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The Brooklyn Rail Seeks Dance Writers
The Brooklyn Rail's dance section (which I edit) is seeking writers to add to its roster of contributors. The Rail — a monthly journal of arts, politics, and culture — has 20,000 subscribers to its print edition and an online … Continue reading
A Taste of Home: 5 Recipes by Ballerina Melissa Hayden
Through the Ballet Cook Book Dinner Series — gatherings featuring meals made from recipes in Tanaquil Le Clercq’s cookbook — New York City Ballet soloist Antonio Carmena, baker extraordinaire Susan LaRosa, and I are embarking on a kind of time … Continue reading
Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, Ballet Cook Book Dinner Series, Food, George Balanchine, New York City Ballet
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antonio Carmena, Ballet Cook Book, Ballet Cook Book Dinner Series, chicken wings, cookbook, cooking, Eastern European food, Eastern European Jewish food, food, fruit compote, Jacques d'Amboise, Jeff Gageby, Jewish cooking, Jewish food, Lincoln Kirstein, Melissa Hayden, Meryl Rosofsky, Michael Pereira, Mildred Herman, Paul Epstein, potato latkes, Radio City Music Hall, recipes, Ryan Wenzel, Stars and Stripes, Stuart Coleman, stuffed cabbage, sweet and sour meatballs, Tanaquil Le Clercq
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Russian Classicism, By Way of London: Boston Ballet’s Lavish Production of The Sleeping Beauty
The classic 19th-century story ballets are difficult to pin down. As a newcomer to dance, one can see a number of productions of, say, The Sleeping Beauty — all, according to playbills, with choreography “after Marius Petipa” — and be … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet, Outside New York
Tagged Bluebird, Bo Busby, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, Brittany Stone, David Walker, Dusty Button, Frederick Ashton, Garland Dance, Kathleen Breen Combes, Lasha Khozashvili, Lia Cirio, Lilac Fairy, Marius Petipa, Ninette de Valois, Patrick Yocum, Prince Desiré, Princess Aurora, Princess Florine, Puss in Boots, Seo Hye Han, The Sleeping Beauty, Vision Scene, White Cat, Whitney Jensen
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