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  1. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hi Fiona, By now I do hope our early access email has reached you If you click each Programme - BALLET NIGHTS 001, BALLET NIGHTS 002 and BALLET NIGHTS 003, you will find we have 3 exciting jam packed programmes, featuring a few suprises. Please do DM if having any difficulty finding all 3? Jamiel
  2. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hiya, Sorry if appearing mysterious! So we are opening the tickets almost 4 months in advance, which I hope will be notice enough, but this is fantastic feedback and I can bear that in mind for our Spring season of shows. These are less 'secrets' and more of a press embargo at the moment, as many of our acts require their scheduling and alignment to be in place for us to announce. I have been working with the artists and our team to ensure we can reveal 99% of the program at launch. HOWEVER one of our Royal Ballet principals has specifically requested to keep a surprise for the show itself. This is all about the artists telling their stories, their way. Our exclusive access sign ups will receive the news tomorrow at midday, and if you message me your email address I can have our marketing team add you to the mailing list if easier. So sorry the sign up is acting up for you. "Exclusive Access" is the title given to our mailing list followers where we release tickets ahead of the press release and public awareness going live. I hope that clears some of the mystery up, and please do let me know if you have any more questions. I want to give you and the ballet fans across the world the best experience possible! Jamiel
  3. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Indeed there will be some jazzy flair, classical music and our dancers performing their stories in ways that they have personally chosen to share in our intimate setting.
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    Never a problem!
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    Hi Peter, Jamiel Here! Thank you for replying and I agree we must be sure to programme around those supporting companies who are allowing their leading artists to take part in what I hope will become a complimentary platform to the main stage and designed to further enhance those experiecnes. Our season to be announced includes multiple performances (... all i can share until tomorrow ) and will feature the biggest stars of those companies mentioned that may also be performing on those dates. I am confident you will be able to make at least one of them, but lets wait and see (email me and my team anytime at jamiel@balletnights.com ) Think of us as the Jazz club for Ballet, an experience right up close to the stage (you couldn't get closer without a pair of tights!) and a place you can visit when the jam packed premiere season just isn't enough! ALL will be revealed tomorrow via Exclusive Access... Jamiel
  6. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hello BalletCo Forum! BALLET NIGHTS will be releasing its Autumn 2023 season Exclusive Access Mailing List tomorrow at midday. With confirmed acts including current and former Principals and artists of the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Northern Ballet, Rambert, Studio Wayne Macgregor, Acosta Danza and more... sign up below for a chance to book our unrivalled Stageside Seating experience - including our Backstage Pass event where you can meet, mingle and get your photograph taken with then most exciting movers and shakers in Classical Ballet, Neo-Classical and Contemporary Dance. Mailing List Sign Up: https://www.balletnights.co.uk/exclusiveaccess I can't wait to welcome you all to the Lanterns Studio Theatre this Autumn... and neither can our artists! Jamiel Devernay-Laurence logo - rectangular dark black-compressed.pdflogo - rectangular dark black-compressed.pdflogo - rectangular dark black-compressed.pdf
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    Both my team and I at Jamiel Laurence Creation and my new team at BALLET NIGHTS are absolutely thrilled for all of those artists at ENB promoted, including those who have appeared in our various productions in the past (... and those imminently to be announced in the coming weeks for the future!) Aitor is one of the most calm and collected dancers under pressure I have ever come across - even when asked to run headfirst into the freezing Scottish Sea over in West Kilbride in 2020. His technique is flawless, and he has some even bigger performances ahead of him despite already achieving so much already. A real star! Henry appears with Aitor in 2 of my films, is the consummate professional at all times, and has big ambitions both on stage and beyond. He helped me produce my original BALLET NIGHTS concept show back in 2021, and has several other shows up his sleeve . I can wait to see what he will dance next! Ivana is just a picture perfect ballerina with electrifying charisma on stage, and her recent last minute fielding in the role of Cinderella has proven she has ability and experience enough to carry a main stage leading role when called upon, and when it counts most (Royal Albert Hall no less!!!). Such a reliable talent for the new ENB director to mould and develop into the principal we all know she can be. Congratulations all around!
