Template:Did you know nominations/Other Dances

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 11:57, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Other Dances

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• ... that Jerome Robbins' ballet Other Dances was originally made as a pièce d'occasion for a benefit gala, but it was soon acquired by the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet after receiving critical acclaim? Source: "It takes all ways to make a ballet. The origins of Jerome Robbins's “Other Dances” are almost unexpected. It was created as a piece d'occasion for James Lipton's gala evening for the benefit of the New York Public Library on May 19 of this year. But the piece has outlived, triumphantly, the occasion... It was so Suecessful at its first gala performance that it was almost naturally absorbed into the repertory of American Ballet Theater, the first new, or comparatively new, Robbins ballet the company had received since “Les Noces” in 1965. Now, as Mr. Robbins is one of the leaders of Ballet Theater's archrival, New York City Ballet, this was very generous." ([1])

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5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC).

Interesting ballet on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I am not happy with the hook mentioning two companies, while so much could be said about the piece (piano music by Chopin, Pas de deux, difficulty to maintain harmonious mood, premiere at the MET, names of soloists which would carry the Eastern notion ...). You could just say "soon became repertoire of two companies", if at all. - I suggest you read the article once more, for matching singular/plural, and word repetition (gala ...). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

A few hooks per your suggestion:

ALT1: ... that Jerome Robbins' ballet Other Dances was originally made as a pièce d'occasion for a benefit gala, but it was soon acquired by two ballet companies?

ALT2: ... that Jerome Robbins' ballet Other Dances was described as "utterly Slavic" by dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, partly because it was made on him and fellow Russian Natalia Makarova?

ALT3: ... that Jerome Robbins' ballet Other Dances is a 20-minute long pas de deux, therefore it is difficult to maintain the harmonious mood? Corachow (talk) 12:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the fine offers, my choice would be the "utterly Slavic", highligthing the dancers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)