How to pronounce“danchig”in English

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I mean I'd say it was at 13.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: There's also so much adrenaline pumped like you're working like your whole day builds to this climax, this performance, so it's like you can't go home

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Yeah. Amanda Hankes: Adrian Danchig-Waring: But I think that the company class like taking ballet classes every morning is this really unique element of the ballet dancer's life 'cause everyday

Adrian Danchig-Waring: It's like you re-establish that fluency in the morning and then you speak it all day.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I guess it really depends on like what the role is --

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I don't believe that.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Also something interesting that Amanda touched on and that is like in a given performance, one of us might dance three separate roles in three separate ballets

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Yeah.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: There are ballet masters on staff who are each responsible for a given allotment of works.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I mean I think one of the most exciting things about New York City Ballet is that there's this legacy of Balanchine and Robbins sharing this company,

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I mean it's interesting.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: It really depends on the role.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I accept that, I accept what you're saying.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Yeah, so Dancers' Choice is this really interesting opportunity and challenge for us.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: They're unwinding.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Yeah, the most active one today is that we shot a documentary that will screen the night of this performance.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: They're in 15 hours left of a 40 hour -- Amanda Hankes: We're hoping it comes through by Sunday.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: It must be DSL.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Great incentives for people.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: They're amazing.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Or hearing.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Highly immersive is what I would call it.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Yeah.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I also think because it's like by the dancers for the dancers there's a really palpable energy that surrounds it, that surrounds the rehearsal process now that

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Yeah -- Meghan Kent: you wanna talk about that?

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I cut the stencils -- Meghan Kent: Adrian Danchig-Waring: and Mark, our company's designer and I worked on the Dancers' Choice logo which is the Apollo image.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I mean I think that's, in my mind they're mostly Balanchine works, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Agon, Apollo --

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Episodes.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Long, lean, exacting, voluminous, dynamic --

Adrian Danchig-Waring: It's true, I mean I think to bring ballet back towards the mainstream in any way is a boon to us.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Can I say something?

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I think it's really interesting what you're saying about attending the ballet and that much of it stems from the fact that you were brought up doing that.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I mean in terms of marketing we see the ticket sales as they stand right now are about twice what they were at this point for the previous Dancers'

Adrian Danchig-Waring: To a degree.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: Amanda Hankes: Yeah, it's a very anxiety inducing question it's something we all deal with, but because of the threat of injury it's not like you can, I mean you should plan

Adrian Danchig-Waring: I do think though that like whatever I know I personally do after dancing it will involve going back to school and sort of learning a new skill set

Adrian Danchig-Waring: No, thank you guys for your -- Amanda Hankes: Thank you.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: afternoon interest.

Meghan Kent: Adrian Danchig-Waring: And then we sort of wheedled it down -- Amanda Hankes: You weed it down by picking like who you would envision casting in these

Amanda Hankes: Serenade -- Adrian Danchig-Waring: Serenade -- Amanda Hankes: Serenade definitely.

female #3: Adrian Danchig-Waring: In the Courts at Versailles --

Meghan Kent: bringing -- Adrian Danchig-Waring: maybe not of the masses right so I guess it was never a populist thing.

Meghan Kent and Amanda Hankes: Adrian Danchig-Waring: I think there's room for growth in that way, I don't necessarily think it's encouraged.

Meghan Kent and Amanda Hankes: Adrian Danchig-Waring: And so we decided, I mean for a number of reasons we decided

Meghan Kent and Amanda Hankes: Adrian Danchig-Waring: And now they are backpacking in Thailand with a laptop under their arm trying to find some way to upload this film that will take less than 40 hours

soloist, Adrian Danchig-Waring.

Adrian Danchig-Waring: how physical it is, if it's a debut, if you have nervous energy.

Amanda Hankes: Sometimes if I see an -- Adrian Danchig-Waring: Amanda Hankes: opportunity I'll take it.

Amanda Hankes: We have 15 hours left -- Adrian Danchig-Waring: Fifteen hours left to upload yeah.