Dance Magazine articles from February 2002

Dance Magazine archives from February 2002

February calendar.
February 1, 2002... Note: We list only professional performances. When a theater is listed more than once, see first listing for address and box-office number. Performances United States Alaska Anchorage Feb. 22-23, Ailey II, Anchorage...

Orphans and Olympians. (Starting Here).
February 1, 2002... WHEN SOMEONE REFERS TO AN ELITE ATHLETE, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: HEALTHY AND NATURALLY TALENTED, APPROPRIATELY SELECTED, FINELY TRAINED AND TUNED, FORCEFULLY GOAL MOTIVATED AND FOCUSED, LUCKY and highly successful. It's true in any sport...

Silent thoughts of Mr. C. (Kickoff).(influence of Willam Christensen on dance world considered)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ON THE FIRST-NIGHT GALA AT THE JOYCE THEATER CELEBRATING THE JOSE LIMON DANCE COMPANY'S FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, THE AUDIENCE WAS ASKED TO OBSERVE A MINUTE OF SILENCE AFTER THE OPENING PERFORMANCE OF AN excerpt from the Limon signature piece...

A lot more Sondheim, a little more dancing. (Dance Theater).(Stephen)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... STEPHEN SONDHEIM FANS--AND that means most of us who love musical theater--have reason to rejoice this year: 2002 looks like it's going to be a veritable festival of the composer's work. A revival of Into the Woods, the wonderful 1987 musical,...

A $10 million boost for the NEA. (News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... The new millennium has been good for the National Endowment for the Arts. Success that started with the 106th Congress, elected during the Clinton administration, has gained even more steam in the current Congress. In June 2001, four...

Creating after crisis. (News).(influence of World Trade Center disaster on work of choreographer Keely Garfield)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... On the morning of September 11, choreographer Keely Garfield was strolling her baby right outside the World Trade Center. When the first plane hit, she froze. "I felt it and heard it and smelled it. And it's still there. This jolt is totally...

New executive director at ABT. (News).(Wallace Chappell joins American Ballet Theatre)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... On October 15, American Ballet Theatre announced the appointment of Wallace Chappell to the position of executive director, replacing Louis Spisto, who resigned last July after a stormy two-year tenure that was marked by board and staff...

New home for lines. (News).(LINES Ballet and San Francisco Dance Center)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... When the San Francisco Conservatory of Music bought the building that was home to Alonzo King's LINES Ballet and its school, called the San Francisco Dance Center (SFDC), dancers panicked. The purchase was announced in March 2000 at the height...

Repertory project director flies as season starts. (News).(Susan Miller resigns)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... "It was time for the little bird to leave the nest," said Susan Miller about her decision to resign as artistic director of Cleveland, Ohio's The Repertory Project. Miller founded the professional modern dance ensemble in 1987 as an...

Oh! (News).
February 1, 2002... If you think a tutu makes the perfect letter O, you're not alone. When Melinda Darlington-Bach and Cynthia Pepper (aka Xanadu Films of San Rafael, California) had to pitch some ideas to Sesame Street for dance segments that teach the alphabet...

Conference examines dance in a shrinking world. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... How do dances change and acquire meaning as they circulate between cultures? As movement slinks body to body across national borders, how do the distinctions shift between Western and non-Western, traditional and contemporary, folk and...

Chunky Move.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Australian dance company Chunky Move takes wired viewers behind the scenes in an online documentary that explores the creation of their work Corrupted 2 from concept to stage (www.bam.org/chunkymove). The video is part of the Brooklyn...

Three dancers have received Arts Council of Indianapolis fellowships designed to help artists and arts administrators reenergize their creativity.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Three dancers have received Arts Council of Indianapolis fellowships designed to help artists and arts administrators reenergize their creativity. Marek Cholewa, arts administrator with the Butler Ballet, Rosanna Ruffo, former Indianapolis...

