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Movies for you, Winston Smith.

1. The Wave (2008)

A teacher starts to notice their students think that the Third Reich was good or should happen again, as their students start to argue about it the teacher proposes a simple excersice: stand up everytime you wish to speak. This conditions are accepted by some and rejected by others, however to be able to fit in they finally accept to do so. Next, the teacher proposes conditions like naming the classroom (The Wave), choosing an “enemy”, wearing uniforms and saluting other “Wave” members with a special gesture. As soon as other people in school see the union of the group they want to belong, however their enemy becomes another classroom and they start to bully them and vandalize the whole city with propaganda. 

I think that this movie explains perfectly what The Party has done to Oceania, they have practiced in you many ways to control you, like establishing rules and social interactions and choosing a target for your hate other than themselves. 

2. V for Vendetta (2005)

The movie is set in a futuristic Britain ruled by a totalitarian fascist government, Evey who is a reporter at the British Television Network is rescued by a vigilante that calls himself V. Being just apt for a revolution leader, the charismatic V explodes two important buildings in London to convoque the citizens to raise against the government and as V blows up the Norsefire’s headquarters, no one knows who will rule now.

I think you should watch this movie because its reality asimilates a lot like yours, I think that many people governed by The Party have always wanted to do something like this, you can clearly see it in the Two Minutes of Hatrued when people get so angry that they start to hurt themselves, but I think it isn’t because you hate the Anti-Party, it’s because you feel impotent and angry to live in ingnorance and uncertainty.

3. The Hunger Games

This film is about a futuristic world where the society is devided by districts, and each one of them has a specialty to produce like coal or minerals. The richest live in a place called The Capitol, where they have massive dinners where they drink liquids that induce vomit so they can taste everything. The poorest live in slums, they starve and hunt to find food, bread is extremely expensive and people are left in ignorance of what happens in other places. Each year, the government organizes the Hunger Games in which they choose randomly a boy and girl from each district to fight to the death until just one remains alive, that one recieves endless riches.

This resembles a lot to how you describe Oceania, The Party controls people by making them live in ignorance. They make you fight eachother and starve many pople in the slums, they control desertants by punishing and desplaying so in main plazas.

4. Brazil (1985)

This movie tells the story about a missarrest that lead an inocent man to be confused with a terrorist. Sam Lowry is sent to investigate the mistake, he gos to visit the widow and soo falls in love with her neighboor, as he talks to the widow he is ubstructed by bureaucracy in his investigation and is now considerd a traitor too. He comits many crimes to be with the girl he likes but when he is aprehended she is killed and he is strapped to a chair where he becomes delussional.

Perhaphs the Anti-Party videos transmited to you are not other than videos perfectly cut in the right times, it can not be rare to find constantly men being murdered or incarcerated by a mistake in the system, some times technology is not so reliable.

5. Equilibrium (2002)

The movie is about a totalitarian city-state called Libria that is conformed by the survivours of WWIII, the population is prohibited to feel emotions or for them to be emotionally stimulated. They inject themselves with Prozium II and Sense Offenders, the goverment is lead by Father who is only seen in giant screens all around the city. The Clerics destroy daily many prohibited artifacts like books and paintings.

I think this is one of the movies that resemble more your reality, as in Libria you have a almost omnipresent figure which you call Big Brother, also many books, literature and paintings are distroyed daily in Oceania and as Libria you are only allowed to have book your government provides.

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The Scared Boy At The Top Of The Mountain

A CHARACTER FEARS 5 Of Pierrot’s (possible) fears

What’s worse? Being tormented or being the tormentor? The boy a the top of the mountain (2015), is a book written by Irish writer John Boyne, author of other well-known books such as The boy in the striped pajamas (2006) and The terrible thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket (2012).

The boy at the top of the mountain, in a short description, is the story about a boy, Pierrot, who got taken in by his aunt, who worked as a housekeeper in Austria, after the death of his parents. His father, a German soldier who got ran over by a train and his French mother who died of consumption. During his stay with his aunt, he becomes friends Anshel, a deaf Jewish boy, and discovers different feelings such a tenderness and conflation. Later, it is revealed that the place, located at a mountain, where he lives, is none other than Hitler’s Berghof. His attention was attracted to the uniforms and the power the men who moved around the place. Being isolated from the rest of the world, he, at the age of fifteen, was already a pet of the Nazi party, his Jewish friend long forgotten. He failed to recognize the reason kids at town found him obnoxious. After some time, his name’s changed from Pierrot to Pieter, cornered at the mountain, he was unable to develop a real thinking of his own since all he was taught were Hitler’s ideals.

