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Book Review: Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly — The Foundations of Film Dance

While Beth Genné proffers a terrific take on dance and its social context, she exhibits a shaky grasp of musical-theater history.

By: Christopher Caggiano Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: and the American Film Musical, Balanchine, Beth Genné, Christopher Caggiano, Dance Me a Song, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Oxford University Press

Dance Review: Classical, Three Ways, at Boston Ballet

All of three of these ballets adapted the classical vocabulary and demonstrated that constant evolution is what keeps classicism alive.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: (Or The Perils of Everybody), Balanchine, Boston-Ballet, Creatures of Egmont, Jerome-Robbins, Jorma Elo, Marcia B. Siegel, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, The Concert

Dance Review: Stepping Way Way Out

Karole Armitage, once known as a “punk ballerina,” brings her dance troupe to the Berkshires. By Debra Cash Where has dancer Karole Armitage gone? Is “gone” a verb or adjective? Why has she put an exclamation mark smack in the middle of her new company’s name? The articulate choreographer with A-list artist friends, sweethearts and […]

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance Tagged: Balanchine, ballerina, ballet, Karole-Armitage, Merce-Cunninghma, punk

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