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...intense energy and poetic style in classic and contemporary productions, including Giselle, Swan Lake and Spartacus. In 1995 she took on another role when her husband, Bolshoi artistic director Yuri Grigorovich, quit amid a dispute with management over plans for his replacement. Bessmertnova and her fellow dancers refused to perform for a night. The historic strike caused the company's first cancellation in more than two centuries. She was 66 and reportedly had kidney trouble...
...Ericsson, a large, gentle man with unkempt salt-and-pepper hair and a button on his jacket missing, has become the world's leading expert on experts, a term he distinguishes from "expert performers" - those individuals, possessing both experience and superior skill, who tend to win Nobel Prizes or international chess competitions or Olympic medals. Ericsson notes that some entire classes of experts - for instance, those who pick stocks for a living - are barely better than novices. (Experienced investors do perform a little ahead of chance, his studies show, but not enough to outweigh transaction costs...
...Charmed Life.” “I want something else,” the song goes—and students chanted along with the band. But for some, these lyrics carry genuine sentiment: When it comes to the artists that the College Events Board (CEB) chooses to perform at Harvard each spring, many of us wish that we were watching something—or someone—else. The CEB is in the unfortunate position of having to lure 6,500 unique undergrads out of their rooms—and Lamont—with one artist every spring...
...found yourself in the middle of a silent dance party. The Banditos Misteriosos, a group of Boston locals that organizes flash mob events, hosted Boston’s First Silent Dance Experiment in front of Faneuil Hall. The group wrote and recorded a song that directs the listener to perform certain motions—such as “Squat down, pose like ‘The Thinker,’ and freeze”—and rock out together. Following the style of a similar event in New York City last summer called...
...Harvard student-athletes plan to put forth their best foot for this upcoming weekend? “We’re going to take care of our business and we’ll do well,” Holmquest said. “The guys that have been performing well all year will perform well at Heps and score points.” If this season is any indication, then the Crimson is bound to offer a solid performance. In last weekend’s New England Championship tune-up, junior Becky Christensen cleared...