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Susan Jaffe Will Be Next Artistic Director at American Ballet Theater

Susan Jaffe, a former American Ballet Theater ballerinaWhen Kevin McKenzie steps down at the end of 2022 after a 30-year tenure, he will become the company’s artistic director, the company announced Monday. Jaffe, 59, has been artistic director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater since July 2020, and will become the seventh director to lead the …

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Susan Jaffe Will Be Next Artistic Director at American Ballet Theater

Susan Jaffe, a former American Ballet Theater ballerinaWhen Kevin McKenzie steps down at the end of 2022 after a 30-year tenure, he will become the company’s artistic director, the company announced Monday. Jaffe, 59, has been artistic director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater since July 2020, and will become the seventh director to lead the …

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Hermann Nitsch, 83, Died; Artistic Transcendence in Blood and

Famous Austrian performance artist Hermann Nitsch, whose elaborate and gruesome so-called “acts”, often involving slaughtered and gutted animals, blood, feces and viscera, and evoking Christian and pagan rituals, died Monday in Mistelbach. House in Lower Austria. He was 83 years old. His wife, Rita Nitsch, confirmed his death at the hospital, but did not reveal …

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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Troupe Looks Towards The Future With A New Artistic Team

In December, a shock wave swept through dance circles when it was announced that choreographer Nai-Ni Chen had died in a swimming accident in Hawaii while on vacation. A prolific dance artist specializing in both contemporary and traditional works, 62-year-old Chen was a strong presence in the Chinese-American dance community. Andrew N. Chiang, soft spoken …

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A Dance Company Looks to the Future with a New Artistic Team

In December, a shock wave swept through dance circles when it was announced that choreographer Nai-Ni Chen had died in a swimming accident in Hawaii while on vacation. A prolific dance artist specializing in both contemporary and traditional works, 62-year-old Chen was a strong presence in the Chinese-American dance community. Andrew N. Chiang, soft spoken …

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San Francisco Ballet Appoints Tamara Rojo as Artistic Director

tamara rojoThe charismatic Spanish ballerina, who directs the English National Ballet, will become the artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, which she directed for a long time. Helgi Tomasson resigns At the end of 2022, the company announced on Tuesday. Rojo will become the first woman and fourth director to lead the group, the …

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Bettina Grossman, artistic fixture of the Chelsea Hotel, has died at the age of 94.

After seeing Bettina Grossman push her art-filled shopping cart outside the Chelsea Hotel, it seems unlikely that she would once be a successful artist with a promising career. Ms. Grossman was extraordinary even by the standards of Chelsea, a historic haven for interesting artists. Room 503, the studio apartment at the end of a long …

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