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Spandau Ballet was a hit from the start in the U.K., where it’s very first single, “To Cut a Long Story Short,” reached No. 5 on the charts in 1980. Its first two full-length albums, both solid New Wave efforts, were also homeland hits, though the band at that point still hadn’t made much progress with American crowds. Then Kemp decided to do something unexpected with the third album. “When I was doing the first two albums, it was all about being the most fashionable band in Soho. It was all about the groove,” he says. “But you can’t stay cool forever. I remember sitting down as a 22-year-old man and thinking, ‘Right, I’ve got to write the next album. But I can’t write it for trendy Soho. I can’t write it for clubs. I have to write it for the world. I need to write the best songs I can write.
New to the festival this year is Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, which features Gregory Popovich and 30 trained animals including dogs, cats, geese, birds and mice in a comedy/circus act, Popovich rescued and trained the animals in the show, As a juggler, clown and pet trainer, Popovich combines physical comedy, balancing and acrobatics, Among returning favorites this year are Sesame Street star puppeteer Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, a central Contra Costa native with years of local theater experience; Alex Ramon Magic, the second annual performance by this Richmond-born-and-raised performer of ballet slippers - machine embroidery design, ballerina shoes card tricks, illusions and modern day magic; Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble, who will perform their interactive musical version of “Cinderella;” and the Emmy award-nominated Pushcart Players, who will perform “Red Riding Hood and Other Stories.”..
Also upping the ante is that, to a person, the kids profiled here are truly, madly, deeply in love with dance. So what is at stake in these competitions is more than momentary recognition or success, it is a life path. Not doing well enough to be able to take the next step careerwise is the equivalent of being told you aren’t going to be allowed to fall in love. “First Position” focuses not on just any ballet competition, but on the Youth America Grand Prix. One of the world’s premier events, it starts with 5,000 entrants and concludes with 300 contestants in the tenser-than-tense finals held annually in New York. Unlike the situation in “Spellbound,” where the nature of the event allows for only one winner, this contest, which awards scholarships and company contracts as well as trophies, allows for a small handful of successful competitors, though the battle for these good things is still super intense.
The contest is open to all U.S, residents, ages 18 and older as of March 4; entrants do not need to live in California, The artwork must depict the American green-winged teal, which was selected by the California Fish and Game Commission for the 2015-2016 hunting season, The design has to be in full color and in the medium or combination of mediums of the artist’s choosing; however, no photographic process, digital art, metallic paints or fluorescent paints may be used in the ballet slippers - machine embroidery design, ballerina shoes finished design, Photographs, computer-generated art, art produced from a computer printer or other computer/mechanical output device (air brush method excepted) are not eligible to be entered into the contest and will be disqualified, according to the news release..
Igudesman and Joo — each is 38 — have busy careers beyond their comedy act. Igudesman composes classically and for film, including portions of the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for 2009’s “Sherlock Holmes.” Joo has arranged Billy Joel’s classical compositions. And, oh, both have performed with the Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb. Igudesman grew up in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), where his mother, Nina, was a pianist, and his father, Mikhail, the concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Maly Theatre, a prominent ensemble. From the start, Igudesman was “a funny little guy,” says brother Leon Igudesman. “I mean, he was a normal kid, liked his video games. But he had this quirky sense of humor, very theatrical, kind of a deadpan style.”.
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