Word: balletic
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...that generations of concertgoers associate with the mythical warrior hero whose undoing came not in battle but in love. No matter. Taylor, though an astutely musical choreographer, has never cared much about the public history of the scores he picks. The Siegfried Idyll is the erotic pulse that the ballet moves to. In the long first section, five couples proclaim their love with both passion and a delicate concern for each other that is ineffably moving. The music changes to the Adagio for Clarinet and Strings, a brief, little-known chamber composition, also by Wagner. The couples recline...
...There’s more classes open to students, but there’s not as many performing opportunities for everyone because most are by audition,” she says. For instance, Harvard Ballet Company (HBC), a student group with which Alaly has been significantly involved, has responded to Harvard’s growing numbers of increasingly talented student dancers by becoming more selective about who gets to perform which kinds of dance pieces, and in deciding who gets to perform...
...time faculty member until she had proved that she could raise her three daughters while continuing with her research. "I had fun keeping up both aspects of my life, but I slept only four hours at night," she says. "I didn't see a movie or go to the ballet until my first child was 10 years old." And at least she was not expected to spend long nights in a lab, but could work at the kitchen table while her girls played in the next room...
Many women can say they took ballet classes as a child, but very few can say that they have danced with a professional New York-based dance company. As a co-director for the Expressions Dance Company, Shana J. Cloud ’06 is one of those lucky few. The New York native’s dance career
...next year I was enrolled at the Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem, New York City, and my love for the stage and dedication to hard work and development was definitely born in my years at the studio...Over my six years of formal training, I learned ballet, tap, and body percussion, and although I took professional classes for only six years, in high school I became very involved in cultural clubs and learned a bit of tango, Japanese fan dancing, and Irish step dancing. My best times, however, were always spent dancing in my room (and almost breaking things...