Dance Magazine articles from April 2003

Dance Magazine archives from April 2003

Honoring dance. (Starting Here).
April 1, 2003... Awards aren't won, they are given. Contests and lotteries are won; races are won; all wars are loss (but that's another story). The concept of winning also implies losing, but that's not true with awards. Medals are awarded for a level of...

Down Under turnover in Texas. (News).(Stanton Welch appointed to Houston Ballet)
April 1, 2003... At age 33, Australian choreographer Stanton Welch will be one of the youngest artistic directors of a contemporary major American ballet company. After an international search, Houston Ballet announced that Welch will replace Ben Stevenson,...

Dancers without borders. (News).(Suitcase Fund)
April 1, 2003... In these prickly political times, it's hard to escape the compulsion to hunker down and seek refuge in the familiar. Luckily, faith in intercultural dialogue still prevails at Dance Theater Workshop, one of New York's leading venues for edgy...

Calendar.(performances)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
April 1, 2003... APRIL PERFORMANCES ANCHORAGE ALASKA Apr. 18-19, Rhythm in Shoes, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Atwood Concert Hall, 621 W Sixth Ave, 800/GR8-SEAT DAVIS, CALIFORNIA Apr. 1-2, Fosse, Mondavi Center, 200 B St, 530/752-1915,...

Advice for Dancers.
April 1, 2003... Former New York City Ballet dancer Linda Hamilton, Ph.D., is a lecturer, a psychologist in private practice, and author of Advice for Dancers (Jossey-Bass). Her biography is included in the Marquis Who's Who of American Women. She has been...

Looking back with a legend. (News).(Margaret Jenkins)
April 1, 2003... Sixty-eight dances created over three decades and featuring 103 dancers, 65 of whom are still in the field-these are the statistics of a still-flourishing career. But those numbers scarcely begin to describe the continuing odyssey of San...

Clarifications.(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2003... The following listings should be added to your January 2003 issue's Summer Study Guide: BOISE, ID BALLET IDAHO ACADEMY June 30-July 25 (Int., 12-18); June 30-July 31 (Adv., 15-20). Three to four hours of technique plus three hours...

Cinderella in love. (New York Notebook).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... "My aim is to take the classical world--its codes, its aesthetic, its dancers--and find a new approach," says Jean-Christophe Maillot, artistic director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (see News, DANCE MAGAZINE, March, page 18). He believes in...

Harlem happenings. (New York Notebook).(E-Moves)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... "E-Moves," Aaron Davis Hall's lively showcase for young choreographers of color, expands this year to include three programs. Program A presents emerging artists (including Yukiko Miyawaki, below), Program B presents performers from established...

Pinto's pearl. (New York Notebook).(Oyster)(Dance Review)
April 1, 2003... Part Petrouchka, part Alwin Nikolais, and part Coney Island, Oyster, created by Israeli choreographer Inbal Pinto in collaboration with theater director Avshalom Pollak, comes to The Joyce April 22-27. The carnival-like scenery evokes Fokine's...

The Joyce's 20th. (New York Notebook).(Joyce Theater anniversary)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The brainchild of Eliot Feld and Cora Cahan, The Joyce Theater, a house tailored to dance, opened in 1982. Twenty years and thousands of performances later, The Joyce, both intimate and expansive, remains ideal for seeing most types of dance....

Nureyev in Milan. (News).(Rudolf Nureyev)
April 1, 2003... It fell to La Scala Ballet to be the first company to celebrate Rudolf Nureyev on the tenth anniversary of his death. While the Paris Opera Ballet, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, and London's Royal Ballet--the other European companies with...

Ballerina as entrepreneur. (News).(Chan Hon Goh)
April 1, 2003... Ballerina Chan Hon Goh, 34, is one of The National Ballet of Canada's most exquisite principal dancers. A gifted classicist, she has also won praise for the strength of her dramatic characterizations. A favorite of Suzanne Farrell, Goh has been...

Am I stalling out before I start? (Answers 4 Dancers).(developing a dance career)
April 1, 2003... YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHERS ABOUT FOLLOWING THEIR DREAMS HAS HELPED ME A LOT. I'M 25 YEARS OLD. BUT I COULD PASS EASILY FOR 19 OR SO, PEOPLE SAY. I STARTED DANCING AT THE AGE OF 4, RECEIVED GOOD TRAINING AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY COMPETITIONS,...

