Dance Magazine articles from February 2004

Dance Magazine archives from February 2004

The benefits of war.(Starting Here)(Column)
February 1, 2004... First snow of the year seems joyous, clean, and refreshing, evoking all the softened images of greeting cards and holiday calendars. Dogs on leashes bound after balls on a string or run full out barking for joy of moving and freedom. In a park...

Bravo Allegra!(Letters)
February 1, 2004... As a reader of DANCE MAGAZINE since 1959 and a steady contributor between the mid-'70s and the mid-'80s, I'd like to say that Allegra Kent's recent essay in the magazine (see "Memories of Madame Karinska," October 2003, page 58) about Barbara...

Merci Francoise Martinet.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... I gasped when I saw the photo of Francoise Martinet in the November 2003 issue (see "CORPS Pays Tribute", page 89). She was my ballet teacher at the University of Iowa for four years and was by far the best ballet teacher I ever had. I cannot...

Thanks from a master.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... I want to thank you sincerely for caring enough about my work to include an article about me in your magazine (see "Changing The Body and The Geography of Modern Dance," Dance Magazine, October 2003, page 38). It's profoundly meaningful and a...

Dancin' on the railroad.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... As an advocate of rail transit and how it impacts the urban environment, I would like to comment on the article "Trolley Dancing," on page 66 in the October 2003 issue. As much as I like to see a new light rail or streetcar line celebrated (see...

Clarifications/corrections.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2004... Deirdre A. Mulrooney authored "Colin Dunne Deconstructing Irish Dance" (November 2003, p. 36). Credit line for the photograph on p. 106 of the October 2003 issue should read Tom Bower.

They oughta be in pictures.(Dance Matters)
February 1, 2004... For the first new full-length ballet commissioned by New York City Ballet since George Balanchine made Jewels in 1967, Broadway powerhouse Susan Stroman is choreographing Double Feature, an homage to silent film. At a typical rehearsal with...

Talking about Mr. B.(Dance Matters)("From the Mariinsky to Manhattan: George Balanchine and the Transformation of American Dance")
February 1, 2004... "World" are what Suzanne Farrell calls George Balanchine's ballets. And like three other key dancers who inhabited these worlds--Maria Tallchief, Violette Verdy, and Edward Villella--and a dozen international Balanchine scholars, Farrell was on...

Prague report: braving the waves.(Dance Matters)(Min Tanaka is the creator of Body Weather)
February 1, 2004... Min Tanaka, 58, is the creator of Body Weather, a dance company and way of life. He is a butoh artist from Japan whose statement, "I do not dance in the space, I dance the space," has literally marked his work for the last twenty-five years....

Dancer and company director Suzanne Farrell.(Names in the News)(2003 National Medal of Arts )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Dancer and company director SUZANNE FARRELL and dancer/choreograpber TOMMY TUNE were 2003 National Medal of Arts recipients

Julie Kent.(Names in the News)(Ballet dancer expecting baby)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... American Ballet Theatre principal JULIE KENT is expecting her first child in April and will take maternity leave until September; Kent is married to ABT Associate Artistic Director Victor Barbee

David Parsons Dance Company.(Names in the News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... ROBERT STERN, chairman emeritus of DANCE MAGAZINE, has joined the board of directors of the David Parsons Dance Company

The World Arts Council.(Names in the News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Choreographer JENNIFER MULLER has been appointed to The World Arts Council

Tony Chauveaux.(Names in the News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... TONY CHAUVEAUX is the new National Endowment for the Arts Deputy Chairman for Grants and Awards

George Balachine Foundation.(Names in the News)(makes recordings of pas de deux from two Balanchine dances)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The GEORGE BALANCHINE FOUNDATION has taped Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and the female solo and pas de deux from Emeralds. VIOLETTE VERDY and CONRAD LUDLOW conducted the coaching and taping sessions.

