Dance Magazine articles from December 2003

Dance Magazine archives from December 2003

'Tis the season to be giving.(Starting Here)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... Recently I turned onto the wrong block here in New York and just couldn't resist peeking into a towering landmark building. Inside, a memorial service was being conducted for a musician named Bill whose photograph showed what seemed to be the...

Nutcracker in Italy.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... I loved senior editor Wendy Perron's article in the December 2002 issue of DANCE MAGAZINE, "Fokine Family Nutcrackers." I danced in Irine Fokine's Nutcracker from 1962-1964. The first role I had, when I was nine years old, was in the Arabian...

Golden years sans Matisse.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Many thanks to Clive Barnes for his thoughtful reflections on design in dance (see Attitudes, DANCE MAGAZINE, October 2003, page 134) and his generous comments on the Cincinnati Art Museum's 2002 exhibition, "The Golden Years of Costume and Set...

Mr. Freestyle.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Thanks for the DANCE MAGAZINE article on Matt Mattox (August 2003), one of the most influential figures in American jazz dancing. He is truly an unsung hero, particularly here in the United States. After his career in films, and then in NYC as...

From ABT to Oberlin.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Thank you for the article on Oberlin College's dance program called "Pioneers in Ohio" by Stephanie Woodard (February, 1999). After retiring from a five-year career with American Ballet Theater I began searching for a school with an established...

Clarifications.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2003... The choreography for Rein, Bellow, performed by Bill Young and Dancers, should have been credited to both Bill Young and Colleen Thomas, page 23, September 2003. Send your letters to DANCE MAGAZINE, 333 Seventh Ave., 11th FL., New York, NY...

On their toes and on their own.(Dance Matters)(dancers formerly danced with The Royal Ballet)
December 1, 2003... DM Ballet star sings! Ballerina speaks! Russian dannseur curses with flair... in Russian. Joinning forces in the London revival of the 1936 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical On Your Toes, Adam Cooper, Sarah Wildor, and Ireck Mukhamedov...

Arlene Shuler makes plans.(City Center gets new president and CEO)
December 1, 2003... DM City Center, the theater on West 55th Street in Manhattan with ornate Moorish architecture, has played a prominent role in New York's dance history. Built in 1924, it was restored by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in 1943, providing a home for the...

A very good friend of Sir Fred's.(centenary celebrations honor Sir Frederick Ashton)
December 1, 2003... DM Although Sir Frederick Ashton's 100th birthday doesn't arrive until September 2004 the world's leading ballet companies are already decorating the cake with candles. The ceutenary celebrations have started in this country, and in Ashton's...

This Tutu solid flesh.(Bolshoi Ballet dismisses ballet dancer deemed too heavy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... DM Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet announced it was sacking the ballerina because she was too heavy. They claimed that avoirdupois was inflicting serious injuries on the few men who agreed to partner her. The ballerina, all of 5 foot 6 inches,....

SF: sound moves.(San Francisco's Summerfest/dance)
December 1, 2003... Last July, the twelfth annual edition of San Francisco's Summerfest/dance presented a new venture to bridge the gulf between the Bay Area's contemporary dancers and its composers. The Choreographers & Composers Consortium (C&CC) paired four...

The supremes call the tune.
December 1, 2003... DM Last term's major United States Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and privacy contribute to a sense of what is important in the broader society in which the dance community lives. The decisions may also create opportunities...

The New York Public Library.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY has acquired the late KENN DUNCAN'S ARCHIVES, which comprises more than 600,000 photographs; Anita Morris (right) was one of Duncan's many subjects from the dance world...

Both the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival report record ticket sales.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Both the JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL and the EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL report record ticket sales for 2003...

Ballet Tech.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The American Guild of Musical Artists has reached an equitable settlement with BALLET TECH and has withdrawn the unfair labor practice filed last April. Ballet Tech is on hiatus for the 2003-04 season...

Sonya Delwaide.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Choreographer SONYA DELWAIDE is visiting professor at Oakland's Mills College for the current academic year...

Walker Art Center.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The WALKER ART CENTER in Minneapolis will close February 14, 2004, for a year of remodeling...

Val Caniparoli.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... VAL CANIPAROLI will choreograph a modern-dress version of Cinderella for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in October 2004, set to the music of Rodgers and Hart.

Leland in St. Petersburg.(Triple Tour)
December 1, 2003... DM "I recognized my dressing room!" says Assistant Ballet Mistress Sara Leland, meaning her backstage refuge in St. Petersburg's legendary Maryinsky Theater, where New York City' Ballet performed to great acclaim last summer. She knew it from...

