Dance Magazine articles from August 2005

Dance Magazine archives from August 2005

Curtain up.(Editorial)
August 1, 2005... This month we're taking you on a tour of different places, genres, and states of mind. In the feature pages you can join Charlotte d'Amboise on her Broadway roller coaster ride, admire the energy and versatility of the Hubbard Street dancers in...

On the race issue.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2005... I can't help writing to tell you how incredibly impressed I was by the June issue. I don't think I've ever seen an issue so chock full of substantive, thought-provoking articles. Every time I finished one article and turned the page, I was...

Support the troops.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2005... I am a subscriber to DANCE MAGAZINE and I find the heading of the blurb in June's Dance Finder "Back When the U.S. Knew How to Treat Prisoners," to be in very poor taste and totally uncalled for. Let's not forget that the U.S. military is...

Sweet Sarah Lane.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2005... I just wanted to tell you how much my daughter and I enjoyed the article on Sarah Lane ["On the Rise," May]. My daughter's ballet teacher, Fiona Fairrie, has been part of Sarah Lane's training and we in Dallas have been fortunate to meet Sarah...

Correction.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
August 1, 2005... On the June cover, the Complexions dancer on the far right was misidentified. Her name is Heather Hamilton. She also appeared on page 32. In the May issue (page 54) Sylvie Guillem is pictured dancing in Ashton's A Month in the Country.

Quote of the month.(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2005... "Art reveals and comments on our world, it tends to raise embarrassing questions in very compelling ways... By refusing to be inauthentic, great art helps us understand ourselves and our culture... The best films and music and dance and art...

The "savage musical" that dances.(DANCE MATTERS)(Romance&Cigarettes musical by ohn Turturro)(Movie Review)
August 1, 2005... Actor-director John Turturro loves dance. In directing his fourth film, Romance & Cigarettes, that love is obvious and unabashed. The movie, which is scheduled to be released this fall by United Artists/Sony, is a "savage musical," as Turturro...

The Washington Ballet.(LABOR UPDATES)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Wayne Gold, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, has found "reasonable cause" to believe that The Washington Ballet violated the National Labor Relations Act when it refused to rehire two union activist dancers who testified...

American Ballet Theatre.(LABOR UPDATES)(Labor contract with the union of the American Federation of Musicians)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... American Ballet Theatre reached a three-year agreement with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. The pact requires ABT to use only live musicians and forbids so-called virtual orchestras (computer-generated instruments) during its...

No stopping her.(Doris Eaton Travis)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Doris Eaton Travis, 101, hoofs it during the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition at the Amsterdam Theater. Travis danced on this stage in the Ziegfeld Follies 87 years earlier.

Toronto surprise.(James Kudelka's resignation)
August 1, 2005... James Kudelka stepped down June 30, after nine years as artistic director of Toronto-based National Ballet of Canada, and assumed the title of resident choreographer. The news elicited warm personal tributes and laudatory Canadian media...

Graham shake-up stuns dance world.(Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance)
August 1, 2005... When the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance won the court case securing the rights to its founder's ballets in 2002, it seemed as if the dust had settled and the Martha Graham Dance Company could get on with its mission (see "Tomorrow...

Tail end of summer.(New York Notebook)(Licoln Center Out of Door series on August 2005)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... August, when the city quiets down, brings the annual Lincoln Center Out of Doors series. It's free, so there are always throngs of people cheering on every dance and dancer. This year, for its 35th anniversary, the lineup includes the companies...

Site for sore eyes.(New York Notebook)(Dance review)(Dance Review)
August 1, 2005... Chris Elam's juicy, elastic tumbling looks simultaneously innocent and darkly symbolic. His mythic and playful dances suggest something that might have happened at the dawn of the world. In Several Stories, which his Misnomer Dance Theatre...

Fountain of youth.(New York Notebook)(Youth America Grand Prix)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Youth America Grand Prix is always cause for celebration, not only because so many young people step up to the plate (this year 132 schools from 13 countries participated), but also because the grown-ups put on a darn good show. At the April...

Women's work?(New York Notebook)(Dance Review)
August 1, 2005... After a sold-out gig in 2003, it's round two for a group of six badass women who are part of This Woman's Work: Black Women Choreographers of the Next Generation. Choreographers Bridget Moore and Princess Mhoon Cooper, who curated it, said they...

Don't stress (your bones) out.(HEALTH and Fitness)(Women dancers)
August 1, 2005... Many dancers (and athletes) discover that sustained, intense physical activity can halt a woman's monthly cycle. While this may strike a busy dancer as more convenient than anything else--no bloating, cramps, or exhaustion crimping your...

