Dance Magazine articles from January 2005

Dance Magazine archives from January 2005

Curtain up.(Editorial)
January 1, 2005... We celebrate the new year with three additions that we're pretty excited about. First, we're adding short previews at the back of the magazine, topping off the "Reviews" section. We'll be highlighting new productions by current choreographers...

Massine's magic.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... My first exposure to ballet was in 1941 when as a teen-ager I saw the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform Leonide Massine's magnificent Rouge et Noir and his ravishing Gaite Parisienne. Over the next several years I saw many of his...

Where's Waldo.(Letters)(Waldo Gonzalez)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... I would like to know if you have any information on Waldo Gonzalez, a choreographer from Puerto Rico. His style in jazz, musical theater, and modern dance is unique. He has done a complete work of Carmina Burana, and has a six-minute modern...

Dance of death.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... I would like to suggest that DM cover Kurt Jooss' The Green Table. I have never seen it and very much wish a dance company in the New York City area would perform it. I have seen photos and it looks very compelling. It reminds me of the dance...

Quote of the Month.
January 1, 2005... "I try to help students become more themselves as artists--develop their own identity. It's easy to masquerade behind technique and not reveal anything of yourself. But I believe the more you reveal, the more mysterious you become."

Brazilian beat.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... Thank you very much for Karen Hildebrand's article about Brazil native and tap dancer Cintia Chamecki [see "Blame It on the Bossa Nova," November, page 49], which I have waited a long time for. It was an important and fascinating profile of a...

Classic Corvino.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... I was delighted to read Joseph Carman's discussion with Alfredo Corvino [see "Teacher's Wisdom," November, page 66]. During much of the time he was teaching at Juilliard, Maestro Corvino also taught at the old Metropolitan Opera. I had the...

Beautiful Bausch.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... As someone who has long admired Pina Bausch's theatrical lushness and sensual intensity, I was thrilled to see her company on the cover of Dance Magazine's November issue. Thanks for dedicating so many photo-filled pages to her. I loved the...

Corrections.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2005... The photo on the "Transitions" page of the October issue [page 102] is not June Taylor. It is her sister, Marilyn Taylor Gleason, who is very much alive and appeared on stage at the Career Transition For Dancers Gala in October. The...

Helgi Tomasson 20 and counting.(Dance Matters)
January 1, 2005... THERE COMES a moment in the regimes of all ballet directors, when, hopefully, they can stop, exhale, and mutter to themselves, "Mission accomplished." For Helgi Tomasson, "it was during last spring's Balanchine Festival. They were dancing so...

Loving the process.(Dance Matters)
January 1, 2005... YOU MIGHT think that at 75, Rudy Perez--choreographer, dancer, company head and teacher--would think about retiring. Add the fact that he's losing his eyesight from glaucoma, and all bets would be off that he would not only still be making...

Tripping the light fantastique.(Dance Matters)
January 1, 2005... WHEN France's entertainment artists went on strike last year, theirs was considered a suicidal act that would lead to the demise of France's national pride and joy, the great diversity of its cultural scene. Nevertheless, when the enormous new...

Making overtures to dance.(Dance Matters)
January 1, 2005... THE OVERTURE Center for the Arts opened its doors September 18 in Madison, WI. Designed by Cesar Pelli, the structure welds sleek, posh, postmodern Overture Hall to the city's former premier stage, the Capitol Theater, a refurbished 1928 Rapp...

Classical and contemporary: the new era at Scottish Ballet.(Dance Matters)
January 1, 2005... THE PRECARIOUS economics of ballet almost led Glasgow-based Scottish Ballet to abandon the classical art form and transform itself into a contemporary company. Two years after his appointment as artistic director, Ashley Page is not only...

Transitions to what?(Dance Matters)
January 1, 2005... THE FINDINGS of a recent three-year study on career transition will not be news to most dancers. Their incomes are low, their careers short-lived, and little support or preparation exists for post-dance careers. The true value of the...

