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[ad_1] Harry Colomby was a jazz-loving teacher when he stopped by Cafe Bohemia in Greenwich Village in 1955 to remind drummer Art Blakey that he and his band, the Jazz Messengers, would be performing there in a few days. Mr. Colomby taught. While waiting, Mr. Colomby greeted the famous composer and pianist Thelonious Monk; they …
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[ad_1] It’s Never Too Late” is a series that tells the stories of people who decide to follow their dreams. By most accounts, Richard Klein had a pretty good life: a solid job as a teacher at a Hebrew day school in Oakland, California; friends like family and a passion for singing and dancing that …
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[ad_1] The setting is a ballet class and the year is 1974. George Balanchine raises his arms in anger when he sees a dancer taking a wrong step at the bar. We may not see him and what he did wrong, but we feel how hard Balanchine is struggling. It’s not just his words – …
[ad_1] For several months in 1916, sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger stayed together at the Villa Medici in Rome. Villa residence permits were usually awarded to the winner of the Prix de Rome, a grand competition for French composers; Lili had won in 1913, but an earlier visit to Italy was interrupted by the outbreak …
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[ad_1] Changing his stage name to Briansky, he joined Roland Petit’s Les Ballets des Champs-Élysées in 1946. There he met Mireille Lefebvre, a native of Paris Opera Ballet school and principal dancer with the Bordeaux Ballet. He and Mr. Briansky were still known as Lefebvre when they performed in New York in 1951 with Petit’s …
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[ad_1] June Finch is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher specializing in choreographed technique. Merce Cunningham, Passing this on to generations of students, he died in a Manhattan hospital on June 18. He was 81 years old. Her niece, Amy Verstappen, said the cause was lung cancer. Known for her sophisticated sense of rhythm, egalitarian spirit, …
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