RT: @DowntownATXInfo: Make your lunch order a stretch sandwich w/ a side of stress reduction! Free Yoga in Republic Square Wed from 12-1pm! RT: @BGCAustin: Burnet M.S. members at the ballet. Beautiful girls with the amazing #Austin skyline in the background. flic.kr/p/c33aYb Great to see some of our Company Dancers in this morning's Advanced Ballet class. #summer Beautiful morning in Austin, Texas today. Get out and do something: have coffee or lunch outside, take a walk, run the trail. RT: @KUTNews: Check out our photos from inside the Waller Creek tunnel, 70 feet beneath downtown Austin. bit.ly/LlPjgy In case you missed the memo: 2012 Nutcracker tickets are now on sale at balletaustin.org. Set my computer to backup using "Easy Transfer". Now cannot use it for 7 hours, 51 minutes and counting... oops. 2012 ADVANCE NUTCRACKER TICKETS NOW ON SALE. One week only... #nutcracker50th bit.ly/tPlEEl Congrats to @KatieGaskin! Someone hire her. Immediately. RT @KatieGaskin: Officially a graduate of The University of Texas! Our Sales Director Sandra Krempasky finally got a smart phone. She's going to be live-tweeting before she knows it... RT: @AustinCreativeA: Single ticket buyers reported higher levels of impact. Indicates the arts field needs to rethink ideas of audience loyalty. #newbeans Don't bother emailing the staff Fridays during lunch. We are all at @RoyalBlueATX for Thai food Fridays. RT: @AustinCreativeA: Can we combine numbers and anecdotes to measure artistic success? This is where intrinsic value comes in. #newbeans Breaking Pointe premieres May 31. Will you watch? RT: Ballet West on the set of "Breaking Pointe" bit.ly/L53l6L (via @bexking) I haven't! That's great - congrats! Who rode their bike to work today? #biketowork Attn #ATX #BreastCancer Survivors - FREE Pilates Pink Ribbon Classes to begin June 6 at @BalletAustin! Sign-up now at ow.ly/aZV4Y Only one spot left! #ATX #BreastCancer RT: @RoundRockSymph: Hit the afternoon slump? Schubert had some unfinished work too.. Check out his Unfinished Symphony and see it live Friday night!... At least my computer dies the week AFTER our production. RT: @Dance_Magazine: Let's dance the last dance... We'll miss Donna Summer. Crafting a plan for the 2011 Nutcracker outdoor banner - advance tickets go on sale next week! Morning ballet class warming up to Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet score... A full day of rehearsals and meetings today. Act III from Swan Lake + 2 new works. Join us this weekend for a mixed-rep: bit.ly/52Unh TWO DAYS ONLY: Take 10% off our summer kids camps with promo "BATwitter". Camps begin June 4! bit.ly/Jhm51o Looking forward to tonight's press screening of FIRST POSITION at @VCCinema. Our very own Stephen Mills is guest hosting! Hard to believe, isn't it? Where did this year go? Ballet Austin's The Nutcracker is entering its Golden Anniversary - 50 years! Advance tickets on sale May 21 - 27 at balletaustin.org RT: @AustinCreativeA: 3 SPOTS LEFT: Arts-related legal question? This Wednesday, get answers via Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts. bit.ly/L1rqL1 This summer, you can follow dancers Jordan Moser and Oren Porterfield over at @motiondt - they'll be back at Ballet Austin in the fall! @BalletAustin Agreed! Followed some of the backstage tweeting during R&J & really enjoyed. Have a great week! cc@JonnotJohn Aw, thanks! The dancers were such great sports. You too! Sleepy Monday in the office. Feels so weird to suddenly be done with our season. Thank you all for attending! RT: @sacameron: Took my oldest daughter to the Austin Ballet tonight to see "Romeo & Juliet". I thought Shakespeare was more wordy. #lotofdancing #welldone @JonnotJohn Glad you made it to the show - sounds