Dance Magazine articles from August 2006

Dance Magazine archives from August 2006

Curtain up.(dance teachers)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... We all remember our favorite teachers fondly-their tone of voice, the way they demonstrate, their corrections. That time in class with a teacher you trust is precious, and their insights and values go with you wherever you go. For this...

In Dunham's footsteps.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2006... In 1993, I studied with Katherine Dunham, and I will always remember her (see website for obituary and "Transitions," p. 82). When I was in Dunham technique classes, those who danced in her company reminded us that when Miss Dunham balanced,...

Mature artists, mature art.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2006... It was great to read Clive Barnes on the Royal Danish Ballet's Kirsten Simone and older dancers' need for opportunities ("Attitudes," June). I am a seasoned performer who reinvented his career as a dance professor. It has been rough to see many...

They were the top.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2006... I enjoyed your feature on partnering ("Great Partnerships," May), but why didn't you mention Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers alongside Tracy and Hepburn and Bogie and Bacall? They were "as one" when they danced. Like the great Spanish dancer...

Correction.(Letters)(Correction notice)
August 1, 2006... The complete credit and caption on the photo accompanying May's "Mind Your Body" should read: Kirsty Alexander and Florence Peake in Touch Un-Sited by Gaby Agis; image by Jan Clostermann and Pasi Makkonen with Dragonfly Design.

Tiny perfect pirouettes.(Alexander Doll Company Inc. teams up with American Ballet Theatre)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Along with nurse and astronaut, Barbie now has ballerina on her resume. But just like in the real world, she's got some competition. Madame Alexander and Mattel are both introducing ballet-themed products. The Alexander Doll Company teamed up...

Limon lives on.(Limon Dance Company alumni)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... It might have been enough to mill about the lobby picking out famous Limon Dance Company alumni who were present for the New York gala in May: Betty Jones, Fritz Ludin, Sarah Stackhouse (whose son, Roel Seeber, is a current company member),...

Mr. B's Bijoux.(Paris Opera Ballet)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... A rare appearance by the Paris Opera Ballet comes to the U.S. in the form of a PBS program to be aired Aug. 28 (check local listings). 'Jewels' From the Paris Opera Ballet documents the stellar French company dancing Balanchine's tribute to...

#1 stunner.(Josephine Baker )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Ernest Hemingway once called Josephine Baker "the most sensational woman anybody ever saw, or ever will." Pablo Picasso described her as "tall, coffee skin, ebony eyes, legs of paradise, a smile to end all smiles." Adored by fans, the...

Without borders.(VITAL SIGNS)
August 1, 2006... Sensuality, charisma, hypnotic cadences, and unadulterated emotion storms California's Barclay Theatre in Irvine this month in the form of the New World Flamenco Festival. Yaelisa, an internationally-acclaimed flamenca, and special guest Savion...

Meet ME in Maine.(dance festivals)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Teachers, performers, and students trek up to Lewiston, ME, every August to dance, learn, and share at the Bates Dance Festival. Nancy Stark Smith, Cynthia Oliver, and Paul Matteson are just a sampling of the faculty this year. The festival...

Septime's on a roll.(Septime Webre, Washington Ballet )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... With the disastrous labor problems behind them, Septime Webre and The Washington Ballet are on a roll. At a matinee at the Kennedy Center in May, Webre bounded onto the stage and invited kids from the audience to be part of his make-a-dance...

International dance explosion.(VITAL SIGNS)
August 1, 2006... It's crazy how much dance there is to see in Edinburgh this month. The Edinburgh International Festival offers three weeks of diverse dance programming--from Balanchine to the Brazilian street dancing of Grupo de Rua de Niteroi (left). The...

Air Malakhov.(VITAL SIGNS)(Vladimir Malakhov's performance )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Superstar Vladimir Malakhov has obviously kept up his monster technique during the two years he's been directing the Staatsballett Berlin. In Boris Eifman's adaptation of Tchaikovsky in May at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Malakhov portrayed...

Hoop it up!(VITAL SIGNS)
August 1, 2006... The hula hoop is not just "you know, for kids!" anymore. Over the last 10 years, the hoop has been twisting its way back around the nation's waist as a dance partner, party accessory, and fitness tool. The new hoops are bigger and better...

