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Boston Ballet’s revival of “Don Quixote” is a fluffy, lighthearted romp that forgoes a sense of plot in favor of character, allowing the superb technique and humor of its dancers to shine through. Fortunately, the dancers’ energy and comic bravura compensate for any lack of emotional impact in the ballet. The Boston Ballet opened its 43rd season last weekend with “Don Quixote,” which runs Oct.19-29 at the Wang Theatre. Last performed by the company in 2003, “Don Quixote” boasts...
...shocking in the ’70s it might now be a little bit comic.Noyer: It helps enhance…Shields: The culture shock.Noyer: The culture shock, but also the authenticity of the show.The original director and choreographer Michael Bennett based the characters in the musical on real dancers; Shields met with the actors and encouraged them to individually flesh out the characters they were playing.Noyer: Peter kind of sat down and challenged them all to come with a rationale or objective for their character. Why it is that their character wanted this job? So they took the little bits...
Once you get those tricky introductions out of the way, it’s time to party. I’m not much of a dancer, so I spend my time at parties just talking to people (hitting on girls). The only problem is that the music is generally so loud that I can’t understand a word coming out of their mouths. It gets real awkward when I ask “What?” six times in a row, so I start to guess at what they’re saying. While a girl gabs...
Marcia Johnson, 62, of Wellington, Fla., a married mother of three and a former dancer, received a diagnosis of anorexia a dozen years ago, although she now recognizes that she showed symptoms of it by puberty. Binckley and Johnson note that their nonstop focus on food and body image slowed down when they were cooking meals for their growing children. Then as middle age set in, a sense of loss--a feeling that's particularly acute for anorexics at midlife--set off a flare-up. "The loss of order--brought on by a change in job status, marriage, children...
...Mattel, to create a line of Tiny Dancer Little Person Barbies...