John Adams

Students put on incredible Haka dance for retiring teacher (video)

A group of students performed the traditional Haka dance in honour of their teacher who retired after 30 years. The Haka is a traditional war dance of the Maori people in New Zealand. The teacher, John Adams must have felt moved watching his students put on a powerful show.

 

Topia | Athens | May 5, 6 & 10

The Greek National Opera's new ballet director, Andonis Foniadakis, has invited acclaimed choreographers Benjamin Millepied and Douglas Lee to participate in a three-part work titled "Landscapes" (Topia), which brings different styles of neoclassical ballet together in a creative dialogue.

USS Constitution built in 1797 and still serving in the US Navy!

“Old Ironsides”, the USS Constitution, has been through it all and lived to tell about it – as her nickname suggests. Built of a study oak, pine, and hardware forged by Paul Revere himself, she was built to withstand and hold back enemy ships that, by her careful design, would be inferior to her.