Shining through: Denver ensemble overcomes setback.(Cleo Parker Robinson's )
August 1, 2006... For more than 35 years, Cleo Parker Robinson's irrepressible spirit has carried the dancemaker and her Denver-based ensemble around the world--and through a minefleld of personal and professional struggles. Tragedy has been a frequent...

Mark Morris: square talk and round numbers.(DANCE MATTERS)
August 1, 2006... His company turned 25 this year and he observes his 50th birthday this month. But if one expected choreographer Mark Morris to indulge in a banquet of summing up, one must settle for the mantra that he has uttered for decades. So, where is his...

Michael Uthoff.(NEW APPOINTMENTS)(Dance St. Louis)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Michael Uthoff assumed the post of artistic and executive director July 1 for Dance St. Louis, a presenting organization. Born in Chile to the founders of the Chilean National Ballet, Uthoff has danced with the Limon Dance Company and the...

Wes Chapman.(NEW APPOINTMENTS)(American Ballet Theatre )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Wes Chapman, artistic director of Alabama Ballet for a decade, is returning to American Ballet Theatre as ballet master. From 1984 to 1989 he moved through the ranks to become a principal dancer with ABT, performing lead roles in ballets such...

Hartford City Ballet.(Of Note)
August 1, 2006... Hartford City Ballet appoints Henning Rubsam as resident choreographer.

American Ballet Theatre.(Of Note)
August 1, 2006... David Hallberg has been promoted to principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre.

The New York Public Library of the Performing Arts.(Of Note)
August 1, 2006... Michelle Potter is the new curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library Of The Performing Arts.

National Ballet of Canada.(Of Note)
August 1, 2006... David Briskin joins the National Ballet of Canada as music director and principal conductor.

Kansas City Ballet.(Of Note)(negotiations )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Kansas City Ballet announced that they are in formal negotiations to secure the Union Station Power House building as the site for their permanent home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity.

Flexi-dance.(Chris Elam's Misnomer Dance Theater)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Bizarre and comical, Chris Elam's Misnomer Dance Theater blurs the line between humans behaving weirdly and animals at play. "Throw People," a two-part concert that premiered in May at P.S. 122, will run August 18-27 at The Brooklyn Lyceum....

The Pils move forward--or backward?(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Pilobolus)(Dance review)
August 1, 2006... Despite their internal conflicts (Alison Chase, the mother of it all, was fired in December), Pilobolus celebrates its 35th year with three programs at The Joyce. The repertoire includes five pieces by Chase (over her protests), one of which is...

Look both ways.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Dance review)
August 1, 2006... Anything and everything happens on Manhattan streets, so only something truly extraordinary can stop New Yorkers during their midday rush. Sitelines, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's site-specific performance series, is just that--unusual...

Its not just calories that count.(HEALTH and Fitness)
August 1, 2006... Dancers tend to eat with an eye to calories. Yet a healthy diet includes the vitamins and minerals essential to bone strength, your immune system, and your overall vitality. Calcium, for instance, enables your muscles to contract efficiently,...

Advice for dancers.(Column)
August 1, 2006... PLEASE HELP! I'M 17, AND EVER SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANOREXIA LAST YEAR, I FEEL THIS HUGE STRUGGLE INSIDE OF ME. ONE PART OF ME LOOKS IN THE MIRROR AND SEES FAT EVERY TIME I EAT. THE OTHER PART REALLY WANTS TO EAT SO I CAN DANCE AGAIN. I'M...

The wings of the dove: Pennsylvania Ballet's dreamy, lyrical Julie Diana brings a special grace to her roles.
August 1, 2006... It was a fairy-tale moment, a life-imitates-art moment, a moment for ballet fans to remember. After the Pennsylvania Ballet's June 11, 2005 performance of Romeo and Juliet, Julie Diana and Zachary Hench, playing the ballet's lovers, came out...

