| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2012 Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater | Pina Bausch lives: Orpheus and Eurydice at the Lincoln Center | Stephen Raskauskas |
 Two years after her untimely death, the world is still celebrating of one of the most influential figures of contemporary dance – Pina Bausch. In addition to the recent world tour of her works by her own Tanztheater Wuppertal, her work lives on through a revival of her 1975 Orpheus and Eurydice at the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival, featuring the Paris Opera Ballet and the Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble und Chor. The US premiere of this rarely performed piece was met with ecstatic ovations this Friday.
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| 19-Jul-2012 John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater | Forebodings: Elizabeth Futral embodies Saarihao's Émilie at Lincoln Center Festival | Amanda Keil, thousandfoldecho.com |
 “I put into your hands manuscripts that I very much wish will remain after me,” wrote Émilie du Châtelet shortly before the birth of her fourth child in 1749. “I hope... that my lying-in, which I am expecting at any moment, will not be fatal, as I fear.” Her fears did prove fatal, and she died days after giving birth, at the age of 42.
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