Doing the numbers.(Raising the Barre: The Geographic, Financial and Economic Trends of Nonprofit Dance Companies )
December 1, 2003... The most heartening aspect of Raising the Barre: The Geographic, Financial and Economic Trends of Nonprofit Dance Companies is that it confirms suspicions, allays fears and furnishes a modicum of hope--all within the space of fifty-two pages....

Ohio Women'S Hall of Fame.(Honors)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... JERALDYNE BLUNDEN, founder Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, has been posthumously inducted into OHIO WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME...

Arts National Heritage Fellowships.(Honors)
December 1, 2003... Among the recipients of 2003 National Endowment for the ARTS NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS are dancer-choreographer NORMA MILLER and stick dance leaders Felipe I. and Joseph K. Ruak...

Choreographer Martin Schlapfer has received a Heinz Spoerli Foundation award.(Honors)
December 1, 2003... Choreographer Martin Schlapfer has received a Heinz Spoerli Foundation award for promoting Swiss dancing...

Golden Swan Award.(Honors)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... New York City Ballet principal SOFIANE SYLVE has been given the GOLDEN SWAN AWARD from the Society of Concert and Theatre Directors in The Netherlands...

France's Union of Theater, Music and Dance Critics.(Honors)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... France's Union of Theater, Music and Dance Critics has awarded its prize for "best dance work" to Terpsichore en baskets, Denise Luccioni's French translation of SALLY BANES'S Terpsichore in Sneakers.

The Joffrey Ballet.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... THE JOFFREY BALLET of Chicago has named LESLIE B. DUNNER its Music Director and Principal Conductor...

Dance Alloy.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... BETH CORNING is the new artistic director of Pittsburgh's DANCE ALLOY...

Jose Limon Dance Foundation.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... RANDAL FIPPINGER has been appointed General Manager of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation...

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... San Francisco's YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS has named KENNETH J. FOSTER as its executive director...

Pennsylvania Ballet.(New Faces)
December 1, 2003... JAMES IHDE, TARA KEATING AND RIOLAMA LORENZO have been promoted to soloists at the Pennsylvania Ballet...

Ballet Theatre of Maryland.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... BALLET THEATRE OF MARYLAND has engaged dancers Blake Beardsley, Victor Carnesolta, Joshua Dobbs, Jamie Durrwachter, Jessica Fry, Ramon Gaitan, Aaron Hutto and Jennifer Yackel.

A new name, a new approach.(Chicago's Moose Project )
December 1, 2003... DM Chicago's Moose Project is undergoing a makeover. The nine, soon to be twelve, member contemporary ballet ensemble now performs as The Chicago Ballet, a name change that reflects ongoing plans to widen its artistic scope with full-length...

Ailey goodies.(New York)(Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... If it's December it must be Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center. This season Robert Battle creates his first ballet for the company, and Jennifer Muller returns to do her third. Battle, a former leading dancer with Parsons Dance...

Inner/outer demons.(New York)(upcoming New York dance premieres)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Shocking, sexual, loud (audibly and visually)--these are some of the words that came to mind watching Compagnie Marie Chouinard at The Joyce three years ago. That year, she won a Bessie for the "seductive inner demon made external dancing...

Joy to the world.(New York)(Pangea Theatre Company's tribute to Katherine Dunham )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... At Pangea Theatre Company's tribute to Katherine Dunham at Symphony Space in September, this gracious queen of theatrical dance, now 94, deflected praise while heaping it upon colleagues. Admiring former student Marie Brooks's Hope, in which...

Say no to Soviet Swans.(New York)(a new Swan Lake)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Sasha Pepelyaev, the edgiest choreographer to emerge from Moscow's contemporary dance scene, collaborates with Estonia's absurdist Von Krahl theater on--what else?--a new Swan Lake. This multilevel, multimedia work, coming to Dance Theater...

East side story.(New York)(Yorkville Nutcracker)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... "I remember driving across 92nd Street and getting stuck behind a garbage truck," says Francis Patrelle as he recalled the impetus for creating his Yorkville Nutcracker. "All of a sudden, I came upon Gracie Mansion. It was all lit up, and I...

Top (t)hat.(New York)(Never Gonna Dance)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... What's it like to step into the shoes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager find out this season when they perform the lead roles in Never Gonna Dance, a new Broadway musical based on the Astaire-Rogers film Swing...

Advice for dancers.(questions and answers)
December 1, 2003... I READ IN ONE OF YOUR COLUMNS THAT DANCE TEACHERS CAN BE POSSESSIVE OF THEIR STUDENTS. MY OLD TEACHER WAS LIKE THAT WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT I'D NEVER BE ANY GOOD WITHOUT HER. I KNOW I HAVE TALENT BECAUSE I NOW HAVE A JOB, BUT SHE CERTAINLY DIDN'T...