My favorite teacher.(dance teachers)
August 1, 2006... [B] Melissa Morrissey, formerly with Dance Theatre of Harlem, currently freelance [B] Elizabeth Walker, corps, New York City Ballet [B] Anna Laghezza, dancer, Metropolitan Opera Ballet [B] Jenifer Ringer, principal, New York City...

Shake that body: from a freestylin' pickup group to the hottest ticket in town, L.A.'s Groovaloos are ready for their next moves.
August 1, 2006... Energy oozes from the stage as a gaggle of dancers swagger into heart-stopping head-spins and cool popping machinations to the scratching sounds of DJ Wish, AKA, and Randy Bernal. When red-headed Alison Faulk bursts onto the scene and morphs...

Your body, yourself: advice on injury prevention from Santa Fe's growing cadre of dancers-turned-healers.
August 1, 2006... What would you do in the middle of the desert if your car broke down and you had no road service? Body workers, like mechanics, work to balance and fine-tune the parts of the body to prevent a breakdown. Like a well-maintained, purring vehicle,...

Perfect pointe.(dancing shoes)
August 1, 2006... As many dancers will tell you, finding their ideal pointe shoe can be a career-long quest. So where do you begin? "Make the shoe fit your foot rather than your foot fit the shoe," says Kathleen Mitchell, faculty member at the Boston Ballet...

Busby, Baker, and the Ballerina: a parade of new releases on DVD.(The Busby Berkeley Collection Footlight Parade)(The Josephine Baker Collection Siren of the Tropics)(Margot)(Video recording review)
August 1, 2006... The Busby Berkeley Collection Footlight Parade; Gold Diggers of 1933; Gold Diggers of 1935; Dames; 42nd Street; The Busby Berkeley Disc. Warner Home Video. Six DVDs $59.98 (all titles except The Busby Berkeley Disc available separately), $19.95...

Playing it safe: teachers consider ways to protect their students and themselves.
August 1, 2006... Every day when we get out of bed, we take risks. We could trip over the cat, eat a bad egg, crash the car--but generally, to prevent a paralysis of fear in our lives, we don't think about these possibilities. Likewise, dancers--whether...

Lang College celebrates anniversaries and Martha Graham.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... In April, Yuriko--former Graham Company soloist, rehearsal director, and close friend of Martha--coached students of the Eugene Lang College of the New School in performing Graham's 1936 stark, all-female work "Steps in the Street," a section...

Honor roll.(ACROSS THE FLOOR)(Bene Arnold )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... At its eighth annual conference in July, CORPS de Ballet International honored Bene Arnold for lifetime achievement in dance education. Arnold was a soloist and, later, ballet mistress with San Francisco Ballet under Lew Christensen. When she...

Evelyn Cisneros-Legate is the new director of Ballet Pacifica Academy in Irvine, CA, and artistic director of Ballet Pacifica's annual Nutcracker.(New Assignments)(California)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Evelyn Cisneros-Legate is the new director of Balley Pacifica Academy in Irvine, CA, and artistic director of Ballet Pacifica's annual Nutcracker. Cisneros-Legate was a popular principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet and after her retirement...

Lola de Avila returns in an interim capacity to her former position as San Francisco Ballet School associate director.(New Assignments)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Lola De Avila returns in an interim capacity to her former position as San Francisco Ballet School associate director. Gloria Govrin has resigned the post after seven years in order to return to the East Coast.

Carolina Ballet announced a summer residency in collaboration with University North Carolina Wilmington under the direction of Tyler Walters, professor of dance at Duke University, and Julie Janus Walters, both former principal dancers with Joffrey Ballet.(New Assignments)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Carolina Ballet announced a summer residency in collaboration with University North Carolina Wilmington under the direction of Tyler Walters, professor of dance at Duke University, and Julie Janus Walters, both former principal dancers with...

American Dance Guild.(Kudos)(anniversary )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The American Dance Guild celebrated its 50th anniversary with "Many Voices of Dance Today," a four-day festival in New York of performances, speakers, and master classes taught by Maida Withers, Jorge Tovar, Laurie Cameron, and Li Chiao Ping.

