Roy Kaiser

PA Ballet Makes Itself At Home

Jim Cotter — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:02:00 +0000

Pennsylvania Ballet’s latest production, A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be the first to be prepared and rehearsed in its new $17.5 million, purpose-built home on North Broad Street. As WRTI’s Jim Cotter reports, the company has also revived its ballet school and is celebrating its 50^th anniversary.

Pennsylvania Ballet's N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz

Jim Cotter — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:15:00 +0000

WRTI's Jim Cotter speaks with Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser about the company’s season-ending production at the Merriam Theater through June 3rd. Information Here.

Pennsylvania Ballet's Contemporary PETER PAN

Susan Lewis — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:07:58 +0000

Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie wrote the now-classic adventure tale of Peter Pan as a play for children in 1904. He transformed it into a novel in 1911.

PA Ballet's Roy Kaiser--Berlin Phil.: Yannick Nezet-Seguin--Portraits at PAFA--Piffaro Preview

Jim Cotter, David Patrick Stearns and Susan Lewis — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:45:00 +0000

As Pennsylvania Ballet opens its 2010/2011season on October 21st, Jim Cotter speaks with artistic director Roy Kaiser.

The Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Designate Yannick Nezet-Seguin makes his Berlin Philharmonic debut this week. The Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns reports from the German capital.

Susan Lewis considers artists' self portraits and artistic identity, as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts gets set to open an exhibition of artist portraits and self-portraits.

And we look ahead to concerts by the Renaissance band Piffaro, featuring separate music and dance performances.

Andrew Wyeth

Jim Cotter and Albert Stumm and Jason Peifer — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:06:00 +0000

A major Andrew Wyeth retrospective opens this week at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It's one of three current local Wyeth Exhibitions. We'll take a look at the painter who, despite being ignored by the art world for much of his seven decade career, has remained true to his own artistic vision. Albert Stumm looks into how artists and arts organizations are helping local economic revitalization. Jason Peifer previews A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh at the Iron Age Theatre in Norristown, PA. In our regular exploration of the CultureFiles section at GoPhila.com, we speak with Pennsylvania Ballet artistic Roy Kaiser about his long association with the company.

Christoph Eschenbach

Jim Cotter — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:32:00 +0000

On this week's Creatively Speaking!, the region's arts leaders look ahead to the coming year. Talking about their hopes for 2006 will be Philadelphia Orchestra music director Christoph Eschenbach, Philadelphia Museum of Art director Anne d'Harnoncourt, Kimmel Center president Janice Price, Pennsylvania Ballet artistic director Roy Kaiser, Opera Company of Philadelphia producing artistic director Robert Driver and Delaware Symphony Orchestra music director David Amado. We'll also hear from several local theater artistic directors.