Since longtime Colorado Ballet artistic director Martin Fredmann was forced out last fall, the company has seen a number of changes on both sides of the curtain. But even if the changes eventually lead to a stronger dance troupe, there’s no question that a number of talented people have lost their jobs, and the wounds are still fresh. And some observers are wondering if the new regime in charge of Colorado Ballet is really as that interested in dance as they are in a balanced budget.
Tag: 06.24.06
Honolulu Finally Finds New Leadership
The perenially strapped Honolulu Symphony has named a new executive director to replace Stephen Bloom, who resigned a year ago. Tom Gulick, a marketing expert who most recently served as director of Ballet Pacifica in suburban Los Angeles, “will have to immediately address lingering symphony concerns that include negotiating musician, management and staff pay raises — their first since taking a 20 percent pay cut and reduction in benefits in 2003 — and helping the orchestra’s search for a replacement for long-departed music director/ maestro Samuel Wong.”