Creating a Ballet Performance – From beginning to end
By Diane Claytor I am not a dancer. Before I started volunteering with Diablo Ballet, I could count on one hand the number of times I’d seen a professional dance […]
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The Tutu: Costume Extraordinaire
By Liesl Ferreira It goes without saying that tutus are pretty, but they’ve also got a certain je ne sais quoi that makes them pretty vogueish. They’re everywhere, from […]
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PEEK Potential – Bringing the Arts to our Children
By Diane Claytor The newspapers and national magazines have been telling the story for years: Public school funding throughout the country has been decreasing. And obviously, when there’s less money […]
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Big, Bold, Bolshoi: More Than 200 Years of Dramatic History
By Liesl Ferreira The Bolshoi Ballet, unquestionably one of the most famous dance companies in the world, is the crown jewel of the Russian arts, and the great pride of […]
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The Prolific George Balanchine
By Diane Claytor To say that choreographer George Balanchine was prolific could be a gross understatement. The man U.S. News & World Report referred to as “the greatest choreographer of […]
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