Issachar Ber Ryback (2 February 1897, in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (today Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine) – December 22, 1935, in Paris) was a Jewish-Ukrainian-French painter. Rybak was a contemporary of Jewish-Russian artists Natan Issajewitsch Altman, Boris Aronson and Marc Chagall, who transmitted th

In this fifteen installment of "Male Ballet Dancers" we feature the outstanding Vaganova Ballet Academy and their male sutendts progress. .With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal entertainment to full-fledged performi

Venice has battled rising water levels since the fifth century. But today, the water seems to be winning. Several factors, both natural and man-made, cause Venice to flood about 100 times a year — usually from October until late winter — a phenomenon called the acqua alta.

In this sixteenth episode of Male Ballet Dancers we present contemporary dancers. We feature Luciano Perotto from Argentina and the Connor/Scott Duet who performed during the BBC Young Dancers in London. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissan

One of today’s most captivating artists, HAUSER has achieved global stardom on the strength of his hands-on creativity and massively appealing approach to blending genres of music. On his new album The Player, the critically acclaimed Croatian cellist brings his dazzling virtuosity to the world of L

In this seventh edition of our Male Balet Dancer serie we feature Italian Marco Masciri in a Contemporary Variation as well as Les Indomptés interpreted by Andrea Marino and Giovanni Tombacco. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pag

Israel’s population has increased more than tenfold from 806,000 at the country’s establishment in 1948 to approximately 8.842 million today, according to data the Central Bureau of Statistics published this week ahead of the state’s 70th Independence Day.

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Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true end of chattel slavery across the United States— which didn’t act

In the old days, doctors sliced you open to examine your body. But today, with the help of powerful body imaging technology, they can look at "slices" ofyour anatomy without a scalpel. Many body imaging devices follow a principle called tomography (the 'T' in CT, PET and SPECT systems), which take i...

In this episode of contemporary and ballet male dancers II, we introduce australian dancer Lewis Shilvock, portuguese dancer Martinho Lima Santos and canadian Joshua St. John. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal ent