Twenty-six individuals and organizations were granted NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMANCE or "BESSIE" AWARDS in the 20th round of honors, given for contributions to the 2003-04 season.(Honors)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Twenty-six individuals and organizations were granted NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMANCE or "BESSIE" AWARDS in the 20th round of honors, given for contributions to the 2003-04 season. The winners in the Choreography/ Creator category were JONATHAN...

2004 Pola Nirenska Award.(Honors)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... * ASSANTE KONTE and MERIAM "MIM" ROSEN are the 2004 Pola Nirenska Award recipients

Judith Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.(Honors)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... * JUDITH JAMISON, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has received the Actors' Equity Foundation's 2004 Paul Robeson Award

2004 Princess Grace Foundation USA.(Honors)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... * The 2004 Princess Grace Foundation USA's winners in dance are ANDREW N. BEASLEY, AYO J. JACKSON, MARTY LAWSON, TILER PECK, CYNTHIA WELIK, and DAWN STOPPIELLO

In London, Rafael Bonachela (best known as Kylie Minogue's choreographer) has won the inaugural $45,000 Place Prize for new choreography.(Honors)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... * In London, RAFAEL BONACHELA (best known as Kylie Minogue's choreographer) has won the inaugural $45,000 Place Prize for new choreography, a biennial project underwritten by Bloomberg.

Robbins Redux.(New York Notebook)
January 1, 2005... In 1998 Jerome Robbins died with a recording of Bach by his bedside. So it seems fitting that, for the first time in five years, New York City Ballet has chosen to revive The Goldberg Variations, set to Bach's monumental piano score. The ballet...

Japan's edge.(New York Notebook)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... From flirtatious butoh to tribe-like romping, the Eighth Annual Japanese Contemporary Dance Showcase is outrageous and captivating. The evening, which takes place at the Japan Society on January 7 and 8, features five choreographers including...

All in the details.(New York Notebook)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... When the brilliant Eva Yerbabuena first performed at City Center in 2003, she offered a traditional program that showed off her beautiful carriage, eloquent arms, and fiery footwork. But this time, in two shows at City Center as part of the...

Falling for dance.(New York Notebook)
January 1, 2005... NY The runaway success of City Center's Fall for Dance Festival has triggered a buoyant buzz about the state of dance. During the six-night span of 30 companies, no piece was long enough to make you feel the need to escape. And at...

NIA: fitness meets improv.(Mind your Body)(Neuromuscular Integrative Action )
January 1, 2005... DENNIS DANIELS is one of the fortunate few who have always earned a living as a dancer. By 20, he was dancing on Broadway in Richard Rodger's musical Rex. He went on to become a principal soloist at Radio City Music Hall, act and sing in the...

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.
January 1, 2005... DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR OVERCOMING A NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE? MY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR HAS TOLD ME MORE THAN ONCE THAT MY BODY IS "PERFECT JUST THE WAY IT IS," BUT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULTY ACCEPTING MYSELF. WHAT CAN I DO?--CASSANDRA,...

On the verge in 2005, DM's 25 to watch.
January 1, 2005... Fang-Yi Sheu Taking Up the Mantle fo Martha "Go at your audience with a whip," Louis Horst used to tell Martha Graham. When the Martha Graham Dance Company came to City Center last April, its second New York season since winning back the...

All about Ib and Ballet Arizona: repertoire and talent are blooming at Ib Andersen's revitalized BAZ.
January 1, 2005... During a clean-up rehearsal or Mosaik, Ib Andersen, artistic director of Ballet Arizona, bounds onto the stage with the litheness of a cat. As he strides towards the dancers, he dispenses corrections and demonstrates steps to emphasize a point....

Dancing the impossible choreography for the camera.
January 1, 2005... In choreographer Laurie McLeod's film Yes, She Said, a bride, suddenly panicked, dives into a swimming pool to hide from her wedding and is filmed underwater, gown billowing. In choreographer Pooh Kaye's animated Sticks on the Move, a motley...

Close up on choreography for the camera.
January 1, 2005... Dance on film is sprouting up everywhere. Dancers and choreographers looking for a creative outlet are teaming up with video and filmmakers. In some cases, inspired by what they see at festivals, they've grabbed a camera themselves to try...

