Monday, October 3

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The Kyiv City Ballet visits Texas.

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Recently an opportunity opened up to bring the ballet company from Ukraine to share the stage in Fort Worth with the Texas Ballet Theater.

"It was just a resounding, 'we absolutely have to do this!' There's no better way to do this than through our art form," Texas Ballet Theater Executive Director Vanessa Logan said. "Ballet is a universal language."

 

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The Stuttgart Ballet celebrates Egon Madsen's eightieth birthday.

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Madsen’s love of wit and humor was clear from his wry comments on the collection of black-and-white photos showing his early professional steps. Also hilarious, though without intending to be, was the commentary in a compilation from a vintage film by SDR Abendschau recalling Madsen’s time under Cranko’s directorship. We learned that male dancers “woo and fight for love and then die,” and that the young Madsen preferred table football over more sophisticated pastimes. The company’s tours to New York (1969) and Moscow (1972) were mentioned as well. A second video dealt with Madsen’s work in the Theaterhaus.

 

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A preview of Ballet Arkansas' "Dracula."

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This production features photo and video projections created in collaboration with Cranford Co. as the backdrop to the ballet, and incorporates 360 sound for a truly unique cinematic and immersive experience.