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...Apollo,” the second piece of “Modern Muses,” three muses dance for a god, competing to accompany him in a pas de deux. One in particular, Terpsichore, is especially skillful, leading Apollo to choose her over the others. “Modern Muses” itself offered several disparate selections for its audience to choose among, but as in “Apollo,” a few stood out from the rest...
...Challenging Balanchine choreography, compelling Stravinsky music, and four talented dancers converged onstage to produce a very strong interpretation of “Apollo.” Shee’s Apollo sat proudly in a stool while three muses each presented an allegorical representation of their art: Calliope (Elizabeth C. Walker ’11) portrayed epic poetry, Polyhymnia (Kakigi) depicted mime, and Terpsichore (Merritt A. Moore ’10) personified dance. From the three, Apollo chose Terpsichore to accompany him in the subsequent pas de deux...
...hurt. 4. “Put a mothafucka on ice like Maple Leaves / That’s a hockey team and I ain’t on no hockey team / But I’m a champion, where’s the fucking Rocky theme? / Damn, rest in peace Apollo Creed / I’m a monster, every day is Halloween.” (From “Upgrade”) PPCE: The Youtube video of the Roots watching “2 Girls 1 Cup.” Because watching ?uestlove scream like a girl is almost as funny...
...attire, provided by the Cincinnati Ballet, were reminiscent of childish Halloween costumes and left much to be desired. Still, the piece as a whole was pleasant to watch. Balanchine’s choreography made its second, less successful appearance of the evening in an excerpt from “Apollo.” Despite the best efforts of the dancers, especially Kevin Shee ’10, the piece failed to hit home. The light music conveyed none of the majesty the Sun God normally evokes, and although Shee did his best with Balanchine’s choreography and Watts?...
...they carry through projects, doing things which matter for our world.”Explaining what it means to be a dancer, d’Amboise described the fetus’s experience in the womb, a motif he would return to in his discussion of “Apollo.”“The blood is pumping and they begin to feel rhythm through movement. Momma’s running for the bus, Momma’s asleep,” d’Amboise said. “So we are born of movement...