Small But Mighty, A Minnesota Troupe Thrives

Minneapolis-based James Sewell Ballet is not your typical big-city ballet company. (In fact, Minneapolis doesn’t even have one of those.) But for 15 years, the 8-member JSB has created some of the most innovative dance performances to be found anywhere, and has built a core of support for a company that might well have gone completely unnoticed in a larger town.

London Phil’s Great Young Hope

Vladimir Jurowski is the Londo Philharmonic Orchestra’s dashing new music director. “With his commanding podium manner, brooding good looks and mane of black hair, he is the very image of a modern maestro, with the added allure for an orchestra, and the public, that he has a 12-year international career behind him. His obvious charisma and the maturity of his music-making have clearly endeared him to orchestras, critics and public alike.”