Word: ballets
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...Tuesday evening, Boston Ballet’s artistic director Mikko Nissinen brought to Harvard an evening of education, entertainment and enthusiasm for a constantly evolving art form. Along with dancers of the Boston Ballet and moderator Rachel Yurman, Nissinen presented a lecture-demonstration about Boston Ballet’s history, its repertory and his own personal tastes in dance in the first of two “Dance Talks” Boston Ballet will present at Harvard’s Rieman Center; the second will be on February...
...Boston Ballet, currently one of the top five ballet-only companies in the United States, received much support in its early existence from émigré neoclassical pioneer George Balanchine, the man responsible for popularizing this abstract and theoretical subgenre of ballet over the course of the 20th century. Balanchine’s influence on Boston Ballet’s character as a company is visible in their repertory even today...
Nissinen believes that such neoclassical ballets are the focus of ballet companies today, rather than “academic” or classical ballets such as Giselle and Swan Lake. However, the company doesn’t refrain from performing these standards, because, as Nissinen says, “If we do not perform them, who will...
Despite the breadth of the company’s repertoire, Nissinen’s enthusiasm for Balanchine’s intricate, highly musical and technically demanding style cannot be hidden. On Tuesday the company performed two excerpts from well-known Balanchine works, and the last commissioned dance for Boston Ballet came from choreographer Peter Martins, often considered to be Balanchine’s successor in the neoclassical style. Nissinen sums up his taste in ballets by stating, “I like pieces that are angular and sharp, especially with music that is not hummable...
...that's Sihanouk's plan, it appears to be working. Last week Hun Sen and Ranariddh signed a letter agreeing that Sihamoni, a diplomat and former ballet dancer, should eventually take the throne. Sihanouk, it seems, may have one more major role to play: kingmaker...