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Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Capturing the many faces of khon
Life, Published on 02/10/2023
» A white unadorned mask, worn back-to-front in unorthodox fashion, rises from the ground and levels an inscrutable gaze upon the audience. A consummate performance of Chui Chai, a piece of traditional dance choreography, commences with the dancer facing away from the audience and towards the back of the stage of Jitti Chompee's Miscellany Of Khon.
At a ballet in Lima shantytown, dancers - and self-esteem - soar
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» LIMA - On a barren shantytown hill in Lima, a group of girls in white leggings gamely tiptoe around a rocky, dusty path. "And onnnne, twoooo, threee, fourrr", hums the ballet instructor whose day job is selling trash.
Male Soprano Comes Into His Own
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 12/06/2022
» Samuel Marino is a rarity in opera: a true male soprano.
US actor William Hurt dies age 71
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» LOS ANGELES: American actor William Hurt, known for much-loved films such as "The Big Chill" and "A History of Violence," has died at age 71, US media reported Sunday.
Anguish and anger after Taiwan building blaze kills 46
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» KAOHSIUNG (TAIWAN) - Taiwanese residents voiced anguish and outrage on Friday after 46 people perished in an inferno that tore through a dilapidated housing block as investigators searched for what sparked the island's deadliest fire in decades.
US Open champion Raducanu is teenage star in vogue
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» NEW YORK: Emma Raducanu's journey to US Open champion at the age of 18 is even more remarkable given the Briton was the shy youngster who felt she was always "the odd one out."
'Mao's last dancer' glides through pandemic
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Since Li Cunxin was plucked from rural China to join Madame Mao's elite ballet school, through his exile in the US and now the pandemic, his life has been a reluctant pas de deux with politics.
Paris ballet's 'little rats' stay focused as world spins
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» PARIS - The world might feel like it is falling apart but that is no excuse for slacking at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
It's coming home: Karaoke World Championships rocks Japan
AFP, Published on 29/11/2019
» TOKYO - In a figure-hugging sparkly dress, Val Monique tears around the stage, whipping up the crowd as she channels her inner Tina Turner and belts out "Proud Mary."