Carla DeFord
Krumping, Locking, and Double Tours en L'Air: Jake Lapham Does It All
It’s no exaggeration to say that when Jake Lapham takes the stage, he lights up like a Christmas tree. On the evening of December 23 he...
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Carla DeFord
- Oct 29, 2022
- 6 min
AHS Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream with a Difference
On November 4th and 5th the Arlington High School Drama Guild production of A Midsummer Night's Dream will cast its spell ...
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Carla DeFord
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min
Boston Ballet: An Exhilarating Swan Lake
For the first time since 2016, Boston Ballet presented its production of Swan Lake, and on the evening of ...
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Carla DeFord
- May 9, 2022
- 4 min
Arlington Artists Let Their Creativity Bloom
On May 7 a group of Arlington artists flocked to the Heights for a "Think Spring" window-painting event, continuing a recent tradition...
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Carla DeFord
- Apr 13, 2021
- 4 min
Amour: a musical for our time
What would you do if you suddenly acquired a super power, say, for example, the ability to walk through walls? Would you try to get rid...
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Carla DeFord
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
"Telling Our Story": an innovative AHS student production
In a time of enforced isolation, the current AHS (Arlington High School) theatre production focuses on collaboration. Seven students...
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Carla DeFord
- Mar 24, 2020
- 9 min
A Deep Dive Into Swan Lake
Boston Ballet recently cancelled its spring season, including "Swan Lake," which was set to open on May 1. First seen in 2014 ...
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Carla DeFord
- Jan 11, 2020
- 1 min
Boston Ballet The Nutcracker: Of Sugar Plum Fairies and Snow Queens
In the Boston Ballet production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker, the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy are clearly ...
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Carla DeFord
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
AHS Winter Concert
You're cordially invited to the Arlington High School (AHS) Winter Concert ...
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Carla DeFord
- Nov 5, 2019
- 4 min
All for one and one for all! "The Three Musketeers" comes to AHS
If you expect to see a lot of swashbuckling in the Arlington High School production of The Three Musketeers ...
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Carla DeFord
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
A Star-Studded Giselle
Having seen four performances of the recent Boston Ballet production of Giselle ...
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Carla DeFord
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
No Fireworks? No Problem!
Do you miss the fireworks that used to happen on Town Night? For a similar experience ...
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Carla DeFord
- Aug 30, 2019
- 11 min
The Madness of Giselle: an Exploration
On September 19 Boston Ballet opens a new production of "Giselle," a ballet that has not been offered by the company since...
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Carla DeFord
- Jun 2, 2019
- 1 min
Rhapsody at Boston Ballet: World Premiere Plus
As its last piece of repertoire this season Boston Ballet offered "Rhapsody," a program consisting of...
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Carla DeFord
- May 21, 2019
- 1 min
Cinderella: A Story for All Seasons
On opening night the most memorable performances in Sir Frederick Ashton’s "Cinderella" were given by...
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Carla DeFord
- May 2, 2019
- 3 min
AHS Pops Goes to the Movies
From the visceral percussion of the opening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" (a.k.a. Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra)...
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Carla DeFord
- Mar 29, 2019
- 6 min
"Me and My Girl" Struts Into Town
Brush up your Cockney rhyming slang because “Me and My Girl,” a musical in which British low life and aristocracy collide, is coming to...
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Carla DeFord
- Mar 8, 2019
- 1 min
In Conversation with Roddy Doble: Athleticism and Artistry
Hailing from Southbury, Connecticut, Roddy Doble joined Boston Ballet in 2013 after ...
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Carla DeFord
- Dec 25, 2018
- 1 min
Urban Nutcracker: Making the Season Bright
"The Urban Nutcracker," brainchild of retired ballet star and current dance educator ...
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Carla DeFord
- Dec 11, 2018
- 3 min
AHS Winter Concert: a New World Hallelujah
It may be the season of diminishing daylight, but anyone who attends the Arlington High School (AHS) Winter Concert on the evening of...
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