In May, the American College Dance Festival Association sponsored the biennial National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... In May, the American College Dance Festival Association sponsored the biennial National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. At 10 regional conferences held during the spring, dances were selected to perform at the...

Dance Theatre of Harlem School.(Kudos)(receving financial grants)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Dance Theatre of Harlem continues to come back from its financial crisis with a grant from the Ford Foundation. The four-year $1 million gift will be used to grow the Dance Theatre Of Harlem School and its "Dancing Through Barriers," including...

Beth Gill and Edisa Weeks from the dance department of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts were among 22 participants selected for the second annual Baryshnikov Arts Center Fellowship Program for undergraduate and graduate students of Tisch School's seven conservatory programs.(Kudos)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Beth Gill and Edisa Weeks from the dance department of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts were among 22 participants selected for the second annual Baryshnikov Arts Center Fellowship Program for undergraduate and graduate students...

Oklahoma City University Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management presented its Preservation of Our Heritage in American Dance Award to Patricia Hrebik Goulding.(Kudos)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Oklahoma City University Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management presented its Preservation of Our Heritage in American Dance Award to Patricia Hrebik Goulding. Goulding directed her own dance studio for 35 years before she became...

Margaret Graham Hills received the Stanley Holden Distinguished Teaching Award in June at the seventh annual Los Angeles Dance Invitational.(Kudos)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Margaret Graham Hills received the Stanley Holden Distinguished Teaching Award in June at the seventh annual Los Angeles Dance Invitational. Hills began her career with the Sadler's Wells Ballet and after an injury joined the faculty at The...

Teacher's wisdom: Billy Siegenfeld.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)(interview)(Interview)
August 1, 2006... Chicago-based Billy Siegenfeld is a jumping, tap-dancing choreographer and teacher who created his own dance style with his troupe, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project. He merges Gene Kelly's silken moves with high-energy tap, and brings it all close to...

Scholarship guide 2006.(Directory)
August 1, 2006... $25K-$100K University of New Hampshire Department of Theatre and Dance Chris Peabody; Durham, NH 603.862.0093 c.peabody@unh.edu; wwv.unh.edu/theatre-dance/scholarships-undergrad.html Deadline: 04/01/2007; Number awarded: 20 Requirements:...

Financing your dancing.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... As a dancer, you've got more on your mind than money. But sometimes it's hard not to worry about where your next paycheck will come from, or how to pay for classes, travel, and summer intensives. However, there is hope--and we don't mean...

Giving back.(The 2006 Scholarship Guide)(male student to be selected for scholarship)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Thanks to the generosity of American Ballet Theatre principal Ethan Stiefel, the company's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will select an American male student to receive up to three years of tuition-free training. "I wouldn't have been...

Stepping up.(The 2006 Scholarship Guide)(Irish step dancer's grants and performances)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... In Pittsburgh, there is plenty of support for guys who play sports but very little for the athleticism in dance. However, that hasn't stopped 18-year-old Garrett Coleman, who has been an Irish step dancer since he was 5. Last year, Coleman's...

More than money.(The 2006 Scholarship Guide)(grants for dancers)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... A scholarship or award provides a bit of monetary relief, but the benefits don't stop there. "To know you were chosen--it's just great for the dancer's morale," said Alessandra Ball, a soloist with North Carolina Dance Theatre who received a...

Destination: Radio City.(The 2006 Scholarship Guide)(merican Harlequin Corporation providing grants)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Hundreds of dance festivals and intensives are offered each year to supplement a dancer's training. Thanks to the American Harlequin Corporation, Bianca Marie Ruffin, a 19-year-old modern dance student who will begin her second year of the BFA...

Irina Kolesnikova: this Russian ballerina rose to the top against all odds at a company few in the U.S. have heard of.(On the Rise)
August 1, 2006... Irina Kolesnikova looks like a princess straight out of Russian fairy tales. The 25-year-old dancer from Konstantin Tachkin's St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre (SPBT) has a feminine, well-proportioned figure and soft, expressive arms. Her face is...

Debut: following in Mark Morris' footsteps.
August 1, 2006... Mark Morris' Dido and Aeneas looms as one of his towering works, perhaps the apotheosis of his profound partnering with Baroque vocal music. In his 1989 staging of Henry Purcell's 1689 opera, Morris created not only an enduring masterpiece, but...

