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2 February 2013

Review: The Joffrey Ballet’s “The Rite of Spring” at the Music Center

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We did not hoot nor holler but we did let fly a bracing “bravo!” for the Joffrey Ballet’s 100th anniversary reconstruction of Vaslav Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (Le Sacre du Printemps) at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Friday night. First, because it was great, historic, and touching. But also, to remains silent would be wrong. [...]

26 January 2012

Robert Joffrey’s protegees remember him … on film and in person

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Tom Mossbrucker, artistic director of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, considers the influence of Robert Joffrey on his current career. A new documentary on the company screens in Los Angeles next week, and in movie theaters this weekend, Saturday Jan 28. [...]