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...prided himself on creations as fragmented as he believed society to be. His pieces--performed worldwide and with the company he founded in 1953--often divided the stage into autonomous zones of activity. His dedication to abstraction became his trademark; Mikhail Baryshnikov once described the way Cunningham dancers cover space as a "kind of organized chaos...
Perhaps the most frequently quoted remark about dance in recent years is George Balanchine's maxim, ''Ballet is woman.'' People respond to it heartily: for once, someone on the inside had the guts to state the obvious. Though some of the greatest stars, from Nijinsky to Baryshnikov, have been men, women carry the art form, providing its focus as well as much of its mystery. The appearance of a new, genuine ballerina is one of the exciting events in the theater. Of course she does not materialize overnight. Years of steely determination and self-denial precede the epiphany, and serious...
...E.T.A. Hoffmann fix. Get your hands on a copy of the 1977 American Ballet Theater production of “The Nutcracker.” It remains the most popular “Nutcracker” film in history, it is available at Lamont, and it stars Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Russian heartthrob best known by our generation as Carrie’s sixth-season love interest on “Sex and the City.” So mix up a strong peppermint (Schnapps) hot cocoa, settle into your comfy futon, and prepare for a trip to 19th-century Germany...
...take inspiration from excellence. Within dance, I am as inspired by a Gene Kelly movie as I am by seeing [Mikhail] Baryshnikov dance. Being here at the Kennedy School, I am inspired by great people in politics and Kennedy himself. You find inspiration where you look...
...each produce a one-act ballet at the Bolshoi this season. (Wheeldon's, a brand-new work called Misericors, debuted on Feb. 13.) "I don't want the Bolshoi to be the work of just one choreographer," Ratmansky says. Unlike years past, when a dancer's name - like Baryshnikov or Maximova - would be a key advertising point, at the new Bolshoi it is choreographers Wheeldon and Tharp who are the big draws. Their arrival in Moscow "heralds a more youthful, flexible approach to choreography," says Winnipeg's Lewis. "What Ratmansky is doing may change ballet...