Your body got the blues? How to stay healthy during a long season.
January 1, 2005... A RIGOROUS SEASON of performances or a grueling touring schedule can trigger burnout no matter how prepared the dancer. "It was a shock to my body," remembers New York City Ballet soloist Dana Hanson, who was barely 19 when she first joined the...

Guiding lights: ballet masters from ABT, PNB, The Joffery, and Kansas City Ballet talk frankly about the challenges of having the repertoire and the dancers under their wing.
January 1, 2005... Ballet masters are the backbone of the ballet world, but they don't get much credit for the grinding work they do. They schedule and direct rehearsals, teach company class, coach dancers, stage and reconstruct ballets, help with casting,...

Hair products.(DM Style)
January 1, 2005... It's happened to all of us. A perfect pirouette leaves pins strewn across the stage, or one too many twists leave your tresses in tangles. Between rehearsals and performances, every dancer has a story about their hair [see "To Toss or Not" by...

To toss or not to toss: Allegra Kent remembers a hairdo disaster onstage.
January 1, 2005... The Cage, created by Jerome Robbins in 1951 to music by Stravinsky, uses stylized choreography to investigate an insect society, somewhat like that of preying mantises or black widow spiders, in which the female finds the male's existence...

Georgi Balanchivadze and Mr. B: his life shaped his work in unexpected ways, as these new biographies reveal.(Dance Magazine Recommends)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine By Terry Teachout. New York: Harcourt, 2004. 208 pp. Illustrated. $22. George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker By Robert Gottlieb. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. 224 pp. Illustrated. $19.95....

Balanchine's teaching legacy.(Teach-Learn Connection)
January 1, 2005... TLC The iconic photo of George Balanchine, calmly opening his right hand as Iris right leg brushes forward into tendu, has come to represent the revolution in American ballet training that became an establishment. But there is disagreement...

National Dance Institute of New Mexico.(Noteworthy ...)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE OF NEW MEXICO, co-founded by Jacques d'Amboise and Catherine Oppenheimer, marked its 10th anniversary with two major recognitions: a Coming Up Taller Award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities...

BA2.(Noteworthy ...)(The School of Ballet Arizona)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... TRUMAN FINNEY resigned as director of The School of Ballet Arizona. BAZ has announced a nationwide search for a successor to the noted Balanchine-trained teacher.

Barnard College.(Noteworthy ...)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... In a model of community and college collaboration, BARNARD COLLEGE dance department is partnering with Dance Theater Workshop to engage New York City-based choreographers as guest faculty. Artists presented by DTW during the past three seasons...

The North Carolina School of Arts.(Noteworthy ...)
January 1, 2005... THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS now offers an MFA degree in Perforating Arts Management under Robert Wildman, former managing director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

Limelight.(Teach-Learn Connection)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Liz Gallego is a role model for the way dance teachers can influence learning in public schools. Her project, "Heroines of Mexican Independence," earned her a 2004 DisneyHand Teacher award. Through dance, Gallego's high school students learned...

Celebrating its gold.(Across The Floor)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Beijing Dance Academy marked its first half-century in September. Fifty years after the Academy's original training was modeled on Moscow's Bolshoi Academy, the school's influences have broadened. Anniversary celebration guests came from...

Ballet West Academy.(Also Notweworthy ...)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Peter Christie assumed duties as director of BALLET WEST ACADEMY, replacing Bend Arnold. Christie, formerly director of educational programs and rehearsal assistant, danced with Ballet West for 16 years and continues to appear in character...

Summer Lee Rhatigan, former director of Alonzo King's LINES Ballet pre-professional program, has opened the School of Classical and Contemporary Dance in San Francisco.(Also Notweworthy ...)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... SUMMER LEE RHATIGAN, former director of Alonzo King's LINES Ballet pre-professional program, has opened the School of Classical and Contemporary Dance in San Francisco. Bay Area teachers and choreographers Robert Moses, Mary Carbonara, Cheryl...

City Ballet School.(Also Notweworthy ...)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... CITY BALLET SCHOOL has produced its first production of The Nutcracker since opening a new facility ill San Francisco. The school, directed by Calina Alexandrova, uses the Vaganova curriculum. Its 2004 Nutcracker featured the choreography of...

