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Pure Barre NB Turns 5
03.10.14
Pure Barre Newport Beach is celebrating its 5th anniversary today with free classes all day long to celebrate (10 different class times), treats and drinks, as well as a special on all packages.
You can purchase a buy one and get the 2nd half off. They will also be raffling off a free week of classes during every class that day as well as a variety of other raffle items. Ten free weeks will be given away, as well as 10 different raffle prizes.
Pure Barre Newport Beach was the 8th studio to open; today there are more than 200 locations nationwide. Utilizing the ballet barre to perform small isometric movements, Pure Barre works each muscle to fatigue and then stretches it back out creating the long lean look of a dancer. The workout benefits areas of the body most women struggle with and produces lifted seats, toned thighs and arms, tight abs and burns fat.
For more information visit purebarre.com or call 949.230.9131.
234 E. 17th Street, Suite 116 in Costa Mesa.
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Swan Lake, Reinvented
03.10.14
By Kelley Moody
On Friday, March 7th the Segerstrom Center of the Arts hosted the American premiere of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s LAC after Swan Lake, directed and choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot. This modern reinterpretation of the classic tale heightens the drama and expresses the fight between good and evil in the fluidity of the dancers’ actions. The story follows the Prince on his journey to find pure love while resisting temptation and deception from Her Majesty of the Night and her wicked daughter, the Black Swan. This particular production revitalizes the plot of the ballet, leaving the audience defenseless to the magic of the story.
The dancers moved in synchronicity with the powerful orchestration utilizing symmetry throughout the complex routines. The interactions between dancers and their physical connections kept the audience’s eyes wandering about the stage, absorbing each relationship between the characters. The turns and leaps impressed to no end, and the smooth lines held by the dancers appeared effortless as they glided about the stage.
The production actually begins with a video that is projected on to the minimalist and linear set of the stage providing the audience with a silent short film giving context to the plot. The performance then moves between the royal palace of the king and queen and the Lake of Tears, where the White Swan is kept as she is bound to an eternal life as both bird and woman.
Maillot’s vision was portrayed melodramatically through his choreography and staging. The visual spectacle left the audience awestruck from start to finish. The symbolic colors shifted between dark and light, and the crafted theater elements gave performance higher meaning. The ballet was powerful, exquisite and thoughtful from start to finish.
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