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Kevin McKenzie on American Ballet Theatre, past and present

July 29, 2014 – 1:33 pm

This is an extended version of a feature that first appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald on 26 July, 2014

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Agnes de Mille, Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Bach Partita, Brigadoon, Carousel, David Hallberg, Fall River Legend, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, In the Upper Room, Jerome Robbins, Kevin McKenzie, Leonard Bernstein, Lucia Chase, Michael Kidd, Michael Mordkin, Movin'On, Nine Sinatra Songs, Oklahoma!, Seven Sonatas, Swan Lake, Theme and Variations, Twyla Tharp, West Side Story | Comments (0)

Frederic Franklin, the Peter Pan of dance

May 9, 2013 – 10:22 am

Six weeks before the start of World War I, Fred Franklin, a caterer, and his wife, Mabel, gave birth to

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Agnes de Mille, Alexandra Danilova. Gaite Parisienne, Alicia Markova, American Ballet Theatre, Anton Dolin, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Colin Peasley, Frederic Franklin, Jack Anderson, Lydia Kyasht, Nicolai Legat, Tulsa Ballet | Comments (1)

Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo: ABT marks the 70th anniversary of the moment “we put our feet on the ground”

October 16, 2012 – 1:17 pm

America was at war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour and the United States was â€œnever more deeply determined

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Aaron Copland, Agnes de Mille, American Ballet Theatre, Frederic Franklin, Kasimir Kokitch, Oliver Smith | Comments (0)