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Benefit has 'Legs' to stand on
Special to the Chicago TribuneDance for Life, typically the art's most energized event of the year, is now behind us, after providing a mix of old and new at its 17th annual installment. Saturday's program and AIDS benefit at the Harris Theater boasted plenty of traditional...Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Dancing, Dance, Cyd Charisse
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Festival triumphs in its 2nd go-round
Special to the Chicago TribuneSome enchanted evening. No sophomore slump plagued the second annual Chicago Dancing Festival, which proved as exciting and varied as last year's well-received inaugural. Huge crowds mobbed the Pritzker Pavilion an hour before Wednesday's performance,...Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Dancing, Steve Reich, Dance
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Quick Takes
Hit album causes Blige legal pain
Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used in an iPod commercial.
The Drama Family Entertainment...Tags: Justice System, Mary J Blige, Court Administration, Mandy Moore, Trials
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Diane Paulus directs Central Park's 'Hair' revival
linda.winer@newsday.comA TV jingle caught my ear the other day. What was that melody? Why did it sound so deeply familiar? And what was it selling? I did name that tune. But, really, I wish I did not. You see, it was "Let the Sun Shine In," the anthem from the end of "Hair" -...Tags: Theater, Central Park, Rock and Roll Music, Milos Forman, Popular Music
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"Hair" Facts
Original 'Hair' Song List: Act 1: "Aquarius," "Donna," "Hashish," "Sodomy" "Colored Spade," "Manchester" "Ain't Got No," "I Believe in Love," "Air," "Initials," "I Got Life," "Going Down," "Hair," "My Conviction," "Easy To Be Hard," "Don't Put It Down,"...Tags: Tim Curry, Los Angeles, Theater, Meat Loaf, Joseph Papp
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Aspects that make a great dancer
1 Strength. A must-have. Dance requires endurance, grace under pressure and superlative athleticism—dancing is often described as more demanding than most professional sports. Power is only one part. Flexibility is another, a virtue dependent...Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Margot Fonteyn, Suzanne Farrell
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How Twyla Tharp's moves met Danny Elfman's music
Special to The TimesAN EXPANSIVE new work from one of the world's leading choreographers, set to an original score by a high-profile composer making his first foray into the world of dance -- this is hardly American Ballet Theatre's usual fare these days. The multi-part...Tags: Movies, Theater, Danny Elfman, Batman, Spider-Man
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Birthdays
72 Wally Amos Cookie maker 67 Twyla Tharp Choreographer 66 Andrae Crouch Gospel singer 56 Dan Aykroyd Comedian 46 Andre Braugher Actor 37 Missy Elliott Hip-hop artist 31 Liv Tyler ActressTags: Liv Tyler, Dan Aykroyd
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Kick-start your day
Today in History *In 1863, the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania. *In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect. *In 1898, during...Tags: Jamie Farr, Theodore Roosevelt, Pennsylvania, Celebrity, Olivia de Havilland
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Pictures speak 'A Thousand Words'
There's painting, sculpture and a bunch of short plays. Also a bar, fair trade chocolate and a big bowl of Chex Mix. Now playing at Art Share L.A., "A Thousand Words" is an inviting, if erratic, conversation between nine writers and nine downtown artists....Tags: Crimes, Steve Allen, Los Angeles, Samuel Beckett, Theater
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A last waltz for Damian Woetzel
Special to The TimesFOR HALF an hour on a late May afternoon, Damian Woetzel had the New York State Theater stage to himself. Although odd noises emerged from the wings as stagehands went about their business, Woetzel, in a T-shirt and stretch pants, focused intently on...Tags: Paul Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Theater, Political Candidates, Academic Progress
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Costumer hatched 'Sesame's' Big Bird
Kermit Love, the ballet costume designer whose greatest fame came as a creator, with Jim Henson, of the beloved "Sesame Street" characters Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus, died Saturday in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 91. The cause was congestive heart...Tags: Kermit the Frog, Dancing, Richard Nixon, Dance, Jerome Robbins
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