Roped in: will spectacles like Tarzan create the kind of avid Broadway musical fans that Drowsy Chaperone celebrates.(On Broadway)(Column)
August 1, 2006... For fans of musical theater, the Broadway season that ended in the spring will likely be remembered for one show: a giddy, low-tech salute to, well, fans of musical theater. I know, I know--we're not all like the lonely hero of The Drowsy...

The Joffrey Ballet.(Organization overview)
August 1, 2006... The Joffrey Ballet Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL April 26-May 7, 2006 Throughout its history, the Joffrey Ballet has prided itself on its ability to move back and forth between the masterpieces of 20th century dance (from Petrouchka to...

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company.(Organization overview)
August 1, 2006... Margaret Jenkins Dance Company Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum San Francisco, CA May 17-27, 2006 Almost a year in the making, interpreted by 15 dancers from two countries, A Slipping Glimpse has given Margaret Jenkins, the doyenne of...

Preview: Trey McIntyre's Go Out.(Theater review)
August 1, 2006... After choosing dancers from Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and Oregon Ballet Theatre, Trey McIntyre spent three weeks at the White Oak Plantation developing his newest work, Go Out. "It explores my views on religion, death, and...

Katherine Dunham (1909-2006).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... A towering figure in modern dance and a pioneer in "ethnic" or world dance, Katherine Dunham died in Manhattan last May at 96. An author, anthropologist, and activist as well as a dance artist, Miss Dunham was the first to bring African-derived...

Heinz Poll (1926-2006).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Founder and director of the Ohio Ballet until 1999, Heinz Poll died in April in his Cleveland Heights home. Poll, with his late life partner Thomas R. Skelton, a lighting designer, began with a group of students in 1968 and forged a chamber...

Possokhov's new role.(Yuri Possokhov)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... If the dancers of today's San Francisco Ballet add up to an international array of artists, much of the credit goes to Yuri Possokhov, who retired at the end of the 2006 repertory season. While artistic director Helgi Tomasson had previously...

United States.(Schools, Studios, Colleges, Universities, Companies, Teachers, Choreographers, Dancers, Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, Yoga, Pilates)(directory)(Directory)
August 1, 2006... ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Alice Cox, Director of External Affairs 2726 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 322-4300; Fax (205) 322-4444 www.alabamaballet.org ALABAMA DANCE THEATRE Kitty...

In the groove.(A CAREER & LEARNING RESOURCE GUIDE)(Step Up)(Movie review)
August 1, 2006... Bustin' meets ballet in Step Up, Touchstone's summer teen flick, opening August 11 at theaters around the country. Set at the fictional Maryland School of the Arts, the movie puts talented new hip hopper Channing Tatum (right) together with...

International.(Schools, Studios, Colleges, Universities, Companies, Teachers, Choreographers, Dancers, Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, Yoga, Pilates)(directory)(Directory)
August 1, 2006... ARGENTINA MANUEL VALLEJOS DANCE JAZZ STUDIO Lavalle 1579 C.P. 1048-Buenos Aires Tel/Fax (541) 371-6811 AUSTRIA SALZBURY INTL. BALLET ACADEMY (SIBA) Yehuda Maor, Ballet teacher/Master Salzburg Ballet, Phone...

Somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, and yoga.(Schools, Studios, Colleges, Universities, Companies, Teachers, Choreographers, Dancers, Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, Yoga, Pilates)(Directory)
August 1, 2006... AERIAL DANCE/ ACROBATIC/CIRCUS ARTS NIMBLE ARTS, LLC TRAPEZE & CIRCUS SCH. Elsie & Serenity Smith, Co-Founders All aerials & acrobatics for beginners through professionals. Trapeze, fabric, hoop, handstands, contortion, partner...

Attitudes.(trends in dancing)(Column)
August 1, 2006... A funny thing happened to me on the way to the theater the other day--I left. I was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and I was watching the new, reorganized Forsythe Company from Germany in Forsythe's Kammer/Kammer. But I saw only one Kammer....