Tag Archives: JOFFREY BALLET

The Year So Far

By Victoria Looseleaf We’ve been on a mini-hiatus, so a belated happy new year, peeps. And what a weird 2013 it’s been already. We lost Huell Howser, folksy journalist who brought California to life for millions and whose legacy lives … Continue reading

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Joffrey Ballet: Born to Bourrée…

 By Victoria Looseleaf …and then some. In the new documentary, Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, we get an inside look at the little company that could. And did: create a new form of American ballet, that is, courtesy of the … Continue reading

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Nutcrackered Out: On Ballet’s Most Popular Work

By Victoria Looseleaf Love it or loathe it, The Nutcracker, that E.T.A. Hoffmann story set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, is here to stay. We are, fortunately, in the former category, though our Nutcracker threshold seems to get lower with each … Continue reading

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