Sugarplums or spangles?(Dance Matters)(Boston Ballet told it can't use Wang Center for the Performing Arts for Nutcracker performances, Boston, Massachusetts)
February 1, 2004... Midway through its fortieth season opening last fall, Boston Ballet received notice from The Wang Theatre, its long-time landlord, that the company's cash-cow production of The Nutcracker, a thirty-five-year-old tradition, would be evicted in...

Smoke gets in their ayes.(Dance Matters)(tobacco companies allowed to sponsor dance events, Canada)
February 1, 2004... Canadian dance companies breathed a collective sigh of relief in early October when it became apparent that a draconian federal law banning tobacco advertising and sponsorships would not block the flow of money that cigarette manufacturers have...

Square deal in K.C.(Dance Matters)(Kansas City Ballet stages George Balanchine's ballet "Square Dance")(square dance caller Elisha Keeler)
February 1, 2004... When Kansas City Ballet's artistic director William Whitener decided this season to mount George Balanchine's Square Dance as it was done at its 1957 premiere (San Francisco Ballet is also planning to stage the original version this year), he...

Movado Watch Company.(Money Matters)(withdraws support from American Ballet Theatre, gives funds to New York City Ballet instead)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Citing differences with the management of American Ballet Theatre, the MOVADO WATCH COMPANY has withdrawn its support from that company and given the funds to New York City Ballet. Movado had subsidized ABT since 1986. The support is said to...

The National Endowment for the Arts.(Money Matters)(House-Senate Interior Appropriations Committee increases funding)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Members of the House-Senate Interior Appropriations Committee agreed to provide THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS with $122.5 million for fiscal year 2004. The sum represents a $6.7 million increase; "a new era at the NEA," is how Chairman...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy.(Money Matters)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, contributions to the nation's largest charities declined in 2002, for the first time in twelve years.

Canadian Subsidy Directory Year 2003.(Money Matters)
February 1, 2004... The revised edition of the CANADIAN SUBSIDY DIRECTORY YEAR 2003 is available from Canada Books, 450.224.9275.

New face at ABT.(New York Matters)(Jesus Pastor, American Ballet Theatre)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... America Ballet Theatre has expanded its franchise on top male talent with soloist Jesus Pastor. The 27-year-old Spaniard, who danced most recently with English National Ballet, performed with the company during its recent City Center fall...

Of mice and modern.(New York Matters)(new work by choreographer Doug Varone)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Fresh from tackling Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps for the Metropolitan Opera, choreographer Doug Varone has gained inspiration from another Russian composer--Sergei Prokofiev. For his season at the Joyce Theater February 3-8, Varone will...

Silver screen gala.(New York Matters)(gala for Career Transition for Dancers)
February 1, 2004... No one could ever say they didn't get their money's worth at the October 27 gala for Career Transition For Dancers. Patrons, who were asked to arrive no later than 6:45 for the 7:00 p.m. curtain, found themselves still in their seats at City...

City at your fingertips.(New York Matters)(new online services from Dance/NYC)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Dance/NYC has announced two new online features. Visit NYCDancePlaces, a searchable database of rehearsal/performance spaces in all five boroughs. Enter your requirements (size, hours, price, etc.) in a simple-to-use form, and the database...

Remembering Nik.(New York Matters)(modern dance director and teacher Alwin Nikolais)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The year was 1948, and Alwin Nikolais, fresh from Army service, was the newly appointed director of the Henry. Street Playhouse in New York City, charged with developing community work through the institution. The GI Bill made it possible for...

Advice for dancers.(Column)
February 1, 2004... I'M AN INFANTRYMAN IN THE U.S. ARMY WHO IS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. I WAS A DANCE MAJOR, BUT AFTER 9/11 I DECIDED TO SERVE. I WANT TO FINISH MY DEGREE, BUT BEING ON ASSIGNMENT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN MY DANCE FITNESS. HOW CAN I...

Health and fitness for life.
February 1, 2004... Core strength, core stability, lean and mean, lengthened not bulked: these are buzz words now in dance conditioning. What do they mean? How do they apply to you? It's all a matter of getting to know your inner unit. To begin with, we know...

