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On January 20, the movie Black Swan by director Darren Aronofsky opened in German cinemas.
While critics mostly praise the film, the dance world does not like it much. John Neumeier, Artistic Director of the HAMBURG BALLET, watched Black Swan in a preview and strongly criticizes the film, as he made clear in an interview for the daily newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt on the day the movie was released:
PRINCIPAL CASTING FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1 – 6, 2011.
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 7:30 PM (Conductors: Sill, Otranto)
LA SOURCE: M. Fairchild, *Veyette, Scheller [Sill]
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OUTLIER: Bouder, Kowroski, T. Peck, Hyltin, Whelan, Ramasar, R. Fairchild, Garcia, De Luz, Tworzyanski, Hall [Sill, Nikkanen].
En esta última edición, el Festival Escena Contemporánea ha hecho un esfuerzo por re-conocer y re-pensar cuál es su papel y sus posibilidades a la hora de acercar la voz de los artistas a la sociedad y de ofrecer una mirada y un acercamiento a la creación actual. Escuchar hoy a los artistas y enriquecernos con sus universos poéticos y su mirada sobre la compleja realidad que nos rodea es un ejercicio que no consiste sólo en la simple exhibición de obras.
Festival alternativo de las Artes Escénicas, 2011.
A biography about John Neumeier has been published with texts (german/english) by the ballet expert Horst Koegler, who has been following the Hamburg Ballet Director's creations for more than 40 years. Under the title "John Neumeier Pictures from a life" he presents a well-researched and richly illustrated insight into Neumeier's life's work.
Horst Koegler (Author), Peter Alexander (Translator).
Distinguished Dance Companies from Across the Nation Honor NWSA Dean of Dance, Daniel Lewis, in World-Class Dance Concert Feb 5, 2011. Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
To celebrate Dean Lewis' tenure, New World School of the Arts will present "Daniel Lewis – A Life of Dance" tribute concert on Saturday, February 5 in downtown Miami, preceded by a "Dinner with the Dean" VIP reception. In addition, NWSA will announce the newly established Daniel Lewis Dance Scholarship Fund during the concert.
THE NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY MAKES ITS ANNUAL VISIT TO NJPAC TO CELEBRATE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR 2011 is THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT.
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has welcomed in the Chinese New Year at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) every year since the opening of the Center, and this year the Company returns to celebrate The Year of the Rabbit.
LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY TO SKIDMORE COLLEGE AND BURLINGTON, VERMONT FOR PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS
The Limón Dance Company will return to Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, for a 3-week residency of classes and workshops, and a Friday January 28th performance of “La Cathedrale Engloutie,” a 1975 work by Jiri Kylián; the new “Chrysalis” by former company member Jonathan Fredrickson to a specially commissioned score by Spanish composer Marcos Galvany; and Limón’s 1956 classic “There is a Time” (“This is truly a work to treasure.” Mary Cargill, www.danceviewtimes.com, December 2010).
LYDIA JOHNSON DANCE PREVIEWS A NEW WORK TO MUSIC BY PHILIP GLASS
"The dances presented by Lydia Johnson and her company stood out for their simplicity and quiet depth of abstracted feeling…She is on to something and that something is entirely her own."
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
Mansur Kamaletdinov has been the director of the Vaganova Summer School and his Master Class Program since founding it in 1994.
Mansur’s mission is to preserve and pass on the legacy of Classical and Character Dance: unique and vanishing art forms that can only be kept alive through the passing on of this knowledge to dedicated dancers. With over sixty years of experience, Mansur is a lifeline from the origins of this art form to today’s passionate students and teachers.
WILL PRESENT THE COMPANY PREMIERE OF KATHRYN POSIN’S STEPPING STONES
The National Ballet of Bulgaria will present the European and Company Premiere of Kathryn Posin’s Stepping Stones on June 9, 10 and 11, 2011 at the Opera House in Sofia, Bulgaria. Kathryn Posin’s Stepping Stones, set to a commissioned score by Joan Tower, received its world premiere by the Milwaukee Ballet in 1993. Stepping Stones has also been danced by BalletMet, the Hartford Ballet, and the Kansas City Ballet.