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“Profanations,” created by choreographer Faustin Linyekula and music artist Franck Moka, is not a “just” dance piece: it’s a live concert, a cinematic séance.
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When Alban Lendorf (b. 1989) was four, he became attentive to the piano. As he explained in an interview with Pointe magazine, when his lessons advanced to the learning of a Chopin waltz, his piano teacher suggested he take dance classes to help open up the music. From the school of The Royal Danish Ballet to the company, his career rocketed forward; by the time he turned twenty-one, he was a principal dancer, still playing the piano and testing a latent gift for acting.
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Multifaceted Marie
Marie Antoinette is not an entirely sympathetic character. Her penchant for luxury and extravagance—and the degree to which she was out of touch with the lives of the majority— made her a symbol of the wealth disparity that prompted the French Revolution.
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Poetic Visions
Ascending the Guggenheim Museum's rings through Rashid Johnson's retrospective, “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” is a dance in of itself.
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