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...good artist leaves behind works of value when he dies. When a great artist dies, he leaves an entire landscape transformed. George Balanchine, the protean choreographer whose centenary is being celebrated this year by ballet companies the world over, left his imprint virtually everywhere in dance. Take a look at the typical American ballerina today: long, leggy, prodigiously athletic compared with the more compact, sedate ballerina of old. That?s the female figure that Balanchine cultivated - and glorified in so many of his works. Consider the prevalence today of ballets stripped of fairy-tale plots and elaborate costumes and sets...
...could just have had a career as a concert artist, but he has done so much more,” said OFA Associate Project Manager Ingrid Schorr...
...Florentine artist filippino Lippi was the product of a scandalous 15th century love affair: his father, Filippo, an artist and Carmelite friar, was chaplain of Santa Margarita convent in Prato when he ran off with a beautiful nun named Lucrezia Buti. Their illegitimate son, coached by a Florentine painter, became one of the most famous artists of his age, known for the imagination and versatility of his work and patronized by the rich and powerful. The twist in the tale came four centuries later: Filippino's fame had long since faded when England's Pre-Raphaelites "discovered" the genius...
...premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni, offers plenty to satisfy most music lovers. For the truly demanding there is now Aria, a music-themed five-star hotel in the picturesque Malá Strana district. It features 52 rooms and suites celebrating four musical genres and their best-known artists. Opera buffs can choose Mozart or Verdi, orchestral fans might prefer Debussy or Vivaldi; jazz lovers might go for Miles Davis while popsters can choose the Beatles. Each room has its own DVD/CD player and computerized jukebox with works of the featured artist. The library holds more than 1,000 books...
...recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Medal, Sir David Attenborough will give the Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Lecture, “Bird Artists and Artist Birds: Plumes and Bowers in New Guinea” Sunday, which focuses on his work in natural history. He is a conservationist, natural history filmmaker, and host of the popular BBC series, “The Life of Birds.” The series documented some of the world’s rarest birds and involved 256,000 miles of travel – 10 times around the earth. Tickets free but required in advance...