Tillman’s true story documented

August 20, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
'The Tillman Story' - Pat Tillman, Hero and Victim, by Amir Bar-Lev by Stephen Holden, The New York Times, August 19, 2010InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Tillman’s true story documented

August 20, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
'The Tillman Story' - Pat Tillman, Hero and Victim, by Amir Bar-Lev by Stephen Holden, The New York Times, August 19, 2010InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Review: San Francisco Ballet at Stern Grove 2010

August 11, 2010 · Posted by Saturday Matinee ·
Yuan Yuan Tan and Tiit Helimets in Tomasson's Prism. © Erik Tomasson Last weekend, I made my annual trek to Stern Grove for the opportunity to see San Francisco Ballet perform in the gorgeous outdoor setting there. One of my favorite things about this performance is that it’s never just about the performance itself. It’s impossible to talk about this performance without mentioning the gorgeous outdoor setting and the huge audience spread out all over the hillside, all enjoying themselves and having a good time in this more casual atmosphere. Also competing this year for the stage, however, was the ...

Bolshoi in London Roundup

August 6, 2010 · Posted by The Ballet Bag ·
Following a 3-year gap London ballet audiences finally got the Bolshoi back in town for summer. A long season at Covent Garden meant we had plenty of time to see an enticing mix of well-crafted reconstructions, heritage ballets, contemporary pieces and world class performers. Here we recap on our favorite moments of the tour: Linda saw: Spartacus (Vasiliev / Kaptsova / Allash) Coppélia (Osipova / Skvortsov) 2x Serenade/Giselle (Osipova / Skvortsov – Nikulina / Volchkov) Petrushka / Russian Seasons / Paquita 2x Le Corsaire (Alexandrova / Tsiskaridze – Osipova / Vasiliev) Don Quixote (Krysanova / Mercuriev) Ivan Vasiliev as Petroushka & Nina Kaptsova ...

Kim Katzberg’s “Penetrating the Space”

August 6, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
Under Construction at Dixon Place: Kim Katzberg's "Penetrating the Space" by Deborah Feller, News and Views, DeborahFeller.com, August 6, 2010 InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Kim Katzberg’s “Penetrating the Space”

August 6, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
Under Construction at Dixon Place: Kim Katzberg's "Penetrating the Space" by Deborah Feller, News and Views, DeborahFeller.com, August 6, 2010 a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl=location.href; InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Awakenings

July 26, 2010 · Posted by The Ballet Bag ·
The Sleeping Beauty is a staple of major classical troupes. Despite being an expensive ballet to stage, it is amongst those productions that ensure box office safety and keep dancers well drilled. It demands not only starry leads but a strong supporting cast to carry through endless variations and character roles like Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy. Though I had already seen two of Britain’s major productions of this ballet: the Royal Ballet’s  -  based on the iconic 1946 staging by Sergeyev and de Valois – and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s very chic version by Sir Peter Wright, I’d never ...

Fell in Love with a Girl

July 23, 2010 · Posted by The Ballet Bag ·
Reconstruction is the new black in London’s ballet summer season. The Mikhailovsky brought us earlier this week Mikhail Messerer‘s charming restoration of thirties success Laurencia (more on that later) and now the Bolshoi follows their opener Spartacus with something, in my opinion, far more interesting and entertaining: Sergei Vikharev’s reconstruction of the Petipa/Cecchetti original St. Petersburg staging of Coppélia. To understand what goes into reconstructing vintage ballets we recommend you read this excellent feature at The Arts Desk which includes an interview given by Vikharev to Ismene Brown. Amongst other topics Vikharev talks about how he came across Nikolas Sergeyev’s original ...

“Standing with the Revolutionaries of Dance”

July 23, 2010 · Posted by The Urgent Artist ·
a.k.a. how it feels to be born Right now is a crazy time. Imagine having full consciousness while you’re still in the womb, and knowing that you’re about to be born.  That’s kind of what right now, waiting for our premiere to hit, and feeling the first contractions of ticket sales, advertising, and facebook buzz feels like.  [...]

Ernesto Neto – the art of dream, the art of life

July 22, 2010 · Posted by Body Pixel ·
It’s been a while since I was writing about textile art – but recently Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto took me to some new horizons of art that simultaneously goes for aesthetic and engaged. His latest exhibition ‘The Edges of the World’ has just been opened in Hayward Gallery in Southbank Centre in London, and created [...]

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