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How Bad Plus reworked 'Rite of Spring'

4184 days ago

Mercury News, California — Ethan Iverson, pianist in The Bad Plus jazz combo, discusses the challenges the trio encountered arranging Stravinsky's rhythmically complex 'Rite of Spring' orchestral score for just three musicians. The Bad Plus accompanies the Mark Morris Dance Gr... more info

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'Rite of Spring' -- century-old prog-rock precursor

4198 days ago

Mercury News, California — At its 1913 Paris premiere, Igor Stravinsky's supercharged, erotic score for the ballet 'Le sacre du printemps' ignited class-warfare. The Mark Morris Dance Group will unveil a re-imagined version with a new musical arrangement of Stravinsky's music ... more info

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San Francisco Ballet –review

4446 days ago

Guardian Music — Sadler's Wells, LondonThe San Francisco Ballet was founded in 1933, but the company's prominence on the world stage dates from 1985, when Helgi Tomasson became director. Today, with a mostly abstract repertoire and an international lineup of dancers,... more info

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Birthday Sluts

4470 days ago

Dlisted — Courtney Stodden (18) Liam Payne (19) Lea Michele (26) Carla Gugino (41) Meshell Ndegeocello (44) Frances Ruffelle (47) Todd English (52) Rebecca De Mornay (53) Mark Morris (56) Deborah Van Valkenburgh (60) Temple Grandin (65) Robin Leach (71) Joel S... more info

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MoveTube: Mark Morris is a Dido to die for

4665 days ago

Guardian Music — Dancer Mark Morris doesn't miss a beat in his 1989 production of Dido and Aeneas – combining masculinity, femininity and musicality in one astonishing performanceDido and Aeneas is one of the operas most often set to dance, but for me no version go... more info

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Alice Goodman: The furore that finished me

4683 days ago

Guardian Music — Two decades ago, Alice Goodman wrote the libretto to The Death of Klinghoffer, an opera about a Jewish American murdered by Palestinian terrorists. It ended her career. Does she have any regrets?When Alice Goodman was writing the libretto for The Dea... more info

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Rameau's operas: why his works deserve reappraisal

4784 days ago

Guardian Music — In France, he is revered; in Britain he is barely performed. As ENO prepares its first-ever production of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Christian Curnyn applauds the legacy of a revolutionary who has always divided opinionFew composers highlight the dispari... more info

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Scottish Ballet; Nrityagram Dance Ensemble; Janis Claxton Dance – review

4831 days ago

Guardian Music — Edinburgh Playhouse; King's theatre, Edinburgh; Edinburgh zooThe Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo is resident choreographer at Boston Ballet. Popular and prolific, he has made work for numerous companies, especially in the US, and recently Scottish Ba... more info

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L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Cinderella | Classical review

5331 days ago

Guardian Music — Coliseum, London; Royal Opera House, LondonMark Morris, Handel and Milton make a sublime trioL'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato was choreographed by Mark Morris in 1988, and is perhaps the supreme expression of late 20th-century American modern d... more info

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