Jaunted

Ballet Travel: A Big Premiere

4/10/2008 at 11:38 AM
Tags: Dance, Dancing, Ballet, Spring Travel (all tags)

Ballet=boring, right? What if the dances were set to Big Boi tracks instead of snoozy classical music? You'll find it at the Atlanta Ballet, starting tonight.

The show's called "Big," and it's a seriously limited engagement. The dancing is all professional ballet, but Big Boi, the hip hop group Konkrete and others will provide the tunes live.

It's a little cheeky, sure, but there's nothing wrong with appealing to a younger audience. As choreographer Lauri Stallings says:

If Mozart was here, I think he'd really dig this.

Related Stories:
· Big [Official Site]
· Big Boi Gives Ballet an Edge in Atlanta [NPR]
· Dance coverage [Jaunted]

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Eat 'n Sleep in Atlanta :: FAB And Indigo

8/02/2007 at 10:09 AM
Tags: Eat-n-Sleep, Hotel Indigo, French American Brasserie (all tags)

Our Eat 'n Sleep feature profiles a restaurant in a random city and a hotel nearby. It's kinda like that old show "Dinner and a Movie" but you know, with restaurant and hotels. And better jokes.

Downtown Atlanta's Brasserie Le Coze has reopened as French American Brasserie, or "FAB" as it begs to be called. Chef Kaighn B. Raymond prepares classic French cuisine with an American twist. Take the spiral staircase past the private dining room and up to the canopied rooftop for a smoke and a view of the city skyline.

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