July 2010 Entries
This week, press intern Amanda Grimm goes behind the scenes at Scottish Ballet.
In the past two weeks at Scottish Ballet I’ve been writing less for the press and more for audiences who want to learn about ballet and the myriad activities that contribute to the finished product of a performance. In the process, I’ve been learning a fair bit myself.
First, I learned about the daily activities and responsibilities of the ballet staff when I interviewed ballet master Nicolas Blanc for an article that will be appearing in the Geometry and Grace souvenir programme. The ballet staff, which comprises Nicolas, Hope...
More from Amanda Grimm about her internship with Scottish Ballet.
I had a nice surprise this weekend when I walked by the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh and saw a huge poster for Geometry and Grace hanging in the window. That was really cool to see, now that I know the team who designed it, and have witnessed part of the process of creating such a poster (when I attended the photo-shoot for the secret new production). It was such a stunning, professional-looking finished product, and made me feel even more proud to be working for Scottish Ballet.
However, the work...
Part two of Amanda Grimm's blog about working as an intern with Scottish Ballet.
A new week, a new project. After gaining experience last week of writing a press release, compiling a press contact list and nagging journalists and editors in order to publicise our summer workshops, I carried out a similar procedure this week for Scottish Ballet’s Up Close tour. This October, the Up Close tour will bring an exciting mixed bill to various locations across the country. The majority of Scottish Ballet’s performances are held in their four home theatres, in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen, so this tour will...