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Curtain Up: Newport Native Stars in “Cinderella” Ballet
Spring break this year means ballet, ballet, and more ballet for dedicated Corona del Mar High School junior Camille Kellems. Last seen on stage as the Sugar Plum Fairy in “The Nutcracker,” the...
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Artscapes: Pacific Symphony Soars with ‘Cirque de la Symphonie’ May 1 – 3
Packed with gravity-defying panache and a show-stopping athleticism and grace, “Cirque de la Symphonie’s” wow factor soars as high as the musical masterpieces it accompanies. The...
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Curtain Up: “The Black Dahlia Ballet” Dances into NB Film Fest
Haunting as a heartbeat about to be snuffed, “The Black Dahlia Ballet” delves into two women’s psyches and delivers a chilling, atmospheric piece of dance cinema infused with pulse-pounding suspense....
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Curtain Up: Leslie Caron Dances into Laguna Playhouse
She may play “formidable” onstage, but in person Leslie Caron exudes a down-to-earth charm and gracious warmth. Candid and clear on subjects ranging from early ballet dreams and partners to the steely...
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Center Stage: “Tartuffe” and “Bliss” at South Coast Rep
Haven’t scored tickets to the sold-out “The Book of Mormon” at Segerstrom Center? Not to worry, there are several tempting shows to be savored this sultry Orange County weekend, each with its own...
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Center Stage: A Busy Arts Weekend with Dance, Jazz and “Company”
Choreographer Jeanine Durning, with students of The Wooden Floor – photo by Edie Layland Swirling across the stage like grains of sand in the shallow surf of an incoming tide, the young dancers of The...
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Center Stage: Going for Baroque in Corona del Mar
Elizabeth Blumenstock Like the best sort of private parties, each of the five intimate concerts in Corona Del Mar’s Baroque Music Festival that runs June 22 – 29 is filled with pleasurable...
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Center Stage: Pacific Symphony Swings Into Summer
“You & Me & the Bottle Makes Three Tonight” is an apt anthem for the July 4 kick-off to Pacific Symphony’s Summer Festival 2014 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. That song and several others...
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Center Stage: A Musical Summer with Buddy Holly
Brilliant and powerful as a meteor hurtling through space, Buddy Holly forever changed the landscape of popular music. The rock and roll visionary’s influence not only impacted The Beatles’ early works...
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Artscapes: Maestro Carl St.Clair Celebrates 25 Years with Pacific Symphony
“It’s a great honor for me” stated Carl St.Clair, speaking with an innate graciousness fired with fervor of his upcoming 25th anniversary as Music Director for our own Pacific Symphony. The Texas...
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Center Stage: Segerstrom Center Launches Dance Series with “Flames of Paris”
The Flames of Paris Sophisticated, stimulating, and spiked with the unexpected. Sounds a bit like the best sort of cocktails, doesn’t it? But then, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ 2014-2015...
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Center Stage: Local Kids Share the Spotlight in ‘A Christmas Carol’ at SCR
Local kids Maximos Harris, Zoe Hebbard, Aoife McEvoy, and Mitchell Huntley have roles in ‘A Christmas Carol’ Fun is something good old Ebenezer Scrooge was sadly missing (for much of his life, at...
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Tango Buenos Aires Brings Passion to ‘Perón’
Tango Buenos Aires returns to Segerstrom Center with “Song of Eva Perón” Infused with the fiery intensity of primitive emotions, tango throbs with a vital life force unlike any other art form. From...
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Searching for Clues at Newport Theatre Arts Center
“Witness for the Prosecution” at Newport Theatre Arts Center It’s said that the devil is in the details, and when it comes to Agatha Christie’s mind-bending mysteries, paying attention to the littlest...
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Center Stage: ABT Premieres New “Sleeping Beauty” Ballet at Segerstrom Center
ABT principal Isabella Boylston Princess Aurora’s tutus may froth with fairy-tale loveliness, but don’t be fooled by all that tulle when American Ballet Theatre’s The Sleeping Beauty comes to life in...
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Center Stage: Young Dancers Share the Spotlight
Orchesis Setting stars in young eyes and eager rhythms in hearts and soles, dancers’ dreams deserve both encouragement and nurturance. To that end, this week Center Stage shines the spotlight on Corona...
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Center Stage: Newport Dancers Pirouette in Plum Roles
Spring fever and youthful enthusiasms go together like, well, ballerinas and pointe shoes, especially for two passionate Newport dancers who can’t resist juggling demanding school schedules with studio...
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Artscapes: Dance Takes Center Stage at Film Festival
Vibrating with a joy both energized and hopeful, tap transcends our workaday world to embody the very pulse of life. From traditional time-steps on Broadway stages to the improvisational, hip-hop style...
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Center Stage: Mark Morris Brings “Dido and Aeneas” Back to OC May 15 – 16
“For me, it’s all or nothing” explained über-talented Renaissance man Mark Morris with customary candor. “I’m obsessed with live dancers, live music, and live audiences; I have to have it, and I won’t...
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Center Stage: Wooden Floor Waxes Poetic with Dance Concert May 28 – 30
John Heginbotham Energy crackles the air like lightning across a desert sky as more than a dozen of The Wooden Floor’s teenaged dancers circle one of its Santa Ana studios, warming up with a run....
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