Dance Magazine articles from July 2003

Dance Magazine archives from July 2003

Why do we keep doing this? (Starting Here).(Editorial)
July 1, 2003... The allure of la vie boheme soon vanishes if you can't go home to a healthy and comfortable living arrangement after the adventure. It's great to be cast as a starving artist in Rent, but it's no fun to live that life every day, forever. Truth...

Championing the tall. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2003... I am a 14-year-old aspiring dancer, and I am just starting my own company. It was so encouraging to see your article on Joanna Poz-Molesky in the August [2002] issue ["Teenage Impresarios," page 42]. She is like me in so many ways that it was...

Sublime savion. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2003... Jane Coldberg's article, "Savion Clover Brings in 'da Noise," in the December [2002] issue was a welcome sight. I have been dancing for twenty-three years and had the opportunity to study with Savion at Broadway Dance Center before he headed...

Clarifications. (Letters).(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2003... In our May issue, page 40, we incorrectly identified Lincoln Center's Out of Doors program, which is an August dance and music performance series. Public dance instruction, with live musical accompaniment, is offered during Midsummer Night...

Scandal, French style.
July 1, 2003... THE NEWS DEPARTMENT IS NOW CALLED DANCE MATTERS TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CONTEXT OF OUR REPORTING. YOU'LL FIND SHORTS AND MORE IN-DEPTH PIECES ON ALL SORTS OF DANCE THINGS THAT MATTER.--ED. LOOK FOR THIS MARK: DM Shock waves ran...

That'll show 'em!(Paris Opera no longer advertises in Le Monde newspaper)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Web surfers with even a passing knowledge of French probably paused in their journeys when they recently opened the home page of the Paris Opera and read these words (in an approximate translation) by director Hugues R. Gall, alluding to the...

Gold standard.(Ford Foundaton grant to UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, and other grants news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The FORD FOUNDATION has awarded a five-year grant of $1,250,000 to UCLA's CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL PERFORMANCE to establish an endowment to support the center's core programs and develop new initiatives. * New York's DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP has...

Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2003... JULY PERFORMANCES CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO July 21-22, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Center for the Arts Crested Butte, 606 6th St, 970.925.7175 ATLANTA, GEORGIA July 23-27, Philadanco, National Black Arts Festival, 659 Auburn...

Must move, so build.(Kansas City Ballet will share site with Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center)
July 1, 2003... Despite the bad economy, the war with Iraq, and massive cuts in public funding for the arts, Kansas City Ballet is building a new home. It will not be cheap: Out of an overall $22 million budget, the actual cost of construction is $12.7...

But save the old.(new facilities for Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts of Bard College)(Jacob's Pillow named National Historic Landmark)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... In Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, the new RICHARD B. FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OF BARD COLLEGE opened its dance series May 1-2 with performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Ballet Hispanico. The center, designed by...

Trendspotting.(architecture of performing arts facilities )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... D.C., LONDON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, TUCSON, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, KANSAS CITY--PERFORMING ARTS EDIFICES ARE BEING CRAFTED BY ARCHITECTS WHO ARE THEMSELVES ARTISTS. NEIL ARCHER ROAN'S BOOK, SCALE + TIMBRE, EXAMINES WHETHER SUCH A BUILDING CAN...

New York City Ballet. (Dance People).(rumored move for Joaquin de Luz )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Rumored: American Ballet Theatre's JOAQUIN DE LUZ will move across Lincoln Center Plaza to accept a soloist contract with New York City Ballet.

Fort Mason Center's Cowell Theater. (Dance People).(Sharon Walton)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * SHARON WALTON has been named director of Fort Mason Center's Cowell Theater in San Francisco.

San Francisco Ballet. (Dance People).(Thomas W. Flynn becomes development director)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * THOMAS W. FLYNN has been appointed development director of SAN FRANCISCO BALLET; he has previously worked for The Asia Foundation, American Conservatory Theater, and the Boston Ballet.

After seven years and twenty-one premieres, Amanda Miller and Ballet Freiburg Pretty Ugly will leave Freiburg. (Dance People).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * After seven years and twenty-one premieres, AMANDA MILLER and BALLET FREIBURG PRETTY UGLY will leave Freiburg at the conclusion of the 2003-04 season.

Washington School of Ballet. (Dance People).(Mary Day becomes director emeritus of The Washington School of Ballet)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * MARY DAY, founder of THE WASHINGTON BALLET, will step down as active director and assume the post of director emeritus of The Washington School of Ballet, which she started in 1944.

School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. (Dance People).
July 1, 2003... * DAMARA BENNETT is the new director of the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, where Christopher Stowell becomes company artistic director July 1, Like Stowell, Bennett is a former member of San Francisco Ballet. She founded City Ballet School in...

