O&A Saturday Dance Bonus: 1976 Television Debut of Mikhail Baryshnikov

mqdefault Mikhail Baryshnikov’s 1976 United States television debut live from Wolf Trap. The performance also featured  Gelsey Kirkland and Marianna Tcherkassky in Coppelia (pas de deux), Le spectre de la Rose, Vestris and Don Quixote (pas de deux). Continue reading

Wildin Out Wednesday: Chappelle Show- The Niggar Family

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Chappelle’s Show offered Dave Chappelle’s street-smart, thought-provoking and hilarious brand of comedy. The series premiered on January 22, 2003, the Comedy Central Network. The show ran for two complete seasons and a third, truncated season (dubbed The Lost Episodes). Continue reading

Rudolph Nureyev: Encore Performance- Afternoon Of A Faun (1981)

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Vaslav Nijinsky himself did the choreography for Afternoon of a Faun, using the music of Claude Debussy. In this interpretation, Bakst’s scenery and costumes have been stunningly reconstructed by Ralph Holmes. The original choreography, designed to evoke the two-dimensional flatness of a Greek frieze, was reconstructed by Elizabeth Schooling and William Chappel. Continue reading