and former long time principal dancer of Cleveland San Jose Ballet Raymond Rodriguez and former retired ABT dancer Artistic Advisor Wes Chapman George Daugherty was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor in August 2012 after Maestro Dwight Oltman s 35 year tenure 8 9 Jose Manuel Carreno was appointed Artistic Director effective September 2013 10 In March 2015 with mounting debt the company announced an emergency fundraiser in which it needed to raise 550 000 to maintain operations and cover the expenses of the rest of the season Ziesel was fired and under the direction of the newly appointed CEO Alan Hineline the company was paying off debt and attempting to update its business model to be more sustainable 11 The fundraising campaign was successful but mounting debt surpassed it Hineline resigned In September 2015 the company again changed its name to Silicon Valley Ballet in an effort to erase the passed and incorporate the greater Silicon Valley area 11 As Silicon Valley Ballet the company went on a multi week tour to Spain mid January to mid February 2016 They performed the Director s Choice mixed repertoire program 12 Upon arriving home to San Jose after a disastrous financial and artistic tour the company performed the same program but it turned out to be the last In March 2016 the Ballet announced it was closing 13 At the time of its closing there were 30 union dancers plus all artistic production and administrative staff laid off permanently 14 The school stayed open and became the New Ballet School with the ABT approved syllabus under former Cleveland San Jose Ballet dancer Dalia Rawson and Ballet San Jose dancer Alexsandra Meijer Repertoire editThe company developed a repertoire of over 120 traditional and modern classical ballets under founder Dennis Nahat performed by dancers from Argentina Canada China Cuba Denmark France Germany Japan Russia Venezuela Vietnam and the United States The repertoire includes ballets by Balanchine Bournonville de Mille Daryl Gray Flemming Flindt Donald McKayle Kurt Jooss and the bulk of the repertory specially created ballets by founder Dennis Nahat The company performed all the classic ballets such as Giselle The Nutcracker and Swan Lake and more modern ballets such as Nahat s ground breaking Blue Suede Shoes 15 based on Elvis Presley s songs and Flindt full evening modern classics In 2008 Nahat arranged to take the company on an unprecedented 8 city tour of China Called the Goodwill Tour From Silicon Valley it represented the first international tour of the company since its move from Cleveland 16 Under newly appointed artistic director Jose Manuel Carreno the 2015 2016 season included a staging of Alicia Alonso s Giselle utilizing Nahat s staging of Giselle production concepts and retired Cleveland San Jose Ballet Ballerina Karen Gabay s new Nutcracker with a production from ABT and the Director s Choice mixed rep program The Director s Choice Program included Ohad Naharin s Minus 16 Cuban Pas De Duex featuring various classics staged by Jose Manuel Carreno Jorma Elo s Glow Stop and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa s Prism This program was also performed during the company s tour to Spain 17 Artistic direction editNahat was not allowed to announce preparations for the 2012 season which were delayed with the dancers contract being finalized in December 2011 and rehearsals for any performances other than The Nutcracker not begun by mid December 1 The company s web site on January 5 2012 had not announced its 2012 season 18 but a shortened 19 season was later announced with programs for March April and May 20 Although earlier reports 1 21 that Artistic Director Dennis Nahat might be replaced were subsequently denied 4 his role in the company remained unclear and the 2012 program will be chosen by the new artistic committee and new board of directors appointed by Fry since all former major board members resigned after Nahat s ousting 4 In January 2012 the new leaders removed Nahat in a letter directed by Fry and delivered by executive director Stephanie Ziesel stating that his services were no longer required from his role as artistic director 2 and he left the company 22 The company danced to recorded music for its spring 2012 repertory season but all 2012 2013 performances are being accompanied by Symphony Silicon Valley including new productions of The Nutcracker in December 2012 a new full length Don Quixote was staged and performed by ABT retired principal dancer Jose Manual Carreno using sets and costumes from a number of Nahat productions in February 2013 as well as such pieces of mixed repertoire as Sir Frederick Ashton s Lez Rendez vous and Thais Pas de Deux and Clark Tippet s Former Cleveland Ballet dancer and ABT Principal Bruch Violin Concerto 8 9 Beginning in 2013 most of the ballet s performances were danced to recorded music