American-Scandinavian Foundation. (Dance People).(honors Helgi Tomasson for years of service)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * The AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION has honored San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director HELGI TOMASSON for his many years of service.

Martin E. Segel Award. (Dance People).(Abi Stafford and Tyler Angle)
July 1, 2003... * New York City Ballet soloist ABI STAFFORD and School of American Ballet student TYLER ANGLE have received the 2003 MARTIN E. SEGEL AWARD, a $5,000 stipend given annually to rising artists or ensembles resident at Lincoln Center.

Peking Opera of Jilin. (No-Goes).(US refuses visas, tour cancelled)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Because the United States Consulate refused to issue visa documents to members of the PEKING OPERA OF JILIN, the company was forced to cancel its sixteen-city, twenty-two-performance 2003 North American tour.

Allnations Dance Company. (No-Goes).(cancels tour to China due to severe acute respiratory syndrome)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * New York's ALLNATIONS DANCE COMPANY withdrew from its twenty-three-day tour of northern China because of the recent outbreak of SARS.

Advice for dancers.(how to maintain professional standards; professional dance training; sleep deprivation)
July 1, 2003... I'VE JUST BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A FULL-TIME DANCE PROGRAM IN NEW YORK. BUT AS A FLIGHT STEWARDESS I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DANCE CLASSES. I NOTICE, TOO, THAT AFTER EACH CLASS MY BODY ACHES AND I DON'T SLEEP WELL. WHY IS...

Tappin' tots.(Child Performers in Tap Dance (1900-1950); Classic Black)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The National Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, explores the contribution of young dancers in tap dance in its latest exhibition, "Child Performers in Tap Dance (1900-1950)." "The history of tap dance is not one...

Jimmy remembers Buster. (New York).(Buster Brown's Tap Jam)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... At the ongoing "Buster Brown's Tap Jam" at Swing 46, Brown created an atmosphere where anyone with a tap shoe could get up and dance, from tiny tots who rattled on the floor to Savion and his posse of pros. Brown never had a critical word to...

Cycles of nature. (New York).(Thunderbird American Indian Dancers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... At the twenty-fourth annual powwow of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers at Theater for the New City, percussive footwork, colorful regalia, and wailing drum beats reigned. This year's gathering included two spoken-word events, at which...

The power of determination. (New York).(The Power of Balance)(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... In Vertigo's The Power of Balance, dancers on crutches and in wheelchairs, performing alongside agile company members, moved with a stirring power and grace. The piece, presented by the Jewish Community Center as part of an all-day festival...

St. Louis Women. (New York).(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... Three female dancers give knockout performances in Dance Theatre of Harlem's new musical-turned-ballet, St. Louis Woman, choreographed by Michael Smuin for the Lincoln Center Festival (see Dance Theater, DANCE MAGAZINE, June, page 69). As the...

The Broadway Teaching Lab. (Teachers And Schools).(Brief Article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2003... The BROADWAY TEACHING LAB is offered at New York University's Tisch Graduate School of Musical Theatre Writing, July 17-19, for teachers and directors of high school theater. www.broadwayclassroom.com

Other teacher-training workshops held in July include Broadway Dance Center, New York City. (Teachers And Schools).(Brief Article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2003... Other teacher-training workshops held in July include BROADWAY DANCE CENTER, New York City, www.broadwaydancecenter.com; DANCE EDUCATORS OF AMERICA, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, www.deadance.com: DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA, INC., State...

SUNY College at Brockport. (Teachers And Schools).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Alumni of SUNY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT from 1977 to 2002 presented a showcase of dance work at the Julia Richman Education Complex in New York City. www.brockport.edu/dance

Pacific Northwest Ballet. (Teachers And Schools).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * Seattle elementary students performed The Great Migration--A Ballet at the Kirkland Performance Center as part of a PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET outreach project. Students of three schools studied the paintings of Jacob Lawrence and created a...

Across the Field, choreographed by Susan Hadley, professor of dance at Ohio State University, premiered in March when BalletMet Columbus and OSU celebrated BalletMet's 25th anniversary and Ohio's 200th birthday. (Teachers And Schools).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * Across the Field, choreographed by SUSAN HADLEY, professor of dance at Ohio State University, premiered in March when BalletMet Columbus and OSU celebrated BalletMet's 25th anniversary and Ohio's 200th birthday. The production featured...

The Dance Alliance of Rhode Island. (Teachers And Schools).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * THE DANCE ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND, with URI's Physical Therapy Program and the Rhode Island Alliance for Arts Education, sponsored a seminar for dancers, medical practitioners, performing arts educators, musicians, and others about...

Martha Graham Dance Company. (Arrivals).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... TERESE CAPUCILLI, co-director and principal dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and husband Bill Randolph are the parents of a new son, Thompson Daniel Randolph.

