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• Review: Benjamin Millepied's 'La Nuit S'Achève' at Paris Opera Ballet - New York Times

  07-02-2016 23:47 via
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  Review: Benjamin Millepied's 'La Nuit S'Achève' at Paris Opera Ballet
  New York Times
  PARIS — Cries of “Merci!” and “Bravo!” erupted from the audience on Friday night when Benjamin Millepied took a bow along with the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet after a performance at the Palais Garnier. It was a closely watched moment: Just a day ...
  Benjamin Millepied: ballet's black swan bows out in ParisThe Guardian
  Why Benjamin Millepied is quitt
  

• Review: Zurich Ballet's 'Swan Lake' Looks to a Classic Version From Long Ago - New York Times

  07-02-2016 23:41 via
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  Review: Zurich Ballet's 'Swan Lake' Looks to a Classic Version From Long Ago
  New York Times
  ZURICH — The lake with swan-maidens on its bank at night, the swan hunt that leads Prince Siegfried to discover doomed love, the heroine Odette and her evil replica, Odile: “Swan Lake” often feels like the world's most familiar ballet. Yet Alexei ...
  

• Ballet Manila mounts 'Rebel,' original ballet on 1986 Edsa Revolt - Inquirer.net

  07-02-2016 19:15 via
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  Ballet Manila mounts 'Rebel,' original ballet on 1986 Edsa Revolt
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  FOR THE 30th anniversary of Edsa Revolution this month, Ballet Manila will celebrate the spirit of People Power through the world premiere of “Rebel,” a full-length ballet by British choreographer Martin Lawrance, inspired by the rebellion of the Roman ...
  

• Benjamin Millepied: ballet's black swan bows out in Paris - The Guardian

  07-02-2016 10:00 via
  The Guardian
  Benjamin Millepied: ballet's black swan bows out in Paris
  The Guardian
  Last week Benjamin Millepied resigned as head of dance at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, criticising the company's rigid ways. Luke Jennings, who spoke to the choreographer twice in recent weeks, reports. Benjamin Millepied with members of the ...
  Review: Benjamin Millepied's 'La Nuit S'Achève' at Paris Opera BalletNew York Times
  Why Benjamin Millepied is quitting Paris Opera Ballet: “He tried
  

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• Benjamin Millepied: ballet’s black swan bows out in Paris

  07-02-2016 10:00
  
  Last week Benjamin Millepied resigned as head of dance at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, criticising the company’s rigid ways. Luke Jennings, who spoke to the choreographer twice in recent weeks, reportsOn Thursday afternoon, at the Palais Garnier, the home of the Paris Opera Ballet since 1875, it was announced that Benjamin Millepied had resigned as the company’s director of dance, and that he was to be replaced by Aurélie Dupont, a former company ballerina.When Millepie
  
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• He Who Falls (Celui qui tombe) review – hyper-skilled and remote

  07-02-2016 09:00
  
  Barbican, LondonYoann Bourgeois’s circus-influenced piece has a dramatic tilting stage and his dancers in a spinYoann Bourgeois is a French choreographer based in Grenoble. He came to dance after training as a juggler and acrobat at CNAC, the national circus arts school, and spent four years with the highly regarded Compagnie Maguy Marin before launching his own troupe. He Who Falls, created in 2014, unites circus skills and physical theatre with a rare seamlessness. If never a profound wo
  
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• Madison Ballet ends season early due to lack of donations - Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3

  07-02-2016 01:53 via
  Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3
  Madison Ballet ends season early due to lack of donations
  Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3
  The ballet hopes to get its finances back on track in time for its next season. Author: Chris Gothner, [email protected]. Published On: Feb 06 2016 06:47:08 PM CST Updated On: Feb 07 2016 09:03:42 AM CST. Small Text; Medium Text; Large Text. Print ...
  

• Young ballet dancers compete for scholarships in River Forest - WGN-TV

  07-02-2016 01:19 via
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  Young ballet dancers compete for scholarships in River Forest
  WGN-TV
  RIVER FOREST, Illl – Nearly 400 young ballet performers pirouetted their way on what's billed as the world's largest competition of tiny dancers. From nine to 19, ballet dancers competed at Dominican University in River Forest. They're competing for a ...and more »
  

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