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“Dancefloor” and “Acid Gems” fit and knit movement energy together for Ballet de Lorraine [By Tracy Danison]
“Acid Gems” by Adam Linder, inspired by George Balanchine's "Jewels". Photo © Laurent Philippe I follow the work of the Ballet de Lorraine, so I took the fast train to Nancy, the troupe’s seat,…
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Remembering Darragh Park [by David Lehmam, David Grant Noble, & Others]
Cherry blossoms filled the air, swept by the May wind, and a friend said, "Oh, I thought it was snowing." That, Darragh Park said, was the effect he tried to get across in his…
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Nin Andrews: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
__________________________________________________ If anyone reads these poems they will think they know what kind of person I…
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Jackie Robinson
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played first base. In subsequent years he was the game's premier second baseman. The first black player in the major…
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Lera Auerbach’s Symphony #6 at Carnegie Hall (Wednesday, April 19, 2023) [by David Lehman]
Lera Auerbach's Symphony #6 at Carnegie Hall (Wednesday, April 19, 2023) "Vessels of Light" for violincello, chorus, and orchestra American premiere Presented by the American Society for Yad Vashem and Yad Vashem A Concert…
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Lullaby [Itzik Manger – Trans. by Lera Auerbach]
Itzik Manger (1901-1969) was widely considered as a poet with a unique style among his peers. In the 1930s, he moved to Warsaw and later to Paris, escaping Nazi persecution. After the war, he continued…
