Would you rather kill for love or die for love? That’s the question at the heart of our 2011/2012 season. Bizet’s Carmen puts a lover in harm’s way just so another lover can prove his worth… Stravinsky’s Petrouchka risks it all for love and loses… Giselle‘s heart bursts before she will take revenge on a… Read More
Your Daily Dance Break: Carmen Shows Her Vixen Side
This almost NSFW (not safe for work) version features a very sexy Carmen reminding us all that “sweet and innocent” was never a Carmen strong suit.
Your Daily Dance Break: The Car Man
This Carmen takes the music, and switches up the story to a gritty, bloody, working class revenge tragedy…ballet. Ready?
Happy Birthday Martha Graham!
People the world over are celebrating the 117th birthday of legendary modern dance innovator Martha Graham thanks to a clever motion-capture Google logo. Check it out below: http://www.33tres.com/doodles/martha_graham.html You can sneak a peak at the process that created the Google logo here: Here’s a video of Martha in the iconic dance film Appalachian Spring. Got… Read More
Two Truths and a Lie
We’ve been doing a little research on Georges Bizet (composer of Carmen) and we have uncovered some absolutely too good to be true tidbits about him… exactly the sort of racy gossip you would expect of the man who composed the world’s most successful opera featuring a decidedly amoral female protagonist. Some of the tidbits… Read More
