When Linda and I were mulling over ideas for a Valentine’s special it seemed a no-brainer that the dancers we were looking for were Thiago Soares and Marianela Nuñez: we wanted to feature a ballet couple in head-over-heels, hopelessly in love mode; a couple so connected they could finish each other’s sentences and play along [...]
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Marianela Nuñez & Thiago Soares: The Romeo & Juliet Interview
by Emilia on February 2, 2010
Agon
by Linda on October 5, 2009
Is this ballet for you? Go If Agon is probably one of the quintessential Balanchine pieces in every balletomane’s punch card. You should go if you love Balanchine, abstract, short and/or neo-classical ballets. Or try it for the landmark score: this is where Stravinsky began exploring his twelve-tone technique (more on this below). Skip If [...]
Tagged as: 12-Tone Technique, Abstract, Agon, Alban Berg, Anton von Webern, Apollo, Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Mitchell, Balanchine, Barbara Milberg, Barbara Walczak, Diana Adams, Jonathan Watts, Louise Nadeau, Melissa Hayden, Neo-Classical, NYCB, Oliver Weavers, One act, Orpheus, Pas de deux, Peter Martins, PNB, Roy Tobias, Serialism, Stravinsky, Todd Bolender, Wendy Whelan
