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At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved. Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global audience. It takes place in southern Greece at a site many still consider sacred: the...
Choreographer Lorin Latarro, rock's whisperer on Broadway, gives flight to the Who and Huey Lewis
NEW YORK (AP) — The quintessential rock musical "The Who’s Tommy" is thrillingly alive again on Broadway. And just a few blocks away is a new rock show featuring music by Huey Lewis and the News. The connecting tissue between them is the in-demand choreographer Lorin Latarro,...
La Scala performers and workers call for Gaza cease-fire before opera-ballet set in conflict
MILAN (AP) — Just before an opera-ballet set in conflict, La Scala’s principal dancer Roberto Bolle, general manager Dominique Meyer and other members of the dance company, orchestra and stage crew faced the audience as the curtain rose. It revealed a banner with the imperative: “Cease...
Carlos Acosta brings the streets of Havana to 'The Nutcracker' with new take on holiday ballet
LONDON (AP) — Carlos Acosta, the Cuban-born ballet star, has danced “The Nutcracker” countless times in his glittering career. Now he’s giving the ballet a twist by putting the culture and music of his homeland at the heart of the holiday classic. Acosta is choreographing and...
Review: Choreographer Twyla Tharp, still inventing at 82, displays her latest creations
NEW YORK (AP) — There are many adjectives one might use to describe the force of nature that is Twyla Tharp. “Shy” is not one. This includes at curtain calls. At the opening of her current show at New York’s Joyce Theater, her dancers went to escort the 82-year-old...
Movie Review: J.Lo's very wacky, very wild, very J.Lo journey to love in ‘This Is Me … Now’
OK, so maybe we’re not tracking her jet travel online like amateur spies, or worrying on a diplomatic level whether she’ll make it to a football game. But current Swift-mania aside, let’s not forget that another force of nature, J.Lo, has been the ultimate celebrity for...
Dancer Tiler Peck makes her choreography debut at the New York City Ballet
Tiler Peck, principal dancer for the New York City Ballet, choreographed her first ballet there, “Concerto for Two Pianos," and found it a joyful new way to lead the dancers. “I have never been so nervous and excited at the same time,” Peck told The Associated Press....
Review: Usher shines at star-studded 2024 Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher emerged at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium for the Super Bowl halftime show seated on a throne, joined by a marching band and a trove of Vegas performers — but stayed its center. It was an immediate confirmation of his position as the ideal halftime...