After reading such an amazing book, I believe that according to the characteristics of the man character (Pieter) 5 of his fear would be;

1. Fear of Rejection: There’s a point in which even though his insides are screaming to stop, he can not stop being a tormentor since he was taught from very little that Jewish were bad people. Still, his heart weighted with guilt since he was unable to stop. I believe most of his actions were based on the fear of rejection, that fear of becoming the victim if he were to interfere with the way things work.

2. Fear of Loneliness: I believe this fear goes hand-in-hand with the fear of rejection. Since he lost his parents, he never really had that unconditional love and company some people are born with. He lived of fake images and fake ideals to make himself likable to people. I believe he even went against his own morals since he was afraid of being alone and being rejected. He tried to blend in because he was conscious that if he tried to break the things worked he would be alone and miserable, and he was scared of that.

3. Fear of being Evil: Pierrot, even after his actions, he felt regret and guiltiness. I believe that even if he acted the way he did and was conscious of how people would view him, he was still scared to be targeted as evil, because he did not want to be evil nor malicious, he just wanted to be accepted and to not be targeted as a possible victim, he just wanted a normal simple life, but of course there was no way he could have some without some ruckus. In the end, it did not matter much, since no matter who helped, either one side or the other will mark him off as evil. Still, he’s scared to be evil once again.

4. Fear of Death: After losing his family to death, and how he in some way was surrounded by death, I believe there is no doubt that Pieter would eventually develop a fear of death. The way he watched death daily in the concentration camps and the way he was actually surrounded by it and how he as actually pretty close to it, might have given him a hard reality of how pain is. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast, but always painful. After being a witness to so many losses and different kinds of death, there’s no reason for him to not be scared of such ending. After all, nobody really wants to die.

5. Fear of Snakes: There’s no real disclaimer that Pieter is scared of snakes, but I believe he could be. Snakes have different meanings and represent different things. In this case, I believe snakes represent cold-blooded animals, backstabbers and savage hunters, merciless creatures who are beautifully dangerous. I really think Pieter would be scared of snakes since it would remember the way German soldiers used to treat the Jewish prisoners. No mercy and no compassion. The way they would look at Jewish with sharp eyes, and hatred, the same way a snake would look at its prey. Most of our fears are created out of an association, this being a possible trigger factor in Pieter’s fear of snakes since he could easily in a conscious or unconscious way associate the cruelty and coldness of said animals with the way German soldiers presented themselves to the prisoners and how they treated them. Still, The boy at the top of the mountain is a worth reading book, which in spite of it’s darker theme, it achieves to give you a new view of how the Holocaust was lived by, not only by the victim, if not by the eyes of a regretful tormentor. Totally worth your time. By: María José Juárez Torres

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Corruption Manifesto

This artwork represents corruption, just as it is entitled, it represents hope and change. We like to believe that the red of the background works as if to represent danger and awareness, since corruption is a serious and illegal act. The way the articles about corruption were painted in a way it represented they were old news, it’s pretty creative, and interesting, since it does not only gives the feeling of antique, but also the feeling that maybe things will get better, it gives hope and keeps us perseverance and looking up for a change. The fist in the middle is a way of representing ‘break through’ as in being able to avoid the lies and being able to break free from the false tales and finally into a society who’s willing to tell the truth and act according to the law to live peacefully, a way to represent that we won’t just stay arms crossed standing by the sidelines watching as how corruption rots our country to the core.

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“As an artist grows older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult, as he had when a child.”

— Charles Burchfield, born on this day in 1893.

