Wikipedia:WikiProject Ballet

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Participants
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 * It would especially help if you could mention:
 * if you have access to ballet-related books or other sources [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]]
 * or if you are able to take ballet-related photographs. [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]]

Active

 * 1) -- Former ballet dancer and long-time dance historian as well as publisher and editor of reference books, including International Encyclopedia of Dance, 6 vols. (Oxford University Press, 1998). Contributor to numerous reference works on dance and musical theater. Access to extensive home library of reference materials.
 * 2) started articles about Russian ballet personalities: Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Marina Semenova, Mathilde Kschessinska, Agrippina Vaganova, Sulamith Messerer, etc.
 * 3) General interest in ballet and I take classes and dance recreationally. I mainly revert vandalism and do grammar/spelling.
 * 4) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]] [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] Hello - I am a former dancer who finds more joy in being a ballet historian than an actual dancer. I am currently working on the preliminary research to one day write a book on the composers Riccardo Drigo, Minkus, and Cesare Pugni, who are long over-due their long-deserved credit (Drigo and Pugni the most). I have written articles on Marius Petipa, the Sergeyev Collection, Ondine (ballet) (will add more later), Leon Minkus, Cesare Pugni, La Fille Mal Gardee, Le Corsaire, completely re-wrote La Bayadere and Swan Lake. I would like to re-write the artciles on La Esmeralda and The Sleeping Beauty Ballet. I have added a lot of historic photos from my rather large collection of 19th century photos from the Imperial Ballet. I would really like to re-write the artcile on Riccardo Drigo, but I have to complete the research first.
 * 5) - mainly dance project
 * 6) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] . Take class, much like Gioland71, and attend NYCB to excess, likewise City Center's Fall for Dance and the Joyce; also see ballet and contemporary dance two or three times a year in Stockholm and Copenhagen and would help with the Royal Danish and Swedish Ballets if there were ever time!
 * 7) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] . Fan and frequent visitor to the Royal Ballet in London, adding to information on the cast (pictures, repertory and biographies).
 * 8) – Researching professional ballet in 20th century Ireland
 * 9) - Interested in all forms of classical ballet, particularly in the 1950s period in the USSR. Big fan of Ulanova, Plisetskaya, Fonteyn, Minkus, La Bayadere, Swan Lake.
 * 10) Forty-plus years of ballet watching, first in London, now in Australia. Try to see all casts for each programme as then can make a comprehensive assessment. Learned for 12 years but that's as far as I go.
 * 11) Employee of Northern Ballet, interested in keeping up-to-date lists of dancers, significant works etc. Won't update Northern Ballet entries but may post requests for others to, if that's OK?
 * 12) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]] [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] I like clean, well-organized categories and articles.  I'm happy to help to help with clean up, starting with the main Ballet article.  Let's get it up to Good Article status!!  I'm a ballet fan and my son is a serious ballet student.
 * 13) - General interest in ballet. I recently expanded Hee Seo as part of Asian Collaboration Month. I plan to work on a few more articles that are ballet related.  Mkdw talk 19:12, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]] - studied dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's School of Dance and former dancer with Greensboro Ballet. Interested in articles about ballet dancers, ballet companies, history of ballet, etc.
 * 15) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] I'm an academic librarian, an adult ballet student and a life-long ballet fan. Hoping to improve articles and overall coverage by filling in whatever gaps I can.
 * 16) Mainly interested in editing dancers' pages.
 * 17) balletomane, interested in classical and contemporary ballet pages.
 * 18) (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 01:23, 7 March 2024 (UTC) General interest; focus on PNB, SFB and Balanchine.

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Guestbook
This section is for people who support the Wikiproject, and may periodically help, but cannot make a very large commitment to the project.


