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...humor through roughly 10 engagements each month until she was midway into her 80s. She was patron or president of more than 300 organizations. And in recent years, she kept up an amazing public and private schedule for a person her age: she attended a performance of the Royal Ballet on her 101st birthday, reveling as the orchestra played and audience sang "Happy Birthday." In the last weeks of her life, she even hosted a small party on the occasion of the Cheltenham races at her Windsor residence...
...said, "Dad, why are you sending me here? I want to be a clown, I don't want to be a dancer." And he said, "You want to be a great clown? You have to be able to move nicely. And to move nicely you have to learn ballet. You have to be able to play 2-3 instruments at least, because a good clown has to be a good musician...
...Caprice,” choreographed by Adrienne M. Minster ’04, was a bouncy, ballet-infused jazz piece set to a medley of swing music. The simpler choreography allowed the dancers to revel in the high energy of the piece, at times merely exuberant while at others sexy. “Caprice” was not as clean as it could have been, especially in contrast to the other pieces in the show, but even this small defect did not detract from the value of the number. The light, sometimes almost mischievous tone made the piece highly entertaining...
...Balanchine piece, some excerpts from Who Cares?, had a similar air of lyrical lightness. A more traditional ballet danced en pointe, Who Cares? allowed Harvard’s ballet dancers to showcase their technical ability. While the dancers illustrated the requisite technical level for this piece, some of the captivating stage presence and connection with the audience was lacking in this number...
Despite this, the audience was given the opportunity to watch a well-executed, traditional ballet that provided a contrast to the modern and jazz pieces in the rest of the show. When dancers perform a Balanchine work, certain standards and requirements must be met in order to ensure that the quality of the original is maintained in every performance. Therefore, it is an honor and a testament to the skill level of the Harvard dancers for the Dance Program to be able to present this piece...