Word: ballets
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Asked to describe the defining aesthetic of Boston Ballet, Nissinen described his company’s work as characterized by integrity, honesty and directness...
These “Dance Talks” are only a small part of a growing connection between Boston Ballet and Harvard’s Dance Program. Nissinen was recently a guest teacher for the Dance Program’s advanced ballet class, and other guest teachers from Boston Ballet will be teaching at Harvard throughout the year...
This partnership between institutions would have been impossible without the contribution of Dance Program Coordinator Susan Larson. Before coming to Harvard, Larson was employed at Boston Ballet, first as an accompanist and then as director of operations at its school. Now at Harvard, she has brought her close ties to Boston Ballet with her. Bergmann describes Susan as “instrumental in making this relationship happen...
Nissinen notes that he was very impressed with Harvard dance students’ ability to learn combinations quickly and their considerable background in ballet...
...informality of the audience did nothing to deter from the enjoyment of the montage of dance styles: tap, bharathanatyam, hip hop, bhangra, jazz, kathak, Bollywood and ballet, alone and in collaboration. Each group seemed to have its own enclave of particularly enthusiastic supporters in the audience, with UPenn’s PENNaach group greeted with the same warmth as Harvard’s Asian American Dance Troupe (AADT...