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Tag Archives: Music / Opera
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Festa Barocca at Alvin Ailey
(photo, of Vernard J. Gilmore and Antonio Douthit, by Andrea Mohin from NYTimes) So Sir Alastair called Festa Barocca “rubbish”! I didn’t really know what to think of it, to be honest (which is why it’s taken me so long … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Ailey, Dance Critics / Writers / Bloggers, Modern Dance, Music / Opera
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Travel music ii
Travel music ii Originally uploaded by swan lake samba girl via mobile. T-Mobile Now listening to (and learning about) Tchaikovsky.
Travel music
Travel music Originally uploaded by swan lake samba girl via mobile. T-Mobile Listening to alvin ailey’s revelations & starting to get v excited about season – begins rt after holiday!
New Chamber Ballet
(image taken from website) Very short on time, but just want to say I had a lovely little time last night at City Center’s studio 4. Philip invited me to see the New Chamber Ballet, which is choreographer and composer … Continue reading
Complexions @ Joyce Chelsea & Foniadakis's Rite of Spring @ Joyce SoHo
(photo by Andrea Mohin, NYTimes, of Desmond Richardson and S. Epatha Merkerson, in “I Will Not Be Broken”) Sorry, am very behind again on my review posts — so busy with all manner of stuff to get done before Thanksgiving! … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet, Modern Dance, Music / Opera, Pina Bausch, William Forsythe
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John Ashbery and Charles Wuorinen at Guggenheim
(photo by Rachel Papo from NYTimes) I guess the Brokeback Mountain opera (to be made by composer Charles Wuorinen) is on hold for the moment (hopefully, it’ll still happen eventually). But mainly over curiosity over the Brokeback-composer-to-be, I went to … Continue reading
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Tagged Books / Literature, Film / DVD / YouTube / Livestreams, Guggenheim Works & Process, Modern Dance, Music / Opera
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War Child A Must-See
I saw this movie yesterday and highly recommend it. I found it through Lauren Cerand’s weekly Smart Set column on Maud Newton’s blog. She often has very good suggestions for offbeat cultural things to do in NY. I wrote about … Continue reading
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Tagged American Ballet Theater, Film / DVD / YouTube / Livestreams, Music / Opera, Social Issues
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Sunday Perusing
If you’re having a lazy Sunday afternoon, here’s some reading. Some of these links are a bit old; you may have read them already: Joan Acocella on San Francisco Ballet (she likes at least two of the same dancers as … Continue reading
"Don't worry; we're not in bikinis!"
“don’t worry; we’re not in bikinis!” Originally uploaded by swan lake samba girl via mobile. T-Mobile Delic appetizers @ upper east-side Brazilian restaurant Buzina Pop. Chi chi atmosphere that is also very comfy. Excellent music, of course! Slightly weird service … Continue reading
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Tagged Food & Wine, Guggenheim Works & Process, Modern Dance, Music / Opera, New York
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Slanted Tchaikovsky Bios
I’ve been doing some research on Tchaikovsky lately — mainly the period in the mid 1870s, which many of his biographers call the “crisis years,” when he was in his mid to late thirties composing Swan Lake among other masterpieces, … Continue reading
Dance Times Square Showcase, Etc.
I meant to write about this yesterday but took the day off from writing when I got a pleasantly unexpected invitation from Lucky Broadway Girl to see a play! Imagine that: words, actual words spoken on a stage! Hehe, I … Continue reading
Doctor Atomic
Doctor atomic Originally uploaded by swan lake samba girl via mobile. T-Mobile In line outside the met for rush tix to the new opera. Not too horrendously long… Update: Yes, scored an affordable ticket in orchestra! Line wasn’t too bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Dancing With the Stars, Music / Opera, New York, The Political
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