Health and fitness for life.
December 1, 2003... Ever get the instruction "move from your psoas" in your dance class? The psoas (pronounced SO-az), a revered but misunderstood muscle hidden away deep within the pelvis, receives one of the most frequent references in dance training. So where...

A nutcracker nation: an exclusive excerpt from Jennifer Fisher's new book looks at how a Russian ballet became an American holiday institution.(Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World)(Excerpt)
December 1, 2003... EVERY CHRISTMAS," a critic once wrote, we are all "one more Nutcracker closer to death." This quotation, attributed to critic Richard Buckle, has always been a favorite of mine, because it's funny, it's true, and it masks a deeper meaning, just...

Reviewing the year 2003.(a look at trends and forecasts in dance world)(appreciation of tap dancer Gregory Hines)
December 1, 2003... AS YEARS GO, 2003 wasn't a great one for dance--with a few notable exceptions, The states' budget shortfalls, belt-tightening, and conservative spending have progressed nationally and internationally to a wave of layoffs, closures, and...

In good company: legendary director Robert Altmans's The Company shows the sweat, tears, and bloody feet that turn dance into art at the Joffrey Ballet.
December 1, 2003... In the gilded Auditorium Theatre on an afternoon last November, the director Robert Altman sat in an orchestra seat, his eyes darting between four monitors that captured the image of a spinning dancer onstage, suspended on a rope in Moses...

On a darker note: San Francisco Ballet's new music director Andrew Mogrelia has a love affair with Tchaikovsky that puts The Nutcracker at the top of the composer's achievements.
December 1, 2003... DO WE PAY ENOUGH attention to the score of The Nutcracker--the one by Tchaikovsky? Many of the folks who will attend perfomances of the ballet this month all around the country consider the score just another agreeably tuneful bonus for...

Revive your senses.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Aveda's Lavender Fleurs Singular Note oil)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... I first encountered Aveda's Lavender Fleurs Singular Note oil when a friend dabbed some on my wrist just before the fourth act of Swan Lake. I stood in the long corps de ballet line, my body tired, my feet swollen, but the gentle scent put me...

Keeping track.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Personal Digital Assistant (PDA))(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Between classes, performances, and physio, it's hard for me to keep track of everything, but Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) makes it much easier. There are several new ones in the Palm line, and the smallest fits nicely into a dance or gym...

Gulp!(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(GSI's Colored Bottle )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... GSI's Colored Bottle takes water-bottle design a step beyond fundamentals. First, the 32-ounce jugs come in vivid blue, purple, red, and yellow. If you're not the only one working up a sweat, you'll still know which bottle is yours. The lid's...

Brushing up.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Sephora's Classic Hairbrush )(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 1, 2003... Some brushes tear through hair like a weed whacker. But Sephora's Classic Hairbrush treats your head better. The oval-shaped brush has a rubber backing for the boar-hair bristles, so they yield a little with each stroke. A quick brush gives...

It's a wrap.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Relaxing Lavender Heatable Body Wrap)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Got sore shoulders? Find relief with the Body Shop's new Relaxing Lavender Heatable Body Wrap. Inside, there's a long beanbag-like sack filled with lavender and flaxseed. Take the sack out of the case, and stick it in the microwave for...

Vladimir Malakhov.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Photographs and text by Nina Alovert. Moscow: Aleatorica. 2003. 216 pages. $65. ISBN 5-9900050-1-6. The international ballet star Vladimir Malakhov is the subject of a stunning new book of photographs by Nina Alovert (see Dancescape, page...

Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Edited by Sally Banes, with assistance from Andrea Harris. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2003. 232 pages, illustrations. $55.00. ISBN 0-299-18010-7 $19.95, paper. ISBN 0-299-18014-x. The artistic ferment of the '60s was not...

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... By Twyla Tharp with Mark Reiter. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2003. 256 pages. $25. ISBN: 0-7432-3526-6. Twyla Tharp's new book is an ideal gift for anyone planning to lead a creative life. With characteristic rigor, chutzpah, and humor,...

Alvin Ailey Dance Moves! A Dance-based Approach to Movement and Exercise.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... by Lise Friedman. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. 2003. 208 pages, paper. $24.95. ISBN: 158479285X Drawing on the varied disciplines taught by The Ailey School, from classical ballet to West African dance to yoga, Dance Moves! is an...