Advice for dancers: former New York City Ballet dancer Linda Hamilton, Ph.D., is a lecturer a psychologist in private practice, and the author of Advice for Dancers (Jossey-Bass). She has been offering advice to Dance Magazine readers since 1992.
August 1, 2005... I FELT OVERWHELMED WHEN J READ THAT FORMER JOFFREY BALLERINA ERIKA GOODMAN HAD DIED AT 59 AFTER BEING ANOREXIC FOR MOST OF HER CAREER [SEE MAY, "TRANSITIONS"]. I KNOW EVERY DANCER DOESN'T STARVE THEMSELVES, BUT J DID UNTIL I LET MY DOCTORS KNOW...

The heat is on: sleek, edgy, intensely cool-Hubbard Street has morphed into an eclectic mix of sizzling energy.(Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)(Cover Story)
August 1, 2005... FOR CHERYL MANN, IT WAS A TYPICAL NIGHT OF PERFORMING with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Things got off to a rousing start with Daniel Ezralow's SF/LB, a burst of perpetual motion and tricky counterpoint set to a jazzy Leonard Bernstein score....

Star quality: Charlotte d'Amboise already has a Broadway pedigree. Will the Charity episode turn a trouper into a headliner?
August 1, 2005... CHARLOTTE D'AMBOISE HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN ON BROADWAY as a true triple threat: the winning choice in roles that call for dancing, singing, and acting. Her verve, charm, deft comic timing--and great shoulder-and-hip action--have buoyed many a...

Dramatic moves: Jean Grand-Maitre's theatrical flair has boosted Alberta Ballet to a new level.(Dance director and choreographer)
August 1, 2005... CALGARY-BASED ALBERTA BALLET, UNDER THE ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF CHOREOGRAPHER Jean Grand-Maitre, is rapidly emerging as the Canadian troupe to watch. The originality of its programming combined with the passionate commitment of its dancing has...

Meet your maker: dancers and cobblers share a love affair with pointe shoes.
August 1, 2005... Pink satin and ribbons. The look of the pointe shoe has remained steady for decades. Still, designers are always searching for ways to improve its construction. Leo's Dancewear came out with a split-sole pointe shoe. Prima Soft has created the...

... And all that jazz.(DM STYLE)(Jazz dance shoes)
August 1, 2005... Split or full-sole, lace-up or slip-on? With so many jazz shoes to choose from, how do you pick the best one for you? DANCE MAGAZINE asked the pros. Flexibility and support should top your list, says Debra Zalkind, jazz dance instructor at...

Straight from the soul: flamenco artists explore their art on dvd, video and in print.(DANCE MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS)(Video Recording Review)(Movie Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Flamenco Women Directed by Mike Figgis New River Media 52 minutes. VHS, $18.95; www.amazon.com At the beginning of this film, Mike Figgis, the Oscar-nominated director of Leaving Las Vegas, says that flamenco is about life and...

7 tips to help you pick it up and get it down: become a quick study.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)(Choreographers' suggestions)
August 1, 2005... Most of us encounter them at some point: counts of choreography that you can't wrap your mind around or movement combinations you can't get your body into. Your first inclination may be to panic--especially if the impenetrable steps are being...

Central School of Ballet's design for dance: a model program within a London ballet conservatory.(STUDIO TALK)
August 1, 2005... "Half of choreography is just setting on with it," muses Sara Matthews, assistant director of London's Central School of Ballet. "It's not what you're taught, but what you do with it." At CSB, a three-year degree program for students ages 16...

Terry Sendgraff.(LIMELIGHT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... MANY HIGH-FLYING choreographers consider Terry Sendgraff the mother of aerial dance. It's a title that fittingly reflects her nurturing, supportive teaching style. Sendgraff, a former gymnastics coach, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area...

Teacher's wisdom: Devon Carney.(THIS MONTH)(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Devon Carney has had a 30-year career as a dancer and teacher. As principal with Boston Ballet he worked with choreographers Choo San Goh, Mark Morris, Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, and Ben Stevenson in roles from classical to cutting edge. He...

The 2005 Scholarships Guide.(Directory)
August 1, 2005... NEED HELP PAYING FOR DANCE CLASSES? GOING BACK TO SCHOOL? EYEING A SPECIAL SUMMER STUDY PROGRAM? CHECK OUT DANCE MAGAZINE'S THIRD ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GUIDE TO LEARN ABOUT FUNDING THAT WILL HELP YOU BECOME THE DANCER YOU WANT TO BE. MOST OF...