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Ramon Casas - La Madeleine - 1892

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BOOK RECS: Episode - The Secret Garden

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The Little Boy who wasn’t so little after all

A heartfelt story about war, segregation, and a mustard seed. Little Boy is a movie written and directed by Alejandro Monteverde and produced by Eduardo Verastegui. This is not the first film Monteverde and Verastegui had worked on together, Bella (2007) is drama film in which Verastegui also takes part of the cast, and tales the story about a woman and her journey through some of the most controversial themes such as abortion and adoption. During Little Boy, controversial themes were also touched such as racism, and discrimination, fairly enough the film still managed to show a beautiful message along really well-structured characters. It’s important to highlight that the way they represented racism against the Japanese, or discrimination in general, felt real, as also the way the production design for the 40’s was pretty accurate, and how the characters all were very well created.

The movie it’s settled around 1945 and tells the story about Pepper Busbee a boy who had to face bullying and find faith a very young age, most likely narrated by a much older Pepper. Pepper had always been a little kid and other children in town bullied him to the point of being called “midget”, being pushed around and even choked later in the movie. His father James L. Busbee helped his son to co-op and find a place in his imagination so typical of a kid’s mind. When Pepper’s brother London wanted to join the army and go fight in Japan he was rejected for his flat feet so James had to go instead, so Pepper suddenly lost his partner (as they would call each other) who then, unfortunately, was taken a prisoner of war. Time later, while attending mass at church, the pastor there quoted Matt. 17:20: “… if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, `Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you.” As little boy suffers from a great grief, this gives him a brand new hope to bring his father back from the war, in this however in his innocence he finds a very literal meaning and goes to find a mustard seed, which then he steals from a can in a store. He turns around and sees a Japanese man, and quickly ran to the place London was to tell him there was a “Jap” in the store, London runs to aggressively confront Mr. Hashimoto but is stopped by the pastor. At night, London being so drunk he takes Little Boy to Hashimoto’s house to throw rocks and a Molotov bomb that he fails to throw because he trips and drops unconscious, London then is taken to jail and Little Boy is ordered community service. Little Boy goes to the priest-sage and tells him about his mustard seed, and Fr. Oliver tells him that what the sermon was really about is faith to which Little Boy asks him how could he have bigger faith in order to bring his father back, Fr. Oliver gives him a paper with a list which is the Corporal Works of Mercy plus one Fr. Oliver added: Befriend Hashimoto. Pepper goes to Hashimoto to ask him for forgiveness and to start a friendship in order to complete his list (Feed the hungry, Shelter the homeless, Visit those in prison, clothe the naked, Visit the sick, Bury the dead). At first, Hashimoto hesitates but he finally accepts and starts helping him. He visits London in prison, and gives London’s spare room in his house to Teacup, a man without one ear that lives in a tiny room in his father’s car repairing warehouse, Hashimoto taking him to a hospital to visit a man that is severely burnt, Pepper makes a knitted sweater for the baby of a pregnant church lady. Little Boy goes to his mom looking for advice and wonders how could he feed the hungry, she tells him that he could invite a friend so Little Boy invites Hashimoto, but when he arrives at dinner Mrs. Busbee doubts on letting Hashimoto in, but when Pepper tells her Hashimoto is his friend, she lets him in and for Pepper, feed the hungry and befriend Hashimoto are completed. Suddenly the dinner is interrupted by London furiously calling racial slurs to Hashimoto and with a gun in hand threatening him that if he doesn't leave immediately his house and Pepper alone he will kill him. While Hashimoto was about to enter mass, London and other men from town harass him so he would leave, Hashimoto denies and Pepper intervenes, London breaks his hope by telling him his father is dead and will never come back, Little Boy gets angry and points to the mountains trying to move them, an earthquake happens and some people think it was Pepper moving the mountains, and in a newspaper days later it says that a bomb struck Hiroshima by the name “Little Boy”, Pepper cheers as he thinks his dad is coming home, but his mom tells him that the bomb wasn’t so good for war prisoners, making Pepper suffer in his faith but Hashimoto cheers him up, telling him that he has to have faith in his father being alive. Days later a man, alongside with London break into Hashimoto’s home and trash it, when Hashimoto arrives they assault him, ultimately kicking him in the throat, when he starts desperately inhaling for breath the man leaves but London goes back to save Hashimoto’s life. As Hashimoto’s and his dad’s life danger, Pepper questions whether he would like to complete his list because the only thing left is bury the dead. In that same scene, Mrs. Busbee talks to an army man that tells her that they’ve found Mr. Busbee’s dog tag, the family buries Mr. Busbee without a body and ironically Pepper completes his list in the time where his faith is about to give up. A man then comes to Mrs. Busbbe, and announces it was all a confusion and Mr. Busbbe is alive but severely injured and Pepper finally gets to see his dad. 

