www.lajollalight.com coaches dancers for the world’s largest student ballet competition, Youth America Grand Prix. Maiorano, in the off-season, does secretarial work for a law firm. “We try to tell stories that promote positive change,” McKay said. “As independent producers of content for PBS-TV, we reach millions of eyes and ears; we don’t take our responsibility lightly.” With “Ineffable,” they hope to show that, through dedication, even in a world obsessed with bottom lines, beauty can triumph. And if one day it does not, something profoundly human will be lost. Livingston/McKay’s most recent documentary, “Primary Concern,” about the critical shortage of primary care physicians, is now airing on PBS. That film took twoand-a-half years to complete. “Ineffable,” which started shooting in March, should be ready for viewing in 2015. “We think it will be our best film yet,” Livingston said. — The “Ineffable” Maxim Tchernychev and Stephanie Maiorano will appear as the Cavalier and the Sugarplum Fairy in San Diego’s Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at UC San Diego, Mandeville Auditorium in La Jolla, Dec. 20-22. For tickets and information: (619) 294-7311, sandiegoballetdancecompany.org
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Brief History of Ballett ■ Ballet emerged from the royal court dances of Renaissance Italy and flourished in France, where the Paris Opera Ballet was established during the reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715). ■ French became the language of ballet, as the form spread across Europe and into Russia, which established its Imperial Ballet in the mid-18th century. ■ The collaboration between choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky produced late-19th-century classics like ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ ■ After the Russian Revolution, when many artists fled to France, impresario Sergei Diaghilev started his Ballets Russes in Paris with a company of Russian émigrés. His association with composer Igor Stravinski and dancer/choreographer Vaclav Nijinsky produced daring works like ’The Rite of Spring,’ which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013. ■ In the mid-20th century, another Russian émigré, George Balanchine, became founding director of the New York City Ballet and its ballet school. He choreographed some 400 diverse pieces, transforming American ballet. ■ Today, there are about 100 ballet companies in the United States, including three in San Diego.
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The Mayflower didn’t land in Plymouth first. True. The Mayflower first landed at the tip of Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown. The settlers had originally hoped to make for the mouth of the Hudson River and find fertile farmland somewhere north of present-day New York City, but bad weather forced them to retreat. They intended to try again for the Hudson, but the approaching winter and dwindling supplies eventually convinced them to continue on across Cape Cod Bay to Plymouth. — history.com
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