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...because the highest immediately follows: three ballet-contortionists. They gracefully destroy the laws of physics, combining in artful permutations that no one should try at home unless bending backward and touching your butt with your head is as easy as rolling over in bed. The evening's most incredible image: Natasha Patterson, a 13-year-old from Marin County, rests her chest on the stage, her elbows under her chin, as her legs - it's painful for me even to type this - Walk in a Circle Around Her. The audience gasps in a mixture of wonder and horror...
...Performed at Carnegie Hall, try Premiere, a Harvard Ballet Company production dedicated to new pieces (Harvard Dance Center, 8 p.m., $7). Probably not worth it unless you’re into dance, but if you are, it’ll be a good show. If opera’s more your thing, head to The Fiery Furnace, an original opera that retells a biblical episode (Adams Pool Theatre, 8 p.m., free). Sounds intense, but there is a reception afterward that promises to expose you to opera opportunities at Harvard in case you’re interested...
Nearly a century ago in Paris, the world premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” with the Ballet Russes was met with such an intense riot that the performance had to be stopped in an attempt to quell the uproar. The extreme chaos and newness inherent to the music and the accompanying dance incited the outrage of the conservative audience. However, decades later, the brilliance of Stravinsky and the choreographer of the Ballet Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, revealed itself, drastically changing the course of ballet and classical music.On Saturday night, the Harvard...
...Most of them are just of the girls’ bodies, the frame holding only downward pointed toes to skyward pointed chin, jumping and bending in their tutus. Some of them show faces, but I like the non-face ones better. I don’t know much about ballet but figure with the chorus girls it’s probably more about fitting in and looking same, so probably these no-face photos mean something...
...Geeze louise,” I say, and take my drink. “So you were in the ballet...