instead of a live orchestra 23 Jose Manuel Carreno became artistic director September 3 2013 24 and remained through the company s closure 25 Education editThe Ballet San Jose School was established in 1996 26 Upon the closure of the company the school is now its own entity The New Ballet School It is an American Ballet Theatre Certified School run under the direction of former Cleveland San Jose Ballet dancer executive director Dalia Rawson 27 References edit a b c Hunt Mary Ellen December 13 2011 San Jose Ballet s Dennis Nahat may be forced out San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved January 5 2012 a b c Hunt Mary Ellen January 14 2012 Dennis Nahat out at Ballet San Jose San Francisco Chronicle p F 1 Retrieved January 13 2012 Originally published online January 13 2012 under the title Nahat San Jose Ballet part ways a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint postscript link Ballet San Jose Announces New Artistic and Training Partnership with American Ballet Theatre PDF Press release Ballet San Jose December 23 2011 Archived from the original PDF on January 13 2012 Retrieved January 5 2012 a b c Hamlin Jesse December 26 2011 Ballet San Jose American Ballet Theatre in deal San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved January 5 2012 Harmanci Reyhan January 5 2012 After Disastrous Year Ballet Tries to Regain Balance New York Times Retrieved January 6 2012 Winn Steven March 5 2012 Ballet San Jose review Return reaps rich rewards The San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved March 19 2012 Scheinin Richard January 6 2012 John Fry to step down as Ballet San Jose board chair San Jose Mercury News Retrieved January 6 2012 a b McCollum Charlie August 23 2012 Ballet San Jose announces new season San Jose Mercury Retrieved September 5 2012 a b Ballet San Jose Announces 2012 Repertory Season Press release Ballet San Jose August 24 2012 Archived from the original on October 29 2012 Retrieved September 5 2012 Ulrich Allan June 19 2013 Ballet San Jose s new artistic director San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved June 20 2013 a b Cobb Christiana Ballet San Jose Begins Emergency Fundraiser SanJose com Retrieved February 18 2017 Silicon Valley Ballet will perform eclectic program from its tour of Spain in San Jose The Mercury News Bay Area News Group February 11 2016 Retrieved February 18 2017 D Souza Karen March 8 2016 Silicon Valley Ballet shutdown the writing was on the wall San Jose Mercury News Retrieved April 13 2016 Schrock Madeline Silicon Valley Ballet Closes Its Doors Dance Magazine DanceMedia LLC Retrieved February 18 2017 Blue Suede Shoes Ballet San Jose Archived from the original on February 10 2006 Goodwill Tour From Silicon Valley PDF Press release Ballet San Jose February 20 2008 Archived from the original PDF on November 17 2011 Retrieved January 5 2012 Silicon Valley Ballet Silicon Valley Ballet Archived from the original on January 2 2016 Retrieved February 18 2017 Ballet San Jose balletsj org Archived from the original on January 3 2012 Retrieved December 22 2009 2012 season coming soon Felciano Rita March 5 2012 Review Ballet San Jose s opening program Mercury News San Jose Retrieved March 19 2012 2012 Season at a Glance Ballet San Jose Archived from the original on March 13 2012 Retrieved March 18 2012 Ballet San Jose A ballet company losing direction Ballet News December 14 2011 Retrieved July 5 2017 Hurst Ann April 1 2012 Opinion Ousted Ballet San Jose founder Nahat takes the high road Mercury News San Jose Retrieved April 16 2012 Berman Janice September 2 2014 Why Ballet San Jose Stayed Home San Francisco Classical Voice Retrieved July 5 2017 Ulrich Allan June 19 2013 Ballet San Jose s new artistic director SFGate Retrieved July 5 2017 Schrock Madeline March 8 2016 Silicon Valley Ballet Closes Its Doors Dance Magazine Retrieved July 5 2017 About Ballet San Jose School Ballet San Jose School Ballet San Jose Archived from the original on January 13 2015 Retrieved January 12 2015 About The New Ballet School newballetschool org Retrieved February 18 2017 External links editOfficial website dead link Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Mission and Background permanent dead link Ballet San Jose September 25 2000 Private Boeing 747SP used for Ballet San Jose group tours beginning in 2007 History of Boeing 747SP airframe 21992 observed displaying Ballet San Jose livery JetPhotos net image of Ballet San Jose Boeing 747SP December 2007 at San Jose International Airport as N747FU after Cleveland tour Airliners net image of Ballet San Jose Boeing 747SP June 2008 at San Jose International Airport re registered as N747A after China tour Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ballet San Jose amp oldid 1163534917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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