“Petrouchka,” the 20th-century Russian ballet, just celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Steve Sucato, freelance dance journalist, will speak on the dance in a lecture titled “The Importance of Petrouchka” at 3:30 p.m. today in Smith Wilkes Hall. The lecture is hosted by the Chautauqua Dance Circle.
Paul Solman thought he knew the answers when he first started reporting on business and economics.
In the ’70s, he took up a story on why Cambridge, Mass., was paying a lower interest rate on its municipal bonds than Boston. As he began asking questions, he said he came to the realization that he simply didn’t know how it all worked.
The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, director of the Department of Religion, kept the conversation to interfaith dialogue within the strategic plan at Wednesday’s Trustee Porch Discussion.
Modern Choreographer Martha Graham thought dance to be a “graph of the heart.”
As not the first, but one of the most original modern dancers of her time, Graham was a revolutionary of sorts. She brought modern choreography to the forefront of the industry, insisting for a while that ballet should have nothing to do with it. She of course changed her mind, slowly incorporating turned-out feet in to her movements.
North Carolina Dance Theatre in residence with Chautauqua Dance presents “Dance Innovations,” an evening of pioneering and mostly modern choreography. The performance begins at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater.
Taylor Rogers | Staff Writer The Chautauqua Property Owners Association’s annual “Shining Example” recognition awards program is about to conclude….
Marty Merkley is a maestro, a magician, a juggler — but not in the literal sense.
At least, that’s how Jill Bellowe, Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees member, introduced him at Week Five’s Trustee Porch Discussion on Wednesday.
“Why do you want to dance?” Boris Lermontov asks of the young ballerina Victoria Page in the 1948 film “The Red Shoes.”
“Why do you want to live?” Page answers effortlessly.
A pas de deux can take several shapes: abstract to definite, high-energy to soft or contemporary to timeless.
Not everyone can say they were a member of the Paris Opera Ballet at the age of 14 or that George Balanchine created works just for them. Not everyone can say they’ve been a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet or that they’ve been surprised with an award for their legacy.
