Sentence examples for illustrious dance from inspiring English sources

High among my memories of the most illustrious dance performances are those that New York City Ballet gave in the early 1980s of Balanchine's "Divertimento No. 15".

The band's debut album, Acolyte, is more than a nostalgic nod to their home town's illustrious dance past: it's an agenda-setting dare to ­contemporaries to hitch their guitars to the nearest drum machine.

Photo Credit: Paul Kolnik The former stomping ground of Mikhail Baryshnikov, the New York City Ballet is one of the most illustrious dance companies in the world, founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein in 1948.

When an illustrious Indian dance company performs in New York, as the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble did at the Joyce Theater last week, we can take both pleasure and instruction from it.

The staging of Marius Petipa's choreography is by Elena Kunikova, who has animated the all-female corps de ballet with verve and charm; I have seen more illustrious troupes dance this with less color.

Margaret Dale, an illustrious dancer who went on to become an important producer and director of dance for British television, died in London on Jan . 28

At a gala performance at the Sunoco Performance Theater in Harrisburg last month, Ms. Weary invited an array of her illustrious alumni back home to dance excerpts from the classical and neo-classical repertory.

Alexander Kolpin was considered the world's best ballet dancer in 1993 when he was awarded the "Benoir Prize of Dance" and his illustrious career in the dance world continued before he retired to concentrate entirely on his hotel business.

Their history in the business is illustrious, complete with Donny winning Dancing With the Stars (something he didn't let Marie forget as he chided her throughout the night) and their polished, professional style creates a show for the Holidays that even the most unsuspecting person, like me, will enjoy if they let themselves. .

Astaire had many exceptional dance partners throughout his illustrious film career, but only Rogers managed to transform the partnership from pure entertainment to romance.

Opening-night tickets are $45 to $150; all other nights, $45 to $65. (Kinetz) * '40 FORWARD' (Monday) A performance party celebrating Dance Theater Workshop's illustrious 40th anniversary, with dancers, some well known, in every cranny (nooks, too) of the workshop's four floors.