Just days before a Kennedy Center performance, Jaffe was plucked from the corps de ballet to replace the renowned Gelsey Kirkland in the virtuosic “Pas de’Esclave” duet from “Le Corsaire.
” Her partner was the star Alexander Godunov.
Jaffe said she is excited to pass on the wisdom she gained from Baryshnikov, choreographer Twyla Tharp, Russian ballerinas Natalia Makarova and Irina Kolpakova, and others. Leading one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious ballet companies, however, now comes with considerable new challenges. Ballet is at a flexion point, having endured the pandemic-related shutdowns that cost the art form in funding, ticket sales and touring; audience-building; and the development of its artists.
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