Two major ballet dancers will be starring with the Boca Ballet Theatre this month in the company’s production of The Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky and Petipa’s 1890 classic drawn from Charles Perrault’s Mother Goose tales. Dancing the lead role of Aurora will be Bridgett Zehr, a Sarasota-born, Harid-trained dancer who has been a principal dancer with the National Ballet of … [Read more...]
A Far Cry, Fleishers give rewarding program at Kravis
The main draw at the Kravis Center’s Regional Arts series on March 25 was, at first glance, pianist Leon Fleisher. Would he play with both hands, or just the left? At 36, almost 50 years ago, struck with focal dystonia in his right hand, his career might have ended. But trouper that he is, he focused on concertos written for the left hand and remained in the top tier of … [Read more...]
Couple hosts cutting-edge art at home
Sometimes, the universe opens a window to a new world: If we step through it, our lives are changed. And sometimes, we just have to return a pager. Dr. Marvin Mordes was doing his neurology residency in Philadelphia, and had to bring a pager to his co-resident, who happened to be at an art gallery. "After I met my co-resident, I couldn’t leave the gallery because the skies … [Read more...]