Word: ballets
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...Jean-Luc Choplin became director in 2006, the historic opera house's repertoire of classic opera has increasingly taken a back seat to newer, bolder commissions in a bid to make the Chatelet stage a true crossroads for the arts. From a Bollywood-style remake of the 1923 opera-ballet Padmavati, to a stage mutation of the sci-fi horror film The Fly, the Chatelet has had opera purists hyperventilating as it seeks to tear down walls between genres...
...front man for Omnibus, which ran on Sunday afternoons on CBS, then ABC, then NBC, from 1952 to 1961. This 90 min. melange of the arts highlighted the lions of the day in music (Leonard Bernstein was a frequent guest), dance (Gene Kelly demonstrated how baseball was like ballet) and short dramatic pieces (like William Inge's "Glory in the Flower," with Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy and the 22-year-old James Dean). The ringmaster was Cooke, who easily convinced early TV viewers that culture could be enlightening, challenging...
From classical ballet to ballroom dancing, the Harvard Ballet Company’s “Pointes of Departure” demonstrates its versatility. The aptly titled show—which starts today and will run through Sunday, November 23—showcases the work of student, alumni, and professional choreographers, using classical ballet as a point of departure into the world of modern and contemporary movement. Larissa D. Koch ’08-’09 and Matthew L. Mendez ’09 worked to create the first piece by a student choreographer and student composer...
...Clive Barnes, 81, knew in his teens that he wanted to be a critic and worked his way into the ballet scene at Oxford University, eventually becoming an authoritative drama critic for both the New York Times and New York Post. "Inside most dance critics," he once said, "is a drama critic struggling...
...Students paid $8 before the event and $10 at the door to gain admission to the gym and listen to DJ Long Ouyang ’10 who played hip hop, electronic, and international music. Throughout the night, several of Harvard’s dance groups, including the Harvard Ballet Company, Expressions, Candela Salsa, and South Asian Dance Company performed for the guests. Some of the groups even taught attendees some dance moves from their routines. Over the course of the evening, the marathon attracted over 150 students. Operating costs for the marathon were covered by a Drug and Alcohol...