Die Sommerfestivals

When Louise Lecavalier is on the roster, the show is a big draw. If you ever saw her performances during her riveting career with La La La Human Steps and choreographer Edou­ard Lock, you’ll know why. Lecavalier’s vaulting, strutting, phenomenal dance persona was repeatedly described in the press as an unbeatable “human torpedo.” After 18 years of association she...

Einstein Year marks the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s annus mirabilis in 1905, a year in which he made major contributions to three areas of science – special relativity, Brownian motion and the photoelectric effect. To celebrate this important centenary, 2005 has been designated World Year of Physics. The Institute of Physics in the UK and Ireland has drawn...

Viele Ballette des 19. Jahrhunderts fielen in den tiefen Brunnen der Vergangenheit. Obwohl man gern wüsste, wie Marius Petipas zweites Ballett für das St. Petersburger Mariinsky, die 1862 auf eine possierliche Tschingbum-Musik von Cesare Pugni entstandene Tochter des Pharao ausgesehen hat. Dieses vier Stunden lange Ägypten-Ding, ästhetischer Nachklapp auf...