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...doing Swan Lake," says Lynn Garafola, a dance historian and author of Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance. Increasingly, it's choreographers like Ratmansky who are taking their place as ballet's headliners. In one of Ratmansky's most celebrated moves, for example, in 2003 he restaged Bright Stream, the full-length ballet by radical Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, which Stalin banned shortly after it premiered in Moscow in 1936. Ratmansky looks forward, too: his own creation, Go for Broke, features modern steps and bright yellow unitards, marking quite a departure from the traditional tutus and pink leotards of Cinderellas past...
Despite this emphasis on new work, Ratmansky is staying true to one of his original wishes - to keep the Bolshoi's illustrious history alive in its dance. Bright Stream, he notes, was based on Muscovite traditions, and he will continue to produce classical pieces, including this season's Don Quixote. "The classical ballet is so perfect in itself - it can't die away," he says. So far, Ratmansky's strategy is paying off. If the smiles and good cheer at its Moscow headquarters are any clue, Ratmansky has pulled the Bolshoi out of its deep Dostoyevskian funk. "There...
...that many lecturers are writers first and teachers second, so the five-year term is perfect for attracting talented authors who still want to continue their writing careers after a brief teaching stint. Donoghue sees this as the reason that the department is constantly able to attract a steady stream of literary luminaries.In the past, creative writing courses have been taught by literary heavy hitters such as Seamus Heaney. Courses are also taught by members of other departments who have extensive experience in their field. This year Marcus Stern, associate director of the American Repertory Theater, is teaching a screenwriting...
...event, you get nine points and the second through fifth places don’t match the first in points. But at Ivies, it’s all about depth—it goes all the way down to the 24th girl.”The records started to stream in for the Crimson in the meet’s second event—the 500-yard freestyle.Freshman Alexandra Clarke topped her own school record with a time of 4:47.29 in the finals, finishing second to Princeton freshman Alicia Aemisegger, who rewrote Ivy League history with...
...violent and - for lack of a better word - Osbournesque, as in shockrocker Ozzy Osbourn, not the playwright John Osborne. The first time I saw a gallero stick the bloody head of a wounded rooster in his mouth, suck on it like a popsicle, and then spit out a thick stream of chicken blood, I thought the combination of beer and sun was playing feverish games with my head. Across the arena I saw my friend Jon's face, and he had the same open-mouth-lost-gringo expression that I imagined my face was showing. No one else seemed surprised...