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euromaxx: Highlights of the Week
In this highlights edition: Photographer Mary McCartney, a design tree hotel in Sweden, the transport of precious artworks, choreographer Nacho Duato’s new challenge at the helm of the Mikhailovsky Ballet, and the Blue House in Dortmund.Photographer Mary McCartneyMary McCartney, daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney, is, like her mother was, a dab hand with the camera. She started her career in her mid-20s and is meanwhile a highly successful portrait and high life photographer. In October 2010 she had shows at two locations in London and had just published her first book.Designer Tree Hotel in SwedenWe visit a new design hotel some 60 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle in the peaceful surroundings of the village of Harads. The Tree Hotel offers uniquely themed rooms that are also individual designer tree houses.Art TransportPutting on a new exhibition often involves years of complicated preparation. Getting artworks to the show is also a delicate process. Euromaxx followed one sculpture on its voyage from Paris to a starring role in a show in Cologne.Nacho Duato heads Mikhailovsky BalletAcclaimed Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato takes over as director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre ballet in St. Petersburg. Duato started his career as a dancer in Stockholm and became a choreographer in 1988. He spent the last twenty years as artistic director of Spain’s National Dance Company.The Blue HouseAs part of the European Capital of Culture program, 58 houses have opened their doors to visitors in Germany's Ruhr Valley. We visit a house that brings a spot of colour to an overgrown colliery.
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Date Found: October 31, 2010
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