Dance Magazine articles from January 2008

Dance Magazine archives from January 2008

Curtain up.(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... What better way to ring in the new year than watching a fabulous new talent--a "25 to Watch" in fact--dancing? That's what I did during the photo session with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Kumiko Tsuji, who slithered and soared and rippled...

Giving due credit.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... All this raving about Agrippina Vaganova and her method ("Technique," Aug. 07) and not a word mentioned about her teacher, Olga Preobrajenska. I consider it my greatest fortune to have studied with her in Paris where I received a wealth of...

Missing Mona.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... As a former member of Mona Inglesby's International Ballet Company (see "Transitions," Jan. 07), I was upset to find no mention of her in Dance Magazine's 80th-anniversary issue. We gave the inaugural performance in the new Royal Festival Hall...

Lighting up the stage.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... What is stage presence? Thank you for asking! "This Little Light O' Mine," (Nov. 07) reminds me why I am forever and always a dancer. Basically the eight dancers all said stage presence is about energy--that electrifying embrace across the...

In the company of a king.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... In regard to "Dancing Royalty" ("Dance Matters," Nov. 07), I wanted to note the full title of the branch of UNESCO that selected King Sihamoni to write the International Dance Day Message for 2006: the International Dance Committee of...

Architectural endeavors.(Hubbard Street Dance Chicago )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Hubbard Street Dance Chicago teamed up with the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture to create scenic designs in alternative spaces in combination with works by HSDC choreographers. The 12 liT students submerged themselves...

Stream-lined dance.(Merian Soto's One Year Wissahickon Park Project)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Merian Soto is known for creating works that explore Latino heritage and culture. But starting last October, Soto branched out (so to speak), and launched the One Year Wissahickon Park Project, which takes place in...

Unusual jazz.(Decidedly Jazz Danceworks)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Calgary-based Decidedly Jazz Danceworks combines jazz, African dance, and improvisation with a strong focus on the interplay of live musicians onstage. This month they premiere wowandflutter, with a mix of humor and darkness. Choreographed by...

Vital stat.(vital signs)
January 1, 2008... The English National Ballet dancers use more than 5,000 pointe shoes a year.

Dancing through hoops.(The Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... What better way to celebrate the New Year than with a form of dance that is rooted in regeneration? The Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble will perform traditional hoop dancing this month at the Southern Theatre in Minneapolis. Using 28 hoops,...

Feud for thought.(spin-off dance )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... And you thought the only show we borrowed from the British was The Office. This month, Dancing with the Stars winner Drew Lachey will host a spin-off dance series shipped straight from the U.K. Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann pits these two...

Game on.(David Neumann's Feed Forward)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] David Neumann/advanced beginner group brings Feed Forward, which premiered last fall in NYC to critical acclaim, to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Neumann, a performer who is at once bold and sly, pushes the...

Lively liverpool.(British Dance: Edition 2008)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More than 30 dance companies converge in Liverpool this month for British Dance: Edition 2008. The four-day showcase, first launched in London in 1992, welcomes dance promoters from across the globe to glimpse the...

Quick Q&A: Maria Kowroski.(Interview)
January 1, 2008... New York City Ballet principal Maria Kowroskh to many eyes, had a breakthrough season last spring. Part of it was her stunning performance in Balanchine's Bugaku, made for Allegra Kent and Edward Villella in 1963. It's an odd and startling...

Homecoming: the Joffrey Ballet picks Ashley Wheater.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I'm so thrilled," was Ashley Wheater's concise reaction to his appointment as artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet. It is the company in which he danced so handsomely between 1985-89 when it was still in New...

A solid 75: Bennington College celebrates its diamond year.(dance matters)
January 1, 2008... Back in the day, Bennington College was instrumental in spreading modern dance throughout the country. In 1933 Robert Leigh, the founding president, went straight to Martha Graham to ask for a dance program. She referred him to Martha Hill, and...

Native son returns: Jock Soto gets a documentary.(Water Flowing Together)
January 1, 2008... It was kismet when Jock Soto, then principal dancer of New York City Ballet, whose mother is Navajo Indian and father is Puerto Rican, met filmmaker Gwendolen Cates at her book signing for Indian Country. Four years later Soto and Cates have...

Recent graduates of Teatro alla Scala, Federica Vincifori and Riccardo De Nigris.(RISING RANKS, COMINGS & GOINGS)
January 1, 2008... Recent graduates of Teatro alla Scala, Federica Vincifori and Riccardo De Nigris, have joined Dominic Walsh Dance Theater.

Houston Ballet.(RISING RANKS, COMINGS & GOINGS)
January 1, 2008... Connor Walsh was promoted to principal at Houston Ballet in September.

