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• Review: 'All Balanchine II' by New York City Ballet - New York Times

  27-01-2016 23:16
  New York Times
  Review: 'All Balanchine II' by New York City Ballet
  New York Times
  Shall we blame the weather? The all-Balanchine program that New York City Ballet performed at the David H. Koch Theater on Tuesday went on as planned, but with a different cast — the one that had been slated for the preceding Saturday's matinee.
  

• Ballet dancers on the rise - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  27-01-2016 21:46
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  Ballet dancers on the rise
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  More than 300 aspiring dancers will vie for scholarships and jobs with top dance companies this weekend through an international competition described as “a sort of Olympics of classical ballet.” The Youth America Grand Prix 2016 semifinals, held ...and more »
  

• A nation of dancers: 10 years of the Big Dance in the UK

  27-01-2016 16:47
  
  The Big Dance has been getting the general public moving for a decade. But its greatest achievement is the way we have woven dance into the fabric of our livesTwo of the performances that have stayed with me from last autumn’s Dance Umbrella are those in which the audience, rather than the professionals, were dancing. One was Dan Canham’s Of Riders and Running Horses, which concluded with all the spectators being invited on to the stage to carry on dancing with the cast. The other wa
  
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• Robert Rauschenberg's nine night electronic tennis match in the dark

  27-01-2016 15:00
  
  Think Silicon Valley has a monopoly on tech disruption? In 1966, New York hosted an art-tech mashup on an unrivalled scale, as John Cage, Yvonne Rainer and friends got plugged in for a spectacular set of public performancesIt was one of the strangest games of tennis New York City had ever seen. There, in the cavernous space of the 69th Regiment Armory, the US painter Frank Stella and tennis pro Mimi Kanarek rallied with rackets wired to an electronic network, so that each time they hit the ball,
  
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• Robert Rauschenberg's electronic tennis match – and other art experiments

  27-01-2016 15:00
  
  Think Silicon Valley has a monopoly on tech disruption? In 1966, New York hosted an art-tech mashup on an unrivalled scale, as John Cage, Yvonne Rainer and friends got plugged in for a spectacular set of public performancesIt was one of the strangest games of tennis New York City had ever seen. There, in the cavernous space of the 69th Regiment Armory, the US painter Frank Stella and tennis pro Mimi Kanarek rallied with rackets wired to an electronic network, so that each time they hit the ball,
  
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• Kiki review – flamboyant and uplifting look at New York's ballroom scene

  27-01-2016 11:35
  
  This complex documentary explores a fascinating subculture and adds substance and depth to a world that could otherwise be patronisedAt last year’s Sundance there was a screening of Paris is Burning, Jennie Livingston’s landmark film detailing the world of New York’s ballroom or voguing scene. It sparkled at the festival but also reignited a debate around who got to tell the story and who ultimately benefited from the film. Almost 25 years on from the debut of Paris is Burning,
  
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