Harid Conservatory.(Boca Raton, Florida)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, received a $1.5 million contribution to its endowment fund from the estate of Carol M. Russo, a local resident

UCLA Performing Arts.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... UCLA Performing Arts, a major presenter in Los Angeles, has received $2 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to support residencies, commission new projects, expand programming in world music, jazz, and dance, and to establish an...

Fernando Bujones recently added his handprint to those of other celebrities immortalized in the Jackie Gleason Performing Arts Theater walkway in Miami, Florida.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Fernando Bujones recently added his handprint to those of other celebrities immortalized in the Jackie Gleason Performing Arts Theater walkway in Miami, Florida. Bujones now directs the Southern Ballet Theatre in Orlando

Scottish Ballet.(artistic director awarded honors)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Council of the Hungarian Dance Academy has awarded Scottish Ballet Artistic Director Robert North the title of honorary professor. North will teach and give lectures at the academy. And the Scottish Ballet has named Lord Macfarlane its new...

Popular San Francisco Ballet principal Joanna Berman has announced that she will retire.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Popular San Francisco Ballet principal Joanna Berman has announced that she will retire at the end of the 2002 season

San Jose State University in California welcomes Gary Masters as associate professor of dance.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... San Jose State University in California welcomes Gary Masters as associate professor of dance. Masters danced with the Limon Dance Company and created the company's West Coast training center and ensemble called the Limon West Dance Project of...

Mark Morris Dance Group.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Mark Morris Dance Group welcomes Amber Merkens and Maile Okamura as apprentice dancers. Merkens was previously with the Limon Dance Company. MMDG has also named founding company member Tina Fehlandt school director

Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
February 1, 2002... The Royal Winnipeg Ballet has appointed Catherine McKeehan as general manager. She has been the acting executive director since May 2001

American Ballet Theatre.
February 1, 2002... Peter Lyden is American Ballet Theatre's new director of development. Previously, he directed fund-raising efforts at New York's Montefiore Medical Center and the new Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Washington Performing Arts Society president Douglas H. Wheeler has announced he will retire in September after twenty years in the post and thirty-three years of service.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Washington Performing Arts Society president Douglas H. Wheeler has announced he will retire in September after twenty years in the post and thirty-three years of service. At press time, the arts-presenting organization hoped to name a new...

The dancer as athlete.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This month we look to thee Olympic Winter Games to see incredible bodies doing incredible things. And while we give a nod of appreciation to those athlete's fair to say that all dancers are athletes--and then some. Even the simplest dance...

Ballet West rediscovered: holding onto its Utah roots while looking toward the future.
February 1, 2002... Artistic Director Jonas Kage is revitalizing Ballet West's image and outlook while maintaining legacy of the Salt Lake City company's founder, the late Willam Christensen. While honoring the ballet classics, Kage is devoted to presenting the...

The textures of complexions: Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson and a company where communication is key.
February 1, 2002... COMPLEXIONS was conceived in 1994 to blend the uniqueness and the diversity of artists of different cultures and races and to celebrate a shared passion for dance. Inspired by social and political issues as well as human relationships, the...

The black dance at 651.(651 ARTS annual Black Dance: Tradition and Transformation festival)
February 1, 2002... There's a wide world of contemporary African-based dance that many dance lovers don't see or know about. These forms are as different from traditional African dance as American modern dance is from nineteenth-century ballet. They are created...

Advice for dancers.
February 1, 2002... AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LINDA HAMILTON, PH.D., IS ALSO A LECTURER, A PSYCHOLOGIST, A FORMER DANCER WITH NEW YORK CITY BALLET AND AUTHOR OF ADVICE FOR DANCERS (JOSSEY-BASS). Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to...

The house that Willam built: the dance legacy of University of Utah continues to evolve.(Willam Christensen )
February 1, 2002... NESTLED IN THE WASATCH RANGE of the Rocky Mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah, is an unexpectedly lively center for dance. Firmly rooted at its core is the University of Utah, where a historically rich dance program builds on more than a century of...

