by Emilia & Linda on February 1, 2011
Via Press Release: New York Theatre Ballet will revive Merce Cunningham’s Septet during Signatures 11 (11 & 12 February at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, NYC). Called a “rarity” in his canon by Cunningham Company archivist David Vaughan, this 1953 classic is more traditional than his later works. Carol Teitelbaum, a former Cunningham [...]
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by Linda on March 29, 2010
As the Royal Ballet’s founder choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton is to them what Bournonville represents to the Royal Danish Ballet. He nurtured Ninette de Valois‘s young company and gave it an identity through pieces created to help develop its dancers. Ashton’s creations for the Royal Ballet shaped the English style of ballet, combining classical purity [...]
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