American Ballet Theatre Soloist, Gabe Stone Shayer talks on this podcast about his journey from Philadelphia to turning into the primary African-American male graduate of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, the primary within the 250 yr historical past of this prestigious faculty.
Gabe shares his expertise of dancing and dwelling in Moscow, touring with the Bolshoi Ballet and returning to the US to affix the American Ballet Theatre.
Having carried out many soloist and principal roles over time, and creating roles with the acclaimed choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, Gabe was promoted to Soloist through the lockdown and awaits to return to carry out on stage.
During the lockdown, Gabe has drawn on his love of choreography and launched the Creative Genesis challenge and has raised greater than $30,000 to go in the direction of creating and presenting new choreographic work. This challenge importantly helps help different dancers throughout these covid occasions, giving them work and a possibility to carry out as they anticipate the theatres to reopen. Â
You can DONATE HERE to the Creative Genesis challenge!
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