The ballet isn’t generally known as a place for great humor, but Woody Allen was a cutup at the Youth America Grand Prix Gala, spies said. The “Annie Hall” director and wife Soon-Yi Previn were spotted there as guests at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center last week, along with David and Julia Koch, Wilbur and Hilary Ross, Debra Black and Karen LeFrak, who composed the score for a premiere of Marcelo Gomes’ dance piece “Tous Les Jours.” When the well-heeled group filed in for dinner after the performance, Allen was seen desperately scanning the place cards at his table. “I like it when Soon-Yi’s at the same table,” he explained to a guest, relieved to find she was seated nearby. When a party photographer asked to snap a pic, Allen quipped that he’s always happy to pose because, “It keeps me from eating.” And when a guest exclaimed Allen hadn’t changed since they’d met 35 years before, the director put his hand on his heart, tapped his chest and concluded, “No maturity.” [Source]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Alicia Graf Mack dancing for Alicia Keys
Thanks to a single phone call and fortuitous timing, Ailey dancer Alicia Graf Mack recently had the chance to participate in a video shoot for Alicia Keys’ current international tour. Ms. Mack, who can now be seen “performing” behind the R&B superstar at all of her shows, gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the shoot and explains why the experience means so much to her.
Read more here.
Alvin Ailey dedicated his beloved work CRY to “all black women everywhere — especially our mothers”
Want to know how Alvin Ailey dancers stay so limber?
Read on for the two-part series on Ailey Dancer Stretching Techniques: http://bit.ly/Z1kcmO
Opening Friday April 19th, the San Jose Ballet in Merce Cunningham’s “Duets”
YAGP Gala Tonight!
MT @yagptweets: Great news! A limited number of tix have been released for sale for this evening’s #gala performance! fb.me/34wnRDayP
— BALLET20.COM (@ballet20dotcom) April 18, 2013
Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony : Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris