Raavan (2009, dir. Mani Ratnam). Aishwarya Rai’s Ragini remains too little marred by abduction, rock-scaling, near-drowning, food refusal, traumatic witnessing, being dragged from cave to pit to cave and so on. The camera still fondles her face as it might any cover-girl—confirming this face to be as fascinating as that of some infant cyborg. Abhishek […]
Basement Bhangra 13th anniversary Friday at the Fillmore Irving Plaza: a re-inspection after many years away. The combination of busy yet puzzling performer line-up with low bhangra-to-hip-hop ratio, and probably roomier venue, and probably too-predictable playlists, resulted in a night of fits and starts and mostly waiting. Nina Sky: cute; random. Raghav (who he?): low-blow […]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Belatedly catching up on the Winter Olympics, especially the figure-skating pair upon which China has been pinning its dreams. After near-misses at three prior Olympics, Shen Xue (31) and Zhao Hongbo (36) finally took the gold Monday—with a new world record. In the flawless clinching of each most critical moment one sensed the poignant history […]
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at NY City Center Sunday, December 6, 2009, 7:30 PM Festa Barocca (2008), choreographed by Mario Bigonzetti; music by G. F. Handel; costumes by Marc Happel. This is a big, ebullient, full-ensemble piece that captures the spirit of the baroque—as its title and Handel soundtrack properly assert (and as its […]
Monday, March 9, 2009 at 8 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, dir. Pierre Boulez Pre-concert talk by Ara Guzelimian, Provost & Dean, The Juilliard School. JANÁČEK | Sinfonietta SZYMANOWSKI | Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35. Soloist: Frank Peter Zimmermann STRAVINSKY | Pulcinella (complete). Soloists: Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) The Janáček […]
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Tagged ballet, boulez, Carnegie Hall, chicago symphony orchestra, Dance, douglas dunn, janacek, pulcinella, stravinsky, szymanowski, violin, violinists, zimmermann
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