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Joffrey dancers creating evil through movement for 'Othello'
He is guilty of "motiveless malignity," in the words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- for undiluted evil, few characters in literature rival William Shakespeare's Iago. But everyone, remember, is beautiful at the ballet. In a dance version of "Othello,"...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Dance, William Shakespeare
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Jodie Gates to head USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Jodie Gates — a former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet who has since become one of Southern California's most prominent dance leaders — will become the director of the new USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Gates is a professor of...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance, KB Home
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Quick Takes: Reebok drops rapper
Rick Ross' controversial lyrics that seemed to promote date rape have resulted in the superstar rapper-mogul being dropped as a spokesman for Reebok. After intense pressure from a number of organizations, including anti-sexism collective UltraViolet,...Tags: Jenni Rivera, Eli Broad, mun2 (tv network), Entertainment Events, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Edward Kelsey Moore on 'The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat'
When he was a boy of 7 or 8, Edward Kelsey Moore developed a habit that, unbeknown to him at the time, would come in handy years later: eavesdropping. At holiday gatherings of his extended family in the suburbs of Indianapolis, or in the small Kentucky...
Tags: Authors, Culture, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Reviews
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From hip-hop to Mozart, Sinfonietta readies eclectic fare for 2013-14 season
The Chicago Sinfonietta, an orchestra long committed to promoting diversity and inclusiveness on both sides of the footlights, is taking its venturesome programming up a notch beginning next season. The move, as explained by executive director Jim...
Tags: Culture, Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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Foundation to aid aspiring dancers
With 10 brothers and sisters in the family, a mother who home-schools and little money for extras, Loretta Williams knows that to achieve her dream of becoming a professional ballerina, she's going to need some help. The 19-year-old needs about $20,...
Tags: Loyola University Chicago, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance, Awards and Prizes
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Joffrey's Magical 'Nutcracker' Dinner
The Women's Board of The Joffrey Ballet hosted its 25th annual "Nutcracker" Family Dinner on Dec. 15 at the Palmer House Hilton. The Grand and State ballrooms were enchantingly transformed by Kehoe Designs to resemble the Land of Sweets from Robert...
Tags: Personal Service, Entertainment, LEGO Group, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Dawn Turner Trice: Dance instructor takes steps to overcome illness
You might find Cescily Washington teaching a dance class at a Chicago public school, standing before her young students dressed in her black leotard with her hair pulled back into a bun. Other times she's preparing for upcoming events, such as the North...
Tags: Education, Public Schools, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Mavis Staples
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Candid Candace: Lyric Gala's 'Midnight in Paris'
For the 29th annual Fantasy of the Opera Gala on Feb. 9, the Lyric's Guild Board transformed the Civic Opera House into 1920s Paris for this year's theme, "Midnight in Paris." More than 700 patrons in black-tie attire sipped Champagne among French-...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Civic Opera House, Muhammad Ali, Entertainment Events, Poetry
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Reinking, Thodos reveal inspirational story of Helen Keller
"The White City," Ann Reinking and Melissa Thodos' previous dance, dealt with the blackness of the soul — a glittering world's exhibition tainted by serial murder and mayoral assassination. There's paradox, too, at the center of their new venture,...
Tags: Movies, Physical Disabilities, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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Review: Joffrey Ballet returns with reconstructed 'Rite of Spring'
The celebration of the “Rites” has begun. “The Rite of Spring” (Le Sacre du Printemps) is the revolutionary 1913 ballet by choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, composer Igor Stravinsky and artist Nicholas Roerich that clamorously...
Tags: New York City, Entertainment, Music Industry, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Joffrey Ballet to celebrate giants in 'Legends'
The Americans celebrated in the Joffrey Ballet's "American Legends" program aren't all choreographers. The bill does include works by U.S. dance giants Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and Gerald Arpino. But it also boasts a new creation from the Houston...
Tags: Culture, Morton Gould, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Billy Joel
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