| At Feature: Art of the human form - Chico photographer Gary Quiring exhibits 'Celebration of Passion'
In Gary Quiring's illustrious career, the Chico photographer has exhibited his works worldwide and countless publications have printed his portraits, travel photos and commercial products. Closer to home, he's the photographer for Chico Community Ballet and has had scenic images appear in Sunset magazine's recent feature on Chico and in the book, "My Hometown Chico," by Marcia Wilhite. Quiring is also known for his erotic photography, now being featured in "A Celebration of Passion" at James Snidle Fine Art Gallery. An artist's reception is slated for 4-8 p.m. Saturday, coinciding with Chico's Art First Saturday. About a dozen photographs, all framed, high-quality giclee archival prints, are on display in the gallery. And while all of the images contain nudity, they are not graphic; they are tastefully and artistically presented.
Yuri Grigorovich 80th Birthday Tribute
Description: Yuri Grigorovich celebrates his 80th birthday with members of The Bolshoi Theatre of Russia and The Grigorovich Ballet Company, with excerpts from The Golden Age, The Nutcracker and Spartacus. Trains: Tube: Covent Garden Phone: 0207304 4000 .
The best of ballet
THE Hexagon, Reading, welcomes the return of the world-acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet with three of Tchaikovsky's best-known works - Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, its superb orchestra, stylish productions and artistic excellence put them in a class of their own. Just 11 years old, the company has already gained an outstanding international reputation. The principal dancers include the elegant Dmitri Akulinin, the assured Andrei Yakhnyuk, accomplished Andrei Stelmakhov and delightful ballerinas Sabina Yapparova and Olga Ovchinnikova, all fine dancers in the pure classical style. Prima ballerina Irina Kolesnikova, who was nominated for the Best Female Dancer in the 2005 National Dance Awards at the Royal Opera House, is a world-class dancer of magnetic power, described as "inspirational".
Cuddling up with the bush in new musical
ALI MOORE: Most Australians have grown up with the tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Little Ragged Blossom and the big, bad banksia men, the whimsical bush characters created by author and illustrator May Gibbs. Gibbs' books have been adapted over the years for children's shows and even a ballet and now, in the most ambitious theatrical transformation yet, a major stage musical. Tomorrow night, almost 130 years to the day after May Gibbs' birth, the new musical of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie premieres at the Sydney Festival before travelling to Perth and Adelaide. Rebecca Baillie reports.
JOHN CLARKE: The characters are fantastic, because they're incredibly Australian, they couldn't have been done anywhere else in the world.
REBECCA BAILLIE: It's a literary classic which has captivated generations of Australians for nearly 90 years.
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