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    Dec 2, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Dance review: Joffrey 'Nutcracker' at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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    Robert Joffrey got just about everything marvelously right in his 1987 “Nutcracker,” the last ballet he directed before his death. And the Joffrey Ballet did just about perfectly as well on Thursday, when the company returned with this...
    2. Jan 31, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Movie review: 'Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance'

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    True believers may be impressed by the feature-length documentary "Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance." But the lack of sustained dance footage and the overload of gush may leave others disappointed....
    3. Mar 14, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Bolshoi and London ballets coming to a movie screen near you

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    Almost like mini-residencies, this spring's offerings from London’s Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow will each bring three unique concerts featuring some of the most beloved and stylistically demonstrative choreography born from those...
    4. Apr 4, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Hubbard Street Dance furthers its L.A. reach

    In Chicago they build things right -- and that goes for dance companies. In January, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago displayed its artistic vitality in Los Angeles with its splendid staging of Frederick Ashton's postwar masterpiece " Cinderella" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
    In Chicago they build things right -- and that goes for dance companies. In January, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago displayed its artistic vitality in Los Angeles with its splendid staging of Frederick Ashton's postwar masterpiece " Cinderella" at the...

    Tags: William Forsythe, Arts and Culture, Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Schools

    5. Jan 24, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Joffrey Ballet to perform 'Cinderella' in L.A.

    When Frederick Ashton's " Cinderella" premiered at Covent Garden in December 1948, London resembled a lovely woman with ash on her face. It was a grim time. Remnants of the war lingered in the city: rubble from the blitzkrieg, treasury coffers riddled with debt, homelessness, food rationing. A splendid fairy-tale ballet -- the first by a British choreographer -- promised an escape. In its January 1949 review of "Cinderella," Time magazine noted that the English audience was "eager to be enchanted."
    When Frederick Ashton's " Cinderella" premiered at Covent Garden in December 1948, London resembled a lovely woman with ash on her face. It was a grim time. Remnants of the war lingered in the city: rubble from the blitzkrieg, treasury coffers riddled...

    Tags: England, University of Southern California, Margot Fonteyn, Entertainment, Journalism

    6. Nov 9, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Kings of the Dance coming to Ahmanson Theatre in February

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    The dance world's equivalent of a star-studded action franchise is coming to Los Angeles. The Kings of the Dance -- which is not to be confused with the Kings of Comedy or the Lord of the Dance -- will play......
    7. Jan 2, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. PASSINGS: Cardinal Cahal Daly, Georgina Parkinson

    Cardinal Cahal Daly Criticized IRA violence Roman Catholic Cardinal Cahal Daly, 92, a philosopher who was outspokenly critical of IRA violence during his leadership of the Irish church during the 1980s, died Thursday in Belfast, where he had been...

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    8. Jul 16, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Dance review: ABT's 'The Sleeping Beauty' at the Music Center

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    The “Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center” season that delivered artistic epiphanies with two important historic reconstructions – the Joffrey Ballet’s marvelous staging of Frederick Ashton’s “Cinderella” (1948) and Merce...
    9. Jul 12, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Roberto Bolle, ABT's latest leading man

    In his native Italy, Roberto Bolle has achieved a degree of popularity unknown to ballet dancers in this country. His chiseled, handsome features -- not to mention his hunky torso -- are featured in magazine spreads and advertising campaigns. But he is also the real deal: a tall, supremely elegant dancer with exceptional line, harmonious plastique and partnering skills that have kept him in demand among leading ballerinas worldwide.
    In his native Italy, Roberto Bolle has achieved a degree of popularity unknown to ballet dancers in this country. His chiseled, handsome features -- not to mention his hunky torso -- are featured in magazine spreads and advertising campaigns. But he is...

    Tags: Opera (genre), Rudolf Nureyev, Entertainment, Theater, Dancing

    10. Jan 25, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. The Joffrey's new maestro, Ashley Wheater

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    The handsome, long-legged Ashley Wheater seemed typecast for leading male roles in 19th century romantic story-ballets when he danced with the Royal Ballet, London Festival Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and Australian Ballet. “I grew up in a company [the...
    11. Jan 29, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Dance review: Joffrey's 'Cinderella' at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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    Back in 1948, before he was acknowledged as one of the century's greatest dance-makers, Frederick Ashton left nothing to chance when choreographing “Cinderella,” his first full-length work for the British company now known as the Royal Ballet. He...
    12. Feb 17, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Dance review: 'Kings of the Dance' at the Ahmanson Theatre

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    The best dog-and-pony show in town — paced by thoroughbred racehorse David Hallberg — was impresario Sergei Danilian’s ballet franchise, “Kings of the Dance,” which opened a two-night run as part of the Dance at the Music Center series Tuesday.....
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