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Dance knows no boundaries
Martha Graham once said, “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Karen Peterson and Dancers bring this statement to life. Peterson is at the helm of a mixed-abilities dance troupe in Miami, which features dancers from the South Florida...Tags: Entertainment Events, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami-Dade County, Trips and Vacations
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A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life
Los Angeles TimesYour face says it all: You are starting to panic. Don't. If you're shopping for a traveler, you might just find the answer to your gift-giving conundrum in these pages. Our team of travelers has tested items large and small, pricey and affordable, and...Tags: Christopher Reynolds, Skype, Trips and Vacations, Marilyn Monroe, Apple iPod
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I yam what I yam -- but is it art?
One of the biggest problems in our politics is that people don't think for themselves. We let radio and television hosts, pundits and politicians tell us what to believe. And one of the biggest problems in our arts is that people don't enjoy for...
Tags: Philosophy, Allen Ginsberg, Fast Five (movie), Religion and Belief, Philip Glass
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A 'Rite of Spring' that Nijinsky and Stravinsky would recognize
When the Joffrey Ballet debuted its reconstructed "The Rite of Spring" in Los Angeles in fall 1987, it received a seismic welcome — a 5.9 on the Richter scale, to be exact. The morning after "Rite's" opening at the Music Center, a major earthquake...
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Carol Bartlett
Carol Bartlett, a choreographer who had been the Peabody Preparatory dance department's artistic director for 25 years, died of cancer Dec. 15 at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 67.
"She was the backbone and inspirational leader of the Peabody...Tags: Greenwich Village, Fine Artists, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Teachers
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Nuclear stories
Kristen Iversen grew up in Colorado, in a small town near a secret nuclear bomb factory, although she didn't know it at the time. The factory was so under the radar that many believed the plant made cleaning supplies, like Scrubbing Bubbles. After years...
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Book review: West Coast photo icons developed in Glendale
One of the more hidebound notions about American art is that modern art photography was strictly an East Coast phenomenon, and that Los Angeles represented a cultural backwater. Last fall's publication of “Artful Lives,” Beth Gates Warren's...
Tags: Carl Sandburg, Mexico, Emma Goldman, Photography, Book
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My Interview With Ernest Borgnine, Recalling Career, His Connecticut Roots
Hartford CourantErnest Borginine died Sunday at the age of 95. Here is my interview with the Hamden-born, Connecticut-raised actor in 2010. By FRANK RIZZO Ernest Borgnine, who turns 94 in January, is having the time of his life. With a new film out this month...Tags: Celebrities, Harvey (movie), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bruce Willis, Betty White
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Lillian Bassman dies at 94; renowned fashion photographer
"I didn't bring you to Paris to make art; I brought you here to do the buttons and bows," Harper's Bazaar editor Carmel Snow famously snapped at photographer Lillian Bassman during a fashion shoot for the magazine in the late 1940s.
But Bassman's fashion...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Christian Dior, Photography, Neiman Marcus, The New York Times
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Columbia Orchestra goes the American way
European composers still tend to dominate most classical music programs in the United States, but the Columbia Orchestra makes a case for our country in a program titled "American Inspirations."
Some of that American music is freshly minted, too, in...Tags: Washington, DC, Music, Ellicott City, Music Industry, Music
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Laurel Arts to present Rhythms of Christmas Saturday
Rhythms of Christmas, Laurel Arts' annual holiday performance, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Somerset Area High School. The show will feature 45 girls and boys dancing and a similar number of musicians playing.
Most of the dancers are students at...Tags: Music Industry, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Dance
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Ron Fletcher dies at 90; opened West Coast's first Pilates studio
Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas. He was 90.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said...Tags: Celebrities, Alcohol Addiction, Mary Martin, World War II (1939-1945), Barbra Streisand
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