like you enjoyed yourself! Also, Ballet Austin + @24DinerATX = ALWAYS a great combo. @Octamom That's a great gift! What did you think of the show? RT: @JustOrb: Romeo and Juliet is my new favorite ballet! Tonight's performance was incredible! Ballet Austin and the Austin Symphony rock! The most important review from this weekend? "It was better than Mary Poppins!" - a child in the audience. Just picked the winner in our season tickets giveaway! It's been an incredible weekend. Ashley was my perfect Juliet. I wouldn't trade it 4 anything. Until next season! ^PMB pic.twitter.com/39irDPL9 Our amazing stage manager, Bill Sheffield, hard at work. Thanks for all you do for us! Always above and beyond. ^PMB pic.twitter.com/qAQ8QlOE Just ran by Ashley (^AG) in the hall - she seems on top of the world after dancing Juliet last night. RT: @jonelleseitz: @BalletAustin Hope she and the other mothers dancing today are having a happy Mothers' Day show! Looks like it. Did you know last night's Romeo is actually married to Juliet's friend, @AnneMMelendez? Scandal! Associate AD, Michelle Martin as Lady Capulet - giving drama at the death of Tybalt. ^PMB #romeoandjuliet pic.twitter.com/dfwDSc8t Loving all the little girls in flower crowns. R&J getting hitched at the chapel. Former Ballet Austin company dancer, Jim Stein, as the Friar! ^PMB #romeoandjuliet pic.twitter.com/pnKdLfSr I often forget how small many of the female dancers are when they're not on stage and in pointe shoes. Apparently, my iPod videos aren't uploading properly, so I'm resorting to photos. Sorry! ^PMB The beginning of the Balcony Pas de Deux. ^PMB #romeoandjuliet yfrog.us/0rh8ez Romeo & Juliet make eye contact for the first time. ^PMB #romeoandjuliet yfrog.us/2qay2z The Ballroom opening dance. LOVE this music. ^PMB #romeoandjuliet yfrog.us/1x9sgpz Passed Michelle Thompson in the hallway before the show. Always seems so happy and smiling - just like her role on stage tonight! Minutes before the curtain rises on Act I. ^PMB #romeoandjuliet yfrog.us/j8asqxz Romeo and Juliet are backstage practicing their flirting before curtain. Caught our production director shaking a tambourine backstage. Apparently the dancers have put holes in 4 of them during this run. Last night's performance of Romeo & Juliet was a dream come true! Thanks to all who came to watch! One more to go! ^AG lockerz.com/s/208775335 Last show of the season! Sitting this one out as I was Romeo last night. Frank Shott's turn! Will be posting videos from side stage. ^PMB So happy to have a big group of Harvard Alums at the show today to support James Fuller. Backstage tour time! twitpic.com/9kr1h3 Ballet bound with my dancing daughter. Ballet Austin's Romeo and Juliet. [pic]: 4sq.com/J2OM7A Hope you and your daughter enjoyed the performance! Lobby looks like it's filled with lots of moms this afternoon. Happy Mother's Day! Our Company is full of mothers and one of them, Michelle Thompson, is guest tweeting from backstage today! Walking into the theater. ^MT Happy Mother's Day! There is still time to get tickets for the show today. ^MT Looks like you guys had a great night. Hope you enjoyed Romeo & Juliet! Ballet Austin, Romeo and Juliet!💘 Did you enjoy the performance? @BalletAustin Beautiful performance of Romeo & Juliet! #Austin #ballet #dance Thank you so much for attending! #Austin #ballet #dance 10 years & over 15 roles with my "stage wife," Ashley Lynn Gilfix, my Juliet. Couldn't be happier. ^PMB pic.twitter.com/kg7tDK9e Beautiful second performance. Such a pleasure being in the audience tonight. Make sure you enter to win season tix in the lobby! Crew working hard on the scene change into crypt scene. ^MT Ashley just took the potion. ^MT Audience member snagged a pair of Juliet's autographed pointe shoes! 