 * 1) - Sorry, Cleanup Taskforce bogging me down. Feel free to submit articles to the Cleanup Taskforce., and we'll take a look at it.  bibliomaniac  1  5  00:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) I'm interested in writing biographies of classical ballet dancers, will also focus on South African dancers.
 * 3) Figaro I love ballet as an artform and have some books about ballet.
 * 4) hannah (talk) 17:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC) I like dancing and wathching the shows!!
 * 5) My daughter is a dancer for the last six years, with Ceccetti method! I'm more interested in history of Ballet, I'm a freelance writer and editor. I'd be glad to help when/where you need it! --Read-write-services 02:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) I've been a dancer and an avid balletomane for a number of years. I would certainly like to see Wikipedia become a strong resource for Ballet and Dance in general. I'll drop by occasionally to clean up/expand articles.--The Fiddly Leprechaun (talk) 17:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) I am a professional dancer and I would like to write notable articles about dancers. I am working on expanding on South African ballet and related topics.DanceEnthusiast (talk) 23:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
 * 8) I have danced for many years and studied all aspects of ballet in depth, particularly ballet history and terminology (including differences in usage between the teaching methods/styles), as well as having fairly extensive knowledge about specific dancers both past and present. I am not on Wikipedia very often but I will contribute when I can, as I think it's a great way to combine my passions for dance and for research/writing, while benefiting the greater dance community! Symphony in C (talk) 19:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Inactive
Those who have not made a contribution on Wikipedia in the past year.

participants

 * 1) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] . I've been taking ballet classes on and off for about 20 years and I still love it!
 * 2) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] Ballet, ballet, ballet. Dancing for thirteen years, enjoy the technique and precision of classical ballet. Also pointe.
 * 3) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] Ballet history student.  Particular interest in Diaghilev and choreographic literature (Noverre, Blasis, et al.).  Have been reworking Diaghilev and Ballet Russes pages.
 * 4) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] Dance student aspiring to be a professional dancer in ballet and modern dance. Dancer for twelve years, and avid dance historian.
 * 5) - Interested in helping develop the Ballet project.  I have made some contributions but I am a new user and am still learning how to work with Wikipedia.  Perhaps there is someone that I would work with until I become more proficient with Wikipedia.
 * 6) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] Interested mostly in the technical and history sides of ballet. Dancer for fifteen years, teacher for eight, member of a small company
 * 7) [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes image.png|22px|]][[Image:Nuvola mimetypes bc.png|22px|]] . Former pro-dancer and ballet aficionado. Although I still dance for fun. I'm particularly interested in contributed to dancer pages and ballet pieces.
 * 8) Arts Council England Clore Fellow on Secondment to Royal Opera House, researching Choreographer Frederick Ashton.

guests

 * 1) Demipointe Amateur dancer and a stickler for grammar.
 * 2) I have a picture that I think would be a good addition. How do I submit it?
 * 3) - Mostly interested in dance technique and photography.  Will cull through my archives to see if I have any good photos to contribute.  Dancer for 15 years (Ballet for the first 12; jazz,modern & contemporary ballet for the last 3).  Started the original Pointe_shoes article way back when :-P
 * 4) talk HI friends. I'm a former member of Miami City Ballet. Please see Ballet Portal discussion page regarding what may be misusage of the NYCB redirect. Thanks! 207.237.61.2603:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC) 207.237.61.26 (talk) 01:20, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Classical singer/composer here very interested in ballet composers and specific ballets.  Could be of help to add more standard ballet titles to wiki!  11:43, 30 January 2007
 * 6) TitanOne I am the responsible for the Filipina Ballerinas. I've also submitted DYK's for the newly created articles for ballerinas.

