Articles by

Valerie Nahmad

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    Signal-Return Press summer preview

    Published May 30, 2012 by

    By Ryan Schirmang, Signal-Return Press Summer is just beginning to break, and at Signal-Return in Detroit’s Eastern Market, we have all hands on deck and all irons in the fire. I don’t recall market crowds ever being this big, this early in the season. It's really exciting. With several new...
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    International stars danced Pas de Duex at Olympia Theater’s Red Curtain Series Memorial Day Event

    Published May 29, 2012 by

    Miami’s renowned downtown venue, the Olympia Theater at Gusman Center celebrated this past Memorial Day weekend with an exciting Red Curtain Series presentation from the city’s most-promising emerging ballet company, Florida Classical Ballet (FCB). On Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27, Miami’s downtown arts community welcomed FCB to the...
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    Looking back at Bollywood in the D

    Published May 28, 2012 by

    By Beth Stewart, Michigan Philharmonic Bollywood in the D – a wondrous cross-cultural fusion of the music of Bollywood films with orchestral accompaniment by the Michigan Philharmonic rocked the Music Hall in Detroit last weekend. This concert fusion of “East meets West “was totally unique as the improvisational style of...
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    Farewell to Atlas: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012)

    Published May 27, 2012 by

    By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer It could not have been otherwise. In keeping with his unmistakable style, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died on May 18, on the same day as his championed Gustav Mahler. In May, as in Schumann Dichterliebe’s In the Marvelous Month of May, the song...
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    Each town unique

    Published May 25, 2012 by

    By Scott Boberg, Detroit Institute of the Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Inside|Out program, now in its third year, brings 80 reproductions of masterpieces from the DIA’s collection to the streets and parks of metro Detroit, pleasantly surprising residents of the participating communities. Where possible, the works are...
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    One Voice Chorus visits five St. Paul schools

    Published May 23, 2012 by

    By Craig Coogan, One Voice Chorus Last week was a spectacular week! One Voice performed collaborative concerts at five St. Paul schools with its OUT in Our Schools program. Artistic Director, Jane Ramseyer Miller, rehearsed individually for three weeks with each of the schools, preparing a group of students to...
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    PHILADANCO: Ambassador to the World

    Published May 23, 2012 by

    By Kate Durnan, The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) “When the company tours the world—it was most recently in Macedonia—it’s as an art ambassador from the City of Brotherly Love.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer Among the praise PHILADANCO received for its sold-out spring season at the Kimmel, The Philadelphia Inquirer reminded Philadelphians...
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    2012 ZERO1 Biennial official unveiling

    Published May 21, 2012 by

    By ZERO1 staff ZERO1 officially unveiled the 2012 ZERO1 Biennial, Seeking Silicon Valley, early this month with two bi-coastal press launch events. Hosted by Boyd Level and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in New York City and San Francisco respectively, ZERO1 is happy to report that attendance was robust...