George Zoritch, an international ballet star and former University of Arizona professor, passed away Sunday in Tucson. He was in his early 90s.
Zoritch was well-known as many things during his life, including a famous ballet dancer here and in Europe, a teacher, a Hollywood actor and a Broadway dancer.
Año: 2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Company Studio Workshops
The Studio continues to be the source of Cunningham dance technique at the professional level, providing dancers with an ongoing experience in learning to see, understand, and explore movement.
Experience the Cunningham technique in person and take classes at the Merce Cunningham Studio through our Open Program. Merce Cunningham Studio is available for rental Monday through Friday from 8 PM to midnight and Saturday through Sunday from 6:30 PM to midnight.
Openig of the NYC Ballet
New York City Ballet has announced the program for the Opening Night Benefit on. Tuesday, November 24 at 7 p.m., which will mark the Company’s first performance in their newly renovated home, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The one-time-only program will feature all of the Company’s principal dancers and will open with Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH, choreographed for NYCB in 2008.
NEW YORK CITY BALLET ANNOUNCES PROGRAM FOR OPENING NIGHT BENEFIT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24.
EL ESFUERZO Y EL ÁNIMO de Arantxa Aguirre
Arantxa Aguirre presenta su primer largometraje dirigido en solitario: una historia emocionante protagonizada por el Béjart Ballet Lausanne, la mítica compañía de danza del recientemente desaparecido Maurice Béjart.
"El esfuerzo y el ánimo" se puede ver a partir de hoy, 6/11/09, en el Pequeño Cine Estudio de Madrid (c/Magallanes, 1 -consultar cartelera-).
CHARLES JUDE, Director del Ballet de la Ópera de Burdeos
«Los Ballets Rusos revolucionaron el modo de bailar» Charles Jude
Fundación Kursaal presenta esta tarde su particular ‘Homenaje a los Ballets Rusos’, interpretado por el Ballet de la Ópera de Burdeos.
Por Iratxe de Arantzibia
El Dios de la danza no bailó
Los Ballets Rusos estrenaron dos obras, ‘Las Meninas’ y ‘Kikimora’, en su temporada donostiarra, en agosto de 1916. Sólo faltó Nijinsky.
En 1916, en pleno ecuador de la Gran Guerra, no había en Europa muchos teatros en los que pudieran actuar los Ballets Rusos, de modo que su principal promotor, Sergei Diaghilev, aceptó de muy buen grado la invitación del rey Alfonso XIII y no dudó en embarcar a toda la compañía en Estados Unidos, donde estaban de gira, y trasladarse a una España neutral y, en aquel momento, más próspera y tranquila que los países inmersos en la contienda.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Ballet by John Neumeier after Tennessee Williams
John Neumeier originally created A Streetcar Named Desire after Tennessee Williams' play for Marcia Haydée and the Stuttgart Ballet in 1983.
Svapnagata Festival
Meaning ‘dreaming’ in Sanskrit, Svapnagata is a unique two-week festival of Indian music and dance curated by two multi award-winning artists – dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and composer Nitin Sawhney.
With a wide range of events taking place in the main house and the Lilian Baylis Studio, the festival offers a dazzling array of performances from some of the finest Indian musicians, dancers and choreographers, presenting classical work in a contemporary context.
II Concurso CAPTURADANZA
Fotografía y Videodanza
Debido al éxito alcanzado el pasado año, Artibus ha decidido poner en marcha el II Concurso CAPTURADANZA durante el Ciclo de Cartografías de la Danza, ampliando las modalidades a FOTOGRAFÍA Y VIDEODANZA.
The Stars of the White Nights 2010
International Ballet and Opera Festival – Artistic Director – Maestro Valery Gergiev
The Stars of the White Nights is one of the brightest stars of the music and theatre universe and has emerged to be one of the most popular and grandiose music forums in its context and scale.