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175 42 | | June 2012 SUITE EN BLANC PHOTOGRAPHY BY SÉBASTIEN MATHÉ THE RADAR | NOW! BALLET BABY Coming to America Talk about a save-the-date for culture vultures: is month, the legendary Paris Opéra Ballet kicks o its three-city stateside tour with a debut at Chicago’s Harris eater. e legendary French company was founded in 1669 and is the oldest national company in the world. Marking its rst American appearance in more than a decade, the POB takes the stage June 26 through July 1 before heading to e Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and then on to New York City’s Union Center for Performing Arts. While in town the 154-member ensemble performs two unique programs. e rst, Giselle , is a centuries-old performance that incorporates English and Russian dance traditions with “ballet blanc,” the purest form of classical ballet, in which the ballerina is out tted entirely in alabaster. e second program is a mixed, three-dance performance that includes Serge Lifar’s Suite en Blanc (pictured), Roland Petit’s mystical L’Arlésienne and Maurice Béjart’s sensual ri on the ballet, Boléro . Further, both programs are accompanied by the Grant Park Orchestra in its rst-ever collaboration with Harris eater. Combining modern choreography with neoclassical and romantic references, the Paris Opéra Ballet’s exclusive engagement is one of the year’s cultural highlights. Tickets $55-$125. At 205 E. Randolph Drive, 312.334.7777, harristheaterchicago.org –DL BEAUTY SCOOP Face Lift! Credited with setting off the “caviar craze” 25 years ago with its standard-setting Skin Caviar Collection (behold, the golden caviar pearls!), Swiss beauty brand La Prairie follows up with its latest launch: Skin Caviar Liquid Lift . The coveted caviar beads include skin-lifting technologies designed to return the skin to a fi rmer, more youthful state that defi es gravity daily. Peptides smooth; plant extracts minimize unsightly lines; provitamin B5 seals in moisture; and vitamin C supplies antioxidants. In support, the brand’s exclusive Cellular Complex (a cocktail of horsetail, glycoproteins and ginseng) kick-starts skin repair. Bonus: This youth-restoring skin serum is the perfect makeup primer. $500 for 1.7 fl . oz. at Neiman Marcus, 737 N. Michigan Ave., neimanmarcus.com –BW NUMBER CRUNCH The anniversary celebrated this year by Chicago jeweler C.D.Peacock . Since opening in 1837—the same year Chicago was incorporated as a city—and surviving the Great Chicago Fire thanks to a fi reproof vault, C.D.Peacock has grown into one of the city’s premier retailers of fi ne jewelry, timepieces and gifts for luxury brands like Rolex, Hermès, Cartier and Montblanc. This summer, C.D.Peacock adds to its three other locations with a new store at Westfi eld Old Orchard (4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie). cdpeacock.com –KS
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