Books
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Alessandra Ferri’s Next Act: Running the Vienna State Ballet
Ferri, the star ballerina who was a principal at American Ballet Theater, will run the large Vienna company and its…
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Sofia Coppola Makes It Look Easy. It Isn’t.
Sofia Coppola is so drawn to the idea of becoming that she sometimes finds it hard to grasp that she…
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Martin and Francesca Scorsese, TikTok’s Dynamic Duo
The acclaimed director’s daughter, a filmmaker herself, has been peppering her feed with videos of her father, showing a rarely…
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Taylor Swift’s ‘“Slut!”’ and the Evolution of a Pop Star Feminist
The bonus track from “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” revisits a moment when she was carefully calibrating her public transition into adulthood…
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(La)Horde: Dancing Out Primal Impulses and Resistance
In two programs, (La)Horde and the Ballet National de Marseille introduced New York to work that taps into a youthful,…
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What Is John Eliot Gardiner’s Musical Empire Without Him?
The conductor is taking a break after being accused of striking a singer. But the groups he founded continue to…
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Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Man-grasshopper hybrids, not-quite space travel and very brief time travel in this month’s collection of sci-fi picks.
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Review: An Unexpectedly Relevant Oratorio at the Philharmonic
Planned over a year ago, Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” was presented while the Israel-Hamas war unfolds in the Middle East.
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‘The Reformatory’ Turns the Lingering Impact of Racism Into Literal Ghosts
THE REFORMATORY, by Tananarive Due If you’re a committed reader of contemporary fiction, you are probably familiar with this premise:…
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A Friendship Forged in Wartime Casts a Long Shadow
ABSOLUTION, by Alice McDermott Alice McDermott is rightly celebrated for her granular, nuanced portraits of mid-20th-century life, with a particular…