Word: ballets
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...life has been predicated on not getting what I hoped I would get," Wang confesses. She spent the first third of her life training to be an Olympic figure skater. Every waking hour was devoted to the sport; she studied classical ballet at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet. When she didn't make the Olympic team, "I had to learn a big life lesson," she says, "which is that when you are so obsessed by something and you can no longer do it, you dust yourself off and keep going...
...time," says Burch. "It was important to me that our clothes were easy to wear and were priced so women could afford them." Looks as if the strategy is working. It's nearly impossible to walk down a city street without seeing a pair of Burch's Reva ballet flats, complete with her bold T-logo medallion...
Artists too can pursue that mission. One of the world's greatest, New York City Ballet's former principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise, brings the U.S. to the world and the world to the U.S. by joining kids in the joy of music and dance. D'Amboise has long contributed to children in the U.S. through the National Dance Institute (NDI), which brings the enchantments of dance to public-school kids, often in tough neighborhoods. This year NDI featured Potou, a Senegalese village, in its yearlong program. Thousands of New York City schoolkids studied and talked about African villages like...
...after 10 years of ballet, I put away my tattered pointe shoes, opened a world history textbook, and never looked back. Distracted with tests, clubs, and friends, I never attended a single dance class or performance during my high school years. Even with a deeply ingrained interest in dance, I completely lost touch with the art form...
...receiving little to no media attention, especially when compared to music or film. Although dance exists in all cultures and in various styles, chance encounters with dance are few and far between. Only those with adequate resources and foreknowledge can access dance culture. For instance, tickets for the Boston Ballet 2007-2008 season cost $125 for first new subscribers, but normally range from $190 to $470, depending on the quality of seats. Those without knowledge or means are left without an opportunity to develop even a slight interest or appreciation...