Beckettâs Bow to Ballet: A Dramatist With the Precision of a Choreographer
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Anyone who sees Mikhail Baryshnikov in âBeckett Shortsâ must reflect on how far this former ballet luminary has come from his training in Leningrad and his roles in the 19th-century classics.
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The DancenOw/NYC Festival may now be confined to a single theater, but the range of artists in Tuesdayâs opening program at Dance Theater Workshop was just about as wide as ever.
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The director Deborah Warner and her longtime collaborator, the actress Fiona Shaw, are bringing a production of Samuel Beckettâs âHappy Daysâ to New York.
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CAMBRIDGE -- In a movement class at the American Repertory Theatre, the professor gave her students a basic command -- touch your toes -- and everyone lunged forward on the floor. The class overachiever, a petite brunette seated in the front row, extended her fingers, then wrists, then entire forearms past her ankles. Torso folded against the floor, she looked ...
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The new millennium has brought to the fore two young men who are full-time exponents of ballet as an art both traditional and new: Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky.
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At 93, Frederic Franklin can relate much of the history of ballet from firsthand knowledge. But that doesnât mean heâs finished performing.
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Over the years, as Mikhail Baryshnikov repeatedly read and saw the plays, he developed an intense appreciation of what he calls âBeckettâs genius.â
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The Anupam Kher-starrer is a pleasure to watch, if only for the choreography.
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A new exhibition takes a close look at the dÃ©cor behind the dances of Merce Cunningham.
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Adapting Philip Glass' Barbarians opera for its U.S. debut requires overcoming significant technological limitations. By Theresa Everline.
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Miro Magloireâs New Chamber Ballet Company presented an intimate, homey program.
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The new âEdge/Joy,â to music by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, is a formal departure from Garth Faganâs dancer-driven style and requires extra work from the audience, but itâs rewarding work.
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"O zlozony/O composite," Trisha Brown's first creation for a classical dance company, represents a remarkable fusion of decades of talent and tradition.
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Jerome Robbins, below, will be celebrated by New York City Ballet in performances of 33 of his dances during its spring season, running from April 29 through June 29. The tribute at the New York State Theater, featuring 10 all-Robbins programs, each showcasing a different aspect of his work, will commemorate the 90th anniversary of his birth. Guest artists participating in the event will include dancers from American Ballet Theater, the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal Ballet.
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The New York City Ballet has opened its winter repertory season with Balanchineâs âJewels,â which serves as an ideal introduction to what dance theater has to offer.
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Tian Zhuangzhuangâs biopic is a stately and respectful reflection on the life of Wu Qingyuan, one of the 20th centuryâs top players of go, a Japanese game said to rival chess in complexity.
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American Ballet Theater staged two world premieres by different choreographers : Benjamin Millepiedâs âFrom Here on Outâ and Jorma Eloâs âC. to C.â