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Celebrating 60 years of iconic and exhilarating dances, Twyla Tharp returns to Philip Glass
As hard as it is to overstate the scope of Twyla Tharp’s choreographic career — she started making dances as a postmodern rebel in the 1960s and “crossed over” into ballet virtuosity in the 1970s — it ...
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How the Cardinal Ballet Company brings ‘The Nutcracker’ to life year after year
“The Nutcracker,” an annual student-run ensemble by Cardinal Ballet Company (CBC), has been transporting audiences to a winter wonderland since 1993. On Dec. 8, CBC brought the holiday season to life ...
Review: In Justin Peck’s New Dance, Air, Earth and Self-Help
Mystic Familiar,” a New York City Ballet premiere, has a score by the musician Dan Deacon and some all-too-familiar ...
Let it snow in Havana: How a Cuban-inspired Nutcracker made me fall in love with ballet
More than 20 dancers from Acosta’s Cuban ballet school perform a breathtaking choreography that merges the impressive ...
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S.F. Ballet’s ‘Manon’ tells an eerily familiar story of poverty and depravity
“Manon,” which premiered at the War Memorial Opera House on Friday, was choreographed in 1974 by former Royal Ballet Artistic Director Kenneth MacMillan based on a 1731 French novel. Centered around a ...