San Francisco Ballet. (Arrivals).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * San Francisco Ballet principal TINA LE BLANC and husband Marco Jerkunica welcomed Sasha Johan Jerkunica February 1, 2003.

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. (Previews).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY marks the 100th anniversary of the first flight by Ohio's Wright Brothers by producing and touring "FLIGHT PROJECT," consisting of commissioned works by BILL T. JONES, BEBE MILLER, DOUG VARONE, JAWOLE WILLA JO...

San Francisco Ballet. (Previews).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * SAN FRANCISCO BALLET visits the EDINBURH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL August 28-30 with three works by CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON, including a world premiere.

Liberal Education for Arts Professionals (LEAP). (Out Of Site!).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Kathleen Mitchell and Wendy Van Dyck earned BA degrees in liberal arts with a performing arts emphasis from the LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ARTS PROFESSIONALS (LEAP) program in San Francisco. Both are former San Francisco Ballet dancers: Mitchell is...

Florida State University. (Out Of Site!).(internet technology allows dance students to join master class)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * The FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY department of dance joined the Association for Dance and Performance Telematics (ADAPT). Using Internet technology that broadcasts and receives images, FSU students participated in a master class taught by Bebe...

Pennsylvania Dances. (Out Of Site!).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... * Pennsylvania Dances, a five-minute video of movement workshops by Penn State film majors, was screened at the state capitol to celebrate the performing arts. It was facilitated by New Moves, Inc. www.newmoves.org.

Tempest on a billboard.(controversy about ESPN ad campaign)
July 1, 2003... The New York dance community was up in arms last winter about an ESPN advertising campaign featuring the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. "Without Sports," read the ad, "They'd Just Be Dancers." The ad was part of a series by the all-sports cable...

Silver: Limon lives through Carla's passionate preservative. (Maxwell's).(includes info about Limon Dance San Jose as well as Limon Dance Company NYC)
July 1, 2003... Carla Maxwell, artistic director of The Limon Dance Company, is ebullient. She is celebrating her twenty-fifth year as the troupe's leader, and her latest project, the reconstruction of Limon's treasured work Psalm (1967), received standing...

Choosing not to dance. (Survival Tactics Part 2).
July 1, 2003... For Love or Money? How do dancers make ends meet? We may dance for the love of it rather than for money, but just how much must we sacrifice for art? [] There are many ways to approach this classic struggle. While some land coveted spots...

How to survive on nothing: No money? No problem! Find food, furniture, fun on a dancer's salary. (Young Dancer).
July 1, 2003... So you're a dancer with meager funds; does that mean you have to live like a hermit? Hardly. Whether you are a student in summer school, a fledgling dancer auditioning for a first job, or an emerging Broadway star, these practical tips to...

Moved by the music: choreographer Nancy Karp follows the band to New York.
July 1, 2003... Witnesses may have mistaken the scene for Italy. Choreographer Nancy Karp sent San Francisco's Green Street Mortuary Brass Band striding across downtown Mission Street as members of Nancy Karp + Dancers threaded through the musicians' ranks. It...

Noise annoys. (Rants and Raves).
July 1, 2003... BACK IN THE MID-1980S, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, I DID THE UNTHINKABLE. I left a dance performance in the middle, and it was neither the dance, the dancers, the hard seat, nor indigestion that propelled me into the night....

The Hills are still alive: dance at a Swiss arts festivals is not all cheese and chocolate.
July 1, 2003... Two weeks with a distinguished choreographer or teacher in a small village in the Swiss Alps in mid--July-is there more? Yes, there's free housing in a charming chateau, crystal clean air, great concerts, and family-run bakeries that are...

Yoga.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... by Linda Sparrowe. Berkeley, CA: Yoga Journal/Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc. 2002. 453 pages, illustrations. $75. ISBN: 0-88363-509-7. A gorgeous coffee-table book, Yoga combines Linda Sparrowe's writings on the history and practice of...

Returning to Health With Dance, Movement, and Imagery.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... by Anna Halprin. Mendocino, CA: LifeRhythm. 2002. 195 pages, paper, illustrations. $20. ISBN: 0-940795-22-1. This is a revision of Anna Halprin's earlier book Dance as a Healing Art. A cancer survivor herself, Halprin describes nine lesson...

Yoganetics: Be Fit Healthy, and Relaxed One Breath at a Time.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... by Wyatt Townley. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco. 2003. 173 pages, paper, illustrations. $15.95. ISBN: 0-06-050224-x. Developed by former dancer Wyatt Townley, who used these principles to recover from a serious injury, Yoganetics...