Palestine embodied: teens from Dheisheh refugee camp dance their experience.(members of Palestinian dance troupe IBDAA visit United States as part of cultural exchange program)
December 1, 2003... S. SMITH PATRICK'S AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY, THE CHILDREN OF IBDAA: TO CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, IS THE STORY OF A TEEN DANCE TROUPE WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIVES IN A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP. IN ARABIC, "ibdaa"...

Dancin' it out: Oakland Arts Center helps teens cope.(Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, California)(Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company)
December 1, 2003... FROM THE OUTSIDE, Destiny Arts Center (De-escalation Skills Training to Inspire Nonviolence in Youth) is a splash of color on an otherwise gray, sidewalk. Occupying three small storefronts on San Pablo Avenue, one of the busiest thoroughfares...

NDA meets.(National Dance Association conference to focus on dance education, Dallas, Texas)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... PHILANTHROPIST and education specialist Howard Gardner will address members of the National Dance Association when the organization convenes for "A Moving Landscape: Dance Pedagogy for the 21st Century," January 16-19, 2004 in Dallas, Texas....

Dance theater.(dancer and choreographer Mark Dendy speaks about his work on Broadway production of the musical "Taboo")(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2003... "I was always moving toward theater," says downtown-turned-uptown choreographer Mark Dendy, with the air of someone accustomed to negotiating side roads and switchbacks en route to his destinations. After all, it's not every day that a guy...

Nutcracker magic.(two nine-year-old girls stage the Nutcracker ballet )
December 1, 2003... THE LIGHTS DIMMED, the curtain rose, and my then 8-year-old daughter, Ginny, was mesmerized. I had seen The Nutcracker many times before, but that day Ginny was seeing it for the first time. I had wondered whether she would even like the...

2003 holiday calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... Note: We list only professional performances. When a theater is listed more than once, see first listing for address and box-office number. In each category the U.S. is listed first, with other countries following alphabetically. *...

Swan Lake.(Dance Review)
December 1, 2003... SWAN LAKE Pacific Northwest Ballet Marion Oliver McCaw, Hall Seattle, Washington September 25-October 4, 2003 A transformed production of Swan Lake inaugurated Pacific Northwest Ballet's first season in Seattle's equally transformed opera...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Program B Compagnie Felix Ruckert.(Dance Review)
December 1, 2003... HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO, PROGRAM B COMPAGNIE FELIX RUCKET Ted Shawn Theatre Doris Duke Studio Theatre Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival August 20-24, 2003, August 21 24,2003 Both Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Compagnie Felix Ruckert...

"Ay, Flamenco".(Dance Review)
December 1, 2003... "AY FLAMENCO" John Anson Ford Amphitheatre Hollywood, California August 23, 2003 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf When the Spanish flamenco sensation Domingo Ortega tossed a red rose into the audience in the middle of a fiery solo, the lady...

Streb.(Wild Blue Yonder by Elizabeth Streb)(Dance Review)
December 1, 2003... STREB Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia September 6, 2003 Reviewed by George Jackson Elizabeth Streb's twenty-five minutes of the evening-length centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers'...

Howard "Sandman" Sims.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
December 1, 2003... Celebrated tap performer Howard "Sandman" Sims's memorial service was held May 28 at Harlem's Apollo Theater, where he had been stage manager and was dubbed "the Executioner" for booting losers offstage on Amateur Night for more than thirty...

Mel Wong.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
December 1, 2003... Mel Wong, who received the first Guggenheim fellowship awarded to a Chinese-American for choreography, died of a heart attack on July 17, 2003. Wong, who was 64, was also a visual artist. He danced with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company...

Nina Fichter.(Transitions)(co-founder of the Dance Brigade)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
December 1, 2003... Nina Fichter, co-founder of the Dance Brigade, member of the Wallflower Order Collective, and seminal force in the establishment of activist dance in the Bay Area, died in Cincinnatti, Ohio on July 25, 2003, from bladder cancer. Born in...

Late announcements.(Transitions)(death of Niels Bjorn Larson)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
December 1, 2003... Niels Bjorn Larson died in Copenhagen at 89 on March 13, 2003. Remembrance to follow in a later issue.

Dance directory: schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, dancers, choreographers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga.(Dance Directory)(Directory)
December 1, 2003... Contents United States 107 International 118 Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, and Yoga 119 United States ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Alice Cox, Director of...

Nutcracker magic.(Dance Directory)(teacher and former ballet dancer Patricia Rozow shares her thoughts on The Nutcracker ballet)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... "Dancing Sugar Plum is like moving through cotton candy,' says Patricia Rozow, Dance Department Director at the School of Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati and co-director of the SCPA ensemble. Rozow learned the role from Irine Fokine...