National tap dance treasures honored. (The Teach-Learn Connection).(at Oklahoma City University School of American Dance)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AMERICAN DANCE and Arts Management will present honorary Doctor of Performing Arts degrees to nine dance artists renowned for their contributions to American tap dance. As part of a program to honor...

Keeping the spring in your step. (Health and Fitness for Life).(foot care for dancers)
February 1, 2002... DANCERS HAVE BEEN KNOCKING ON Dr. William Hamilton's door for thirty years. Hamilton is orthopedic consultant for the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, and White Oak Dance Project. At the moment, 600...

Answer 4 dancers.(significance and perceptions of ballet training for would-be professional dancers)(Brief Article)(Column)
February 1, 2002... TONY AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER GROVER DALE IS EDITOR OF DANCE & FITNESS MAGAZINE. FOR THIS COLUMN, HE DRAWS ON HIS EXPERIENCES AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH 16 BROADWAY SHOWS, 8 FEATURE FILMS, AND OVER 100 TELEVISION SPECIALS. WHY DO I HAVE TO...

Entertainment in Spades.(The Queen of Spades)
February 1, 2002... Entertainment in Spades Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts Montreal, Canada October 18-27, 2001 In his second year as artistic director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Gradimir Pankov...

Indigo Girls Complement Atlanta Dancers.(Atlanta Ballet performs multimedia dance work)
February 1, 2002... Indigo Girls Complement Atlanta Dancers The Indigo Girls Project Fox Theater Atlanta, Georgia October 18-21, 2001 Standing ovations aren't anything new to Indigo Girls Emily Saliers and Amy Ray. But when Atlanta Ballet audiences rose to...

A Very Pink Dracula.(Colorado Ballet)
February 1, 2002... A Very Pink Dracula Colorado Ballet Auditorium Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex Denver, Colorado October 6-28, 2001 It is difficult to find subjects that are suitable for a full-evening ballet yet also have enough name recognition to...

OBT Bites Back.(Oregon Ballet Theatre)
February 1, 2002... OBT Bites Back Oregon Ballet Theatre Keller Auditorium Portland, Oregon October 13-21, 2001 Oregon Ballet Theatre opened its 2001-2002 season with something old--George Balanchine's 1934 masterpiece, Serenade--and something new, borrowed,...

Hip-Hop Hurrah. (Reviews: National).(Hip-Hop DanceFest, San Francisco, California)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Hip-Hop Hurrah San Francisco 2001 Hip-Hop DanceFest Theater Artaud San Francisco, California November 8-18, 2001 More than a formal theatrical presentation, the third annual San Francisco Hip-Hop DanceFest felt like a gathering of tribes--a...

Cultural Connection Shaky in `Forest'. (Reviews: National).(The People of the Forest)
February 1, 2002... Cultural Connection Shaky in `Forest' Alonzo King's LINES Ballet/Nzamba Lela New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, New Jersey October 14, 2001 Despite the best of intentions, The People of the Forest, a creation featuring Alonzo King's...

Oakland Ballet Broadens Horizons.
February 1, 2002... Oakland Ballet Broadens Horizons Oakland Ballet Paramount Theater Oakland, California November 16, 2001 A preponderance of live music met the art deco glory of the Paramount Theatre on opening night of Oakland Ballet's third fall repertory...

Hot Legs in San Jose.(San Jose Ballet Company)
February 1, 2002... Hot Legs in San Jose Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley San Jose Center for the Performing Arts San Jose, California October 18, 2001 The American premiere of Flemming Flindt's Red Shoes, or Legs of Fire was a sexy, rambunctious affair. Flindt...

Movement If Not Meaning, Well Defined. (Reviews: New York).
February 1, 2002... Movement if Not Meaning, Well Defined Lar Lubovitch Dance Company City Center New York, New York October 17-20, 2001 The momentum of bodies swooping and curving through space, crystallizing for an instant in poses of sculptural grace, and...

