Modern Dance
Modern Dance was born at the beginning of the twentieth century out of the need to recreate dance, to tear it away from the formal, stifling rigor of ballet, as well as from the image of ...
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"The beginning of modern dance was primarily from people of the 19th century European ballet, which was said to have begun in the 16th century." The "ballet d'action" was started around the early 18th...
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Binn there, done that: Get out your English Patient evening gowns, ladies! The Red Cross is somewhat oxymoronically throwing an “Evening of Luxury” charity benefit in East Hampton. On t...
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It's commonplace today, but 50 years ago following someone around with a camera without narration, direction, musical accompaniment or even a script was revolutionary.That "cinema verite" technique...
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The Japan Society in New York is set to host a wide array of
performing arts -- music, theater and dance -- ranging from
traditional fare to cutting-edge, contemporary work this fall as part ...
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The Japan Society in New York is set to host a wide array of
performing arts -- music, theater and dance -- ranging from
traditional fare to cutting-edge, contempor...
Read more
For a work that was composed with the goal of bringing classical restraint to opera, Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" packs a surprising emotional punch.And in the production by director-choreographer M...
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Today is Friday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2007. There are 108 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write his poem "The Star-Span...
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It’s always fascinating—and sometimes a little disquieting—when two first-rate critics violently disagree. A jarring example: the response to Doug Varone’s Dense Terrain las...
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Ellen DeGeneres can probably put anyone at ease. Even nominees for the biggest awards in show business."It's my job to relax you," she told them during her Oscarcast monologue. "To put your mind at...
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BouquetThe quinceañera girl often trades her last doll (see below) for a bouquet, which she holds during the Mass. If she's not including the last doll in the Mass, she will often enter carryi...
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Perhaps. In a sometimes-shoddy age, Jonah Zuckerman, a designer and master craftsman of contemporary furniture using traditional techniques and materials, has a relentless drive to make perfect thi...
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Modern Dance
Modern Dance
Saturday, August 25th
