Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Prima Donna’
Moira Shearer Back in February, I had the opportunity to see the newly restored Technicolor print of “The Red Shoes” as it passed through Seattle on an international tour. It’s a grand, dramatic film...
View ArticleLa La La Human Steps Premieres Opera-hued “New Work” in U.S.
[This ran in the L.A. Times.] Thirty-plus years after founding La La La Human Steps, Montreal-based choreographer-director Édouard Lock has become a sort of philosopher-king for the fierce and...
View ArticleTeams of Indie Artists Respond to “Einstein on the Beach”
Click to view slideshow. Philip Glass’ symphonic music has grown commonplace on ballet programs, yet more often than not contemporary choreographers will concoct dense, breathless and safe movement...
View ArticleThe Society of the Spectacle
Does one really need to see Swiss filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Bron’s “The Paris Opera?” It's opening in L.A. at the Laemmle theaters this weekend. You can already imagine it, right: Venerable themes of...
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