2nd Act was so much fun! ^MT Prepping for my Pas de Corpse. My dagger is going to spend its last night in Paris. ^PMB #romeoandjuliet pic.twitter.com/cWDCEHnw Amazing Mad Scene with Lady Capulet! Michelle Martin is intense. The last time we performed, Lady Capulet was more than 6 months pregnant! Happy to hear you enjoyed the performance on Saturday. Thank you for coming! Congrats to tonight's Romeo & Juliet (tweeting as ^PMB & ^AG) on 10 years with the Company. Beautiful pas de deux at the end of Act I. Blowing off prom to see ballet austin's production of romeo and juliet. #yolo Hope you ladies had fun! Tweet us your thoughts on the performance. If you're coming to the theater tonight, allow yourself extra time - the show is well-sold. Our dancers will be guest-tweeting again tonight - look for their tweets signed ^AG, ^PMB and ^MT. Heading to the theatre! FYI: all future posts from Yours truly will be from Romeo's perspective, not Paul Michael Bloodgood. ;-) ^PMB RT: @PaulMBloodgood: I will be posting on the @BalletAustin twitter throughout the night before/during/after the Romeo & Juliet performance. Signed ^PMB. Tonight is the night! I can't wait to take the stage as 'Juliet' opposite Paul Michael Bloodgood as 'Romeo'! ^AG lockerz.com/s/208463152 Meant to post this last night. A video clip of the fencing between Tybalt and Romeo! ^AG twitvid.com/L2HFY That's a wrap on opening night. Thanks for coming all! Drive safely. Curtain call! Great show everyone! Congratulations Aara Krumpe and Frank Shott on a beautiful debut! ^AG twitvid.com/LOHHE The girl time photo was from me. ^MT Getting into costume to go on as Juliet's shadow in Potion scene, and the body double in Crypt procession in Act 3! ^AG lockerz.com/s/208272342 The ladies in the dressing room during intermission. Getting ready for Act II! Stay tuned for some sword fighting! ^AG lockerz.com/s/208263434 Act I of R & J looked great from the wings! Aara and Frank just danced the most gorgeous Balcony Pas de Deux! ^AG Such great moments happening side stage... Dancers hugging Juliet, Romeo wandering off by himself, me stepping on Lady Capulet's train... 5 minutes to curtain!! Michelle Thompson (playing the role of Rosalyn) is putting on her pointe shoes! ^AG lockerz.com/s/208251798 In theater for Ballet Austin's ""Romeo and Juliet" and can't wait. Tweet us your 140 character review! Romeo and Juliet just past me. Very quiet backstage tonight. Romeo and Juliet just past. Very quiet backstage tonight. Orlando Canova (cast as Paris) pretending to be Lady Capulet in the "mad scene". (Ashley Gilfix - ^AG - sent me it.) twitpic.com/9jyu8k The very bubbly Kaitlyn Moise leading our pre-show talk. Did you know West Side Story is based loosely on R&J? twitpic.com/9jyqw1 Our 2012/13 Season Brochures are available in the lobby. Grab one from one of these lovely ladies. twitpic.com/9jyon3 Tickets still available for tonight's show. Walk-ups welcome! Curtain is at 8. RT: @jessicanbeck: Tonight's the opening night for @BalletAustin Romeo & Juliet! Sad I'm not there. Merde to some of the loveliest ballerinas around. Curtain goes up in just over an hour. My feet already hurt and I'm not even wearing pointe shoes! STUDENTS: Reminder that rush tix are avail all wknd. Come to @longcenter 1 hr prior to the show, present your college ID, get 2 tix/$10 each Opening night of Romeo & Juliet! Don't miss Aara Krumpe & Frank Shott in the title roles! I'll be tweeting from backstage! Stay tuned!