Time is Now

We did it. הצלחנו, כולם Read what people wrote after the show. The Criers arranged for the first music/dance, Bach's Cappricio . At the end of the concert, I was given the honor of a soloist's bow on stage. Sunday, day of rest. Monday, Aszure Barton comes to Harvard. Nine days of dance-making. Then to NYC for six days Gaga dancing with Ohad Naharin and Batsheva dancers. Back to the studies.

Last year, in beautiful music halls and opera houses across Rome, New York City Ballet principal dancers performed canonical works of legendary choreographers George Balanchine and Peter Martins. Auditorium Parca Della Musica   |  Outdoors at the Belvedere di Villa Rufolo, Ravello Festival   |  Centro di Danza Balletto di Roma (19 Febbraio, 2013) in collaboration with Daniele Cipriani Entertainment   | When in Rome, visit the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Teatro Constazi , where the resident ballet company performs Swan Lake until 16 January  |  NYCB Principals recently visited ballet students in Rome to hold master classes for the young dancers. Lucky students, lucky principals !

by Rossi Lamont Walter, 9 January, 2014 “Oh heyyy!” giggles Betsi, as she inches her little car through a large traffic intersection. With stop lights all broken and a car full of tired dancers, all eyes were peeled as she motored safely across the lanes. We all laughed. “That is so something you would say Betsi.” “Oh? Well, what’s a new word I can use?” That was Tuesday night, the week of the debut of Chemistry . Though quaint, this short narrative embodies rather well the entire process of making the dances for the show, which will premiere on Saturday night at Jordan Hall in Boston. In the story there is the nucleus, or the dancers and their director; the mode of transportation, in this case the legendary score from Stravinsky; fatigue and yet focused attention from all; laughter; distinct personality; new vocabulary. All of these features reflect the ambition and hard (and fast!) work for Chemistry. Some background: Chemistry is a collaboration between Urbanity Dance...

HERE WE GO : **UPDATE: Chemistry currently headlines the Boston Globe's "The Week Ahead"! Sunlight and high ceilings on Wednesday morning inside the Deane Studio Boston Center for the Arts , South End, Boston 2 days until the premiere of Chemistry Dancers rehearsing 'Cayla's Dress' to accompany masterpieces by Johannes Sebastien Bach Boston Center for the Arts , South End, Boston 2 days until the premiere of Chemistry Criers Megumi Lewis and Erik Higgins trekked to Boston's South End to meet with Urbanity Dance at their studio. Working towards a collaborative concert, the Criers met the dancers and worked with choreographer Betsi Graves for the first time. 18 December, 2013 at Urbanity Dance, Boston The historic Jordan Hall, the "heart and soul of New England Conservatory". Read more about Jordan Hall and its history here: http://necmusic.edu/jordan-hall. "In April 1994, U.S. Secretary of the In...

10 Stunning Black-And-White Photos That Challenge Norms Of Masculinity Inframen Gorgeous Portraits Capture The Feminine Side Of Masculinity Male Muses Nir Arieli's Breathtaking Images Of Male Dancers In Motion Men in Motion All photography by Nir Arieli:  http://www.nirarieli.com/index2.html See/read his work on Kaltblut Magazine:  http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/nir-arieli/

Have you ever seen a man so exhausted after dancing? http://artsfuse.org/94025/fuse-dance-feature-edward-villella-takes-to-the-ice/ What is happening at Southern Methodist University in my hometown of Dallas, TX? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7LYR788GY What can happen when you dance for the first time after many years? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/arts/dance/with-willing-spirit-a-reprise-for-ailey-dancers.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 How can dance use the high energy of young boys? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_320PSjNok Do you  know how the Russian military learns to walk? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2ZK-dV3yk  (first 4 minutes) This dance gives me chills. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NKiKpF-ik Guess who is coming to Harvard in two weeks ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5L13TUD-ww Footage and notes from Chemistry rehearsals with Urbanity Dance coming soon. Now I'm going to bed, I promise. :)

I have been given the role of Calliope, the muse of poetry.  Here is what the director said about the dance  and some questions from me to myself , " images of jigsaw, pulling apart, putting together, how our limbs can become the words weaving . . . can our limbs become a specific kind of poem? A sonnet? A haiku? . . . I'm interested in bringing ideas of urban, slam, and gestural strong, fearless, proclaiming men that have something not just to show but to say " -B.Graves what must I say to Ayallo ?  where in my body will speak?  how my body is pulled apart ?  how do I put it back together ? For me, poetry is a vessel , something hollow that the poet fills only halfway, leaving the other half empty so that others may add something, too. Here are some vessels. This work by Matthew Chambers interests me because one vessel fits within another, which fits within yet another until . . .  What vessels interest YOU, and why? Blood vessels? Skin? Ple...

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I just discovered what music I will dance to in the Chemistry  show ! !םמם גליתי את המוזיקה לריקוד קטן שלי בהופעה "חימיה"! איזה יפה Calliope's dance for poetry ריקוד של קליוף לשירה 13:00-14:28 / 14:28- 13:00 Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète; Scherzo Fantastique; The Firebird Suite Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra buy here / לקנות פה

The Facebook Group / הקיבוצת פייסבוק The Details / הפרטים : Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:00pm Get Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com) A FAR CRY, Boston's exhilarating, self-conducted chamber orchestra, and URBANITY DANCE bring you an evening of great "Chemistry." Featuring Dancing with Bach, a keyboard suite newly orchestrated by prize-winning composer Eric Nathan, and Stravinsky's evocative ballet Apollon Musagète. A Far Cry's virtuosity and Betsi Graves's probing, athletic choreography will elucidate this great music and lift you right out of the January doldrums. In seven years of bringing concerts to Boston, we've never seen pre-sal es like this. We encourage you to reserve your tickets today, since the best seats are just about taken! Tickets are $25/40, Senior $20/32, Students $10 Order Online (click above) Order by phone - NEC Box Office 617-585-1260 ...or wait at the door! New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall ...

The title of the show with Urbanity Dance and A Far Cry orchestra is not 'Apollo', but rather 'Chemistry' .

*This is not the official title of the show. Urbanity Dance Apollon Musagete (the story, one version) Apollo (the muses) Apollo (the construction of, with Seth Orza, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet) Apollon Musagete (one dance, Mathieu Ganio, Myriam Ould Braham, Mathilde Froustey and Charline Giezendanner, Paris Opera) Apollon Musagete (another dance, with Marta Romagna and Roberto Bolle) Apollon Musagete (a third dance, with Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins, New York City Ballet) Apollo Musagete (the full dance, with Jacques d'Amboise, Jillana, Francia Russell and Diana Adams, New York City Ballet)