Calendar: February.(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... ANAHEIM, CA Feb 23-28, Snow White-An Enchanted Musical, Disneyland Resort, 714.781.4565, www.disneyland.com BERKELEY, CA Feb 7-8, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Bancroft Way & Telegraph...

John Selya: xtreme dancer.(dancer in Broadway musical Movin' Out)(Interview)(Biography)
February 1, 2004... THE DAY AFTER THE TWYLA THARP/BILLY JOEL MUSICAL MOVIN' OUT OPENED ON BROADWAY, JOHN SELYA'S LIFE CHANGED AS DRAMATICALLY AS IF HE HAD WON THE LOTTERY. CLIVE BARNES WROTE IN The New York Post, "Movin' Out is Selya's show... he is...

Chita: "once a dancer, always a dancer." after a fifty-plus-year career on broadway that took her from the chorus line to the tony for kiss of the spider woman, that's how chita rivera sees herself. and that's why she says winning this year's dance magazine award means so much to her: "it's like going back home, and your parents tell you, 'you done good, kid.'".(Biography)
February 1, 2004... There's no question that Chita Rivera done good. And it's not just because she's a star. In the world of musical theater, she is an icon, revered not just for her performances but also for who she is. She exemplifies not just glamour but also...

Nijinsky starts in Orange County.(Orange County Performing Arts Center, California)
February 1, 2004... REMEMBER ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THAT LOONY, WHITE-BREAD ORANGE COUNTY FABRICATED BY THE EASTERN MEDIA IN THE 1970S AND 1980S, THE ORANGE COUNTY OF TROGLODYTE POLITICAL SENTIMENTS AND BRAINLESS, BLEACHED SURFERS? FORGET IT. INSTEAD, WHEN YOU...

John Neumeier: the who in Hamburg Ballet.(Biography)
February 1, 2004... ON A SERIES OF WARM JULY EVENINGS IN ST. PETERSBURG, RENDERED EERILY THEATRICAL AND TIMELESS BY THE MIDSUMMER WHITE NIGHTS, JOHN NEUMEIER'S HAMBURG BALLET MADE A LITTLE DANCE HISTORY IN 2003. DANCING ON THE STAGE OF THE MARYINSKY THEATER, A...

Loscavio in Hamburg.(dancer Elizabeth Loscavio, Hamburg Ballet, Germany)(Interview)(Biography)
February 1, 2004... I FIRST GLIMPSE ELIZABETH LOSCAVIO IN THE FOKINE STUDIO OF THE HAMBURG BALLET CENTER IN THE MIDST of a late-afternoon rehearsal for the pas de deux from Le Corsaire. Her face and neck are moist with sweat, and she has pulled a pink practice...

Is race still an issue in dance? Dance Magazine looked to key people in the dance community to take the pulse of prejudice in American dance. Is it dead, or dying? Or is it "rearing its head in new and more complex ways"? Black-white bias: problems, tension, debate.
February 1, 2004... When Michael Flamini, a senior editor at Palgrave-Macmillan, approached me about writing a history of "black" dance, I responded that, instead, I wanted to tell the story as a geography of the body itself. I wanted to travel around the black...

To see and be seen in Montreal.(Education Matters)(workshop allows student dancers to experience professional life, Montreal, Quebec)
February 1, 2004... It's a unique, intense way to bridge the gap between student and professional life. At The Professional Project, an exclusive summer workshop, young professionals work side by side with career dancers and choreographers. Each summer,...

NDEO offers business help.(Education Matters)(National Dance Education Organization introduces new services)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) has introduced a trio of business services for dance studio owners and freelance instructors: health insurance, general liability coverage, and credit card processing. Caryl Maxwell of NDEO...

American College Dance Festival.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE FESTIVAL has announced locations for nine regional festivals during February and March, 2004. Works selected from each will be featured at The National College Dance Festival held at The John F. Kennedy Center for the...

