We All Fall Down
To fell a tree, after determining the fall path, you need to make a notch in the side of the trunk with your chainsaw.
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In 1913, a few weeks before the premiere of his revolutionary “Rite of Spring,” Nijinsky created another, smaller ballet for the Ballets Russes. “Jeux,” to music by Debussy, depicted a dalliance between three young tennis players. The subject was modern and slightly naughty, with the suggestion of both heterosexual and same-sex attraction between the two girls.
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To fell a tree, after determining the fall path, you need to make a notch in the side of the trunk with your chainsaw.
FREE ARTICLEParis Opera Ballet presented an all-Robbins program at the Garnier from October 24 to November 10: “En Sol,” “In the Night,” and “The Concert,” all works Jerome Robbins made for New York City Ballet.
PlusThis week at the Joyce, the Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival presented its starriest program yet: “Dancing with Glass: The Piano Etudes.”
PlusWatching George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” the other night at New York City Ballet, I was struck, once again, by the sense of balance it both portrays and embodies.
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