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...dance class. The dances involved swing moves, complicated lifts, line dancing that put the Rockettes to shame, and gyrations worthy of John Travolta in “Grease.” In the finishing number, the actors even go into a parody of “Swan Lake”—en pointe...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Yacht Hits the Spot' | 2/27/2006 | See Source »

...Lorna Feijo, 31, Boston Ballet. Compared with her sister, she has a more lyrical, flowing style, flirting gracefully with the tempos and holding breathtaking balances en pointe in such roles as the dual leads in Swan Lake. Lorna was flourishing as a prima ballerina in Cuba's National Ballet but left anyway, along with her dancer husband Nelson Madrigal, now also a principal in Boston. That time Alonso acquiesced and gave the pair her blessing. "We need to go around the world," says Feijo. "We need to work with different choreographers, different companies, to learn different styles, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst! The Cubans Are Coming | 2/26/2006 | See Source »

...come as a surprise that Californian underground superstars Blackalicious also mined the work of dead white composers for inspiration; the group named one of the tracks on their first EP “Swan Lake.” Sure enough, the beat incorporates the melody of Tchaikovsky’s eponymous ballet...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, Ben B. Chung, Daniel J. Hemel, Marianne F. Kaletzky, Kristina M. Moore, Will B. Payne, Abe J. Riesman, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Executive Decisions | 12/15/2005 | See Source »

...Davidson took first in the 200 backstroke while Wilson finished in second.The last Crimson win came from Lee, who took first in the 200 breaststroke followed by Harper in second.Harvard didn’t swim in the 17th event of the meet, the 400 individual medley, but instead swan it as an exhibition.“Some people wanted to try it again and see if they could go faster,” O’Connor said. “It was a good competition for us and for [Penn].”This win marks the Crimson?...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Dominates Quakers | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...glare, Lou chatted it up with the crowd, rambling on about how much they had played Boston.The amp fixed, J went screaming and soloing into “Little Fury Things” for the first bonafide sing-along, before the chorus collapsed into “Forget the Swan.” Half-way through, the band showed no signs of flagging. Emboldened by Dinosaur’s tight performance, the crowd showered J and Lou with separate praise and song requests.The crowd received a brutal version of “Budge.” As J laconically whined...

Author: By Evan L. Hanlon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dinosaur Jr. Roam Once More | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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