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Metal sculptor's work preserves historic moments
Special to the ForumNinety-year-old Milton Hesslein is a retired mechanical engineer and sculptor who primarily works in metal. Utilizing innovative methods to create art that captures emotion, movement and history, Hesslein uses wire to shape his works. He then covers the...Tags: Metal, Sculpture, Avnet Incorporated, Frederic Remington, Arts
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Steps toward a national presence
Special to the Chicago TribuneWith just two ventures, the Harris Theater signaled the dance world it would honor that Chicago dictum to make no small plans. In 2006, it brought back the New York City Ballet after a 26-year absence, and this week it hosts the San Francisco Ballet's...Tags: Dance, Paul Taylor, National Government, Mark Morris, Dancing
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ABT duo back for return enchantment
Special to the Chicago TribuneWhen they're dancing with their home troupe, American Ballet Theatre, they're used to second billing, and they're fine with that. Yuriko Kajiya and Jared Matthews are only 24—they still have plenty of years to graduate to stardom. For now, they'...Tags: Dance, Dancing, Millennium Park, Football, Gene Kelly
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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: Music Industry, Elvis Costello, Scott Joplin, Twyla Tharp, Broadway
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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: Rudolf Nureyev, Suzanne Farrell, Dancing, Twyla Tharp, Eleanor Powell
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Getting Carrie'd away by fashion
Special to NewsdayConversation overheard last week between two female commuters: "I'm so excited, we're going to see 'Sex and the City' - you should come," says the first. "When does it open?" asks the other. "May 30th." "May 30th???!! The way everybody's going on...Tags: Chinatown (Manhattan, New York), Don Johnson, Manhattan (New York City), Central Park, Linda Evans
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Samantha Jones vs. Aleksandr Petrovsky
Return to RedEye's Favorite Sex and the City Character Tourney home page to cast another vote. -------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++ || SEE SEX AND THE CITY PREMIERE PHOTOS || ++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++ || CHILD STARS: THEN ......Tags: Kim Cattrall
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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: Elections, Rudolf Nureyev, Paul Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Dancing
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Reacquaint yourself with the leading ladies of the 'Sex and the City' film
MCTOur favorite gal pals from Sex and the City are bigger than ever in the new movie-version of the highly successful HBO show. The film, set to open Friday, catches up with Carrie Bradshaw and her friends four years after we last saw them, and promises...Tags: New York, Newspaper and Magazine, Jennifer Hudson, Manhattan (New York City), Kim Cattrall
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Curtain calls
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
As the skies opened up and the wind howled, Neil Young never missed a beat
By Greg Kot
As a critic, I expect artists to give their all. But I do not expect them to defy death. So when I was asked to weigh in on my most surprising...Tags: Poetry, Jerome Robbins, Dean Martin, Goodman Theatre, Andrea Bocelli
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Baryshnikov finds new expression in Beckett plays
New York Times News ServiceIn the last of the four one-act plays by Samuel Beckett at the New York Theater Workshop, Mikhail Baryshnikov sits on an iron bed in a tatty red plaid bathrobe for 17 minutes, not moving or speaking, as a voice recites the thoughts that relentlessly taunt...Tags: Beverly Sills, Samuel Beckett, Celebrity, New York Times, Lincoln Center
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If gloom is the game, Beckett is the champ
TRIBUNE CRITICThe arts of late seem to be continually conjuring up that great T.S. Eliot ending: "Tenants of the house, thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season." Consider the titles of two leading contenders in this year's Oscar race: "No Country for Old Men" and...Tags: New York, Samuel Beckett, Peter Brook, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities
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