ODS's Healthy Dancers Clinic.(Nancy J. Kadel's appointment as director)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Nancy J. Kadel, MD, is the new director of ODC's Healthy Dancers Clinic, which provides free health services to hundreds of dancers in the Bay Area.

Alberta Ballet.(RISING RANKS, COMINGS & GOINGS)
January 1, 2008... Alberta Ballet has appointed Deborah Apps the new executive director.

After eight years with the company, Cedric Andrieux has left the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and joined the Ballet de Lyon.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... After eight years with the company, Cedric Andrieux has left the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and joined the Ballet de Lyon. SUNY Purchase alum Daniel Madoff recently joined MCDC.

Dare to dream.(Armitage Gone! Dance )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A year ago Karole Armitage transformed the Joyce stage into a hushed winter landscape with Ligeti Essays, the second chapter in her hypnotic Dream Trilogy. This season Armitage Gone! Dance concludes the three-part series with Patterns in a...

Dance in DUMBO.(dance festivals)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Presenting three dance festivals in four months may seem like a challenge, but Young Soon Kim, artistic director of White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company, embraces the task. Since 2001, White Wave has welcomed...

Samba from the second city.(Luna Negra Dance Theater )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Deeply rooted in the Latino experience, Luna Negra Dance Theater moves to a Latin beat. Led by Cuban-born Eduardo Vilaro, this Chicago-based group showcases contemporary works by both proven masters and fledgling Latino choreographers. In its...

Why I dance.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One of the few American stars of American Ballet Theater, Julie Kent is known for her luscious and limpid quality. She is a favorite of audiences for her portrayals of Giselle, Odette/Odile, Cinderella, Kitri, and...

Why they love yoga: 5 dancers' favorite positions.(Kellie Epperheimer, Paul McGill, Briana Reed, Seth DelGrasso and Elana Altman)
January 1, 2008... Yoga began as a path to spiritual enlightenment about 5,000 years ago in ancient India. It includes meditation techniques, breath control exercises, and a detailed set of ethical principles. It also involves a series of physical poses (asanas)...

Advice for dancers.(Column)
January 1, 2008... Q Do you have tips on how to quit smoking? I'm up to a pack of cigarettes a day and it's killing my stamina onstage. I've tried going cold turkey with no luck. Slowly cutting back never lasts for long either. I want to be a healthy dancer, but...

25 to watch 2008: Dance Magazine predicts who's great in '08.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SARAWANEE TANATANIT Even in the corps of American Ballet Theatre, Sarawanee Tanatanit stands out for her striking look and daring quality. In past City Center seasons, Tanatanit, 24, has reveled in such repertoire as...

The movement is the message: five dancemakers who dare to mix activism with art.
January 1, 2008... The war in Iraq. Breast cancer. Racism. Global warming. Sexual abuse. Torture tactics. Domestic violence. Environmental pollution. Homophobia. These diseases plague our daily lives and humble our souls. Their urgency affects how we think, what...

Wave of movement: with new facilities and a growing audience, San Diego's dance artists are bustin' out.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A summer breeze from San Diego Bay wafts through nearly floor-to-ceiling windows into John Malashock's studio, where he leads students in traveling phrases across the 60-foot-long room. In another airy studio down...

Pure imagination: Houston Ballet's Amy Fote gives each role everything she's got.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The saying goes that if a butterfly flaps its wings in New Zealand, a tornado could occur in Texas. When the butterfly in question, Amy Fote, danced up a storm as Cio-Cio San in Stanton Welch's story ballet Madame...

The seven deadly technique sins.(dance techniques)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Throughout your dancing life, you've heard the same corrections over and over. The reason for the repetition? Dancers tend to make the same errors, sometimes with catastrophic results. Dance Magazine spoke to eight...

Reviving the past: once-lost choreography lives again.(Dianne McIntyre, Suzanne Farrell and Clay Taliaferro's works)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Reconstructing a ballet is a legacy of love, but one with a ticking clock. Today's dancers, with their 21st-century bodies, sensibilities, and training, face challenges in assimilating the aesthetic of early and...

Who owns America's dance legacy?
January 1, 2008... "Why should n spend thousands of dollars to bring in someone from the Graham company to set Lamentation, when I have the videotape and the work is in public domain?" asks former dancer Mino Nicolas as he pops a video into a VCR and cues up a...

Dancing forever: dancers share a lifetime of wisdom on how to keep performing.
January 1, 2008... Margot Fonteyn danced to 60. Rudolph Nureyev into his 50s. Martha Graham retired from the stage at 75. More recently, in 1999 to be exact, Mikhail Baryshnikov, then 50, and Merce Cunningham, then 80, performed together at the Lincoln Center...