Teacher's wisdom.(This Month: Marjorie Mussman)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... Ballet teacher Marjorie Mussman began her professional career as a modern dancer with the Jose Limon Dance Company. She returned to her ballet roots--which originated in a Portland, Maine, studio at the age of 8--when Robert Joffrey invited her...

On the rise: from a featured corps member to the lead in Sylvia with a wave of Mark Morris' casting wand.
January 1, 2005... Elizabeth Miner Elizabeth Miner looks like a born soubrette, pixyish and fleet. As Cupid in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote, she darted around the stage with the fluttering precision of a butterfly. Her elegant line, graceful carriage,...

Ultimate summer study guide.(2005 Summer Study Guide)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... 400-plus listings. Exclusive interviews. Insider advice and tips. Read here to find the right program for you and how to get the most out of it. At first glance many summer study programs look the same, but even within the same genre there...

Shop right: trying to choose a summer study program? The more you learn, the better you can gauge the fit. DM talked to the celebrated dance artists in charge of six programs about the distinctive features they offer.(2005 Summer Study Guide)
January 1, 2005... SUZANNE FARRELL Exploring Ballet really does explore the many different aspects of ballet, not just technique in class. I try to help students become more themselves as artists--develop their own identity. It's easy to masquerade behind...

Summer school for teachers: dance critic Elizabeth Kendall gets up close and personal at Canada's National Ballet School.(2005 Summer Study Guide)
January 1, 2005... It's Day One of the Teachers' Seminar. I'm supposed to be the critic-observer. Instead I'm lying face down on the floor, arms spread and pelvis swiveled so my right leg can cross over my left in an impossible X. Argh. How did I get into the...

A touch of grace: Russian post-modernist Olga Pona brings her quirky vision to an ADF workshop.(2005 Summer Study Guide)
January 1, 2005... Olga Pona, 45, uses the phrase "beautiful, with love," as the students at American Dance Festival rehearse her dance, A Little Bit of Nostalgia, late one afternoon last July. As part of the festival's International Choreographers'...

United States. (Alaska-Minnesota).(2005 Summer Study Guide)
January 1, 2005... ALASKA ANCHORAGE Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy Dates: June 13-July 1. Ballet, jazz. Ages: 8-17. Levels: Beg., int. adv. pro. Apply by: June 1. Tuition: $680-$925. Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy: 907.569.3267;...

United States. (Mississippi-Wyoming).(2005 Summer Study Guide)
January 1, 2005... MISSISSIPPI JACKSON Ballet Magnificat! Dates: June 26-July 23. Ballet, jazz, modern. Ages: 12-24. Levels: Int., adv., teach. Apply by: June 11. Tuition: $525/two weeks, $950/four weeks. Ballet Magnificat!: 601.977.1001;...

International.(2005 Summer Study Guide)
January 1, 2005... INTERNATIONAL AUSTRIA SALZBURG SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance International Summer Workshop Dates: July 4-9. Ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, pilates, yoga. Ages: 14-adult. Levels: Int., adv., pro. Apply by: June...

On broadway: Jerry's girls in their glory: when the chorus line from La Cage shakes a leg, it's in size 12 pumps.
January 1, 2005... They like to think of themselves as "Jerry's Girls"--in honor of Jerry Herman, their composer; Jerry Zaks, their director; and Jerry Mitchell, their choreographer. But of course, they're boys. They're the Cagelles, the drag chorus line that...

Biennale de la Danse de Lyon.
January 1, 2005... BIENNALE DE LA DANSE DE LYON SEPTEMBER 12-OCTOBER 3, 2004 VARIOUS VENUES, LYON, FRANCE When Swiss dancer Foofwa d'Imobilite donned his flashy yellow-and-red costume and dashed through Lyon's sprawling Pare de la Tete d'Or, innocent...

