Boston Ballet invited me to see this year’s Nutcracker performance and I decided to put my carol-belting, holiday baking, dance-loving self aside for a little holiday twist on this year’s review. If you can’t stop singing Christmas carols and you love the smell of pine trees everywhere then this post isn’t for you. If you are picking…
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World Ballet Day
World Ballet Day Live started in 2015 and it has been a great way for ballet companies and ballet dancers in training around the world to connect. Catch some of World Ballet Day Live this year today, October 4th! As someone who found a lot of joy in dancing since I was a little kid and…
This I believe: Power of Expression through Dance (Guest Post)
By Isabelle Klein There are many ways to express yourself: through art, music, writing, and dancing. I believe that expression is important anyway you do it. When you put expression in whatever you are doing it comes alive and there is a better product. I believe in the power of expression through dance. I was…
A Third, A Musical Third and a Balletic First: Boston Ballet’s North American Premiere
In music, a third is a beautiful thing. It is a simple little interval that hops from do (c) to mi (e). It comes in majors and minors and we hear them in old nursery rhymes and popular music. In John Neumeier’s The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler, the choreographer takes things that we take…
Common Threads: Boston Ballet and Artist Janet Echelman Push Boundaries
Brookline artist Janet Echelman has had everyone looking up, through and beyond with her fibre art sculpture, As If It Were Already Here, that hangs above the Rose Kennedy Greenway. While Echelman’s piece still evokes awe and wonder from those who see it in person or in photographs, in a way it does feel as…
Broadway, Ballet & Al Fresco Spectating
The Opera House isn’t dormant, but Boston Ballet is on a break if by “break” one means special projects, guest performing, galas and ballerina bootcamps. While Boston Ballet Company is scattered around the world working on summer projects Broadway in Boston is filling the stage with their craft. Some companies have summer homes. New…
Thrill of Contact: Boston Ballet’s Season Finishes with Agility, Grace and Guffaws
This year, Boston Ballet gave their mixed bill programs titles to highlight a common thread among each of the varied works on the bill. These titles gave you a sense of what to expect, but allowed the programs to span the decades and step in and out of different styles of music, dance, costumes, and choreographic…
Owls, Senses & The Arts
Owls have become trendy over the years. They’re cute. They’re smart. They’re powerful and their heads turn almost all the way around. I’ve liked owls well enough but recently I have become a bit obsessed with them for on r simple reason: presence. Last week I saw an owl close up, in real life, not…
Episodes with Mr. B: Boston Ballet’s Shades of Sound
Boston Ballet’s Shades of Sound, as I mentioned in my previous post, is a three course meal. For me, watching Episodes, was like biting into something familiar but then not quite understanding what it was. Episodes was choreographed by George Balanchine (Mr. B) and premiered in May of 1959 with the New York City Ballet. Episodes is made…
Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll: Boston Ballet is at it again
Dapper men in droves, mean girls, fantasy suites, making out, hooking up, and Champagne flowing more freely than opinions on a certain striped dress, and no I’m not talking about The Bachelorette. The sex is implied (so don’t worry about bringing the kids.) The drugs are free-flowing Champagne or perhaps the intoxication is just the…
Weekends in Town: Village Fairs, Town Days , and City Festivals
This weekend is for the home bodies, the townies, and the locals. Just about every other town in suburban Boston is having a town day this weekend. Nonantum is having their Village Day it will be Sunday, June 1st from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Coletti-Magni Park. Belmont is having their Town Day on…
Summer Camp Guide: Boston and Beyond
Summer is fast approaching and although some of you sent in cheques, registrations and health forms in between power outages and snow storms this winter the rest of us didn’t have faith that summer would ever get here. The truth is, summer is fast approaching and camp is a great option for parents and children. …
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 