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Boston Ballet announces a dynamic 2016-17 season

Boston Ballet announces a dynamic 2016-17 season

Mary Hierholzer

Last week, Boston Ballet announced a dynamic program for its 2016-17 season. The company will open with the North American premiere of Ivan Liška's Le Corsaire, and will also be the first North American group to perform William Forsythe's complete Artifact. The catalogue also includes works by Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, and a world premiere by Boston Ballet's Resident Choreographer, Jorma Elo.

The new season "really represents our mission of presenting academic classical ballet and a strong commitment to contemporary dance," said Boston Ballet's Artistic Director, Mikko Nissinen, in an interview with the NewBostonPost. "We are looking back and recreating the quality of past catalogues, but also feel the need to be pushing the art form forward."

Raising a child with Down syndrome: Quinn turns 16
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Raising a child with Down syndrome: Quinn turns 16

Jean Pollock

This is the second blog by Jean Pollock about raising Quinn, her son who has Down syndrome. To read the first post, click here.

Quinn has got to be the cutest kid that ever turned 16. Don't get me wrong – if you read my first blog about Quinn, you'll have read that our first nine kids are exceptionally beautiful, smart, talented, etc., but … OH my gosh, watching Quinn wait for 16 and then get there was downright off-the-charts cute.

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