Exploring Dreamlike Worlds
New York Times, United States By ALASTAIR MACAULAY As the curtain falls on each of the three ballets that re-entered New York City Ballet's repertory on Wednesday night, it is easy to feel the words with which Keats ends his “Ode to a Nightingale”: “Fled is that music: — Do I wake … |
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Exploring Dreamlike Worlds - New York Times
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Dance Listings - New York Times
Dance Listings
New York Times, United States (La Rocco) EIFMAN BALLET (Friday through Sunday) Love him, hate him or love to hate him, the dramatic Russian choreographer Boris Eifman seems to get a rise out of just about everybody. This weekend his troupe returns to City Center with “Eugene Onegin … |
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Art in Review - New York Times
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Art in Review
New York Times, United States “Ballet Dancer” (1950) is among the selected works of Alice Neel at David Zwirner in Chelsea. By THE NEW YORK TIMES The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. … |
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Choreographer Alonzo King and Jazz Pianist Jason Moran Collaborate - All About Jazz
Choreographer Alonzo King and Jazz Pianist Jason Moran Collaborate
All About Jazz, PA Start with the juxtaposition in a dancer's body of passionate, whirlwind arms with the sharply articulated legwork and formal step-vocabulary of academic ballet…it makes nearly every other kind of modern ballet look old-fashioned or simplistic. … Moran, Jason |
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Oregon Arts Programs Suffering In Down Economy - OPB News
Oregon Arts Programs Suffering In Down Economy
OPB News, OR BY KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL The latest to issue a warning is the Oregon Ballet Theatre. It says it needs to find $750000 by the end of next month — or will have to close its doors. Kristian Foden-Vencil has been following the story and joins me now. … The Blog Formerly Known As wwire Sorry — the dog ate my homework… |
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Out of a temple in remote Cambodia, a world-class ballet dancer is … - Northwest Asian Weekly
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Out of a temple in remote Cambodia, a world-class ballet dancer is …
Northwest Asian Weekly, WA By Ninette Cheng Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer Sokvannara Sar leaps during his dance routine as shown in Anne Bass' documentary, “Dancing Across Borders.” Photo provided by Pacific Northwest Ballet. While visiting Cambodia in 2000, American arts … |
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Smuin Brings Grit and Glamour to Ballet - Adrants
Smuin Brings Grit and Glamour to Ballet
Adrants, MA Creative for the Smuin Ballet Company is all over BART right now, and every time we come across one of the pieces we can't help but stop and stare for awhile. One of the biggest problems with ballet is it's traditionally classified as a "high culture" … |
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Dance: On your toes: Ballet builds coordination gracefully - Record-Searchlight
Dance: On your toes: Ballet builds coordination gracefully
Record-Searchlight, CA Beautiful music, fluid movements and graceful turns make ballet a truly lovely dance. If you are still dreaming of being a ballerina, it isn't too late. Dreamweaver Dance Theatre offers beginning ballet classes on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm Teenage and … |
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Choi Tae-ji Invited as Juror for Moscow Ballet Contest - Korea Times
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Choi Tae-ji Invited as Juror for Moscow Ballet Contest
Korea Times, South Korea By Bae Jong-hyun Choi Tae-ji, 50, the artistic director of the state-run Korea National Ballet Company, has been invited to become a judge for the upcoming Moscow International Ballet Competition. The ballet troupe said Wednesday that as one member of … Choi named judge for Moscow ballet |
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Oregon Ballet Theatre on the brink - OregonLive.com
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Oregon Ballet Theatre on the brink
OregonLive.com, OR Motoya Nakamura/OregonianOregon Ballet Theatre's historian, Linda Besant, left, with artistic director Christopher Stowell in a rehearsal earlier this year. Oregon Ballet Theatre has become the first of Portland's major arts groups pushed to the wall … |
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