Racism against the Japanese during 1945 was not uncommon since Pearl Harbor was a recent event, this is shown in the movie with a very real interpretation. One of the focus points of the movie was the discrimination Hashimoto suffered, and how people did not think Japanese deserved to live in their country, regardless of their innocence. The representation of the racism during the film felt real, one could easily understand where the hatred came from, and how easy is to influence other people into going against a group of people. The way discrimination and hatred comes from a personal experience is also touched during the film which is an important point. The best example that could be given would be the scene when Sam and London attack Hashimoto in his house and Sam full of anger hurts the Japanese man badly while explaining why his hate for his race was so strong. It was a great moment in which the viewer could feel from empathy to anger and disgust towards Sam’s actions. Discrimination was undoubtedly very well presented.

Hashimoto’s and Pepper’s relationship was one of the best elements on this film. Both of the characters were discriminated which was something both were identified by. They were excluded and minimized, for different reasons, but still, marginalized. And even being this similar they were so different. Pepper was an innocent and gullible boy while Hashimoto was an experienced and wise man, and even if things had a rocky start, the way the both start becoming fond of each other is exceptional. During the scene when Pepper is running away from bullies and Hashimoto helps him get out, is a really important moment, since right at that moment, both were conscious of the similarities they had, at the same time they weren’t, but since that moment, something changed. And that change made their friendship to start growing. Simply one of the best elements. The way characters were presented was beyond amazing. Every character was unique in their own way. What made these characters better was that they were relatable and easy to read. The way every character had their own story was amazing, and how all had reasons behind their actions and the way they all held their own beliefs is simply beautiful. I’ll use London as an example. He was a young man who could not qualify to enter the military, making his dad be the one to go. Even if it was not said directly, London felt guilty about it which led to the different behaviors he had. His hatred for Hashimoto was strengthened since his dad was on the war against the Japanese, and the influence of Sam just made it worse, but at the end, he did not fail to realize his incorrect actions and decided to do the right thing. The psychology of this character is complex as well as the rest of the cast, which just makes this film a must watch.

Little Boy is a story inspired by war, as so it can be related to many movies in time such as Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) a movie that tells the story about the Manhattan Project, the responsibility of developing nuclear weapons during WWII, the films as the name is after both Little Boy and Fat Man, the weapons that helped the US Army to defeat the Japanese in WWII which where detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the film was directed by Roland Joffe and written by himself and Bruce Robinson, and according to the movie the code names may be related to the Manhattan Project directors Gen Leslie Groves the “fat one” and J. Robert Oppenheimer the “slim one”.

Little Boy is the story of how faith can help you achieve great things, how, by as simple as believing in yourself, one can move mountains. This film is definitely a worth watching movie, and definitely one of the best. For this movie, I do recommend to read the background of the era they are based on, read a bit about Pearl Harbor and what was going on during that time, since it would make it easier to understand what’s going on and will also help as getting more cultural knowledge. That being everything, Little Boy is one of the best war timed movies, and totally a worth watching.

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Lungern, Switzerland  by merveceranphoto

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Cat by GuangYuan YU

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Swan Lake: beauty, grace and hard work.

Beauty and grace at its brightest. The Swan Lake is a fairytale-ballet, structured by four acts and composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, which was Tchaikovsky’s first ballet. Even though The Swan Lake has a certain popularity in our contemporary times, back in it’s premiere on May 4th 1877, due to their poor production and technical disagreements, it was hardly a public pleaser. Nonetheless, in January 15th 1895, Mariinsky theater on Saint Petersburg made this ballet a hit with the new choreography that was in the hands of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, leaving behind Tchaikovsky’s initial idea for the ballet. Last Sunday, March 11th, this ballet was brought to Tampico by Bolshoi Ballet de Bielorrusia, performing on the Teatro Metropolitano. After the magnificent presentation of The Swan Lake, it’s appropriate to point that the best attribute by far is the beauty of the Black Swan, as well as the production design, though, in spite of these good elements, there were small, almost unnoticeable, details that could be improved such as the coordination of the dancers, still, their hard-work was shown during the whole show. Nonetheless, this ballet was a pleasing performance to admire.