The University of Utah Children's Dance Theatre.(Noteworthy)(performs work choreographed by Chuck Davis and dance students)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Chuck Davis, founder and artistic director of the African American Dance Ensemble, choreographed the opening piece of Sense Pass King, performed by THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CHILDREN'S DANCE THEATRE, October 2003 in Odgen. CDT second grade through...

The San Francisco Ballet School.(Noteworthy)(hires Yoira Esquivel Brito, Yuri Zhukov)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... THE SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL welcomed new faculty members Yoira Esquivel Brito and Yuri Zhukov. Brito is a graduate of La Escuela Provincial de Ballet and La Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana and danced with Classical Ballet of Havana and...

Evelyn Cisneros.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... EVELYN CISNEROS, former SF Ballet prima ballerina, co-authored Ballet for Dummies, (For Dummies, September 2003) www.sfballet.org.

Obrigado! daCi in Brazil.(Education Matters)(Dance and the Child international conference, Salvador Bahia, Brazil)
February 1, 2004... In August 2003, Marilyn Berrett and thirteen students from Brigham Young University attended the Dance and the Child international conference in Salavador Bahia, Brazil. Artistic Director Berrett and her students are members of BYU dance...

You're getting warmer.(New products--its's audition season: treat yourself)(fleece vests and jackets from Dance Distributions)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... AUDITION SEASON isn't the time to risk injuries, so keep warm in the studio with this new fleece vest or jacket from Dance Distributions. In black and icy blue, with "Dance" on the left chest, these cover-ups are stylish for streetwear too. The...

A leotard of a different stripe.(New products--its's audition season: treat yourself)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... IT SEEMS every, audition dress code says the same thing: "Wear a black leotard." Sure, wearing a gorgeous color can make you stand out, but there's a more subtle way to do it, too. Eurotard's new trestle-back black leotard is a step up from the...

Grab it and go.(New products--its's audition season: treat yourself)(garment bag from Capezio)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... WHEREVER YOU'RE traveling for that all-important audition, you'll want your gear to arrive looking flesh. Organize costumes and practice clothes in Capezio's black nylon garment bag. It folds in half to 21" x 24" and snaps shut for convenient...

Soul to sole.(New products--its's audition season: treat yourself)(Dance Paws protective socks)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FRICTION BURNS, splits and tears--ouch! Don't let dancing barefoot he a sole-wrenching experience. Dance Paws protect a dancer's most valuable tool. Better than tape, Dance Paws won't slip or slide. They pull on like a sock and may be tight at...

Roll with it.(New products--its's audition season: treat yourself)(Balanced Body's Magic Roller)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... BEFORE ANY audition, class, or rehearsal, roll away kinks and knots with the help of Balanced Body's Magic Roller. A tool used to maximize warm-up and stretching time, rollers help loosen your upper and lower back, hamstrings and whatever else...

Digital dancing.(New products--its's audition season: treat yourself)(Canon's Optura 20 digital video camcorder for making audition videos)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... MAKING A knock-'em-dead audition video is tough, so give yourself a break by working with top-notch equipment. Canon's Optura 20 digital video camcorder has the high-quality optics Canon is known for. Its large, 3.5', swiveling, color...

Queen of the Gypsies: a Portrait of Carmen Amaya.(Dance magazine recommends: documentaries--the inside scoop)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... 75 minutes, First Run Features, Gypsy Heart Productions; $45.99, $195 for institutions CARMEN AMAYA, the legendary hurricane of a drawer in the flamenco tradition, is the subject of this superb documentary. The film follows her from being...

Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.(Dance magazine recommends: documentaries--the inside scoop)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... A film by Nils Tavernier, 100 minutes, First Run Features; $24.95 FROM THE opening shots of the Paris Opera Ballet on tour, this gorgeous documentary establishes dancers as sensitive and striving individuals. All the subjects are young,...

America Dances! 1897-1948: a Collector's Edition of Social Dance in Film.(Dance magazine recommends: documentaries--the inside scoop)(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... 75 minutes, Dancetime Publications, $49.95 STARTING WITH footage shot by Thomas Edison (yes, the Thomas Edison), this magnificent compilation takes us from the cakewalk to the jitterbug. The Charleston, in one from or another, threads...

