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...Tuesday evening, Boston Ballet’s artistic director Mikko Nissinen brought to Harvard an evening of education, entertainment and enthusiasm for a constantly evolving art form. Along with dancers of the Boston Ballet and moderator Rachel Yurman, Nissinen presented a lecture-demonstration about Boston Ballet’s history, its repertory and his own personal tastes in dance in the first of two “Dance Talks” Boston Ballet will present at Harvard’s Rieman Center; the second will be on February...
Marius Petipa’s 1869 ballet version of Cervantes’s classic novel returns to Boston. The performances are a tribute to choreographer Rudolf Nureyev, who died 10 years ago. Refurbished sets and new costumes are featured in this new production of what artistic director Mikko Nissinen calls “the most significant work in Boston Ballet’s history.” 7 p.m. Through Oct. 19. $39-$96. Wang Center, 270 Tremont St., Boston...
...side, the Finns have Janne Lahtela and Mikko Ronkainen, who dominated last year's tour but have struggled with injuries this year. In aerials, which has a strong gymnastics component, it's no surprise that Eastern European countries will contest. Belarus features top women's aerialist Alla Tsuper, as well as the men's No. 2, Alexei Grichin. It is a surprise that Australia, hardly a ski power, has a strong contender in Jacqui Cooper. Canada, an aerial force, will offer Veronika Bauer and Jeff Bean. Although the U.S. will dominate the snowboarding half-pipe, its riders are basically uninterested...
Leading the Crimson contingent in the singles draw was freshman Jonathan Chu, the third seed in the tournament. Chu received a bye to advance to the second round on Friday, where he handily dispatched St. Bonaventure’s Mikko Haulos...
...electronic lifelines. By almost any measure, it was the most damaging virus ever, with at least three times the byte--as more than one punster put it--of Melissa, last year's electronic femme fatale. This was not so much because of its ingenuity, says Finnish computer-virus hunter Mikko Hypponen, whose team was among the first to capture the bug's digital DNA, but because of its blinding speed, spreading around the world in a hypersonic two hours (vs. six for Melissa...