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“Racines”—meaning roots—stands as the counterbalance to “Giselle,” the two ballets opening the Paris Opera Ballet’s season this year.
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I never set out particularly to be a creator of solos,” says Lar Lubovitch. “But after 60 years in the dance world and 120 dances, I will have made a number of solos.” On Sunday, September 7, Works & Process hosts Lar Lubovitch: Art of the Solo at Guggenheim New York, where the choreographer will show five examples that span his career: the earliest, “Scriabin Dances” made in 1972 for Martine van Hamel of American Ballet Theatre to music of Alexander Scriabin; the most recent, “Desire” made last year for Adrian Danchig-Waring of New York City Ballet as a video project. Danchig-Waring will perform on Sunday, as will Jacquelin Harris, Ashley Green, and Jesse Obremski of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Craig D. Black Jr. of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
 
    
   
             
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              “Racines”—meaning roots—stands as the counterbalance to “Giselle,” the two ballets opening the Paris Opera Ballet’s season this year.
Continue Reading“Giselle” is a ballet cut in two: day and night, the earth of peasants and vine workers set against the pale netherworld of the Wilis, spirits of young women betrayed in love. Between these two realms opens a tragic dramatic fracture—the spectacular and disheartening death of Giselle.
Continue ReadingMichele Wiles’ Park City home is nestled in the back of a wooded neighborhood, hidden from the road by pines and deciduous trees that are currently in the midst of their autumn transformations.
Continue ReadingI joined choreographer and artistic director Cathy Marston over a video call at the end of another day of rehearsals.
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