The Swan Lake tells the story of the young Prince Siegfried and The White Swan, Odette. The tale’s First Act starts when the young royal arrives at his 21th birthday celebration at the Palace courtyard. As soon as the young man showed up he encountered the royal families and townspeople dancing and celebrating as the young ladies try and reach for his attention. During the celebration, Prince Siegfried receives a crossbow, given by the Queen, who states that now that he’s of age, he must get married, and the search for his fiancé was soon to be arranged. The young man, overwhelmed by the sudden realization of his newly acquired responsibility, runs away from the celebration into the woods, crossbow in hands, along with his hunting companions. The Second Act continues with the Prince trying to get some time alone, so he gets ahead and finds himself in a lonely and secluded spot near a lake, where swans are floating gracefully in the surface of the water. Unable to keep his eyes away, he finds the most beautiful swan, who wore a crown on the top of its head. While he was contemplating the animal’s beauty, his companions catch up with him, but instead of continuing walking with them, he decided to send them away in favor of him getting some privacy. Just as the sun sets, the crowned swan transforms into the most charming and alluring young lady the young man has ever seen. Odette, the swan princess, apprises the prince about her curse. She relates about Von Rothbart, the sorcerer that has enchanted her and her companions, and how the lake was made from the tears of their parent’s weeping, also explaining that the only way of breaking the spell was if a man, pure and loyal is willing to give her true love. The Prince, quickly enchanted by Odette, was about to confess, when they are interrupted by the sorcerer, who takes away the swan princess from Siegfried and orders the swan maids to not let the young man trace him down. Subsequently in the Third Act, the next day, a formal celebration where Prince Siegfried is introduced to many royalty young women, yet, even though they all hold the requisites to hold his attention, the young prince is still infatuated by the cursed swan lass. The Queen demands the prince to choose a young woman which who he will be engaged to. Unable to forget the swan princess, he complies with his mother wishes to at least dance with the girls. Von Rothbart then arrives with his daughter Odile, whose appearance was similar to Odette’s. The Prince, deceived by her similar appearances, dances with Odile, unknowing that the real Odette is watching from the window. As he finishes the dance, he proposed marriage to Odile, believing she was the same swan princess. The Prince soon realizes his mistake once he looks at the real Odette fleeing away. The Prince does not make a double take before he starts chasing after the swan princess. Act Four, and the prince gets to Odette and begs for forgiveness as he explains his mistake, the swan princess accepts his apologies, but then Von Rothbart appears, demanding the prince to accomplish his promise of marrying his daughter. They engage in a fight, which Prince Siegfried ends as a victor, and both him and Odette live happily ever after.

The Black Swan is one of the most magnificent, and complex characters on this ballet, and definitely one of the best represented. The Black Swan, also known as Odile, is the daughter of Von Rothbart, she’s known to have a similar appearance to Odette and even though at first there were two dancers for the two young ladies, due to the lack of interaction, it was decided both of them must be represented by the same dancer. Odile’s a mystery since her existence is not known until the climax of the story, she’s wicked, but even so, she’s still full of grace. There’s no doubt Odile is one of the hardest characters to represent since she must diverge from the others, after all, she represents the unexpected and the evil. During the recent performance of Bolshoi Ballet de Bielorrusia, The Black Swan presented herself beautifully. In contrast to the other characters, on the scene where she’s deceiving Prince Siegfried, her moves were sharper, more precise, and fast, while still managing to make it look swift, seductive and mysterious. Even when Odile and Odette were performed by the same dancer, the difference in the way they carried themselves across the scenario was contrasting. Although the characterization of The White Swan was magnificent, there is no way of comparing it to the performance of The Black Swan. Elegant, seductive and sinful, Odile is much more than just another antagonist of this classic.

