Most of us don’t spend our days thinking of where our thoughts come from, or how we think, or why we think. Pete Docter, the director of the Pixar masterpiece Up, isn’t like most of us. In his latest film, Inside Out, arguably the most existential title in the luminous Pixar canon, he has gone beyond thinking about the inner workings of the brain. He’s conceived an elaborate … [Read more...]
Romanenko provides a marvelous afternoon of Bach
The six cello suites of J.S. Bach are monumental in every significant way, which means that Saturday afternoon’s traversal of all six in a Lake Worth church was itself a monument for local audiences. And Alexei Romanenko, who brought these great works to a decent-sized pre-season crowd at Calvary United Methodist, showed that he has all the skill, taste and imagination he … [Read more...]
‘Symphony’ provides much-needed spark at MCB show
For a season opener, Program I seemed a bit tame. Friday’s performance at the Kravis Center, heralding the start of Miami City Ballet’s 24th year, was remarkably low-key: No sets, for one thing. And of course, in these lean times, again no orchestra. And no new repertoire. Two ballets, from the midpoint of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet career, announced a short, … [Read more...]