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Uliana Lopatkina and Danila Korsuntsev in the Kirov Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake.’ As the Black Swan, Uliana Lopatkina evinced an unusual abandon, Joel Lobenthal writes. Read more... |
A New & Improved Course for the Kirov
Dance
BY JOEL LOBENTHAL
It was with some reluctance that I went to Boston last week to see the Kirov Ballet dance "Swan Lake" at the Wang Center, where it was part of the Bank of America Celebrity Series, which first brought the Kirov to Boston in 2003. At that time the Kirov was still coasting on...
Another Record Week?
BY JOÃO RIBAS
After record-setting sales of Impressionist and Modern art last week, including the highest-earning auction to date, the soaring postwar and contemporary market now takes center stage at Christie's and Sotheby's.
Hoping for a continued surge in prices in the field, both...
Lincoln Center Brings The Rhapsody Home
Jazz
BY WILL FRIEDWALD
In December 1959, Frank Sinatra, introducing a special guest on his ABC television program, made the following speech: "You know, a couple of weeks ago when somebody told me there was a record album coming out that was going to sell for a hundred dollars, I figured he was a...
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Henin-Hardenne Gets Her Revenge in Madrid
Tennis
BY TOM PERROTTA
Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Amelie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3 yesterday to win her first WTA Championships, securing the no. 1 ranking, and capping off a stellar season in which she reached the finals of all four Grand Slams. With the last women's tournament in the books, here's...
An Aggressive Game Plan Leads to an Improbable Win
Football
BY ALLEN BARRA
This was no fluke. Though the Jets were outgained by 100 yards, they were the better team. They out-hit, out-finessed, and out-gutted the New England Patriots yesterday on the Pats' own field. Two weeks ago, the Jets lost to the Cleveland Browns, and now they've beaten the...
Upsets Place Rutgers In Striking Distance
College Football
BY RUSSELL LEVINE
It took a magical night in the birthplace of college football to get Rutgers into the national championship debate.
Barely 48 hours later — not even long enough for the tidal wave of Rutgers calls to New York's sports-talk radio stations to subside — a series of upsets had...
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