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Sept. 1, 2016
At the NewBostonPost, September means heading "back to campus." As Boston bustles with the arrival of approximately 250,000 students attending the more than 50 colleges and universities, our attention is turned to stories about our institutions of higher learning and life on campus.
On Monday, the Boston Ballet announced its roster for the 2016-17 season. The Company welcomes nine new dancers of seven nationalities, and also announced that this will be Principal Dancer Erica Cornejo's final season before retirement. Cornejo has danced 11 seasons with the Company, beginning in 2006. Her final appearances onstage will be May 2017 in The Sleeping Beauty.
One of Boston Ballet's new dancers joins as a soloist, and six as "artists of the Company," a title which now replaces "corps de ballet." The new members from France, the U.S., Georgia, South Korea, Australia, Japan and Denmark contribute to a total of 71 dancers in the Company, which represents a total of 18 nationalities. The Company is comprised of 57 dancers in the main professional company, and 14 in Boston Ballet II.