Cinderella Saturday, May 16 Carolina Ballet at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium “The shoes make the woman,” Carolina Ballet’s playbill boasted of Cinderella. Margaret Severin-Hansen, who played the title role, lived up to the statement with her bedazzled pointe slippers. To close its 2014/15 season (see the 2015/16 schedule), Carolina Ballet delivered its rendition of the well-known […]
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Carolina Ballet’s streamlined Swan Lake celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Durham Performing Arts Center
Carolina Ballet’s Swan Lake Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, 2 p.m. Durham Performing Arts Center 123 Vivian St., Durham 919-680-2787 | www.dpacnc.com How does the rest of the story go again?” a young audience member asked during intermission at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium. Her mother recapped: The prince will be tricked into […]
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Dance review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater still suspenseful and dynamic
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Carolina Performing Arts Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 Despite heavy snowfall, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was on fire at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall, performing LIFT, Bad Blood and Revelations. The performances were dynamic and bold, soulful and experimental. The high-contrast movement ranged from clustered to spread-out formations; from dancers acting […]
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Dance review: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble’s Songs of Love & Longing
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble: Songs of Love & Longing Reynolds Industries Theater, Durham Thursday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. At Reynolds Theater, courtesy of Duke Performances, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble’s Songs of Love & Longing enticed a sold-out house with alluring movement and arresting facial expressions from the Indian classical dance style Odissi. The 85-minute production by the […]
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Carolina Ballet’s annual holiday classic The Nutcracker returns with a new magic trick up its sleeve
THE NUTCRACKER Through Dec. 28 UNC’S Memorial Hall, Dec. 6–7 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill 919-843-3333 www.carolinaperformingarts.org Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Dec. 19–28 2 E. South St., Raleigh, 919-996-8700 www.carolinaballet.com For many families, going to see the ballet The Nutcracker is a holiday staple on par with singing carols, drinking eggnog and shopping on Black […]
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Dance preview: Lucky Plush Productions’ The Queue
Lucky Plush Productions: The Queue Titmus Theatre at N.C. State Friday, Oct. 24–Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. $28 In its new dance theater work The Queue, Chicago’s Lucky Plush Productions creates a poignant farce where private lives spill over into the uniquely public and transitory space of an airport. As this funny, novel production heads […]
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Dance review: Science, anatomy and comedy merge in Namely, Muscles at Duke
Namely, Muscles The Ark at Duke University Saturday, Oct. 4 “Muscles are not much different than poems. They both move you,” recited Dr. Kate Trammell, a dance professor at James Madison University and an anatomy faculty member at Cedar Stone School of Massage, as she performed Claire Porter’s Namely, Muscles at Duke. Having learned under […]
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Firebird returns to Carolina Ballet as a sizzling season opener
FIREBIRD 2 p.m. Sat.–Sun., 8 p.m. Sat. Fletcher Opera Theater 2 E South St., Raleigh, 919-996-8700 www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com Through Sept. 28 Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird revolves around a magical bird that saves the day when the hero cannot do it on his own. A prince meets the princess of his dreams. Unbeknownst to him, he […]
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Dance review: Meghadootam: The Cloud Messenger finds contemporary resonance in an ancient Indian poem
You may associate the feeling of being “on cloud nine” with thinking of your love interest. It evokes the flamboyant gesture of skywriting a proclamation of love. This association between the endless sky and the depths of love goes back a long way.Kālidāsa, often referred to as “The Shakespeare of India,” was a Sanskrit scriptwriter […]