Attitudes.(the work of choreographer Mark Morris)
December 1, 2003... The great Merce Cunningham once titled one of his works How To Kick, Pass, Fall and Run. Well, I'm not so sure about kicking and passing (unless you have a football handy), but falling and running are essential to a choreographer's art, as are...

Welcome to young dancer.(launch of new dance magazine geared to 8 - 14 year olds)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... We are thrilled to bring you this exciting preview edition of our new Young Dancer, written especially for dancers your age--from 8 to 14 years. Young Dancer promises to provide wonderful stories, beautiful photographs, contests, and expert...

Guest columnist: Christina Larson.(dance student balances training with time for school and friends)(Brief Article)(Column)
December 1, 2003... I can't really put into words specifically why I love to dance. I am not the best in my class, so I don't do it because I am the best. It does not always make me feet good physically--pains and blisters from pointe class are not something I...

Stepping out: jazz dance stardom runs in Lauren's family.(twelve-year old dancer Lauren Curran, granddaughter of famed jazz dancer Gus Giordano)(Interview)
December 1, 2003... Lauren Curran may seem like an ordinary 12 year old. She attends seventh grade at Herrick Junior High in Downer's Grove, Illinois. She's smart (a straight-A student), and funny, and has tons of friends. She's been dancing since she was 4, and...

Embarrassing moments: tell us about them. We'll laugh, we swear.(Faux pas: special nutcracker item!)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... IN THE NUTCRACKER, the rats' masks are layers of painted-over papier-mache and the dancers have to poke tiny holes in the paint to see through them. This one night, my rat head mask shifted and I couldn't see anything, so I just ran onstage and...

Backstage at The Nutcracker: sometimes the hardest part is just waiting for your cue.(anecdotes about young dancers who perform in Sacramento Ballet production)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Creek Center for the Arts, in Elk Grove, California, auditions for The Nutcracker that is presented by Sacramento Ballet, the region's professional ballet company. This coming season she has been cast as an Arabian attendant, This version of...

Skin dilemma: breaking out a lot? Try a pro's solutions.(Ask Anita)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... I'm taking more classes at the studio, and sweating a lot, and my skin's breaking out more. What can I do? Remove sweaty clothing right away, wash with a non-soap skin cleanser (you could also use a mild exfoliating scrub or a loofha to...

Philip the award winning Spaeth.(up-and-coming young dancer Philip Spaeth comments on his career so far)(Interview)
December 1, 2003... Age: 17 Lives: Mount Laurel, NJ Winner: New York City Dance Alliance's Senior Men's National Outstanding Dancer Studies dance at: Broadway Dance Center and New York City Dance Alliance Takes classes in: musical theater,...

A great big dancin' star: energy and talent have made Marissa Jaret Winokur a hot new stage and TV presence.(star of Broadway musical Hairspray)(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2003... Marissa Jaret Winokur doesn't look like a glamorous Broadway star. She's small and chunky, and not at all snooty. But Marissa, the original star of the hit Broadway musical Hairspray, has been front and center many times when the curtain has...

Choose your moves.(arts and craft project - fortune teller)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... FIND OUT WHAT THE FORTUNE-TELLER PREDICTS. Cut out the colored square. Fold as shown in diagrams 1-5 (turn page for additional instructions): Instructions: 1. Cut out the square picture. 2 and 3. Fold all four corners of the...

Gift bag.
December 1, 2003... CHECK OUT OUR STOCKING STUFFERS CHARMED The new CHARM IT! denim duffle bag (13.5"x 8.5") has plenty of room for shoes, leotards, and warmups. It costs $25; each charm costs an additional $5; choose from 1500. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

You goofed? Don't worry.(letters from dancer to dancer)
December 1, 2003... MARGARET IS A DANCE STUDENT AND MEGAN IS A SECOND-YEAR CORPS DANCER. From: BABIEKEO To: MGPRETTYINPINK Hey, Margaret, I'm so sorry it has taken me this long to get back to you. I have been crazy busy with Nutcracker. Too many...

Horoscope.
December 1, 2003... Aries MARCH 21-APRIL 19 Colors: Bright Red You need: To move your body! In December, you can't sit still. Others may want to hide out because of the weather, but you've never needed to move more. Don't become cranky and take it out on your...

From ballet to broadway.(what dancers pick to wear)
December 1, 2003... Recital #202 Best Balance Best Comfort Best Value Pro #1 The Original Split-role The professional's choice Tivoli JS1 Soar in Sansha Jazz Flexible and durable Dansurf S16 Light, Sharp and Fast...