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Town Hall Meeting on New York Dance Criticism
Maybe it’s time for a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the State of Dance Criticism in New York. Rules: 1. Only decaf will be served; 2. No showing off with pirouettes, knee walking, contractions…
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Tulsa Ballet – Yeeow! Ayipioeeay! – 8/10
Tulsa Ballet rode into Gotham City last night and sunk its formidable spurs into a meaty program that was both delicious and nutritious. A gutsy, handsome company just shy of thirty dancers, Tulsa Ballet…
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Paul “Spazzy” Winston
Some fifteen years ago when Paul “Spazzy“ Winston was a ballet class accompanist in New York, he composed a full length piano score for a ballet based on Beauty and the Beast and subsequently…
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On Haglund’s Calendar – Stravinskymania with Gergiev & the NY Phil
Attention Stravinsky Maniacs and Gergiev Groupies: This coming 2009-2010 season the New York Philharmonic will present an eight part, 14 performance Stravinsky festival with all performances conducted by the great Valery Gergiev. The Russian Stravinsky,…
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Tulsa Ballet @ the Joyce
Tulsa Ballet arrives at the Joyce Theater in less than two weeks. Tulsa, as in Oklahoma. As in the defunct Roughnecks and other necks. They’re coming to Chelsea. And they just might be the…
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Nina Ananiashvili’s final reverence
In today's Christian Science Monitor, Iris Fanger reflects on the meaning of reverence and in particular, Nina Ananiashvili's reverence at the conclusion of her final Swan Lake last June: To me, the most glowing…