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The Bones of the Dancers are Heard to Crack: English National Ballet in “Hallowed”
The word “ballet” may immediately evoke images of delicate, precise figures twirling in tutus of white and pink. However, that archetypal costume dates only to the Romantic period, perhaps 200 years ago, a fraction of ballet’s five centuries of history. The Romantic… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 