Do I have to choreograph my own steps at auditions? (Answers 4 Dancers).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... YOUR COLUMN HAS ALREADY ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS I HAD. DANCERS LIKE ME ARE LUCKY TO HAVE PROS AROUND LIKE YOU. I'VE BEEN DANCING OFF AND ON SINCE I WAS 9 YEARS OLD, DOING JAZZ AND HIP-HOP. A FEW YEARS AGO, I MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO...

2003 Dance Magazine Awards. .(Cover Story)
April 1, 2003... The forty-sixth DANCE MAGAZINE AWARDS, held on April 21 in New York City, honor five outstanding members of the dance community for their contributions to the field. Recipients are: William Forsythe, Susan Jaffe, Charles and Stephanie Reinhart,...

Celebrate National Dance Week.
April 1, 2003... Seven, even eight, days a week are no longer enough to celebrate National Dance Week. So the Coalition for National Dance Week, which sets the official dates, has designated ten days this year in which to celebrate and propagate the idea and...

Around the world toward Muscle Shoals.(choreographer's travels)
April 1, 2003... Last October, choreographer Douglas Dunn traveled to Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Kiev, and the ancient shrine Angkor Wat, in Cambodia. The trip, which combined pleasure, curiosity, and work, ended back at his childhood home in the San...

Ballet quest: in what might be the only project of its kind in ballet history, the birth of Compania Ballet Clasico de Costa Rica is a north-south effort involving artists from two countries--Canada and Costa Rica.
April 1, 2003... When Quebec's Ballet Ouest director-choreographer Margaret Mehuys announced to dignitaries of Costa Rica that her Montreal group would help this Central American country build its own professional ballet company, she gave local children...

Liz Lerman's Hallelujah project: "What do you have to be proud of?" she asked fifteen communities.
April 1, 2003... My artistic center is all about the community," says modern dancer Liz Lerman, a 2002 recipient of a MacArthur fellowship of $500,000. As a choreographer, she insists dance is for everybody out there--regardless of age, ability, size, shape, or...

Classically contemporary Ballet Austin.
April 1, 2003... As the blistering Texas sun bakes the sidewalks outside the Ballet Austin studios, Stephen Mills choreographs in air-conditioned comfort inside the spacious facilities. A slim, soft-spoken man, he quietly demonstrates steps while concentrating...

Merce among the children: fourth graders from P.S. 234 talk about performing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
April 1, 2003... While Merce Cunningham gives notes to his dancers after the first run-through of the day's rehearsal, I huddle with the eleven fourth-graders who will perform tonight [December 18, 2002] part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Event in the...

Health and fitness for life.(importance of nourishment)
April 1, 2003... Anybody here dance six days a week?" I get a laugh whenever I ask this of the students at San Francisco Ballet School. As dancers progress in their training, the time spent dancing escalates with the demands of rehearsing and performing,...

Dance directory: schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, dancers, choreographers, somatic practices, movement arts, yoga.(Directory)
April 1, 2003... Contents United States 52 International 63 Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, and Yoga 64 United States ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic...

Dance theater.(Encores!)
April 1, 2003... On a February night in 1994, about 2,700 curiosity seekers went to City Center to witness the start of an experiment. It was a series called Encores!, and the idea was to resurrect old musicals--not the acknowledged masterpieces, but the ones...

Doug Varone and Dancers.(The Bottomland)(Dance Review)
April 1, 2003... The Ohio Theatre New York, New York December 4-22, 2002 Few choreographers dare to be as versatile as Doug Varone and pull it off so successfully. He challenges himself to invent movement to enhance expression in many dance-theater...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.(Prayers from the Edge, Apex, Black Milk)(Dance Review)
April 1, 2003... City Center New York, New York December 4, 2002-January 5, 2003 Despite Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's announcement of a "Women's Choreography Initiative," the monthlong Christmas season was dominated by men mainly because the...

Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk.(Dance Review)
April 1, 2003... New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, New Jersey November 5-10, 2002 When Savion Glover exploded onto Broadway in 1996 with Bring in `da Noise, Bring in `da Funk, the electricity in the air was as much a result of the explosive...

Dance Theater Workshop Reopening.(Dance Review)
April 1, 2003... Ronald K. Brown/Evidence (October 2-20, 2002) "Dancer's Night Out": Kathy Westwater, Richard Siegel, Kimberly Bartosik (November 14-17, 2002) Cathy Weis (November 21-December 1, 2002) Big Dance Theater (December 5-22, 2002)...

