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“Transfigured Night,” Belgian choreographer Stijn Celis' third ballet (“Les Noces,” “Cinderella”) for les Grands Ballets Canadiens, premiered in May. It is a ballet in two parts: the first half tells the Greek myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, entitled “Orpheus' Gaze.” The second half takes its cue from Richard Dehmel's 1896 poem, Transfigured Night, and is set to Arnold Schoenberg's 1899 composition of the same name. The advantage of pairing the two apparently independent ballets in narrative terms, is a subtle one.
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Les Grands Ballets perform Stijn Celis' “Orpheus' Gaze.” Photograph by Richard Champage
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The Flamenco Festival has been bringing Spain's greatest flamenco artists to New York City Center for twenty years.
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