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...Boston Ballet’s new show delivered what its title deftly suggested: “new visions” for the ambitions of modern ballet. Most interestingly, it both affirmed and denied ballet’s classical roots in its quest to discover just how “modern” modern ballet will become. With each of its three episodes—“Break the Eyes,” “Polyphonoia,” and “Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion”—“New Visions...
There are peculiarly modern reasons why Americans watch their presidential candidates with eagle eyes. One is that they can: an omnipresent media and blogosphere try to be omniscient as well, to fill the 24/7 attention hole. Another reason is that as special interests proliferate, so do the trip wires that set off criticism...
Time to toss the gilded crocodilehandbags and the flashy sequined fishtailed numbers. After enduring a one-two fashion punch, obvious luxury is looking a little frayed. On Oscar's red carpet the sober styles worn by actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Maggie Gyllenhaal had the most modern vibe. And across the ocean, on the fall 2007 runways of Paris and Milan, designers are striking a serious pose with a less-is-more look reminiscent of the early 1990s. It's a subtle shift away from the pile-it-on look of fur and python and paillettes that has defined...
Even Nicolas Ghesquire, who has attracted much attention in the past few seasons with Balenciaga collections that looked both backward (to the archives) and forward (to Tron-inspired styles), is relying on basics. He showed a street-inspired collection of navy blazers and khakis--recut for a modern woman, of course. Navy and khaki: it doesn't get much more straight up than that...
...You’ve got to have someone who’s comfortable with modern technology”, said Verba...