The Paris Opera Ballet’s Dorothée Gilbert and István Simon, principal with Dresden’s Semperoper Ballett, are rehearsing Giselle for the 30th Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Festival at the Kazan Opera in Russia. Ann Ray was there to capture some moments in the Rotonde Zambelli, named after the Milanese dancer and Paris ballet star, Carlotta Zambelli. It […]
Alexander McQueen
Met Museum will stay open into the night to cope with crowds for McQueen Show
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has never catered to the late-night crowd, but on August 6 and 7th, for the last two days of its blockbuster exhibition “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,’’ it will keep the show open until midnight. Having combed through the museum’s records, officials there said they believe this will be the first […]
The designer who’s twitching Gaga’s strings
In the latest Harper’s Bazaar, Lady Gaga talks about her fashion hero Alexander McQueen and her latest disc ‘Born This Way’: I think he planned the whole thing: Right after he died, I wrote ‘Born This Way.’ I think he’s up in heaven with fashion strings in his hands, marionetting away, planning this whole thing.” Supporting Gaga’s claim […]
