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On Being a Balanchine Dancer
Season 1 : Episode 5 | 11:05
Lourdes Lopez shares some of her experiences from her 24 year career as a dancer for New York City Ballet, and answers questions about Balanchine’s possessiveness, how NYCB has changed since she danced with the company, and life after dance.
As of June, 2010 Lourdes continues to head Morphoses as the executive director.
Related:
- • Season 1: Episode 4 | Pigeon Toes to Pointe Shoes (VIDEO)
- • Season 1: Episode 5 | On Being a Balanchine Dancer (VIDEO)
- • Lourdes Lopez’ DancePulp profile
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Drew Jacoby, contemporary ballerina, has worked with Alonzo King, Complexions, Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, Sylvie Guillem, Desmond Richardson, Lightfoot Leon, Mia Michaels, Dutch National Ballet, Lar Lubovitch, and Christopher Wheeldon. She is the co-founder of the independent dance duo Jacoby & Pronk and the co-founder of DancePulp. // You can find Drew on Twitter (@iamdrewjacoby) and Facebook.
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