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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
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‘Murder for Two’
Director Bruce Jordan’s latest FST show is his first to include an upright piano — occasionally played with the actors’ feet. PAGE 6
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Moves of their
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The four faculty members leading the 2018 Sarasota Cuban Ballet School summer intensive each bring something different to the same method. NIKI KOTTMANN
‘Tops from Flops’
The latest Players Centre show celebrates the hidden gems of Broadway’s biggest failures. PAGE 9
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here typically isn’t much laughter in a ballet class. The beautiful dance form is known for requiring strict instruction and a ruthless pursuit of perfection. But in Luis Javier Fuentes Bermúdez de Castro’s class at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School summer intensive, students can’t control their giggles. When a male student picks him up to demonstrate how a female dancer should be held, laughter fills the room as the instructor does his most graceful ballerina impression. “People have forgotten how fun it is, ballet,” says Fuentes. “That’s my goal. Bring everybody to the class, teach them good technique, SEE PAGE 2
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Instructor Luis Javier Fuentes Bermúdez de Castro previously danced for Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Prodanza Dance Company and Joburg Ballet.
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‘Reefer Madness’
Random Acts is back with this satirical political commentary that will take The Starlite Room by storm. PAGE 7