dirac Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 The Paris Opera Ballet holds its opening gala. Quote This mesmerizing spectacle, which climaxed with almost 250 dancers assembled, opened the Paris Opera Ballet opening gala on Wednesday night, broadcast on a private streaming channel, with Taittinger Champagne and fancy nibbles dispatched to virtual invitees. Link to comment
dirac Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 A feature on the life of Mikhail Baryshnikov in Russia Beyond. Quote The daredevil dancer left the Soviet Union for good in 1974. 26-year-old Baryshnikov requested political asylum in Toronto after a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet. He later moved to the United States, where he joined the American Ballet Theater (ABT) as a principal star. Expressing confidence and stamina with each flawless movement, Baryshnikov took the U.S. audiences by storm with his signature part in ‘Giselle’. His dance partner was Natalia Makarova, the former prima ballerina of the Kirov Ballet, who had also defected from the USSR, but to the UK, during the company’s London tour in 1970. Link to comment
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