Auditions guide 2004.(Employment-Education)
February 1, 2004... Auditions: Like them or not, they are part of a dancer's life. In this 2004 Guide to Auditions issue, DANCE MAGAZINE helps dancers leap toward their destiny. In Front and Center, we ask three dancers and three directors about their personal...

Front and center: dancers and artistic directors tell their audition secrets.(Auditions Guide 2004)
February 1, 2004... Auditions offer some of the most intense dance learning experiences anyone can have. They may be scary or amazing, heartbreaking or even funny, when you look back on them over time. These six dancers and directors have been through it all and...

Trying for the top: every year Cirque du Soleil auditions hundreds of aspiring dancers. A handful make it under The Big Top.(Auditions Guide 2004)
February 1, 2004... Running away and joining the circus hasn't lost its allure, at least for the dancers who piled into Studio 6 at the San Francisco Dance Center one winter day not long ago. Breakdancers, belly dancers, and baton twirlers, twenty-eight in all,...

Auditions guide 2004.(Training-Other)
February 1, 2004... UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS Auditions: Apr. 18, Los Angeles County HS, Los Angeles, CA. Pre-apply. Deadline: Mar. 10. Fee: none. Audition includes: Ballet, modern, improvisation....

Making their moves.(Young Dancer[R])(Santa Barbara Dance Alliance presents Teen Choreographers Showcase, Santa Barbara, California)
February 1, 2004... Think dancing a major role in the annual recital is nerve-wracking? How about performing in a dance you choreographed? Before a paying audience. On a professional stage. [] That's what a gutsy group of dance students do each spring in Santa...

Dance theater.(director, choreographer Kathleen Marshall)(Interview)
February 1, 2004... The Broadway archives for 2003 will record that at the end of the year, with the revival of Wonderful Town, Kathleen Marshall got a promotion. For the very first time, the last line of the Playbill read, "Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen...

American Ballet Theatre.
February 1, 2004... CITY CENTER NEW YORK, NEW YORK OCTOBER 22-NOVEMBER 9, 2003 ABT is splitting into two. Well, not actually, but programming between its New York fall season at City Center (this year for the first time extended to a welcome three weeks) and...

Alwin Nikolais: a Celebration Tour.(Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company)
February 1, 2004... RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY LUCKMAN THEATRE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 18, 2003 QUIRKY electronic sounds, phantasmagorical colors, and twittery, well-oiled unison moves are but a few signature elements in an Alwin Nikolais dance...

Kenneth Kvarnstrom & Company.(Dance Review)
February 1, 2004... YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 2, 2003 WITH ALL that's been written about Kenneth Kvarnstrom's Fragile, which his company performed as part of San Francisco Performances's fall season at the Yerba Buena...

Dance directory: schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, dancers, choreographers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga.(Directory)
February 1, 2004... United States 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...

Cultural lessons in New Mexico.(Dance Directory)(dance educators conference at the University of New Mexico)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Short Stories, choreographed by Donna Jewell, University of New Mexico dance department chair, was performed by students in UNM's Center for the Arts foyer as part of the National Dance Education Organization conference held in Albuquerque,...

Noel Pelly.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... Noel Pelly, a long-time administrator with the Australian Ballet, died on August 21, 2003. He was 76. An attorney by trade, Pelly's passion for the arts led him into arts administration, where, beginning in 1961, he served as publicity...

Bob Hope.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... Bob Hope, widely heralded as a comedian and for his devotion to entertaining U.S. troops who were far from home, was, like many entertainers of his generation, first a song and dance man. He is best remembered now for his work in film comedies,...

Attitudes.(Lincoln Kirstein, George Balanchine, Leonide Massine)(Column)
February 1, 2004... LIKE MOST dance writers these centennial days, I am writing about George Balanchine. And, of course, why not? The man literally transformed dance, especially in America. And the fact that he would have been one hundred years old in January 2004...