Marcus Pei: Billy, Chicago and Toronto

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Congratulations to Marcus. It's great to catch up with what's going on with him as his training progresses.

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Marcus is featured in a short (~1 minute?) promotional video for his National Ballet School (Toronto) that was shown at a western Canadian movie theatre today (as a lead up to a live cast screening of the Bolshoi Ballet production of Taming of the Shrew). Not a lot of dancing; mostly talking head (white dance shirt), shot between classes (?).
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Eltonjohn wrote:Marcus is featured in a short (~1 minute?) promotional video for his National Ballet School (Toronto) that was shown at a western Canadian movie theatre today (as a lead up to a live cast screening of the Bolshoi Ballet production of Taming of the Shrew). Not a lot of dancing; mostly talking head (white dance shirt), shot between classes (?).
This may be the video you saw. It was posted a few weeks ago on Canada's National Ballet School's Youtube channel, but doesn't identify Marcus by name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkanjbNAHU
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CJ-Rochester wrote:This may be the video you saw. It was posted a few weeks ago on Canada's National Ballet School's Youtube channel, but doesn't identify Marcus by name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkanjbNAHU
Marcus actually identifies himself at the very end, "My name is Marcus Pei and I'm proud to say I'm a graduate of Canada's National Ballet School".
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porschesrule wrote: Marcus actually identifies himself at the very end, "My name is Marcus Pei and I'm proud to say I'm a graduate of Canada's National Ballet School".
True. I just meant it wasn't in the text where it might have been picked up by a search.
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He's a graduate. What's he up to now, I wonder. (This is the only thread that tracks his professional evolution?)
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Yes. When any news of future professional progress for each Billy comes up, it is typically posted in his thread..
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7xpp6VOzY

I am not quite sure... does anybody else think that Marcus appears in this NBS Audition Tour promo vdo from a few years ago?
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Marcus appears in the video for the first time at 0:15.
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Of course, that young man who is the focus of that particular video is also a former Billy from the Broadway show, Liam Redhead. ;)
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