Reboot your body: what to eat to get back on your feet.(injury prevention on dancers)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Injuries are part and parcel of a dancer's life, but when your ability to move is inhibited by a pull, strain or (don't even say it!) fracture, you'll do whatever it takes to get back on your feet. Physical therapy,...

Tools of the trade: pointe shoes and accessories to complement your craft.(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Wouldn't it be to dance comfortably on pointe? it's possible. Par a perfectly fitted shoe with helpful accessories and say good-bye to painful pointe experiences. Of course, blisters happen. Taping helps. Cursed...

2008 Summer study guide.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summer intensive programs are the place to push your limits, with weeks on end devoted to improving technique and bringing your artistry to the next level. You can study with a school connected to your dream company,...

Pump it up: how to keep up the energy during long summer days of dancing.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All year long, you dream about your summer dance intensive program. You've imagined nailing that triple pirouette and flying across the floor in a jump that hovers, airborne. And even though you're used to taking...

A summer to remember.(ballet programs)
January 1, 2008... Summer study can be a time like no other for dancers to grow--technically, artistically, and personally. You get to dance all day long, take classes from new teachers, and surround yourself with friends who are just as obsessed about dance as...

A jewel glistens in Maine.(Bossov Ballet Theater )
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There's an unlikely whiff of St. Petersburg, Russia, in the tiny town of Pittsfield, Maine. Off a straight ribbon of highway leading north to the deep woods and still lakes familiar to summer vacationers, Pittsfield...

From Santa Fe to broadway.(dance theater workshops)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "You've gotta have heart!" said Ann Reinking to a group of eager students at Broadway Theatre Dance Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After an hour of rigorous work on Bob Fosse's choreography for "Bye Bye Blackbird"...

Delivering diversity.(Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How can an outdoor patio, a library, a gym, and two dormitory common rooms become a dance center for 120 students? Ask Fredrick Earl Mosley and the faculty at the Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts. Located at the...

2008 summer study guide.(List)
January 1, 2008... ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM Alabama Ballet Summer Program 2008 Dates: Jun 9-28 & Jun 30-Jul 19 Ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, men's classes, modern, pointe, variations Ages: 11-18 Levels: Int, adv Audition required Videos...

Summer Intensive 2008.(Brief article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2008... MAY 27-JULY 19 DANCEMAKERS WORKSHOP MONDAY-THURSDAY, 1PM-4PM Featuring Jan Erkert June 2-13 Victoria Marks June 16-20 Arts Integration Workshop June 23-26 RECOMMENDED FOR INTERMEDIATE OR ADVANCED LEVEL DANCERS ...

2008 Summer study guide.(Calendar)
January 1, 2008... NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE US Performing Arts Camps Musical Theater Intensive Dates: Jul 7-12 Acting, ballet, jazz, musical theater, singing, tap Ages: 13-18 Levels: Beg, int, adv 888.497.3553...

The prince of desire: for Nureyev, ballet was the one true love.(Nureyev: The Life)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nureyev: The Life By Julie Kavanagh New York: Pantheon; 2007. 800 p., illustrated, $37.50. It's hard to believe there's now a generation, maybe two, that's never heard of Rudolf Nureyev. Starting in...

Improving pirouettes this month we introduce a new series aimed at improving a specific area of technique. Here we get tips from five top teachers to help you turn.
January 1, 2008... "A lot of careers are made from people's ability to turn," says WILHELM BURMANN, who teaches professionallevel ballet at Steps on Broadway. He advises the following for improving en dehors pirouettes. * When you turn to the right, your...

Fine line.(Elizabeth Parkinson and Scott Wise's Fine Line Theatre Arts )
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elizabeth Parkinson and Scott Wise have both reached some of the highest highs any dancers can hope for on Broadway. After all, the pair met as cast members of the Broadway production of Fosse, a show made for...

The Rite of Spring Project.(dance progras)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Closing out Carnegie Hall's Berlin in Lights festival, 120 students aged 7 to 17 danced to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring on November 17 and 18 at The United Palace Theater. The Rite of Spring Project, presented by The Weill Music Institute at...

Montclair State University.(Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's residency)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Montclair State University had its hands full this past semester, thanks to the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, which held a four-month residency at the NJ campus. Workshops and discussions with the company ranged from the exchange...

Desmond Richardson.(Dance For Kids and Contemporary Dance and Improvisation)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Desmond Richardson recently released a series of instructional videos through Broadway Dance Center's Tezoro Productions. The new series, starring the Complexions co-director, includes Dance For Kids Ages 8 + Up, and two volumes of Contemporary...

