Movie Review | 'La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet'

Creating Dialogue From Body Language

By A. O. SCOTT

Photograph from Zipporah Films

A scene from “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,” a documentary filmed at the Palais Garnier.

“La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet” is one of the finest dance films ever made, but there’s more to it than that.

Abroad

A section of Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, captured in minute detail with laser scanners.

Scots Aim Lasers at Landmarks

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

In an era of computer animation, making laser scans of old monuments may not sound special, but a Scottish team has achieved unprecedented levels of sophistication.

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Glenn Beck with Vince Flynn's “Pursuit of Honor” on Oct. 12.

For Thrillers, Glenn Beck Is Becoming New Oprah

By MOTOKO RICH

The outspoken media darling of populist conservatism uses the plots of the novels he features as a springboard for discussing issues.

An Appraisal

The man Claude Lévi-Strauss described as his “best informant.”

Other Voyages in the Shadow of Lévi-Strauss

By LARRY ROHTER

In 1978 I made my first reporting trip to the Brazilian Amazon, with an orange-and-white Penguin paperback edition of “Tristes Tropiques” as the only book squeezed into my gear.

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Books of The Times

'Denialism'

By MICHAEL SPECTER
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN

Michael Specter’s hotly argued diatribe targets those he thinks are emblems of stubbornly anti-scientific thinking, like Prince Charles, Dr. Andrew Weil and Whole Foods.

Excerpt

Off the Wall: White House Drops Painting

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New Run for 'The Temperamentals' at New World Stages

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Music

The renovated David. H. Koch Theater, formerly the New York State Theater, at Lincoln Center.

Mikes Banished, Natural Sound Returns to City Opera

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

There is no doubt what the main question hovering over the return of the New York City Opera will be: How are the acoustics of the renovated David H. Koch Theater?

Dance

Light, Birds, Action! Cunningham and Company in Rehearsal

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Tacita Dean’s film “Craneway Event” records three days of rehearsals by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Richmond, Calif., before the choreographer’s death.

Arts & Leisure Preview

Same Street, Different World

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

Over the years, “Sesame Street,” which celebrates its 40th anniversary next week, has replaced the graffiti and gritty smudges of city life with green spaces, tofu and yoga.

Inside Arts

An End to Hollywood Power Lunches at Orso

Collecting Headlines Funnier Than This

Ben Ratliff reviews "Raditude" by California alt-rock veterans Weezer; Jon Pareles on "In Love & War" by pop R&B singer Amerie; and the blues-folk guitarist Geoff Muldaur performs live and discusses his new album "Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks" with Ben Sisario. Sia Michel is the host.

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Holiday Movies

Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz reunite, Matt Damon sinks into another role, Peter Jackson cooks up a ghost story and more.

Series

Abroad

Michael Kimmelman on culture and society in Europe and beyond.

The Listings

Longer editions of selected event listings in the New York area this week are now available online.

The Week in Arts

Arts & Leisure

Kumail Nanjiani, Professional Comic

Weekend

Theater Review: 'Finian's Rainbow'

The Week Ahead

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Video: UrbanEye

Melena Ryzik gets the most out of CMJ using a radical new method: staying put.

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Degas's “Danseuses,” depicting a dancer who bends to adjust her shoe, became the most expensive work of the evening as it ascended to $10.72 million.

Christie's Amasses $65.67 Million in a Sparse Impressionist Sale

By SOUREN MELIKIAN

Christie's scored beyond all hope on Tuesday night in a sale of Impressionist and Modern art that was alarmingly thin. Of the 40 paintings and sculptures offered, 28 realized an aggregate $65.67 million.

On the London Stage

Bedroom Distress, and Tragedy in Art and Life

By MATT WOLF

Alan Ayckbourn’s “Bedroom Farce” takes viewers on a delicious tour of upheaval; in “Prick Up Your Ears,” drama strangely mirrors real-life tragedy.

Placido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

Domingo Excels as Boccanegra

By GEORGE LOOMIS

Plácido Domingo gives a sterling performance in Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" in Berlin. In Stuttgart, Stefan Herheim's production of "Der Rosenkavalier" imagines the opera as an erotic fantasy.

Design

A Distant Bauhaus Star

By ALICE RAWSTHORN

Margarete Heymann was a gifted ceramicist who had a falling out with the director of the Bauhaus school and now is largely ignored in the school’s “official’' history.