Sentence examples for conducted ballet from inspiring English sources
In 1950 he was named conductor of the newly formed Chelsea Opera Group, a semiprofessional outfit; in 1952 he conducted ballet at the Royal Festival Hall; in 1957 he received his first professional appointment, as assistant conductor of the BBC Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow.
Nonetheless he occasionally conducted ballet performances, and even in his concert performances of the ballet scores he had conducted for Diaghilev he said he always had the dancers in his mind's eye.
The choreography's changing textures are obviously impelled by the score, which received its first New York performances at the New York State Theater when Mr. Adams conducted the ballet's premiere on Thursday night and at a preview on Wednesday.
Having conducted several ballets at Covent Garden during the 1970s, Boult gave his last public performance conducting Elgar's ballet The Sanguine Fan for the London Festival Ballet at the London Coliseum on 24 June 1978.
Also being shown at Sadler's Wells in September is a new commission from former Ballet Frankfurt dancer Emily Molnar, and three shorter new works by Wheeldon, who will be conducting a ballet workshop for the public.
"Conducting for ballet is one of the most exciting, wonderful things in the world," he said.
He will conduct the ballet's orchestra, take part in educational events and serve a variety of other functions.
Here he conducted the complete ballet in a reading that struck a fine balance between the score's necessarily episodic nature and its grand, painterly sweep.
On Saturday afternoon at the State Theater, when Mr. Kaplow conducted, several City Ballet dancers made debuts in Balanchine's "Jewels". In the "Emeralds" episode, Pascale van Kipnis was elegant in her pas de trois with Jennie Somogyi and Alexander Ritter.
Daugherty, based in San Francisco, has conducted for orchestras, ballet companies and opera houses around the world.
