Happy birthday, Boris Kochno.January is thick with centenary celebrations in dance, but let us save at least one toast for a man who was neither dancer nor choreographer, but nevertheless contributed substantially to the evolution of the art in the twentieth century. Boris Kochno Boris Kochno (January 3, 1904, Moscow — December 8, 1990, Paris) was a Russian poet, dancer and librettist. He was a lover of Karol Szymanowski while a schoolboy of fifteen in Elisavetgrad (now Kirovohrad) in 1919, where he received as a gift a Russian translation of the was Serge Diaghilev's secretary and artistic adviser for the last nine years of the impresario's life. He penned the librettos for George Balanchine's Prodigal Son, La Chatte, and Cotillon co·til·lion also co·til·lon n. 1. A formal ball, especially one at which young women are presented to society. 2. a. , co-founded with Balanchine the short-lived Ballets 1933, and later helped Roland Petit Roland Petit (b. 13 January, 1924) is a French choreographer and dancer born in Villemomble near Paris, France. He trained at the Paris Opéra ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets, which include:
tr.v. out·lived, out·liv·ing, out·lives 1. To live longer than: She outlived her son. 2. friend and foe Friend and Foe is the third release from the Portland, Oregon-based band Menomena. It was released January 23, 2007 by Barsuk Records. The cover art is designed by Craig Thompson, writer and illustrator of the award-winning graphic novel Blankets. alike. To imagine the tapestry of ballet without Kochno's gleaming and enduring contribution is simply impossible. |
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