This morning, Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced six promotions for the 2016-17 season. Soloists Anaïs Chalendard and Seo Hye Han have been promoted to Principal Dancers, Second Soloist Junxiong Zhao is promoted to Soloist, Corps de Ballet Dancer Corina Gill is promoted to Second Soloist and both Desean Taber and Samivel Evans are promoted from Boston Ballet II to the Company Corps de Ballet.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate wrapped up three days of fiscal 2017 budget deliberations around 11 p.m. Thursday, voting unanimously to pass an annual spending bill after adding a total of $61.3 million on the floor. The measure calls for spending $50 million more than the plan passed earlier by the state House of Representatives.
"Thanks to all your advocacy this week we made additional investments in our shared priorities for an even stronger budget," Senate Ways and Means Chairwoman Karen Spilka said ahead of the vote. According to her office, the new bottom line on the bill is $39.558 billion.
