Dancers for the Metropolitan Ballet rehearsed Monday for an August 7-8, 2009 production: "Ballets Russes 100 Year Festival," a tribute to the legendary Parisian troupe directed by Serge Diaghilev 100 years ago. The...
The World Dance Day was celebrated in Pakistan yesterday with performances in the major cities including a unique dance-drama called 'Song of Mohen jo Daro' in Karachi's arts council auditorium. With violence...
Ballet BC has been saved from the brink of bankruptcy disaster by a traditional ballet holiday hero... the Nutcracker! The story starts out like so many other stories have since the economic downturn hit... with a...
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The man who helped Jim Henson bring smiles to millions of kids faces by creating magical puppets has died at the age of 91.Kermit Love (yes that is his real name!) helped create Big Bird among others."Love died...
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YAY! After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I have finally managed to attend a music performance in my new home. Unexpectedly, my introduction to Seoul's caliber appeared in the make of the Western world's...
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What could be better than Free Slices of Culture in our Consumed to Thrifty times?A perfect example of that is Summer Big Screens in the UK which offers open air Ballet and Opera programs by no less than London’s Royal Opera House on giant screens in a number of locations...
Why is is that when hip-hop artists dabble in other artistic mediums and forms, the 'story' always seems to end up being about them ('8 Mile' comes to mind). Not only that, it's always the heart-wrenching Portrait...
"Russia's Mariinsky ballet has said farewell to one of its longest-serving artistes, a 21-year-old female donkey named Monika.
The animal is to be pensioned off after 19 years carrying the knight's overweight...
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Monika the donkey was given carrot cake and danced a waltz at her farewell party."
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's Mariinsky ballet has said farewell to one of its longest-serving artistes: a 21-year-old female donkey named Monika.
The animal is to be...
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A brand new online community forum aimed at people old or young involed in any style of dance has been launched. The forum was created to fill a gap for like minded indiviuals looking to share experiences and...
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For some reason I would have expected Big Boi to come out with a 'hip-hopera' and Andre3000 to be the one behind a 'rap ballet' like this. Guess not. Good on Big Boi for pushing mixed aesthetics to a strange new...
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On the one hand we have celeb photographers quitting in protest to the increasingly aggressive tactics employed by the paparazzi:"When paparazzi have a crisis of conscience over the wellbeing of their celebrity...