Leann Underwood: Oregon Ballet Theatre's 16-year-old prodigy heads to New York. Destination: ABT's Studio Company.(On the Rise)
August 1, 2005... Leann Underwood flashes through Concerto Barocco's second movement, dancing with such lyrical, fine-tuned musicality that Balanchine might have made the role on her this morning, instead of in 1941. If she looks divinely inspired, in a way she...

On Broadway: singular sensation Donna McKechnie found the sequel to A Chorus Line on the road.
August 1, 2005... When the teenaged Donna McKechnie came to New York to become a dancer in 1959, she believed "all that silly stuff" that everyone in the chorus believes: "I've gotta get out of the chorus. I've gotta be a star by the time I'm 21." Then, she...

The Forsythe Company.(Dance Review)
August 1, 2005... THE FORSYTHE COMPANY BOCKENHEIMER DEPOT, FRANKFURT, GERMANY APRIL 21-MAY 14, 2005 Three Atmospheric Studies, William Forsythe's first work for his new company, begins with a couple whirling upstage in a linked, loose embrace, emitting...

Martha Graham Dance Company.
August 1, 2005... MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY CITY CENTER, NEW YORK, NY APRIL 6-17, 2005 Martha Graham spent her first 30 years as a choreographer building the repertory that made her famous. She spent the last 30 years of her life undoing it. Now, after a...

San Francisco Ballet.
August 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO BALLET WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA FEBRUARY 1 -MAY 8, 2005 It's been a quiet season at San Francisco Ballet. With two world premieres (by Stanton Welch and Yuri Possokhov, who already have pieces in the...

Colorado Ballet at Vail International Dance Festival.(Preview)(Dance Review)
August 1, 2005... When artistic director Martin Fredmann mentioned "solo piano" as accompaniment for his latest commission, choreographer Jessica Lang had a sudden vision. "I saw large black piano keys," she says. "It changed the floor in my eyes." In her From...

Thodos Dance Chicago at the Jazz Dance World Festival.(Preview)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... "A dancer with a pole is stronger than a dancer alone," says choreographer Melissa Thodos. She's referring to the large copper poles that are integral to the choreography of Rituals, which her company, Thodos Dance Chicago, is slated to perform...

Stockholm 59[degrees]/North at Jacob's Pillow.(Preview)(Dance Festival)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Stockholm 59[degrees]/North, a contemporary troupe of top dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet, brings a program of anticipated gems to its third engagement at Jacob's Pillow. In Pillow tradition, men play leading roles, reflecting on...

Adieu Amanda.(RETIREMENT)(Amanda McKerrow)
August 1, 2005... The retirement of Amanda McKerrow from American Ballet Theatre marks a punctuation point in the history of the company she has adorned for 23 years. She is one of the last dancers who partnered Mikhail Baryshnikov during his artistic...

Joe Nash (1919-2005).(DEATHS)(Obituary)
August 1, 2005... With his African regalia, gentle smile, and fount of knowledge about dance, archivist and historian Joe Nash touched many peoples' lives. If you had questions about vaudeville, Denishawn, the Harlem Renaissance, Ailey, McKayle, Pomare, but...

Giora Manor.(DEATHS)(Obituary)
August 1, 2005... Giora Manor, dance writer and former director of the Dance Library of Israel, died in March at the age of 79. Manor published seven books on dance including one with DANCE MAGAZINE in 1980, The Gospel According to Dance.

Joshua Widick.(DEATHS)(Obituary)
August 1, 2005... Joshua Widick, dancer, choreographer, and teacher, died in April at the age of 30. Widick taught jazz and ballet at Broadway Dance Center in New York City.

Births.(Transitions)(Sophia Leanne's debut)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Sophia Leanne Legate made her world premiere in March to proud parents Evelyn Cisneros, former San Francisco Ballet ballerina, and Stephen Legate, SFB principal.

Dance finder: a career & learning resource guide.(Directory)
August 1, 2005... Schools, Studios, Colleges, Universities, Companies, Teachers, Dancers, Choreographers, Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, Yoga. United States ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Alice...

Ain't no mountain high enough.(A CAREER & LEARNING RESOURCES GUIDE)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... No terrain is beyond reach for New Hampshire-based Dianne Eno/Fusion Danceworks. Artistic director Dianne Eno's choreography draws on her ancestral Native American beliefs and mythology. This year the company's annual performance, the Mount...

Attitudes.(Galina Ulanova)
August 1, 2005... When it all started for me, back in 1956, Moscow seemed far more remote than it was for Chekhov's homesick sisters. It was then another vague point on that personal map we all carry with us, that individualized construct, some collage of arts...