BOSTON BALLET CHOOSES GIELGUD AS DIRECTOR.(Maina Gielgud selected)(Executive Changes)(Brief Article)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: November 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

It's official: Maina Gielgud, former director of the Australian Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet, is taking over the reins at Boston Ballet on July 1, 2001. Under the title of artistic director-designate, she will spend twenty-seven weeks with the Boston Ballet before then, watching the dancers, traveling in search of repertoire and planning the coming seasons. Anna-Marie Holmes remains as director through June 2001.

According to Jamie Wilson, the British-born chairman of the search committee and Boston Ballet trustee, the short list was whittled down from more than 400 ...

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