Posts Tagged ‘Town Hall’
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
by Sedgwick Clark I first met Omus Hirshbein in Carnegie Hall’s executive offices, where he worked for a brief time in 1973 between tenures at the Hunter College Concert Bureau and the 92nd Street Y. He was walking out of a planning meeting, saying in frustration to anyone nearby, “They won’t listen to me—they should […]
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Tags: Aaron Kernis, Alicia de Larrocha, Allan Kozinn, Berg, Brian Kellow, carnegie hall, Christopher Hunt, Clark, classical music, Deborah Borda, Festival, Jane Moss, Juilliard, Kirk Varnedoe, lincoln center, Mary Lou Falcone, mozart, musical america, New York, new york times, orchestra, performer, Schmidt, Sedgwick, sedgwick clark, symphony, Town Hall
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
By Rachel Straus A dance work that can express a rainbow’s spectrum of emotions is a marvel. More mysterious is that an identical set of motions—done softly and then forcefully—can convey opposite meanings. Last week’s New York performances by Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company (Town Hall, February 24) and the Paul Taylor Dance Company (City […]
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Tags: Angel Munoz, Annmaria Mazzini, City Center, Paco Pena Dance Festival, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Town Hall
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
By Rachel Straus February 4 and 5 @ 8:00 p.m. Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet at City Center Magloire’s choreographic inspiration is music. Lately, the German-born, composer-choreographer has been inviting emerging dance makers to his evenings at City Center’s studio. The program will include three world premieres: Constantine Baecher’s Sketches Of A Woman Remembering (a […]
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Tags: 92nd St. Y, Baryshnikov Arts Center, City Center, Joe's Pub, Joyce Theater, New York City Ballet, Town Hall
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