The documentary Only When I Dance “follows two teenage ballet dancers – Irlan Santos da Silva and Isabela Coracy – struggling to dance their way out of poverty and become international ballet stars.” Filming in the Rio slums “was a risky business … that involved bribing a ‘community leader’ daily.”
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Georgina Parkinson, Royal Ballet Star And ABT Coach, Is Dead At 71
“Although her training was in the Royal’s textbook classical style, Ms. Parkinson made her breakthrough in Les Biches, an experimental work of 1924 revived for the Royal in 1964 by Bronislava Nijinska. … Despite her respect for the classics, she found her best opportunities in new works.” Said ABT’s Julie Kent of Parkinson’s teaching, “I learned everything from her.”
Laredo, Texas, Fights To Keep Its Sole Bookstore Open
“Laredo sits on the border with Mexico. It’s a poor city filled with immigrants who don’t speak English, let alone read it. A federal survey several years ago found half the adults in the county lack basic literacy skills. Yet the bookstore,” a B. Dalton in a mall, “has become a touchstone.” And it’s slated for closure.
12 Million Tune In To Dance Show In UK
Nearly 12 million viewers tuned in to see Chris Hollins, the BBC sports reporter, win Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night.
Christmas 2009: Big Sales Drops For Major Authors
“Some of the biggest names in publishing have had a lousy year, posting spectacular sales falls in the run-up to Christmas.”
Encouraging Findings In Arts Participation Study?
“Over the course of the last quarter-century, the arts look like a bastion of stability compared with other popular leisure activities in which masses of Americans traditionally have invested time, money and the effort it takes to show up in person and sit among strangers.”
A New Look At Reinventing The Magazine
“In a climate where many recession-weary readers would rather troll the Internet for free than curl up with yet another discretionary expense, magazines have to reckon with the digital age, and make it profitable.”