Word: ballets
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DIED. ALICIA MARKOVA, 94, great 20th century British ballerina who popularized ballet in Britain and beyond; in Bath, England. In 1925 she became the youngest member of Ballets Russes, then the world's premiere company, and went on to work in Europe and the U.S. with such choreographers as George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton in major troupes like the Vic-Wells Ballet and the first incarnation of the American Ballet Theater. Known for her unsnobbish passion, delicacy and range, she is indelibly linked to Giselle, a role she played frequently to fervent acclaim in productions throughout the world...
...they instituted environmentally friendly practices like using a live Christmas tree or eliminating wrapping paper. Bill McKibben, author of Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case for a More Joyful Christmas, suggests making presents or giving the gift of time, offering to help a sibling with homework or to pay for ballet lessons...
...mysterious character played by Ziyi Zhang. The elements add up to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but they can also describe Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers, the latest in a series of increasingly pale imitations of Ang Lee’s breakthrough martial-arts ballet. Though Crouching Tiger is in itself part of a long tradition of Hong Kong action cinema, it has inspired a new wave of iterations of the formula, none of which approach the prototype in terms of its poetically minimalist plot, beautiful photography and graceful fight scenes...
Cheng cites the talent level on the team as a main factor of their stellar results so far. The current 16-member team contains an eclectic range of dance backgrounds: Broadway, ballet, hip-hop, jazz and cheer...
...which the dancers pull “Memphis” off is reminiscent of the similar group effort in “Giselle.” This striking similarity—despite the dichotomy between the two pieces—drives home the point that even when dressed down, ballet is by no means obsolete...