Fagan Family Triumphs. (Reviews: New York).
February 1, 2002... Fagan Family Triumphs Garth Fagan Dance Joyce Theater New York, New York October 30-November 11, 2001 Like the title of its 1999 work, Garth Fagan Dance in performance is an invitation to Woza, the Zulu word for "come celebrate"--and the...

Transitions.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2002... Willam Fair Christensen, recognized as one of the leading pioneers in American dance, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 14, 2001, at age 99. There is an old saying that could have been written specifically for him--"Don't go where...

To see and be seen. (2002 Auditions Guide).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Auditions--you may not love 'em. But if you go very far in the dance world it's hard to avoid 'em. And though they can be stressful, auditions do provide some of the best opportunities to be seen by companies and schools--while also giving you...

Auditioning: what keeps me going. (2002 Auditions Guide).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... I was sitting in my father's car, crying my eyes out, scared to go inside The Ailey School. It was the spring before I completed my senior year in college, and my father had driven me into Manhattan from Queens to try out for Ailey's...

Playing the audition game. (2002 Auditions Guide).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... LAST WINTER, PHILADELPHIA-BASED MARC Spaulding was just one in a crowd of college seniors in the market for a job in dance. Casting around for audition opportunities, he and a group of friends decided to pony up for plane fares to San Diego,...

Employment. (2002 Auditions Guide).(auditions for dance companies)(Directory)
February 1, 2002... UNITED STATES ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Apr. 27, 1:00 p.m., Alabama Ballet, 2726 First Ave. South, Birmingham, AL. Ballet class, pointe work. Bring: resume, head shot, dance photo. Fee: $15. Notification: May 1. Contact: Heather...

Education. (2002 Auditions Guide).(auditions for dance training programs)
February 1, 2002... EDUCATION UNITED STATES ALABAMA HUNTINGDON COLLEGE Feb. 16. Ballet class, modern class, pointe work. Bring: resume, head shot, dance photo, recommendation. Admitting: 15 undergraduates. Notification: within 2 weeks. Contact:...

Training. (2002 Auditions Guide).(auditions for dance training)(Directory)
February 1, 2002... UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA INLAND PACIFIC BALLET AND ACADEMY Feb. 2, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA; Feb. 3, Body Vox Studio, Portland, OR; Feb. 17, Dance Theatre of the Southwest, Albuquerque, NM; Feb. 24, Chamberlain...

Summer study. (2002 Auditions Guide).
February 1, 2002... UNITED STATES ALABAMA ALABAMA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY-FULL SUMMER SESSION Feb. 9, BTW Magnet School, Montgomery, AL; Feb. 16, Gulf Shores High School, Gulf Shores, FL; Feb. 24, Samford University, Birmingham,...

Single piece/special project. (2002 Auditions Guide).(dance auditions)(Brief Article)(Directory)
February 1, 2002... UNITED STATES ARIZONA YUMA BALLET THEATRE Ongoing, accepts applications by mail. Ballet class, pointe work, partnering. Send: resume, head shot, dance photo, current video. Notification: ASAP. Ballet. 30 dancers. 3-4...

Corrections and clarifications.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2002... The photographs used with the "Lights in the Northern Landscape" article on Alaskan native dance on pages 56-60 of November's Dance Magazine were taken by James H. Barker. A photo caption in the "Herr Drosselmeyer, I Presume?" feature on...

Dance directory: schools, colleges, teachers, dancers, and regional companies.
February 1, 2002... ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Ada Chapital, Business Manager 2726 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 322-4300; Fax (205) 322-4444 ALABAMA DANCE THEATRE Kitty Seale, Dir. Haynes Owens,...

The last of the gentlemen critics. (Attitudes).(Richard Buckle)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2002... RICHARD BUCKLE, WHO DIED RECENTLY AT THE AGE OF 85, WAS VERY POSSIBLY THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN BALLET CRITICS. BUT THEN, HE WAS ALSO VERY POSSIBLY THE FIRST. AND HE HAD FAR MORE INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD OF dance than most people might have...