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...with 62 children from the School of American Ballet as 2,000 dancegoers yelled their heads off. The occasion was the premiere of his own Scenes de Ballet, which confirmed what balletomanes have been saying for the past couple of seasons: Wheeldon is not only a fine dancer; he's also the best young ballet choreographer around...
Kirsch was a great guy, and his tip about how the fig doesn't really justify the newton was helpful. I'm not against the idea of employing such courtiers, but when I get rich, I'm thinking more like erotic dancer, personal chef and even a poet, just so I can make fun of how lame poetry is and force him to wear a hat with bells and a codpiece...
...different. An Oscar-nominated film about dance legend Paul Taylor, known by some as "the world's greatest choreographer," is not something you want to miss. Directed by Matthew Diamond, it presents many aspects of the modern dance world that Taylor helped shape. Diamond, who was himself a dancer and choreographer, is very successful in capturing poignant moments that will captivate any type of audience. From behind-the-scenes looks at his ballets revealing the creative process which went into them to interviews with company members that expose an ultra-competitive artistic world, Diamond paints an vibrant picture of Taylor...
...sided picture. After Taylor fires a company member simply because he "just didn't want to work with her anymore," one questions whether jealousy is an appropriate emotion. With honor and splendor come fatigue and exhaustion, and Diamond tells no lies. Both the professional pressure of being a modern dancer and the realities of continued physical exertion often climax to create an emotional and physical strain that is often unbearable for both dancer and choreographer...
...although Monk is an artist of few words, it should come as no surprise that she declares "I'm not a noun, I'm a verb!" And indeed, no one who's seen Monk and her company in performance would disagree. She rejects the traditional titles of "singer," "dancer," "choreographer" and "composer" and lets her work suggest its own categorization as it (and she) leaps from dance to poetry to extended vocal technique, an emotionally charged form of singing expressed using only singular sounds, and no words...