Melissa Hayden, one of the great eccentrics of New York City Ballet, hops a train while on tour with NYCB in Europe. [...]
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14 April 2011  One of Jack Cole’s faithful film and nightclub male dancers, George Martin, died in Atlanta. Martin kept the flame burning for Cole over the past decades and we are grateful. [...] 7 April 2011  A nine-pack of vintage Jack Cole photos for your viewing pleasure. [...] 1 February 2011  “Balanchine was rather reserved,” noted Barbara Horgan, the choreographer’s longtime assistant. “But he adored Lorenz Hart [the troubled but brilliant lyricist of Rogers & Hart songwriting team].” [...] 7 January 2011  A wonderful photo showing choreographer Jack Cole Marilyn Monroe on-set for the “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” number in “Let’s Make Love.”(1960) [...] 25 December 2010  Film zany Michael Schlesinger enjoyed teasing me with a Christmas contribution to arts•meme: a top-ten list of things choreographer Jack Cole liked about Christmas. [...] 12 December 2010 I love the insouciant song written for vaudevillian Eva Tanguay in 1906, “I Don’t Care.” It’s my theme song. Here Judy Garland sings it. [...] 5 December 2010  Dance on film is in the zeitgeist. There’s been praise — little from me — for Natalie Portman’s run at ballet in BLACK SWAN. Let’s look at what Jack Cole does for Betty Grable in THREE FOR THE SHOW. [...] 29 November 2010  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. [...] | |||
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