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patrons of sweet • the wiyos • chris trapper • tivoli skye • third world • the royal crowns • AND MORE MUSIC, PAGE 12
may 18-24, 2011 Free
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Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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Vol 40 No 36
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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.