Love is All Around
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Love is All Around

Many argue that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a commercial holiday. However, something so significant to and deeply rooted in our lives as love is worthy of celebration — especially if viewed through a much wider lens, which is precisely what several of the Valley’s performing arts organizations have done with their programming this month.

Cracking Tradition
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Cracking Tradition

Writer Joseph J. AirdoPhotography Courtesy of Phoenix Ballet [dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are some traditions that you absolutely must do each and every holiday season or risk feeling as though your Christmas was incomplete. These traditions include watching the classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty the Snowman” holiday specials on TV, setting out cookies and milk for…

Ib Andersen: 20 Years of Ballet Artistry
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Ib Andersen: 20 Years of Ballet Artistry

Writer Shannon Severson Photography Courtesy of Ballet Arizona and Alexander Iziliaev [dropcap]T[/dropcap]wenty years ago, the future of Ballet Arizona—and ballet in Arizona—hung in the balance. The cultural landscape in Phoenix was in its infancy and struggling to gain a foothold. Within a week of being hired as artistic director by then-Board Chair Gwen Hillis, Ib…