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...such revolutionary works as Concerto Barocco (1941) and The Four Temperaments (1946), Balanchine reveled in the joy of pure movement, unencumbered by sets, costumes or plot. "Swan Lake is a bore," he declared. For Balanchine, dance was really about motion, not the Wilis; the choreographer's intent, he felt, should be made explicit without panoply or program notes. "The curtain should just go up," he said, "and if the spectators understand what's going on, it's good...
...astounding achievement of his music is movingly set against the pecuniary and social tragedies of his brief life. The story is further spiced with a succession of sometimes amusing, and always appropriate, anecdotes. (We are told, for example, about the occasion in a Swedish maternity clinic when his Piano Concerto K 467 was successfully used to ease childbirth...
...publication's two founders, Brian A Lynn '85 and Sarah L. Ellison '85, last night held an organizational meeting for Concerto, "a magazine for the art of science and the science...
...Concerto has applied to the Undergraduates Council for a $1100 grant to help fund its publication, Lynn said, but he does not expect to hear from the council until at least April 18. Bossert added that the magazine would also be looking for grants from cultural institutions and corporations, as well as seeking funds from advertising. At the moment, the magazine's funders have no contingency plan in case this funding falls through...
Lynn said the magazine will probably come out once at the end of this year, but he added that next year he hopes for Concerto to appear monthly...