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“Thank you, dear Lucia”: American Ballet Theatre celebrates 75 years

January 12, 2015 – 10:50 am

Two years before the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt began to

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alex C Ewing, American Ballet Theatre, Antony Tudor, Ballet Rambert, Dark Elegies, Dimitri Romonoff, Eugene Loring, Hugh Laing, Igor Youskevitch, Jardin aux Lilas, John Krizia, Judgment of Paris, Kevin McKenzie, Leonard Lavrovsky, Les Sylphides, Lucia Chase, Max Goberman, Michel Fokine, Mikhail Mordkin, Muriel Bentley, Nora Kaye, Oliver Smith, Prokofiev, Richard Pleasant, Romeo & Juliet | Comments (0)

Carlos Acosta: the next big steps for the Cuban star

December 10, 2013 – 12:07 pm

Every now and then a ballet dancer comes along who is so charismatic that they enjoy a new lease of

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Carlos Acosta, Darcey Bussell, Don Quixote, Li Cunxin, Mao's Last Dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, National Ballet of Cuba, Steven McRae, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo | Comments (0)

The great survivors of dance

August 7, 2011 – 10:19 am

The artistic directorship of a dance company is a perilous place to be. Yes, there is the exceptional Alicia Alonso,

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged David McAllister, Edward Villella, Helgi Tomasson, John Neumeier, Peter Martins | Comments (1)