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Three students will serve on the panel: Madelyn M.L. Ho ’08, Dan R. Pecci ’09, and Kennedy School grad and New York City Ballet principal dancer Damian Woetzel...
...narrative through dance. Maitra has been studying Indian classical dance since childhood and says that when she came to Harvard, she did not expect to find many other women who would be equally interested and involved in the art form. “It’s like ballet. You can’t just decide to do it in a week,” Martin says. “Most of the dancers have been dancing for 11, 12, 13 years.” She also notes that there is a lot of pressure from parents who encourage their...
...Romantic ballet, this lack of plot is actually the greatest strength of “Serenade.” Balanchine’s choreography is spectacular because of its seamlessness. The 17 dancers are skillfully woven together in a technically challenging 40-minute ballet. And since there is little story to follow, the choreography requires particular attention to technique...
...score. Not only does “Serenade” follow the rhythm of the music, but it also embodies the music itself. With its hyper-awareness to the drama of sound (instead of the drama of a plot, as in “La Sylphide”), classical ballet positions are translated into exquisite poses that seamlessly flow from one to the next...
...Boston Ballet’s performance of “La Sylphide” with “Serenade,” the first Romantic ballet and a notable neo-Romantic piece have been fit together in an odd fashion. Placing “Serenade” first showed what contemporary ballet owes to Balanchine; ending with “La Sylphide” showed the deeper root from which all branches of ballet developed...