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American Ballet Theater returns to China after a decade as US-China ties show signs of improving
2Nov By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

American Ballet Theater returns to China after a decade as US-China ties show signs of improving

SHANGHAI, China -- America's national ballet company returned to China on Thursday for the first time in a decade in the latest sign that the strained U.S.-China relations are beginning to improve.The American Ballet Theater’s 85 dancers prepared for opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater, where they were to perform “Classic Old and New,” a ballet encompassing contemporary moves as well as classical choreography, according to Susan Jaffe, the group’s artistic director.The tour marks a revival of cultural exchanges between China and the United States. The Asian nation will also host a series of performances starting next week of the Philadelphia Orchestra members, marking the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s historic visit to China in 1973.After four nights of performing in Shangha...
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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing ‘Joker’ film record
15Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing ‘Joker’ film record

Movie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country. The unparalleled enthusiasm helped propel “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” to a massive, first place debut between $95 million and $97 million in North America, AMC Theatres said Sunday. It’s easily the biggest opening for a concert film of all time, and, not accounting for inflation, has made more than the $73 million “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” earned in 2011. In today’s dollars, that would be around $102 million. And if it comes in on the higher end of projections when totals are released Monday, it could be the biggest October opening ever. The one to beat is “Joker,” which launched to $96.2 million in 2019.A unique experiment in di...
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Misty Copeland’s dedication to inclusion spans many projects — and her push for new dance emojis
10Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Misty Copeland’s dedication to inclusion spans many projects — and her push for new dance emojis

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are motivated by her passion to use her platform to promote diversity in all the spaces she inhabits.The first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre in 2015, Copeland says she never takes that opportunity for granted. Beyond performing, she says she feels a responsibility to show the importance of representation, and work on projects that are an extension of who she is as a dancer.Her influence has transcended the stage to author, head of her own production company and charitable foundation, and now co-founder and designer of a new athletic wear brand, Greatness Wins, that focuses on clothing for women of all ages and body types.C...
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Dancer Stabbed To Death Vogueing At New York Gas Station
1Aug By adminNo Comments
Politics

Dancer Stabbed To Death Vogueing At New York Gas Station

A gay professional dancer was stabbed to death after vogueing with friends at a gas station in Brooklyn, New York, elevating concerns about a rise in violence against LGBTQ+ Americans.O’Shae Sibley, a professional dancer and choreographer, was heading home with friends after a trip to the New Jersey Shore on Saturday night. The group stopped at the gas station around 11 p.m. and were vogueing to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album before a separate group of men approached them.“These people were like ‘We’re Muslim, I don’t want you dancing,’” an employee of the gas station recalled to Gothamist, adding: “The gay people, they were not trying to fight.”The group began to call Sibley and his friends — who were shirtless and in bathing suits — names and gay slurs, telling them to stop dancing, acco...
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Theater Review: ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ with Britney Spears songs will drive you crazy
22Jun By adminNo Comments
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Theater Review: ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ with Britney Spears songs will drive you crazy

NEW YORK -- You're handed an LED wristband as you enter “Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical on Broadway stuffed with Britney Spears songs. But the gift is strangely inert for the whole show, only coming to life and gleaming at the curtain call. It's not a wristband — it's a metaphor. It glows in the end because you are free. Free of this bombastic, patronizing, clumsy, lazy show.“Once Upon a One More Time,” which opened Thursday at the Marquis Theatre, is pure summer dumb — it's got smoke machines working overtime, weird dance breaks, tons of glitter and every song ends with a manufactured IMAX-level sonic boom. One of the main characters actually swings on a chandelier.Everything about it seems recycled: A fractured fairy tale that is a tired concept by now — no less a giant than Andr...
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