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Marius Petipa

Americans Bring Russian Don Quixote Home to Spain

Carla Escoda | Posted 12.19.2012 | Arts
Read More: Herman Cornejo, Natalia Osipova, Don Quixote, Marius Petipa, Ivan Vasiliev, Gran Teatre De Liceu, Paloma Herrera, Cory Stearns, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Polina Semionova, American Ballet Theatre, Daniil Simkin, Yuriko Kajiya, Susan Jones, Hee Seo, Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside, Xiomara Reyes, Alexandre Hammoudi, Alexander Gorsky, Barcelona, Kevin McKenzie, Arts News
Carla Escoda

Will performing in the homeland of Miguel de Cervantes add even more Spanish brio to this spirited, madcap Russian ballet?

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The Taming of the Tutu: A Call for Restraint in Today's Ballet Stars

Risa Gary Kaplowitz | Posted 10.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Ballerina, Marius Petipa, Alina Cojocaru, Lincoln Center, Cynthia Gregory, Rose Adagio, Dance, American Ballet Theatre, Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora, First Position, Fernando Bujones, Ballet, Youth America Grand Prix, Yagp, Video, Home News
Risa Gary Kaplowitz

Sadly, many ballet schools and companies do not seem to be doing enough to preserve ballet's greatest asset -- its ability to transport an audience into their world. Ballet technique that explodes with meaning instead of fireworks is vastly lacking.

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