Dance
Broadway Smash 'Hamilton' Generates Over 1 Million Tweets Through Hashtags and Giveaways
Ballet Star Misty Copeland Returns to San Pedro, Raises $75K for Homecoming Program
Misty Copeland's homecoming in San Pedro is yet another reflection of the dancer's outreach to young people and the arts. The jewel of the American Ballet Theatre, Ms. Copeland is singlehandedly reshaping the image of the arts from magazine covers to a $75,000 homecoming. EXCLUSIVE: HBO 'Bolshoi Babylon' Director Nick Read on Filin, Dimitrichenko, Urin and Kremlin
When the Bolshoi Ballet took a hit following the 2013 acid attack on the company's artistic director and former dancer Sergei Filin, it was hard to recover in the public eye. For filmmaker and director Nick Read, it became the center focus of their latest documentary 'Bolshoi Babylon' and proved to be an aid in discerning the facts. It also unveiled the political interference and scandal that encapsulates the Bolshoi both in its dancers and in management.