  8. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hi Everybody, I can't say how excited I am to soon finally be announcing the winter season of BALLET NIGHTS 2023 ! -- "BALLET NIGHTS presents compèred evenings of Classical Ballet, Neo-Classical & Contemporary Dance, Up Close and Without Compromise." Concept Launch October 2021 -- After all of the support from the forum members on here giving feedback, suggesting dates, requesting acts and letting me and my team know what they are looking for in our uniquely up-close Ballet experience with the stars, I am thrilled to exclusively release an early access mailing list sign up below, with an invite-only offer to follow shortly after. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS LINK I look forward to revealing our new website soon, our upcoming event schedule, our backstage access and our exciting run of never-before-seen content over the coming months, and thank you once again to all who have supported our journey. For now.... here is an exclusive sneak peek at our logo: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence Artistic Director
  9. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hi All, One of the problems that dance on camera faces is a lack of awareness of the transformation qualities that the best-in-class can have on the viewer when screened at scale and in an exciting, atmospheric location. With that in mind, I wanted to draw your attention to the launch of the Messums Dance Film Festival 2023 - a new festival celebrating a still emerging genre of dance and the intersection of dance and film, bringing together exceptional talent and visionary artists from the dance and filmmaking worlds. I was appointed as producer of the new festival by dance visionary Johnny Messum, and his support to bring my own idea of how a film festival for dance should look and feel has been one of my creative reasons for getting up in the morning over the past year of challenges! I will also be hosting the event, for those that know what happens when someone accidentally offers me a mic... https://messumswiltshire.com/exhibitions/event-messums-dance-film-festival/ The festival highlights many known names to the Ballet Community, including performers such as Alessandra Ferri, Antonia Francesci, alongside this years National Critics Circle award winners Scottish Ballet and Jess & Morgs Films. After a stunning week of contemporary dance on that same week, I believe that forumites here will enjoy the incredible setting of the barn at Messums Wiltshire, the fantastic food on offer at the Messums Restaurant and the close connection to the best in modern art kept within their various exhibition spaces. Come and celebrate the launch of our international dance film festival with a strong classical ballet lineage, and make day of it this summer - set in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside venue. Jamiel TRAILER 2023 -
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    HOW IT STARTED vs. HOW ITS GOING.... So to provide an update for all interested in all things BALLET NIGHTS 2.... Let me take you on a bit of a detour! The progress with my production house JAMIEL LAURENCE CREATION is well underway, and with working examples of dance experiences for Stage, Screen, Events, in Education and now Dancer Professional Services, I am making a lot of headway since hitting the ground running in January 2023. I have attracted a young, part time fundraiser who is going to chase funds in various directions which will hopefully lead us to the £15K required to get BN2 underway. If anyone here has any suggestions for where to look in this area please do get in contact at Jamiel@jamiellaurence.com The new quarterly JLC Intensive series has had a marked impact on the contemporary dance community, both at home and abroad, and one of the special outcomes of this programme has been bringing back some of our initial BALLET NIGHTS performers to the space, including Kennedy Junior Muntanga and Luke Ahmet. Find out more about that and see videos of them in action here:- https://www.jamiellaurence.com/blank-1 Although I realise this is a Ballet specific forum, I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new IGNITION PLATFORM; an new progression based choreographic platform for emerging choreographers launching on 4th March 2023 at the Lanterns Studio Theatre. Times are tough, arts funding is scarce, and the UK is at risk of losing an entire generation of choreographic talent.JAMIEL LAURENCE CREATION sees how young artists must fight harder and harder for a chance to have their say in the UK arts scene, our response to this: THE IGNITION PLATFORM. A ground-breaking launchpad for new and emerging choreographers with the aim of staging exciting new voices, producing dance into revolutionary spaces, and paving the way for young choreographers to get their work seen by a live audience. To Book Your Tickets Visit: ticketsource.co.uk/jamiellaurence Thats all the updates for now, and although launching the return of BALLET NIGHTS is proving more challenging than I originally thought, the reward will be even sweeter when we can say we are back on the road, financially viable and once again doing something new, innovative and unique. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
