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...asked about the ensuing riot some 90 years ago, he allegedly stated that it was just what he wanted. On Saturday night, the Harvard Dance Program attempted to put on a show centered on the “spirit of the Ballet Russes,” a spirit Diaghilev??s words truly encompass. The show was skillfully performed and the combination of traditional ballet movements with modern interpretations set to such brilliantly scored music made the evening very entertaining. Perhaps a more interesting way of paying tribute to the influence of the Ballet Russes, though, would have been...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Rite’ Isn’t Quite Right Without Innovation | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...program of the evening…It was deliberately ‘primitive’ and ethnographic, and Diaghilev hoped it would shock. The Rite was positioned for a riot.”Perhaps most relevant to the “ingénue” America was Diaghilev??s fateful acquisition of a new, young choreographer named George Balanchine, who would later come to America and revolutionize ballet with the founding of the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet and a style of movement totally new neo-classical, despite its Imperial roots. This...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Celebrates Centennial of the Ballet Russes | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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