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...however tame it may seem by contemporary standards, to 1950s moviegoers. Previously cast for roles that accentuated her genteel English demeanor, Deborah Kerr gave a sultry performance that earned her a spot in history as one of Hollywood's premier sex symbols. Too tall to pursue her first love, ballet, Kerr also made her mark in roles like the starched governess in The King and I and a hopeless romantic in An Affair to Remember. She was nominated for six Oscars but never won. The Academy finally granted her an honorary Oscar in 1994 in recognition of her "perfection, discipline...
...Awards and a billion dollars in worldwide ticket sales, director and choreographer Susan Stroman didn't get much time off. Stroman, Brooks and company are back with Young Frankenstein, a new musical opening on Broadway Nov. 8 that's based on Brooks' 1974 hit movie. Also readying a new ballet for Pacific Northwest Ballet and a new musical for Lincoln Center Theater, five-time Tony Award winner Stroman talked with TIME about life after The Producers...
Given their ability to change the nature of things, it's fitting that the Campanas' current project is designing sets for Création 2007, the Ballet National de Marseille's version of Ovid's Metamorphoses, premiering in Luxembourg in December. Ancient Rome meets contemporary Brazil? Look out for the Dance of the Vestal Refuse Collectors; it's sure to swing...
...daughter of an architect who rose to Captain (and was wounded) in World War I, Deborah Jane Kerr Trimmer was a shy child who communicated through family theatricals. She studied dance and won a scholarship to the Sadler's Wells school, making her London debut in the corps de ballet of Prometheus...
...evening’s last piece was Suite No. 2 from Ravel’s longest work, the ballet “Daphnis et Chloé.” The musicians took liberties with tempo and dynamics that would likely have been impossible if dancers had had to keep up, but for the BSO, the piece was a fitting rollercoaster ride of an ending. The balance between the sections of the orchestra was precise in this piece, and the ensemble succeeded in producing a full and lively sound that evoked visions of the ballet’s pastoral, frolicking nymphs...