Ballet West chose to perform a classic 1925 ballet, then faced another decision: Do racist elements stay or go?
"[Millicent Hodson's] reconstructions include the legendary George Balanchine's 1925 Le Chant du Rossignol, the tale of a Chinese emperor who favors the notes of a mechanical bird over the song of a nightingale. Ballet West chose Le Chant, along with two other early works Balanchine created for the Ballet Russe, to open its 2019-20 season […]
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