Word: ballets
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...checked in with Emanuel at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) offices-he's the current chairman-and asked him to elaborate. He responded with a rat-a-tat of ideas and expletives, a joyousness unknown to Dems in recent years. But then, Emanuel, a former ballet dancer and Clinton White House capo, has always seemed a human amphetamine. I kept asking him to slow down as I took notes. He wouldn't, but here's the general idea...
DIED. FERNANDO BUJONES, 50, the greatest U.S.-born ballet dancer of his generation; of skin cancer; in Miami. In 1974 the 19-year-old son of Cuban immigrants became the first American male to win a gold medal at the International Ballet Competition. But Mikhail Baryshnikov's defection from the Soviet Union quickly overshadowed Bujones' feat--and the pair's later clashes at the American Ballet Theatre led Baryshnikov, who became the group's artistic director, to fire Bujones in 1985. A sought-after guest artist, he danced with 60 companies in 33 countries, partnering with Gelsey Kirkland, Natalia Makarova...
...only 15, but Kimmie Meissner is already known as the little girl with the big jump, making her a must-watch at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, early next year. The Maryland teen, who started ballet at age 4 and danced in The Nutcracker before following her hockey-loving brothers onto the ice, leaped to a third-place finish at the U.S. national championships last year by landing a spectacular--and clean--triple Axel, the most difficult jump for women to execute. That made her only the third woman in the world (after Japan's Midori...
...very beginning as a dance facility,” she said. “There is expensive Marley flooring…that they say is good for any type of shoes [to dance on].”Raymond W. Keller ’08, a dancer in the Harvard Ballet Company (HBC) and the Harvard Contemporary Dance Ensemble (HCDE), also mentioned the floors of the new center.“One of the big advantages of the new space is that the floors are sprung so they’re a lot easier on dancers’ knees...
...point was to offer a way to establish some kind of dialogue” between Degas’ varied works. The exhibit’s selection of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures drawn from Harvard collections spans most of Degas’ life. Iconic Degas images of ballet dancers and women bathing are paired with informal portraits of Degas’ family members and an abstract landscape he painted late in his career.Wolohojian did not suggest a specific path viewers should take through the three modest-sized rooms of the exhibit; navigating the gallery chronologically or thematically is not necessary...