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A ballet body is essentially a deformed body. The older and more experienced the dancer, the more evident–and beautiful–this deformation is.
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Transformation is inevitable—and necessary in order to persist. That’s a theme that runs through two new works staged by Rotterdam’s Scapino Ballet in “Origin,” a program focused entirely on emerging choreographic talent. Olivia Court Mesa’s “The breakable us,” and Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson’s “Goats” are tonally distinct works that showcase the dancers’ athleticism and connection through inventive partnering sequences and measured pacing.
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A ballet body is essentially a deformed body. The older and more experienced the dancer, the more evident–and beautiful–this deformation is.
Continue ReadingAfter a successful dancing career with, among others, Dutch National Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, and finally San Francisco Ballet, where he was a principal dancer for a decade, Mikko Nissinen has proven himself a strategic, forward-looking and beloved artistic director of Boston Ballet.
FREE ARTICLETo celebrate its 85th anniversary, the American Ballet Theatre filled its summer season with exciting debuts.
Continue ReadingThe world-renowned Czech choreographer and multimedia artist Jiří Kylián was recently honored with a retrospective festival at the Oslo opera house.
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