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Tag: ballet
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Joffrey’s “Millennials” showcases the voices of ballet’s future
Three premiere works highlight the talent of the next generation of choreographers.
Posted inArts & Culture
Recycled Barre brings affordable dance lessons to Pilsen
Two CPS teachers want to make ballet accessible to everyone.
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Iconic ballerina Wendy Whelan continues her journey at 47
Retired from the New York City Ballet, Wendy Whelan is developing her own works and bringing one to Chicago.
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How going to the movies is like going to the ballet
Thoughts on Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, National Gallery, and the fleeting nature of all art
Posted inArts & Culture
With Third Symphony, the Hamburg Ballet makes sense of Mahler
The Hamburg Ballet makes sense of Mahler with Third Symphony.
Posted inFilm
Back to school for Frederick Wiseman
In the epic At Berkeley, Frederick Wiseman turns his lens on higher education in the age of George W. Bush.
Posted inArts & Culture
In Off-Center, the stuff of dancers’ dreams—or nightmares
Employing vogue and contemporary ballet, Paige Cunningham Caldarella’s new Off-Center examines dancers’ anxieties.
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Brian De Palma’s Passion; or, hooked on classicism
First impressions of the director’s first film in over five years, now playing at the Music Box Theatre
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Emily Stein conducts Secret Experiments in Ballet #2
Emily Stein conducts Secret Experiments in Ballet #2.
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The Paris Opéra Ballet does la danse francaise big time
The Paris Opera Ballet performs to program here to begin a U.S. tour
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Ready for some precision flailing?
Karole Armitage’s troupe, Armitage Gone! Dance, performs at the MCA
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9/11—Free Music and Dance Workshops
The Academy of Music and Dance celebrates its grand opening.
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Look Inside the Joffrey’s Costume Vault
The Joffrey Ballet offers a selection of men’s and women’s costumes for sale.
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TIFF Review: La Danse—The Paris Opera Ballet
At this point Frederick Wiseman’s documentaries are almost beyond reproach. For more than 40 years he’s stuck to the same ascetic storytelling style: no title cards, no voice-over narration, no talking-head interviews, no staged re-creations or archival clips. His films can be demanding, but after one has been poked and prodded by more commercial documentaries, […]