Composer/Choreographer 6.(Dance Review)
April 1, 2003... Velocity MainSpace Theater Seattle, Washington November 8-10, 2002 When directors Jarrad Powell and Mary Sheldon Scott founded the Composer/ Choreographer series in 1994, their goal was to give other artists a taste of the...

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. (People and Companies).(Terrence S. Orr's contract extended)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE has extended the contract of Artistic Director TERRENCE S. ORR for three years, through June 2006.

Cincinnati Ballet. (People and Companies).(appoints choreographer)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... KIRK PETERSON has been appointed resident choreographer of the CINCINNATI BALLET.

Ballerina and veteran teacher Jocelyn Vollmar is the latest recipient of the Lew Christensen Medal. (People and Companies).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Ballerina and veteran teacher JOCELYN VOLLMAR is the latest recipient of the Lew Christensen Medal, San Francisco Ballet's highest honor, awarded January 29, on opening night of the season.

San Francisco Foundation. (People and Companies).(appoints John Killacky)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... JOHN KILLACKY, executive director of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts since 1996, became program officer for arts and culture of the SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION March 1. During his tenure, the annual budget rose from $5.4 million to...

James A. Doolittle Foundation. (People and Companies).(grants to Los Angeles companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... THE JAMES A. DOOLITTLE FOUNDATION has made grants to several companies and presenting organizations in the Los Angeles area. Recipients include A PLACE CALLED HOME, CENTER THEATRE GROUP, DANCE PENINSULA BALLET, GRAND PERFORMANCES, JAZZ TAP...

Set and costume designer Jose Varona was presented with a lifetime achievement award in the latest round of the Theatre Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Awards. (People and Companies).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Set and costume designer JOSE VARONA was presented with a lifetime achievement award in the latest round of the Theatre Development Fund's IRENE SHARAFF AWARDS. Others honored include ANITA YAVICH (Young Master Award), MARTA BRIZZI/GRACE...

Career Transition for Dancers. (People and Companies).(Jerome Robbins Foundation grant)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... CAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS has announced a grant of $25,000 from the JEROME ROBBINS FOUNDATION.

The seventeenth World Congress on Dance Research, "Dance in Education," will take place in Athens, Greece, October 29-November 2, 2003. (People and Companies).
April 1, 2003... The seventeenth WORLD CONGRESS ON DANCE RESEARCH, "Dance in Education," will take place in Athens, Greece, October 29-November 2, 2003. For information on submitting papers, write the Congress Secretariat, 8 Scholiou Street, Plaka, GR-10558...

Dayton Ballet Artistic Associate and choreographer Gregory Robinson has received a Choo-San Goh Grant from the Choo-San Goh and H. Robert Magee Foundation. (People and Companies).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Dayton Ballet Artistic Associate and choreographer GREGORY ROBINSON has received a CHOO-SAN GOH GRANT from the Choo-San Goh and H. Robert Magee Foundation. Robinson's award will subsidize the new, full-length ballet America's Robin Hood,...

England's Birmingham Royal Ballet, directed by David Bintley, has won the Critics' Circle National Dance Award. (People and Companies).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... England's BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, directed by DAVID BINTLEY, has won the CRITICS' CIRCLE NATIONAL DANCE AWARD with the citation, "Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire".

Nashville. (People and Companies).(The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet)(headquarters of Nashville Ballet)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NASHVILLE BALLET has named its Tennessee headquarters The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet in honor of longtime supporters ELLEN AND CHARLES MARTIN.

AbsolutData Technologies. (People and Companies).(surveys ballet attendees)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... AbsolutData Technologies conducted an audience survey of 1,000 patrons of the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET during six evenings of the 2002 repertory season. Fifty-five percent of attendees bring a significant other, an independent 10 percent come...

Highlights of Finland's Kuopio Dance Festival. (People and Companies).(June 12-18, 2003)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Highlights of Finland's KUOPIO DANCE FESTIVAL, June 12-18, 2003, will include visits from BALLET GULBENKIAN, GOTEBORG BALLET, BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY, and the MARYINSKY THEATRE.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Residency. (Teachers and Schools).(celebrates tenth year)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM RESIDENCY celebrates its tenth year at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in a special event on May 24. Eighty-five young dancers ages 6 to 18 from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia were selected to participate in...

