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Black Montreal figure skater s unconventional routines earn him millions of views on TikTok, Instagram
The Russian-born, Montreal-raised athlete retired from competitive figure skating in 2018 and has found worldwide fame online through his creative and unconventional approach to the sport.
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Elladj Baldé took his talent from the competition world to the web and attracted an audience of 16 million
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 6:00 PM ET | Last Updated: January 19
Elladj Baldé left the world of competitive figure skating and became an international online sensation.(CBC)
At the start of 2020, La Jolla Playhouse’s new musical “Fly” was delighting enthusiastic audiences in our Weiss Theatre. We were sending the Performance Outreach Program Tour play, our annual play for young audiences, into San Diego schools for live performances with students. Five productions of the Playhouse-born “Come From Away” were playing to sold-out houses around the world. And I was in New York in previews for the Broadway premiere of “Diana,” a musical that started on the Playhouse stages. It was a beautifully rich and dynamic moment for the Playhouse.
Then we all know what happened: From one day to the next, all physical, in-person operations ceased and the Playhouse was left, like so many arts institutions, wondering when we would be able to come back together to make theater in person.
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After studying English literature as an undergrad at Columbia University, Ashley James found herself following the career trajectory of an English professor, pursuing a masters and Ph.D. in English lit with a focus on African American studies and gender and sexuality. That all changed when, in 2014, she was given the rare opportunity to co-curate the Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection show at the Yale University Art Gallery on Yale s campus, where James was receiving her Ph.D.