Boston, Tchaikovsky, and birthdays. (Boston Ballet celebrates its 30th anniversary produces a Tchaikovsky Festival in honor of the 100th anniversary of the composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's death) (Column)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: Barnes, Clive | Copyright information

Artistic director Bruce Marks decided to celebrate his company's anniversary with a new staging of 'The Sleeping Beauty.' It is fitting that such a major production take place because the company has emerged as a serious classical ballet company.

It was a happy coincidence of anniversaries that almost serendipitously started it off. Nineteen ninety-three (well, 1994, actually) happened to be the thirtieth birthday of the Boston Ballet. Then, as the company's artistic director, B...

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