It’s been a tough week in the ballet world with a lot of change. Our young prince, David Hallberg, has reversed-defected, joining the Bolshoi Ballet. And now we learn that our great, beloved old prince, Edward Villella, will soon to retire. [...]
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A new work by Paul Taylor is always an occasion, and “The Uncommitted,” will be the veteran dance maker’s 18th premiere at the American Dance Festival. An intriguing title from Taylor … [...] 3 July 2011 As a teen, I had my first exposure to gospel music listening to Sunday broadcasts on Pittsburgh’s black radio station, WAMO. So I wouldn’t miss the documentary film, Rejoice & Shout:
Those beautifully named gospel singing groups — The Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Soul Stirrers. Why [...] 27 June 2011 
Who knew? When we were high school kids in suburban Pittsburgh in 1972, devouring the images on the cover of The Rolling Stones’s unspeakably great double album, “Exile on Main Street,” who knew that 39 years later, in a Los Angeles art gallery, I’d have a nice chat with the graphic artist [...] 11 May 2011 happy 117th birthday martha graham. try learning something new from yvonne rainer, martha. [...] 28 March 2011 
Choreographer David Dorfman throws down the gauntlet with his concert-dance homage to the great interracial funk band of the sixties, Sly & the Family Stone. [...] 26 March 2011 
I’m looking forward to attending UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Gene Kelly event which comprises part of their film preservation festival . Event is called,“Gene Kelly On Television.” OMNIBUS: ‘Dancing: A Man’s Game NBC, 12/21/1958 (1958) Directed by Gene Kelly and William A. Graham In writing, choreographing and directing this program for the prestigious Omnibus [...] 16 March 2011 
An afternoon concert with newly appointed Pasadena Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch. [...] 14 March 2011 
E.O. Hoppe, the British photo-portraitist being celebrated with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, had an unusual impromptu photo session with Vaslav Nijinsky. The results give disturbing glimpse of Nijinsky the man. [...] |
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eisenstadt,
gered mankowitz, photog, 1967
“the red danube” (1949)