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    Dear BalletCo Forum members and supporters, I am excited to announce that I am now into pre-production on BALLET NIGHTS 2 , and once again keen to bring the passionate and devoted members of the BalletCo forum along for the ride! Since our launch, I myself have been on quite a journey as part of the cultural recovery post-pandemic, including founding a new dance company, creating my first full-length and also in now talks to adapt last years BALLET NIGHTS formula for TV. What we found at our prototype launch in October 2021 is that the fusion of classical ballet, neo-classical and contemporary dance with an MC'd Later with Jools Holland style approach to the event was the right choice indeed. Audiences loved hearing about who the acts were, what they are going to perform and where you can see then next. However what we also realised is that for this venture to become financially sustainable, we are going to have to do more to convince the local, first-time dance theatre goers by giving ourselves a much longer run up. That is why for BALLET NIGHTS 2 we are going to go for our announcement at least 4 months in advance of the event taking place, and this time backed by an effective marketing campaign. I will also be introducing audiences to the venue over the next few months by launching lunchtime concerts that recreate BALLET NIGHTS in miniature, featuring a concert pianist followed by one danced work. These concerts will be cheap to attend but rich with some of the most exciting dance content that can be found happening right now. It is also a great way to get those artists itching to perform a solo in front of a crowd on a platform on which they can thrive. (more on the first of these mini concerts soon) BALLET NIGHTS 2 is a show concept that offers something to both long term ballet fans and new audiences by fielding the best and brightest in UK dance happening right now in the form of carefully curated virtuosic solos, duets and headliners - such as our inaugural Don Quixote Pas featuring Gabriele Frola and Katja Kaniukova, and our kindly gifted/rarely seen Act 2 Swan Lake Pas choreographed by David Dawson. Share Your Thoughts? I am excited to have already begun work on our next programme, and now I would like to hear from anyone on this forum who might have something specific they would like to see, any artists they particularly follow or a choreographer they would like to see commissioned for our second incarnation. As will all arts endeavours during this challenging period, we are also looking for support in all areas including programming, commissioning and ways that help us introduce audiences to our new iteration of variety show - modernising the pastime of seeing dance. I look forward to updating you all soon on my progress, and if you would like to get in touch outside of the forum, you can email me at:- BalletNightsUK@gmail.com Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
  12. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Thank you Irmgard & Fiona fro your wonderfully detailed feedback! I cant emphasise enough how useful this is during our event breakdown and future planning. I want everyone to know that we keenly follow all of the feedback on our new live event concept - although we may be dropping the word 'concept' very soon with such a ferocious audience response! Our 165 sounded like 2000 up that close, and certainly made themselves known during the Don Q finale!! We are now into the planing stages of BALLET NIGHTS 2, aiming for an end of March 2022 show date (light pencil March 26th...) so please do let me know how you think that sits with the wider ballet community. Furthermore, if you have any further feedback on how we can make this event work even better on our second go round, have ideas for programming or would even like to get involved in actively commissioning a work, please do not hesitate to contact us via BalletNightUK@gmail.com Both Henry and I have yet to fully process all of the wonderful emotions that came up in seeing our many colleagues and friends back in action post pandemic, and seeing this idea come to life. We look forward to continuing this journey together with our audience in 2022 and beyond!! Jamiel Laurence www.BalletNights.com
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    Hi Mary, We are working on a mailing list via our website to be launched shortly - www.BalletNights.com - and I will be on here as soon as I have our poster and date to share. Jamiel
  14. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    We look forward to seeing you in March/April!
