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All posts tagged "Boston Opera House"
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303ReviewsBuilding a world within a dance: Boston Ballet’s ‘Winter Experience’
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA.February 25, 2024. World-building is commonly discussed in the art forms of literature, film and television – yet...
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681ReviewsBoston Ballet’s 2022 ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’: Treasuring tradition
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.December 18th, 2022, 1:30 PM Holiday traditions: bright lights downtown, going to get a Christmas tree with...
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447ReviewsThe beat goes on: Boston Ballet’s ‘My Obsession’
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. October 9, 2022. I had Sonny and Cher “The Beat Goes On” in my head after enjoying Boston Ballet’s My...
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11.4KReviewsNow and then: Boston Ballet’s ‘Celebrating Jorma Elo’
February 25-March 7.Through bostonballet.org/bbatyourhome. Dance doesn’t exist in a vacuum, evidently enough; what came before is either a foundation or something to...
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4.7KReviewsClassical simplicity: Boston Ballet’s ‘Giselle’
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. September 19, 2019. The curtains rose on the first performance of Giselle on June 28, 1841, at the...
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3.6KReviewsA classic that breaks out of the classical mold: Boston Ballet’s Coppélia
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. March 21, 2019. When you think of a classical story ballet, what comes to mind? Fairies, princes...
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5.0KReviewsTheatricality, fun and humor in Boston Ballet’s ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. November 29, 2018. The Nutcracker is a tale with a long tradition of telling, far and wide....
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3.8KReviewsBournonville and Boston Ballet’s ‘La Sylphide’: Less can truly be more
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. May 25, 2018. “Less can be more,” – an arguably cliche phrase that, unfortunately enough, is preached...
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4.0KReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘Classic Balanchine’: Seeing the classics with clear eyes
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. May 17, 2018. George Balanchine – arguably the one individual most responsible for the American ballet aesthetic....
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4.4KReviewsBoston Ballet presents William Forsythe’s ‘Artifact’: Beyond binary
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. February 23, 2017. Post-modern art grew from socio-political shifts of post-World War II western society. Some claim...
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11.2KFeature ArticlesWilliam Forsythe at Boston Ballet: ‘Artifact’ and More
“What, really, is art?” seems to be a never-ending question, one that no one has been able to answer concisely and matter-of-factly....
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5.2KReviewsBoston Ballet’s Mikko Nissinen’s ‘The Nutcracker’: Presenting the old anew
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. Friday, November 25. Have you ever considered attending a certain dance performance, but then thought “Meh, I’ve...
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4.9KReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘Le Corsaire’: Balancing history and spectacle
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. November 2, 2016. Ballet period pieces occasionally face accusations of historical inaccuracy, cultural reductionism and being more...
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9.4KReviewsSeasons of Change: Boston Ballet in ‘Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler’ by John Neumeier
Boston Opera House, MA. October 31, 2015. No doubt life has its seasons of love, of joy, of loss, of war. Dance...
