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...favored casual footwear of 1950s style icons like Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly and Sophia Loren, ballet slippers got an added dose of sex appeal once Brigitte Bardot donned a pair and was photographed kicking up her nonheels?literally. Over the past few seasons, the slipper has resurfaced on style setters like Kate Moss and such fashionable starlets as Sienna Miller and Mischa Barton. Even Hollywood heavyweights, like Julia Roberts and Jennifer Lopez, have been spotted everywhere from movie premieres to the grocery store opting for the low-key look...
...other, creating the effect of a human jungle gym. In the style of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, one dancer, Madelyn M. Ho ’08, nimbly leaps up a mass human staircase and later navigates her way across the shoulders of her fellow dancers. A balletic fistfight between Shee and James C. Fuller ’10 is particularly riveting and displays the incredible talent of both young dancers.The second act opens with the premiere of “At The Edge of Forgetfulness,” a work by Bergmann herself. The piece, intended...
...more free-flowing performances like the popping and locking motions of the battling Harvard Breakers breakdancing group. From the “Kung Fu Hustle”-style performance of the Harvard Wushu Club as they displayed martial arts skills to the billowing skirts of dancers in Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán, all the acts displayed an abundance of cultural diversity. One of the highlights of the afternoon was the Filipino Tinikling piece. The group injected a strong burst of energy into “Cultural Rhythms” with their clashing ten-foot-long bamboo sticks...
...work, Ratmansky is staying true to one of his original wishes - to keep the Bolshoi's illustrious history alive in its dance. Bright Stream, he notes, was based on Muscovite traditions, and he will continue to produce classical pieces, including this season's Don Quixote. "The classical ballet is so perfect in itself - it can't die away," he says. So far, Ratmansky's strategy is paying off. If the smiles and good cheer at its Moscow headquarters are any clue, Ratmansky has pulled the Bolshoi out of its deep Dostoyevskian funk. "There's a great feeling there...
...slightest tug of a master's hand. The Afghan penchant for competition and (though few will admit it) gambling means that almost anything offers opportunity for a fight and a punt, from dogs to cocks, quail, sheep, boiled eggs and, yes, even kites. The object of this cruel ballet is to slice your opponents' string with yours, sending the vanquished tissue-paper jewel spiraling to the streets below. Packs of boys too poor to buy their own kites race for the downed warcraft so that they too can enter the fray. They are the kite runners...