  15. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hi Alison, Indeed we are very close, and its quite the walk to experience as I detail above. The Lanterns Studio Theatre isn't the only thing trying to tempt more of the west end crowd across... Jamiel
  16. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hi Capybara, It would be wonderful to welcome you to our future March/April event (TBC). On your point regarding the timing of this event, we are not seeking to compete for space with the main scale Classical Ballet/Contemporary dance schedule, but rather to both augment and extend it by doing something alternative. I believe that there is a gap here in which we could create an event that both welcomes new audiences who have yet to access this highly engaging and communicative art form, alongside giving Ballet enthusiasts like yourself something else to add to the calendar should there be a space for it. We are never going to be able to find a date that works for everyone, but it is our hope that moving forwards on a quarterly basis might create a new sense of regularity for this new community of co-investors in the future of live dance. With regards to the area safety factor, The Docklands is truly transformed from the deserted island I grew up in the 90's, under construction for my teenage years in during the 00's and now visit with absolute astonishment in 2021. The walk from Canary Wharf station is well lit, clear and monitored by several security companies operating the numerous residential towers in the area. I also highly recommend the West India Quay Crossrail restaurant plaza for a meal before or Hazev restaurant on the river if wanting something closer. South Quay DLR is a literal 3 minute riverside walk along the areas most coveted development area, surrounded by new and exciting architectural marvels (in my opinion ...!). With bankers and lawyers now working remotely and the Canary Wharf Central area transforming to become fully residential by the day, it is my hope that this venture will grow with the new trend and become a standalone Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance feature in its own right. As you can probably tell, after sitting in the Lanterns Studio Theatre today and watching our concert pianist rehearse live alongside Hannah Rudd working on her choreography, IM VERY EXCITED!! Please do continue to let me know how in future we could continue to build this into the experience you are looking for. Jamiel Laurence
  17. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Thank you Alison! in the space today and tomorrow getting us ship shape! new sound system is wonderful www.BalletNights.com for Tickets
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    Hi Janet, Thats quite the endorsement, and we would be sure to make it worth your while! I look forward to seeing you at a future show (for which acts are beginning to materialise already....!) Jamiel
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    Hi All, The team & I over at BALLET NIGHTS are pleased to share our confirmed programme for our 2021 Launch, which was submitted in its final from for press, media and programme printing etc. earlier today. We hope to become a taster platform for companies at all scales, and I would like to thank English National Ballet, Scottish Ballet & Rambert for releasing their dancers for this engagement. If anyone would like to any further information on the acts found on the tile below, please do not hesitate to contact me via BalletNightsUK@Gmail.com
  20. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    PLEASE SEE UPDATED OFFER CODE: BALLETNIGHTSLAUNCH21 Thank you www.BalletNights.com
  21. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    No Problem at all! We have several spaces available behind our gated area, and I would be happy to reserve you space. Let me know! J
  22. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    BALLET NIGHTS is pleased to be able to offer our audience a 15% discounted rate at The HILTON LONDON CANARY WHARF, a stones throw from our host venue The Lanterns Studio Theatre. https://www.balletnights.com/hilton-discount
  23. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    OUR 15% OFF HILTON CANARY WHARF OFFER IS HERE !!! For anyone interested in making it an overnight trip, BALLET NIGHTS have teamed up with HILTON London Canary Wharf so that we can offer our audience discounted rates for their hotel which is LITERALLY located a stones throw from the venue. For more information and to use the discount code visit https://www.balletnights.com/hilton-discount Jamiel
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    Hi Scheherezade, I compteley understand! That traffic has always been a real nightmare for me also. If helpful, we can supply you with a parking space right by the front door. Please do feel free to email us if you would like to know more. Jamiel
  25. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
    Hi Fiona, Thank you for your support and for your valuable feedback. (Some companies would be 000's deep in market research before they came across those types of clear concise concerns around location, pricing and attitudes towards value!!) Of course location is very subjective, but I am keen to dispel the myths around the Docklands location making Lanterns a destination venue. As a regular traveller, the day I stopped using the DLR and instead started using the Canary Wharf Jubilee line i realised I was shaving up to 20 minutes of my journey into Covent Garden and the west end. That being said, East London is still considered to be "a bit out of the way," and it is my hope that the improved transport links will attract committed audience members who will be rewarded with an cityscape that is barely recognisable, even going back just 5 years, thanks to a concentrated effort on the development of the island. With Canary Wharf announced as now becoming residential, and most banks/law firms only returning 40% of their workforce to their physical desks, already the South Quay district, where Lanterns is located, has become almost exclusively residential but lacking in any form of cultural outlet or things to see & do. The relocation of English National Ballet has also played an important role in making this show possible, with several ENB artists now on our doorstep. I am still awaiting the % off code from our local Hilton, should that be of any assistance with the option to stay right by the venue that evening, and I will announce that information as/when it becomes finalised. I do hope that you will enjoy your double ballet show experience, and we are honoured to be hosting you at our launch event. Jamiel
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