Eric Franklin: transforming technique through science-based imagery.(Interview)
January 1, 2008... Eric Franklin helps dancers to improve their technique by applying scientific principles, anatomical understanding, and the power of the imagination. The Swiss-born movement educator teaches workshops around the world, both at Pilates studios...

Jennifer Stahl: elegant and disciplined, the SFB corps member shows surprising maturity.(San Francisco Ballet)
January 1, 2008... You can't help noticing San Francisco Ballet's Jennifer Stahl. She seems to have everything: long limbs, elegant neck, supple extensions, pliant feet. But when Stahl took the stage at the 2006 world premiere of artistic director Helgi...

The right step: how directors pick a show's choreographer. (Hint: movement may not top the list.).
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is no supermarket for choreographers. When musicals are in need of someone to craft the movement that will accompany the songs, directors and producers can't just walk up the high-energy manic aisle, down the...

Morphoses, The Wheeldon Company.(Dance review)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York City Center Oct 17-21, 2007 Reviewed by Susan Yung Morphoses' charter season of two programs at City Center offered much to savor: an all-star cast, live music, and a concentration of Christopher...

Tere O'Connor dance Rammed Earth.(The Chocolate Factory)(Dance review)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Chocolate Factory, Long Island City, NY September 26-October 7 Reviewed by Chris Dohse In Rammed Earth, which played at the ramshackle, funky Chocolate Factory, Tere O'Connor used all the elements of a...

Dominic Walsh dance theater's Sleeping Beauty.(Dance review)
January 1, 2008... Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX October 18-20, 2007 Reviewed by Nancy Wozny Choreographers can't seem to let Sleeping Beauty sleep. Dominic Walsh is the newest kid on the block to have his way with the classic tale....

Review on the web.(reviews & previews)
January 1, 2008... Read reviews of James Sewell Ballet, Zurich Ballet (below), Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve, Garth Fagan and much more at www.dancemagazine.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Iguan dance theatre.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the lively experimental dance scene in St. Petersburg comes Iguan, a somewhat absurdist ensemble that mixes wiry, twisty movement and a literary bent with hilarious or confusing results. They present Displaced...

KanKouran.(KanKouran West African Dance Company )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KanKouran West African Dance Company has been performing at Dance Place annually since 1986, which for the past five years has honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The celebration continues on Jan. 19 and 20, when...

Ea Sola.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Born in Vietnam and trained in Paris, choreographer/performer Ea Sola creates critical contemporary works that are grounded in the history, music, and traditional culture of Vietnam. The Company Ea Sola makes its Los Angeles debut Jan. 25-26...

Going West.(Julianne Kepley joins San Francisco Ballet)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Julianne Kepley, who spent eight years with Atlanta Ballet and subsequently joined Chicago's Joffrey Ballet in 2002, moved on this past summer to become a soloist with San Francisco Ballet--just in time to be part of...

David Adams (1928-2007).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Winnipeg-born David Adams decided in his teens to become a ballet dancer, the notion of making a career of it was almost unimaginable in Canada, and for a man to do so was highly suspect. Yet the tall, handsome...

Lowell Smith (1951-2007).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... One of Dance Theatre of Harlem's most charismatic dancers, Lowell Smith died in October from lung cancer at age 56. Known for his masculine presence and expressive classicism, Smith brought flesh-and-blood life to such diverse roles as Stanley...

Brydon Paige (1933-2007).(DEATHS)(Obituary)
January 1, 2008... Vancouver-born Brydon Paige, former artistic director of the Alberta Ballet, originally wanted to be an actor. He began studying dance in his late teens only to enhance his stage movement. Paige was soon smitten, however, and switched artistic...

Schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, choreographers, dancers, somatic practices & movement arts certification, & dance medicine.(dance finder: a career & learning resource guide)(Directory)
January 1, 2008... 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 ...

January jaunts.(Koresh Dance Company )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This January has Koresh Dance Company jeting around the globe. From Turkey to Kentucky, the company performs artistic director Ronen Koresh's Looking Back: The Music of the 40s and 50s (above). A throwback marrying...

Somatic practices, movement arts, and dance medicine certification and training in somatic and movement-based arts.
January 1, 2008... Contact: dcastro@dancemagazine.com AERIAL DANCE/ACROBATIC/CIRCUS ARTS LAVA HOME STUDIO / BROOKLYN, NY Acrobatics & trapeze emphasizing strength, flexibility, communication & developmt, of creative voice within this empowering movement....

Graham--present indicative, future uncertain.(Martha Graham)
January 1, 2008... Martha Graham. How do we feel about Martha Graham? And after that, how do we really feel about Martha Graham? Let's cut away the encrustation of former glories, those heady remembrances of things past, those lip services paid to history's...