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Review: Ballet 422 (2015)
Jody Lee Lipes’ documentary Ballet 422 charts the progress of conception to premiere of the New York City Ballet’s 422nd new ballet, developed within the company. New York City Ballet is a large company (91 dancers), with a Santa’s Village … Continue reading
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lil’ Buck Together: Perfection
For their Fall 2015 menswear collection, Rag and Bone launched a video featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lil’ Buck. Directed by George Greville, it’s a mini-masterpiece of movement and images, completely hypnotic and gorgeous, sexy and strange.
Pas De Deux
Saw this commercial before Lincoln yesterday. I love it. Normally I hate commercials that run before movies. This one immediately grabbed me, and didn’t let me go until it was over. Well done.
The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘The Soloist’, by Joan Acocella
On the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. One of Acocella’s most famous essays (it has been anthologized elsewhere), is her giant profile of Mikhail Baryshnikov, done for The New Yorker in 1998. It may … Continue reading
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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘Second Act’, by Joan Acocella
On the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. Her essay, ‘Second Act’, on American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, is one of the giant in-depth profiles that The New Yorker sometimes features. Suzanne Farrell’s heyday at New … Continue reading
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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘Heroes and Hero Worship’, by Joan Acocella
On the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay is called ‘Heroes and Hero Worship’, and it is about the legendary collaboration between Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine, the duo who created the … Continue reading
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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘After the Ball Was Over’, by Joan Acocella
On the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay is called ‘After the Ball Was Over’, about legendary Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Vaslav Nijinsky was born in the late 19th century and was … Continue reading
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Things I’ve Seen Recently
Black Swan It’s tough being a girl. Especially if you’re in a Darren Aronofsky movie. Once I realized that Black Swan was in no way, shape, or form a “dance movie”, I was able to actually see the damn thing. … Continue reading
When I was younger, I would always want to know what dancers were doing…I would have loved to have Twitter to read about what they were doing on a day-to-day basis rather than just in a performance.”
A really interesting article about the new trend of ballet dancers on Twitter.
Nureyev: A Portrait of the Artist
I finally finished Julie Kavanagh’s masterpiece of a biography. It only took me almost a year. Tremendous book. Not only eloquent on all of the events and characters in Nureyev’s life – but absolutely beautiful on Nureyev’s PROCESS, and who … Continue reading