USA National Youth Ballet Competition. (Teachers and Schools).
April 1, 2003... The new USA NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET COMPETITION will hold the second of three regional competitions for dancers ages 10 to 19 on April 6 at California State University in Long Beach. In March a competition was held at The Rock School in...

The American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and The Royal Ballet School traded places when the third-year class of the RBS performed at Hunter College in New York during February, and the ABT Studio Company performed at Covent Garden in March. (Teachers and Schools).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE STUDIO COMPANY and THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL traded places when the third-year class of the RBS performed at Hunter College in New York during February, and the ABT Studio Company performed at Covent Garden in March....

Transitions.
April 1, 2003... STEPHANIE REINHART Stephanie Reinhart, co-director of the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and co-artistic director for dance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (see page 26), died...

The brio skirt from Harmonie is a knit, pull-on skirt in a pointelle lace pattern that was designed with dancers as well as ice skaters in mind. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... THE BRIO SKIRT FROM HARMONIE IS A knit, pull-on skirt in a pointelle lace pattern that was designed with dancers as well as ice skaters in mind. Feminine, delicate, and easy to wear, it drapes well, and as soon as the wearer starts moving, the...

Dance studio manager is a software package that allows studio managers to automate many of their business processes. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... DANCE STUDIO MANAGER IS A SOFTWARE package that allows studio managers to automate many of their business processes. Features include a streaming-video training disk for the software; Quicken-style deposit tickets; tracking of students,...

Dancers who suffer from stiffness and weariness of limbs and joints may benefit from Therapain Plus spray with herbal ingredients such as peppermint, eucalyptus, and menthol, as well as glucosamine and MSM. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... DANCERS WHO SUFFER FROM STIFFNESS and weariness of limbs and joints may benefit from Therapain Plus spray with herbal ingredients such as peppermint, eucalyptus, and menthol, as well as glucosamine and MSM. The nongreasy formula won't stain...

Clif Bar's mojo snack bars have salty flavors that provide an alternative to sweet-tasting bars. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... CLIF BAR'S MOJO SNACK BARS HAVE salty flavors that provide an alternative to sweet-tasting bars. They come in five flavors: Honey Roasted Peanut, Mixed Nuts, Honey BBQ Almond, Spicy Salsa Peanut, and Curry Cashew. With ingredients like roasted...

Montagne Jeunesse products are single-serving sachets that bring spa-like pampering home at $1.49 per treatment (suggested retail price). (New Products).
April 1, 2003... MONTAGNE JEUNESSE PRODUCTS are single-serving sachets that bring spa-like pampering home at $1.49 per treatment (suggested retail price). A foot soak/foot lotion duo-pack is just one of their treats for the body. Soak your feet in the pink...

Ever break a shank but are certain you have a few more uses out of the shoe? (New Products).
April 1, 2003... EVER BREAK A SHANK BUT ARE CERTAIN you have a few more uses out of the shoe? Shank Tacks from Bunheads are made to reinforce and support softened shanks. Bunheads also recommends their use in shoes of dancers with greatly arched feet. Each...

Balanced body presents the Ultra-Lite Circle, a body-toning device designed for home use. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... BALANCED BODY PRESENTS THE ULTRA-Lite Circle, a body-toning device designed for home use. Weighing only ten ounces, it's a new version of Joseph Pilates's Magic Circle. Designed for total-body conditioning, the fourteen-inch Ultra-Lite Circle...

Degas Dancers little keep it box contains twenty 3 1/2" x 5" note cards and twenty-one envelopes with four images. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... DEGAS DANCERS LITTLE KEEP IT BOX contains twenty 3 1/2" x 5" note cards and twenty-one envelopes with four images. The box top flips open and closes with a magnet. You can order this and other Degas Dancers stationery items online at...

American Harlequin introduces Woodspring, a basket-weave floor for permanent installation. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... AMERICAN HARLEQUIN INTRODUCES Woodspring, a basket-weave floor for permanent installation. Woodspring is installed by Harlequin's trained technicians. Recently, Harlequin basket- weave floors have been laid at Chapman University, Boston Ballet...

Attitudes.(The Nutcracker)
April 1, 2003... What does a well-bred balletomane do in a strange town over Christmas? He goes to sample the local versions of The Nutcracker, which is just what I did in my first holiday season in my native Britain in thirty-eight years. Why, oh why, you ask...