Limon Dance Company.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... LIMON DANCE COMPANY JOYCE THEATER, NEW YORK, NY SEPTEMBER 21-OCTOBER 3, 2004 Carla Maxwell, since 1978 director of the Limon Dance Company, has brought added meaning to the word "steadfast." She and her associates, Roxane D'Orleans Juste...

Forever Tango.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... FOREVER TANGO SHUBERT THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY SEPTEMBER 28-NOVEMBER 19, 2004 Luis Bravo's Forever Tango is the most sophisticated, grown-up choreography and dancing on Broadway but for Twyla Tharp's shining Movin' Out. If the current...

Cincinnati Ballet.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... CINCINNATI BALLET ARONOFF CENTER, CINCINNATI, OH OCTOBER 8-9, 2004 Cincinnati Ballet created the world anew (choreographically) by reviving Leonide Massine's monumental Seventh Symphony, to Beethoven, produced by the Ballet Russe de Monte...

Oguri.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... OGURI BARNSDALL GALLERY, HOLLYWOOD, CA SEPTEMBER 19, 2004 Dozens of water-filled plastic pouches and a solitary, naked light bulb dangle from the ceiling of this intimate gallery, reconfigured as a circular performance space. The floor is...

Bale Folclorico da Bahia.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... BALE FOLCLORICO DA BAHIA JONES HALL, HOUSTON, TX SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 Watching Bale Folclorico da Bahia's program "Brazilian Rhapsody" is a bit like viewing a videotape on fast-forward with the color button turned to "hallucinogenic." Every...

Tongue.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... TONGUE HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACE, SANTA MONICA, CA SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1-2, 7-9, 2004 If fashion shows are the new dance-theater genre, then Stephanie Gilliland, artistic director of the Los Angeles-based troupe Tongue, is its reigning...

Jane Comfort and Company.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... JANE COMFORT AND COMPANY JOYCE THEATER, NEW YORK, NY OCTOBER 5-10, 2004 Jane Comfort assembles "dream teams" of collaborators, then creates works on a miniature operatic scale that on paper sing with promise. Her latest work, Persephone,...

Eliot Feld.(Dance Review)
January 1, 2005... ELIOT FELD JOYCE THEATER, NEW YORK, NY OCTOBER 21-NOVEMBER 7, 2004 Eliot Feld has reinvented himself yet again with his ManDance Project, his first choreographic venture since folding Ballet Tech in 2003. For the new company of five men and...

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater.(Preview)
January 1, 2005... Dominic Walsh's new Bello conjures the lush sensuality of the Baroque era. Set to five Handel arias performed live, it places a modern spin on this radical-for-its-time music. "The voice of a countertenor has a very contemporary, sound to me,"...

Random dance.(Preview)
January 1, 2005... "Random" is a misnomer for Wayne McGregor's modern company, which initiates a West Coast tour this January. McGregor's focused blending of high-tech stagecraft and ditto dancing looks bold, balletic, and British. The triple bill features the...

Remembering Larry White.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Martha Graham Dance Company dancer Miki Orihara still uses the incense holder Larry White gave her years ago when she first joined the company. "He took an interest not just in my dancing but in my Japanese heritage. We would talk about...

Deaths.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck, dancer, choreographer, teacher, researcher, international prize-winning dance author, and dance historian died in September at the age of 57. Christena L. Schlundt, who was a founding member of the Society of Dance...

Pennsylvania Ballet.(Retirement)
January 1, 2005... Jennifer Gall left the Pennsylvania Ballet to pursue acting. Look for her in television episodes of American Dreams, Scrubs, CSI New York, Navy NCSI, and a new series called Medium.

Schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, dancers, choreographers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga.(Dance Finder)(Directory)
January 1, 2005... 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 THEATRE...

Hail to Hawkins.(A Career & Learning Resource Guide)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The breathy swoops and falls of Todd Rosenlieb's dancers are evidence of the choreographer's lineage as a protege of modern dance pioneer Erick Hawkins. The dancers saunter, swagger, and sashay as if singing to themselves with their bodies....

Attitudes.
January 1, 2005... IT WAS, I seem to remember, Will Rogers who first observed: "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it!" Well, with our sadly successful efforts at global warming, that may not be quite true today, even...