What made the performance even more spectacular, was the production design. The costumes were beautifully made and fitted perfectly along with the tale. Just to give an example of the wonderful job made by the costume designers, it would be appropriate to highlight the design for the swans. Even when Odette’s costume had to accentuate her protagonism, the pureness and beauty of the other maids' swans were nowhere near lost, in fact, they were a big focus of attention during their appearances, thanks to the combination of both, their clothing and their choreography. As for Odile, the way her tutu was the exact same replica of Odette’s with a contrasting color represents perfectly the way they both are physically similar yet their auras are two opposite poles. In terms of the special effects, they were flawless. As an example of this, I’ll highlight two scenes. The first would be when the Prince finds himself at the lake, the background and the light blue lightning making the environment very authentic. The next scene to remark is when, along with Von Rothbart, The Black Swan makes her appearance, the way the red lights invades the scenario giving, along with the music and the performance, the feeling of mystery and suspense, The special effects were, without a doubt, one of the best works done by production design.

Perfection can never be reached, since there are always small flaws, and that is nothing to be ashamed of; performance is nowhere as easy as it seems on stage, it is a discipline that needs lots of hard work, and is never uncomplicated, subtle flaws are always there, like the lack of synchronization with the dancers during the event. Even though their hard-work was displayed on their performance, there were scenes where coordination was not always on point. Most of this was found when the swans danced on the lake, some finished their movements before the others ending in a subtle irregularity with the movements. Of course, this is not a big detail that puts in jeopardy this production, if not, a small observation made with admiration with the purpose of making this ballet the nearest to perfection as possible. Still, the performance was beautiful, and what made it even more admirable was the hard-work and dedication seen during this production by part of the performer.

Through time, The Swan Lake has been a classic that has had many different adaptations, references, and concepts. During the mute movie of The Phantom of the Opera (1925) extracts from The Swan Lake music were often heard throughout the film. Another example of this would come from the Broadway musical Funny Girl (1968) in which Barbra Streisand performs a parodic choreography of The Swan Lake.  Hakuchou no Mizuumi (1981) which adapts this fairytale into an almost loyal Japanese Animation. Richard Rich also adapted this classic into a trilogy of cartoon movies called The Swan Princess (1994), which at certain point diverges from the original tale, but maintaining some crucial characteristics such as the cursed Princess who turns into a swan, and the evil sorcerer. References about the Swan Lake also made an appearance during Billy Elliot (2000) ending scene, when the protagonist dances to the music composed by Tchaikovsky. The Swan Lake also takes a big part of the movie The Black Swan (2010), in which Natalie Portman represents a young ballet dancer, who tries to give life to The Black Swan to get the principal role on their production of The Swan Lake, ending in her being consumed by ambition and the darkness of the character in itself.

In conclusion, The Swan Lake is a story about love and fidelity, pure and evil, is the story of how love defeats all bad (At least according with the ending chosen for the performance given by Boloshoi Ballet de Bielorrusia). On a personal opinion, watching professional dancers perform The Swan Lake is more than just a simple show; it’s an experience, something to enjoy, something to fill you with emotion and to make you reflect on the true meaning of love, a way to make an indirect bond with the dancers performing on stage as well as the people surrounding oneself that are also admiring such a beautiful and well-structured art. The Swan Lake will always, and rightfully, be one of the best classics on ballet as well as one of the most beautiful fairy-tales to ever been existed. Gratitude must be given to Bolshoi Ballet de Bielorrusia for the greatly structured representation of this tale, and the very noticeable hard-work they invested in this production. For anyone planning on watching this performance, it would be recommendable to read at least a bit of background of the ballet, and definitely, have some general knowledge since ballet, and art in itself, is not always easy to read. So, for a better experience, the recommendation would be to read as much as needed before the show, to relax and enjoy the magnificent performance Bolshoi Ballet de Bielorrusia are about to give you.

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By artist Boti Harko.

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Art by youdong zhang

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Artist Nick Mauss prepares for his exhibition Transmissions, which opens this Friday! The show explores the relationship between modernist ballet and the avant-garde visual arts in New York from the 1930s through ’50s. Over the past decade, Mauss has pursued a hybrid mode of working that merges the roles of curator, artist, and scholar. For this exhibition, he brings together his own works, alongside historical photographs, sculptures, paintings, drawings, film and video from the Whitney’s holdings and other collections—all presented within a layered exhibition design.

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Art by Daniela Uhlig

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