Making a Pointe: Ballet West's 'Evening of Ballets' Includes 'Carmina Burana'

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When John Butler's "Carmina Burana" premiered in New York in 1959, there were many debates. "It depends on whom you talk with," said Richmond Ballet's Malcolm Burn, "but the debates ranged from high-pitched arguments to fistfights.

"The conflicts surrounded the fact that people were arguing whether or not the production was modern dance or ballet."

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Making a Pointe: Ballet West's 'Evening of Ballets' Includes 'Carmina Burana'

The truth, according to New Zealand-bred Burn, is that it is both.

"John trained at the American Ballet School at the same time he was training with (modern dance pioneer) Martha Graham," Burn said with a knowing smile, during an interview in the Ballet West admi...

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