“[He] gained instant stardom in French ballet as the violent chair-throwing youth in Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort in 1946 … His extraordinary technique, soaring leaps and masculine power were matched by a pantherlike pounce and a jarring poetic presence.”
Archives for February 5, 2014
Mind Meld: The Genius of Swarm Thinking
“Researchers are starting to see swarms as living entities with senses, motivations and evolved behaviour. … This does not simply tell us about flocking birds, shoaling fish, swarming locusts, and the like. It has implications for how we understand all sorts of collective action.”
Last Weekend’s Worldwide Box Office Champion: You Probably Haven’t Even Heard of It
And if you’re in the States, you can’t see it until next fall. Yet it took in $46 million its opening weekend and will probably make a lot more just this month.
The Balanchine Muse Struck Down by Polio
Leonard Lopate interviews the director of a new documentary about Tanaquil Le Clercq, the New York City Ballet star who inspired George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (and married Mr. B.), only to be paralyzed by polio at age 27.