Sunday, April 10

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A review of Toni Bentley's "Serenade: A Balanchine Story" by Misty Copeland in The New York Times.

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But “Serenade” the book is about more than the making of a single ballet; it is an introspective nod to the life lessons taught through movement, told from the perspective of a young ballerina whose underlying drive came down to “no romance, no tulle, no tiara, no spotlight, no dreams of stardom, just an unwavering surge to survive when I was told I might not.”

 

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A review of Dance Theatre of Harlem by Brian Seibert in The New York Times.

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In places, Garland doesn’t trust enough in the formal power of his choreography and underlines with obvious gestures. But he has something important to convey. “Look around,” this ballet says; look at what hasn’t changed since the ’70s. But it also says, “look around,” Dance Theater of Harlem, just getting started in those years, is still going, still claiming the language and beauty of ballet for Black dancers.