Artist statements can be a tricky business, especially when the creators aren’t trying to portray a story or a message, but to capture a specific feeling, an abstraction. The work is created entirely through intuition; as Michelangelo famously said, “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the […]
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Ballet buddies
Two University of Oklahoma students are finding out what it’s like to play in the big leagues, so to speak. Michael Bearden, director of the OU School of Dance, used a sports analogy to describe the school’s new collaboration with Oklahoma City Ballet. “Let’s say I’m the football coach at OU,” Bearden said, “and what […]
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Four for feet
As the title “A Concert of Classics and Contemporaries” suggests, the two-week run of the University of Oklahoma’s Oklahoma Festival Ballet features a mix of established and modern pieces. “The four ballets provide a challenging variety of styles and themes that is sure to please,” said OU School of Dance faculty member Jeremy Lindberg, whose […]