May 18-24, 2011 - CITY Newspaper

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EVENTS: ROCHESTER BIKE WEEK, LILAC FESTIVAL EVENTS 24 FILM: “PRIEST,” “EVERYTHING MUST GO” 32 URBAN JOURNAL: JUSTICE BEING DONE

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BEST BUSKER WINNERS 12 CROSSWORD 43

patrons of sweet • the wiyos • chris trapper • tivoli skye • third world • the royal crowns • AND MORE MUSIC, PAGE 12

may 18-24, 2011 Free

Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly

Vol 40 No 36

News. Music. Life.

Any f***face can come into my store and say, ‘That’s mine.’” NEWS, PAGE 6

Healthy kids = better learners. NEWS, PAGE 7

Medicare and the 26th District. NEWS, PAGE 8

More fiber for your cultural diet. ART REVIEW, PAGE 28

Belly up to The Food Bar.

RESTAURANT REVIEW, PAGE 11

DANCE PREVIEW | BY CASEY CARLSEN | PAGE 22 | PHOTO BY Tim Leverett

Blood on the dance floor There is a new vampire in town, and she’s wearing pointe shoes. Stately, seductive, and self-assured, she is the blood countess, the title character in the original, full-length ballet by Jamey Leverett, artistic director of Rochester City Ballet. Leverett loosely based the premise of her story on the life of late 16th century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory, infamous for her alleged penchant for bathing in the blood of virgins (as in, hundreds of virgins) as a

means to retain her celebrated beauty. Leverett’s twist on history was to insert Dracula into Bathory’s world — that is, Dracula before he was a vampire. Rochester City Ballet debuts the “The Blood Countess” this weekend at Nazareth College Arts Center. Inside find rehearsal photos and City’s take on the production — a chilling, erotic, and above all else dramatic new addition to the burgeoning local dance scene.


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