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Joffrey Ballet and Mariinsky Orchestra recall wonder of Stravinsky’s ‘Sacre du printemps’

Oct 3, 2013 – 10:11 pm | 2,980 views
The Joffrey Ballet, 'Le sacre du printemps,' restoration of the Nijinsky-Roerich conception (Roger Mastroianni)

Review: Parisians first experienced “Le sacre du printemps” as dance, in Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography for the Ballets Russes in 1913, then shortly after came back to Stravinsky’s stunning music as concert fare. Now Chicagoans have encountered the same sequence — in the Joffrey Ballet’s splendid re-creation of the work two weeks ago at the Auditorium Theatre, followed Oct. 2 by the Mariinsky Orchestra’s supercharged performance at Orchestra Hall with conductor Valery Gergiev.

Left dangling by Sandy: Carnegie Hall looks warily up and B’way pauses as NY regroups

Oct 30, 2012 – 3:33 pm | 3,732 views
one57 flipped-over crane arm dangles above 57th Street near Carnegie Hall photo by Nancy Malitz

Report update: Carnegie Hall’s concerts for Nov. 1 have been cancelled as the crane remains unsecured, and more cancellations are expected. Broadway theaters have resumed their performance schedules, so it’s back to work for several Chicago-based performers. Many off-Broadway theaters in the downtown area are still without electricity and remain closed.