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WashPost Dance Critic Hails 'Haven for Gays' in Historic European Ballet
New York City :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
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The Arts section of Sunday's Washington Post was dominated by articles analyzing the cultural importance of the Ballet Russes and its role in European modernism. For Post dance critic Sarah Kaufman, it represented The ascent of men, the haven for
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Oakland Ballet pays tribute to famed Russian troupe May 10-11
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
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Oakland Ballet's spring season pays homage to Ballets Russes, the revered early-20th-century Russian company, and its founder/choreographer, Sergei Diaghilev. The program includes new works by Amy Seiwert (re-imagining Diaghilev's jazz-infused "Les
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Li Chiao-Ping Dance's Riot of Spring is a startling tribute to Stravinsky's shocking Rite of Spring
Madison :: WI :: USA | 15 days ago
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Li Chiao-Ping not only chairs the UW Madison Dance Department but has helmed her own company since 1990. The troupe's new production, Riot of Spring , opened last night at Overture Center's Promenade Hall, where it runs through May 5. \n Riot of
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Head To Orange County For The Groundbreaking Dance Performance Of 'The Oracle'
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
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And now down south, the intimate Barclay Theater in Irvine is hosting a solo interpretation of the groundbreaking music for only one performance this coming Tuesday night. "The Oracle" will be choreographed by Australian Meryl Tankard and performed
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Sol LeWitt artwork at National Gallery collapses as students rush to save it
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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C, all 10 feet by 37 feet of it, began to fall slowly toward the teenage boy and girl standing in front of it...Don't touch the painting! a guard yelled out of habit, until he, too, noticed the installation in flight. He moved swiftly, just as the
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The Rite of Spring: 'The work of a madman'
Vilnius :: Lithuania | 3 months ago
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The most influential piece of 20th-century music a 2002 version of The Rite Of Spring by Ballet Preljocaj. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian ' Mild protests against the music," wrote Stravinsky, "could be heard from the beginning." The
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National Ballet's new season a mix of innovation and income
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Video video The riskiest program is Innovation (Nov. 22-28), which features world premieres by three Canadian choreographers. The first Innovation concert in 2009 produced the monster hit Emergence by Crystal Pite. Kain is hoping for another windfall
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The Rite of Spring: Happy birthday to music's most famous flop
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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The Rite of Spring), choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky to a score by Igor Stravinsky...This event set the music of the 20th century in motion as surely as the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 13 months later heralded a terrifying new age in
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St. Paul Ballet's 'Elevate' generally soars
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 3 months ago
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Paul City Ballet's Cowles Center debut and on Friday night there were moments when the dancing reached a higher plane...And one founding member soared whenever he took the stage: 2012 Sage award-winner Andrew Lester. As the lead in "L'Apres-midi d'un
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World-Famous Joffrey Ballet Returns To L.A. This Weekend
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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This Weekend Back in the day, and by this we are referring to the early 20th century, Los Angeles was a very young American city. Ably fitting into the label of "the wild west," our town was home to many innovative pursuits that have since become
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