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...about, in order to be changed into a mute image, flickering an instant on the screen, then vanishing into silence. The projector will play with his shadow before the public." Shimon Attie's work, currently on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, is premised on such shadowplay, but with profoundly moving results...

Author: By Kirstin Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Shimon Attie at the ICA | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...helps Baryshnikov realize his other thwarted aim from Kirov days-to dance roles drawn from outside the classical repertory. Les Patineurs is one of these, as is Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, which he flew to Paris to learn from Choreographer Petit. In the summer he will add Shadowplay, which Antony Tudor is reworking especially for him. Such innovators as Twyla Tharp and Alvin Ailey are also working on new ballets for him. John Neumeier, director of the Hamburg Opera Ballet, will stage Hamlet for him-probably next winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BARYSHNIKOV: GOTTA DANCE | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

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