missy12784 Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 What has become of Gelsey? I just finished her autobiography " Dancing on My Grave". Now I want to learn more about her career and such. But there isn't much out there on her. Quote Link to comment
LMCtech Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 I heard she's in Australia teaching. Quote Link to comment
pj Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 In Pointe magazine (Last year some time) there was an ad for a SI in Long Beach (California), and she was listed as one of the guest teachers. And a girl that my daughter knows went there and said that she taught one or two classes, but I don't think that she teaches there during the school-year. Quote Link to comment
K8smom Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 She has taught often during the summer at the Long Beach Ballet Arts Center SI. She's usually there for a week, along with other well-known guest teachers. Quote Link to comment
nikki00 Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 She is currently the head of the ballet department at Dance World 301 (DW301) in Melbourne Australia. DW301 Quote Link to comment
Guest grace Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 i suppose it is lazy of me not to check the danceworld301 website - but to be honest, when i saw this (kirkland's name) advertised earlier in the year, i ASSUMED that gelsey was allowing her name to be used, in return for payment and SOME occasional guest-type teaching. it never occurred to me that seeing her name in their ad as 'head of the ballet course' or something similar, meant that she ACTUALLY DOES THE JOB! how cynical i have become! nikki - can you actually confirm that she lives in melbourne and does this job? or are you just ASSUMING THAT - because her name is used that way, in danceworld 301's ads? thanks for info which would enlighten me! Quote Link to comment
Tiffany Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Just a little more info... She was listed as a teacher for Orlando Ballet's 2004 Summer Intensive brochure. I'm not sure if she actually did teach, because I didn't go to their program. Quote Link to comment
LMCtech Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 According to a former student who went back to Australia, she is actually doing this job. Quote Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Missy, if all you've read is "Dancing on My Grave," then you should read "The Shape of Love," which was published in 1989 and describes Gelsey's comeback with the Royal Ballet in 1986 as she prepared for "Romeo and Juliet." It's a much happier, sweeter book than the first. No nasty gossip at all. Quote Link to comment
Guest canbelto Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Two videos of Gelsey, one in the Nutcracker, the other with the Baryshnikov Wolf Trap program, are either released or due to be released soon. If you have any doubts about Gelsey, GET THOSE VIDEOS!!! No matter what you might think of her book, she was an unbelievably graceful dancer. Quote Link to comment
nikki00 Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 When I applied for DW301, alot of the information that I got sent talked about her teaching, and under one of her quotes it says that she is the head of the ballet.. but thats all I can tell you, oh and I'm pretty sure I read something in a magazine about her teaching/heading the ballet department..I'll see if I can find it. Quote Link to comment
kellyisthebestintheworld Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 I've heard it so many ways and I have no idea which one it is. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment
vrsfanatic Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 G...as in Go, El...as in ELevator, sey...as in see! GELSEE(Gelsey) Kirk...as in dunKirk, land...as in LAND, KIRKLAND Quote Link to comment
kellyisthebestintheworld Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Yes! I was saying it right! I knew how to say Kirkland, but people were saying that Gelsey was pronounced Shell-see. I was like "How'd you get that?" lol, thanks!!!! Quote Link to comment
kellyisthebestintheworld Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I want to write a letter to her. I typed her name in and got three address's. Do I send a letter to all of them? Does anyone have her address? Quote Link to comment
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