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New articles
Please feel free to list your new ballet-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page.
 * Jayna Ledford - Filipino-born American transgender ballet dancer
 * Keith Mackintosh - English-born former dancer and ballet master at Cape Town City Ballet
 * Madame Ravodna - French-born ballet teacher in South Africa and member of the Espinosa family
 * Leo Quayle - South African conductor at the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, PACT Ballet and composed the music for the ballet La Fenêtre
 * Matisse Love - Soloist at the Russian State Ballet Theatre in Moscow
 * Igor Moiseyev Ballet - Soviet/Russian ballet company
 * Lesya Vorotnyk - soloist with the Ukrainian National Ballet
 * Anna Nikulina - principal with the Bolshoi Ballet
 * Jonathan Stafford - artistic director of New York City Ballet
 * Jillian Vanstone - principal at National Ballet of Canada
 * Guillaume Côté - principal at National Ballet of Canada
 * Dores André - principal at San Francisco Ballet
 * Teresa Reichlen - principal at New York City Ballet
 * Francesca Velicu - dancer with English National Ballet
 * Elisa Badenes - principal at Stuttgart Ballet
 * Robert Fairchild - former principal at New York City Ballet
 * Sterling Hyltin - principal at New York City Ballet
 * Alicia Amatriain - principal at Stuttgart Ballet
 * Allegro Brillante - choreographed by Balanchine
 * Léonore Baulac - étoile with Paris Opera Ballet
 * Mayara Magri (dancer) - first soloist with the Royal Ballet
 * Valentine Colasante - étoile with Paris Opera Ballet
 * Holly Dorger - principal with Royal Danish Ballet
 * Ako Kondo - principal with Australian Ballet
 * Amber Scott - principal with Australian Ballet
 * Lia Cirio - principal with Boston Ballet
 * Madeleine Eastoe - former principal with Australian Ballet
 * Vanessa Zahorian - former principal with San Francisco Ballet
 * Sofiane Sylve - principal with San Francisco Ballet
 * Sasha De Sola - principal with San Francisco Ballet
 * Maryhelen Mayfield - former dancer with Kansas City Ballet and director of Greensboro Ballet
 * Frances Chung (dancer) - principal with San Francisco Ballet
 * Lana Jones - former principal with Australian Ballet
 * Heather Ogden - principal with National Ballet of Canada
 * Devon Teuscher - principal with American Ballet Theatre
 * Tuany Nascimento - Brazilian ballet teacher
 * Ballez - American ballet company
 * James B. Whiteside - principal with American Ballet Theatre
 * Marjorie Hollinshed - Early Australian ballet teacher
 * Alexandra Waterbury - former SAB student suing NYCB
 * Paul Frame - corps de ballet dancer with NYCB
 * Peter Frame - principal dancer with NYCB
 * EunWon Lee - dancer with The Washington Ballet, former principal with Korea National Ballet
 * Irma de Malkhozouny - Serbian ballet dancer
 * Precious Adams - dancer with English National Ballet
 * Chase Johnsey - genderqueer ballet dancer
 * Marie Guy-Stéphan - French dancer
 * Stephanie Kurlow - first "Hijabi ballerina"
 * Llanchie Stevenson - former dancer with Alvin Ailey, Radio City Music Hall, Natonal Ballet of Washington, and DTH
 * Mel Tomlinson - former dancer with DTH, Alvin Ailey, Agnes de Mille, and NYCB
 * Julia Horvath - former soloist with the Royal Swedish Ballet and Finnish National Ballet
 * Sophie Rebecca - first openly transgender dancer accepted into the Royal Academy of Dance
 * Frederick Davis (dancer) - former dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem
 * Kara Medoff Barnett - Executive Director of ABT
 * Yury Yanowsky - former principal dancer with Boston Ballet, choreographer
 * Megan LeCrone - NYCB soloist
 * Kathryn Morgan - former NYCB soloist
 * Debra Austin (dancer) - first African-American female dancer at NYCB, first African-American female principal of a major American company
 * Ballet Zürich - Swiss ballet company
 * Martine van Hamel
 * List of historical ballet characters
 * List of ballets by title
 * Nima Kiann - Founder & artistic director of Les Ballets Persans
 * Sara Mearns - NYCB dancer
 * Marie-Agnès Gillot - POB dancer and choreographer
 * Yosvani Ramos - Cuban dancer with The Australian Ballet
 * Marian Butler - ABT dancer
 * Emery LeCrone - United States choreographer
 * Shobana Jeyasingh - British choreographer
 * Lourdes Lopez - NYCB dancer, dance admin
 * Heinz Spoerli – Swiss choreographer, company director
 * Carla Körbes PNB dancer
 * Anneliese von Oettingen - ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer
 * Adam Darius - Ballet dancer, choreographer, mime artist & dance writer
 * Guillermo Keys-Arenas — director of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico etc.
 * Iranian National Ballet Company - Ballet Companies
 * Genia Melikova - Ballerina and Teacher at The Juilliard School now deceased
 * Vanessa Hooper
 * Don Juan (ballet)
 * Les Fêtes Chinoises (DYK)
 * Jason et Médée (DYK nominee)
 * Flore et Zéphire (DYK)
 * Georgette Sanchez (DYK)
 * Jennifer Olayvar (DYK)
 * The Moor's Pavane
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet)
 * Leslie Edwards
 * Noctambules
 * Ballet Arizona
 * Misty Copeland
 * Margaret Graham (dancer) - Argentine-Uruguayan prima ballerina

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