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...future exploits. Early Diaghilevan productions have not only remained in the repertory of many major ballet companies but have also taken their rightful places amidst the historical cannon. “Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring” (“Le Sacre du Printemps”), two ballets with specially commissioned scores by Igor Stravinsky, are perhaps two of the most famous; the latter, with choreography by the legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, caused a furor at its inception by virtue of its outrageous costumes, unusual choreography, bizarre story of pagan sacrifice, and Stravinsky?...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Celebrates Centennial of the Ballet Russes | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...feels a lot like playing a game of Mad Gab. A friend and I once discussed the various options of what Shaq could possibly mean when he wrote, “Went to a horse style cirk us dolay show called cavalia, very impressive.” Hmm. Cirque du Soleil?! I may not have gotten farther on my thesis conclusion that day, but I felt accomplished knowing that I had figured out that one.Of course, we don’t always get the satisfaction of deciphering Shaq’s tweets, like when he asked for help identifying...

Author: By Aditi Banga, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shaqsomania Has Struck | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...ambulance was called and Richardson was brought to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe and was later transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critically Injured Richardson on Flight to U.S. | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

...good as Rudd is at being interviewed, he's not bad at interviewing either. Politziner, it turns out, once worked as a waiter at Caf du Monde in New Orleans, watches The Bachelor and has a Lisa Kudrow thing. These are the confessions that build male friendships. There may, or may not, be a puppy on my iPhone home screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Rudd: Everybody's Buddy | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...Worse still was Diuguid’s allegation that calling Obama “socialist” was racist due to J. Edgar Hoover’s labeling of civil-rights icons Martin Luther King, Jr., and W.E.B. Du Bois as such. Just because the long list of individuals smeared as socialist happens to include prominent blacks alongside prominent whites like Franklin Roosevelt and every Democrat since does not make the word racial. Furthermore, the socialism charge was not leveled until Obama told a certain plumber that he wished to “spread the wealth around...

Author: By Dhruv K. Singhal | Title: Just Words | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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