Armitage gone home!The legendary "drastic classicism classicism, a term that, when applied generally, means clearness, elegance, symmetry, and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. It is sometimes synonymous with excellence or artistic quality of high distinction. " choreographer Karole Armitage Karole Armitage (born March 3 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas) is an American dancer and choreographer based in New York. Armitage began her career dancing Balanchine as a member of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. lands at home after 15 years of working with ballet and opera houses Opera houses are listed by continent, then by country with the name of the opera house and city; the opera company is sometimes named for clarity. Note: there are many theatres whose name includes the words Opera House in Europe. Her five-member troupe Armitage Gone! Dance premieres In this dream that clogs me, Nov. 30-Dec. 18 at The Duke on 42nd Street. With music by Annie Gosfield and sets by David Salle, the evening-length ballet was inspired by sources as opposite as Chinese calligraphy calligraphy (kəlĭg`rəfē) [Gr.,=beautiful writing], skilled penmanship practiced as a fine art. See also inscription; paleography. European Calligraphy In Europe two sorts of handwriting came into being very early. and South Central L.A. street "krumping." Armitage describes it as a "voyage where you have tremendous beauty and grace, but which doesn't leave out those things that are intensely contradictory, even aggressive and violent." Turning philosophical, she adds, "I really want dance to be like thought--spontaneous, quick, and fleet. I want dancers to move like a blaze of consciousness." See http://duke.new42.org. |
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