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20 May 2012

Happy 100th Gene Kelly! Love, Oscar

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A big centennial event for Gene Kelly @ the Academy. [...]

18 November 2011

Michael Jackson visited Martha Graham studio

MJ was a creative artist who got caught in the wrong life. [...]

24 July 2011

“Je ne suis pas contente de tout,” says Claude Bessy.

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Claude Bessy’s discipline, seriousness, her punitiveness and high standards — followed by a big wink, a dose of love, affection, and caring — strike me as very French. [...]

26 March 2011

Gene Kelly’s television broadcasts @ Hammer Museum

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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 [...]

29 November 2010

Aronofsky’s BLACK SWAN: Raw deal for Odile

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Seconds into Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller BLACK SWAN, the hyperkinetic camera zooms in on a pink pointe shoe. A woman is dancing, but we don’t see her. We see only the impeccable chop-chop of her shoes. It’s a smart directorial move. Cinephiles and foot fetishists are primed for a good time, but dance lovers’ hearts may sink. [...]

24 December 2009

Say a dance prayer for Gene Kelly in Pittsburgh

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Gene Kelly, the proud dancing son of Pittsburgh deserves a statue of recognition in the Steel City. Why can’t he get one? [...]