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Antony Tudor's `Lilac Garden' blossoms anew
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John Cranko is not the only 20th century choreographer to be
showcased during the Joffrey Ballet's spring season. Gerald Arpino's
ever-popular "Viva Vivaldi," and Leonid Massine's elaborate 1933
allegorical ballet, "Les Presages"-a prescient look at man's destiny,
created in the pre-World War II years and set to Tchaikovsky's Fifth
Symphony-are part of a bill that also includes the company premiere
of "Lilac Garden," a 1936 ballet by Antony Tudor.
One of the most important of 20th cent...
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 "Miami Herald (Miami, FL)")
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Emotions thrive in 'Lilac Garden'.(an Antony Tudor ballet)(Dance review)
Miami Herald (Miami, FL)
; Byline: Jordan Levin Feb. 25--jump front Anyone listening in on this rehearsal at Miami City Ballet would be forgiven for thinking they were at a theater, instead of a dance rehearsal. You have to say to him how wonderful it was when you were touching my face and body, coach Donald Maher says to
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Dance: Ballet West USA: Antony Tudor The Edinburgh Playhouse Edinburgh oo999.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Zoe Anderson IF YOU mean to celebrate a choreographer, don't do it by reviving his weaker ballets. The Edinburgh Festival's Antony Tudor season had a hiccupy start in this programme by Ballet West USA. Of the three ballets, Lilac Garden still looks impressive, but it's flanked by a weary
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The Timeless Passions of Antony Tudor
The Washington Post
; "Someone called me an old master the other day, which I thought was the kiss of death," Antony Tudor said a decade and a half ago. "Of course, it would hurt me if they didn't think so." He needn't have worried. Everybody in the dance world regarded Tudor as a master then and still, though "old"
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DANCING Lilac Garden
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; DANCING Lilac Garden Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden demands timing, technique and turmoil. The steps carry the meanig in Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden, as in all of his ballets. To dance the choreography is to embody the drama. An arabesque can signify distress or hope, while a pirouette can signal
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Tutoring the Antony Tudor Style; For the Washington Ballet, Some Rigorous Lessons in Restraint
The Washington Post
; Things are a bit tense at the Washington Ballet these days. Dancer Amanda McKerrow gets so knotted up after each day's rehearsals, she says she might shatter into pieces if she doesn't go straight home to a bath. Company veteran Runqiao Du is nervous about partnering her for the first time --
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The Arts: The Royal Ballet's forgotten genius Anthony Tudor's works were as adventurous and unpredictable as their creator. Now two of his masterpieces are returning to Covent Garden. By John Percival
The Independent - London
; Nothing concentrates the mind so much as the prospect of departure and, for his last year of directing the Royal Ballet, Anthony Dowell has remembered the inestimable part played by the choreographer Antony Tu]dor in his development, teaching him "how to think and be imaginative" about his roles.
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Footsteps of a Giant; On Antony Tudor's 100th Anniversary, Balletomanes Both Honor and Neglect the Dramatic Choreographer
The Washington Post
; Eyeing your run-of-the-mill overstuffed classical ballet, the trenchant British choreographer Antony Tudor was apt to scoff, "So much money, so little truth." Tudor, who would have turned 100 today, wasn't just a sneering crank; he walked the talk. One of the greatest dancemakers of the 20th
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Arts: Heartbreak in 18 minutes Dance: LILAC GARDEN; ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON
The Independent - London
; TRUST SYLVIE Guillem, when taking on a big new role, to get straight to the heart of it. As Caroline in the Royal Ballet's long overdue revival of Lilac Garden, she is far the best in many years. All the desperate emotion of a young woman forced into a loveless marriage burns through the party
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Cricket: England nurture a natural Two men of raw speed separated by 44 years but linked by striking similarities and the game's oldest conflict; Time is on his side, but Tudor is on the fast track.
The Independent - London
; Tradition has it on long overseas tours that the social chores are delegated to the first-time tourists. Alex Tudor fancies the role of resident DJ, the man in charge of the dressing-room tapes. A quick glance at his CD collection might persuade the old lags of the folly of such a move. R Kelly,
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LILAC GARDEN PLANNED
The Boston Globe
; ACTON LILAC GARDEN PLANNED The Friends of the Acton Arboretum and the town are preparing to plant a lilac garden in the arboretum. The garden will abut a trail that is accessible by people with disabilities, according to Tom Tidman, the town's natural resources director. Additional accessible paths
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