^AG RT: @TAPAustin: Come to TAP's 5th Annual Youth Arts Festival tomorrow 2-5pm. See art and performances by Ojeda Middle School and... fb.me/CNSUL7PA In case you missed it last night, dancers Ashley Lynn Gilfix (^AG) and Paul Michael Bloodgood (^PMB) were tweeting from backstage. Go read. On the flip side, one little girl said there was “too much kissing"! (cc @PinpointMethod) Last night, one audience member witnessed her very first ballet - at 100 years old! Her thoughts? She liked it, but "too much killing." Ha! Have a copy of the @statesman near you? Check out today's Best Bets in Movies & Life. Ever wonder what dancers' feet look like after a performance? Check out company dancer Ashley Lynn Gilfix (Juliet)'s tweet below signed ^AG. Act III is finished! Time to rest up and eat some good food in preparation for the performances this weekend! ^PMB pic.twitter.com/nNhPFyYq Just finished dress rehearsal of Romeo & Juliet! The Austin Symphony Orchestra sounds amazing! I'm excited for the shows this weekend! ^AG Company dancer @PaulMBloodgood is doing an amazing job live-tweeting from tonight's final dress rehearsal. Look for his tweets signed ^PMB. Fencing between Mercutio/Tybalt & Tybalt/Romeo was killer tonight! 2 characters down...Act III up next! ^PMB pic.twitter.com/E5bqgdkC B4 our dress rehearsal tonight I gave my Juliet her gift: Original program from the Nureyev/Fonteyn classic film. ^PMB pic.twitter.com/ZGl4K13T Teaching our outstanding intern Photoshop + HTML (on top of how to write press releases, etc.) Anyone looking for an entry level PR person? Who out there is coming to Romeo & Juliet this weekend? I hear the phones ringing.... RT: @BookPeople: Fine, rain, have your way. The Austin Chronicle Spelling Bee has been postponed to next Thursday, May 17. You get one more week to study. STUDENTS: Reminder that rush tix are avail all wknd. Come to @longcenter 1 hr prior to the show, present your college ID, get 2 tix/$10 each Per my previous tweet - Our Schools' Registrar caught me in the act. (Clearly this is what I do at work all day.) twitpic.com/9jh3fv A handful of BEAUTIFUL images from Romeo & Juliet dress rehearsal last night. This is a good one, folks... twitpic.com/9jgyb1 RT: @luannsaid: Nervously downloading publicity shots sent overnight for #romeoandjuliet. They'll be gorgeous, they'll be gorgeous.... ATTN Academy Students: If you are missing a sock, we have it in the marketing department. :) RT: @danceadvantage: College students, good luck with finals! What performance or experience this year just rocked your world? Want to do a blog on this! RT @AnneMMelendez: Paul's merde gift for his Juliet came in the mail yesterday. So cool! Will share later... This weekend, our dancers will tweet LIVE from backstage. Follow along here or with our FREE mobile app: bit.ly/xA4ev5 Ballet Austin brings the love story of Romeo and Juliet to life this weekend May 11-13th at The Long Center ow.ly/aG8Pd We appreciate the plug. Hope you guys can make it, too! Production week means a reversed schedule for the dancers - and a quiet office for us. RT: @PaulMBloodgood: Just finished our 1st rehearsal in costume in the theatre for the @BalletAustin prod. of Romeo & Juliet. Gimme an Epsom salt bath! First night at The Long Center for spacing rehearsal. Sword fighting was especially good tonight. Looking forward to wearing costumes. ^MT Next up, Ashley Lynn Gilfix - she'll be live-tweeting this weekend, as well. Follow her tweets here. She'll sign them with "^AG". So excited to tweet for Ballet Austin during Romeo & Juliet. Look for my tweets from back stage. ^MT Have Michelle Thompson in my office - getting her setup to tweet from the Ballet Austin account. Be on the lookout! Early morning discovery: Are they putting in a Daily Juice on 3rd by @delish?! My inner yuppie is screaming with kale-related joy. We are soooo excited about Daily Juice being our neighbors! 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