106 stories by "Knightc"
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On June 19, 2001, E.L. Doctorow was interviewed for American Masters " F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams. In this interview outtake, Doctoro…
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In this filmmaker interview, Ric Burns describes what camera techniques he used to capture the ephemeral nature of dance on film, as well as …
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American Masters teams up with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns to co-produce a new documentary about American Ballet Thea…
Watch the dancers of America Ballet Theatre in these six stunning GIFs showing off their expert technique and the company's repertory from the past 75 years.
Misty Copeland in Sleeping Beau…
Misty Copeland joined American Ballet Theatre in 2001 and is its third African-American female soloist and the first in two decades.
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In this film outtake, Daniil Simkin, a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, performs excerpts from Benjamin Millepied's Everything …
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Step inside the ballet studio as American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie guides principal dancers Julie Kent and Ethan Ste…
Gillian Murphy, a principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre, shares a diary entry from her jam-packed rehearsal day. After company class, she rehearsed dances for 6.5 hours to prepare for…
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American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes rehearse a section of Pillar of Fire by Antony Tudor. They descr…
American Ballet Theatre: 75th Anniversary is a soft-cover book of photographs of the ballet company's dancers, past and present, and articles written on the occasion of the company's 75th an…
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Julie Kent, principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre, joined the company in 1985 and will retire in 2015 after the company's spring seas…
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The language of the ballet is in French; it all began in France with King Louis XIV in the 17th century. Wherever ballet is studied, the na…
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"Ballet Theatre, like almost all ballet in America, owes a lot to the Russian dancers who came here after the Revolution and settled in the…
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is recognized as one of the great dance companies in the world. Few ballet companies equal ABT for its combination of size, scope, and outreach. Recognized as a…
The artistry of singer and actress Judy Garland (1922 " 1969) is a living legacy upheld by the great singers of our time. American Masters asked performing artists who hold Garland's work cl…
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American Masters " August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand premiered Friday, February 20 at 9 p.m. on PBS to commemorate the 70th annivers…
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Constanza Romero created costume designs for August Wilson's plays and the two artists married each other in 1994. Romero describes the dec…
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Playwright August Wilson (1945 - 2005) describes how his creative process begins with dialogue that guides his development of characters and …
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Filmmaker Sam Pollard's latest documentary for American Masters is August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand. In this filmmaker interview he…
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Film and stage actor James Earl Jones is interviewed by film director Sam Pollard in this behind-the-scenes footage from August Wilson: The G…
Music was vital to playwright August Wilson (1945 --2005), who as a teenager honed his writing at the same time he discovered blues musicians like Bessie Smith. Wilson said that when he firs…
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A panel discussion followed the screening of highlights from August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand at the Schomburg Center for Researc…
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In 1990, August Wilson and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero, relocated to Seattle. After his death in 2005, the Seattle Repertor…
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August Wilson and two of his sisters describe his early school days, when he showed an early love of language and learning, and suffered da…
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