The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy: Working with Movement, Metaphor, and Meaning.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... by Daria Halprin. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 2003. 248 pages, paper. ISBN: 1-84310-737-6. Drawing on her experience in expressive-arts therapy, Anna Halprin's daughter, Daria, presents an approach to healing...

Pilates: Portable Reformer Work-Out.(Video Recording Review)
July 1, 2003... Moving Breath Pilates Studios. 2002. $19.95. One of two portable Reformer videos offered; this is for the low-intermediate level practitioner. Pilates is a technique of exercises and stretches geared toward building core strength,...

Simple Stretches; Pure Vitality.
July 1, 2003... By Moira Stott of Stott Conditioning. Hollman Communications, Inc. 2000. Both of these "Pilates-infused[TM] yoga" videos are led by P.J. O'Clair. Simple Stretches (45 minutes) blends yoga and Pilates into a gentle sequence of stretches...

The Upper Core: Living a Pain-Free Life.(Pelvic Core: More Exercise for a Pain-Free Life )(Video Recording Review)
July 1, 2003... THE UPPER CORE: LIVING A PAIN-FREE LIFE Pilates Therapeutics[TM]. 2002. $29.95. 75 minutes. THE PELVIC CORE: MORE EXERCISE FOR A PAIN-FREE LIFE 2003. $29.95. 90 minutes. DANCE MAGAZINE's health and fitness writer, Suzanne Martin, MA,...

Yoga for the Inner Athelete.(Video Recording Review)
July 1, 2003... Yoga for the Inner Athlete ($19.99) includes breathing exercises to reenergize the entire body plus stretching postures to strengthen and tone muscles and increase flexibility. Led by Karen Sandler and Pamela Bolling, this workout is for...

Dance theater.
July 1, 2003... BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN I HAD A JOB THAT entitled me to a Tony vote, the ballot would arrive in the mail several weeks before the ceremony, and I'd spend time every day until the deadline staring at it and agonizing over what to do. There might...

New York City Ballet.
July 1, 2003... New York State Theater, Lincoln Center New York, New York January 7-March 2, 2003. At first the schedule looked skimpy: only three new works in a winter repertory season of fifty ballets. But in a way this held a benediction, because there...

Stuttgart Ballet.(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Davis, California March 25, 2003 Stuttgart Ballet, on its all-too-rare visits to the United States has introduced us to its new talent, but while the mixed rep program at the Mondavi...

George Piper Dances.(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... Queen Elizabeth Hall London, England March 25-29, 2003 It was a fabulous menu: Five of today's top young choreographers created five original dances to show off the extraordinary talents of two outstanding young men. The title of the...

David Dorfman Dance.(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... The Kitchen New York, New York February 26-March 8, 2003 See Level, David Dorfman's evening-length world premiere quartet plus solo, was clearly rooted in the playful, athletic physicality for which Dorfman has been known since his...

Northern Ballet Theatre.(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... Sadler's Wells Theatre London, England March 12-22, 2003 It seems apt that Yorkshire's resident dance company, Northern Ballet Theatre, should present Wuthering Heights, that region's most famous classic Gothic saga, which made its London...

Battery opera.(Dance Review)
July 1, 2003... Vancouver East Cultural Centre Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada February 28-March 8, 2003 Cyclops, choreographed and written by battery opera co-directors Lee Su-Feh and David McIntosh, was more subdued than the title suggested. The...

Homecoming dance: a rare reunion brings Pilobolus, MOMIX, and BodyVox back.
July 1, 2003... Baryshnikov loved our fries and tuna melts! The cafe at the Hop has good food," notes a smiling Margaret Lawrence, director of programming at the Hopkins Center of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The cafe to which she refers is a...

On education.
July 1, 2003... As a competition director, I often receive feedback from parents, teachers, and school owners. It's usually encouraging, or what I consider constructive input to help make my business better. I credit many of the positive changes made to my...

Dance directory.(Directory)
July 1, 2003... Schools, Studios, Colleges, Universities, Companies, Teachers, Dancers, Choreographers, Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, Yoga United States ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Ada Chapital,...

Transitions.(obits: conductor John Lanchbery, composer Lou Harrison)(Obituary)
July 1, 2003... JOHN LANCHBERY London-born John Lanchbery, who died in Melbourne, Australia, February 27, 2003, at age 79, was one of the best-known ballet conductors of the twentieth-century. More significantly, he was among the finest arrangers and...

Dance scape.(the Atlantic Center for the Arts )
July 1, 2003... Dancer and choreographer David Parsons described his March 2003 choreography residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts as "dancing in the sun." It is an apt description since sunlight is everywhere here. The dance studio has continuous...

Attitudes.
July 1, 2003... When Ninette de Valois, the formidable founder of Britain's Royal Ballet, started her company back in 1931 she sensibly realized that first of all she needed a repertoire for her young dancers. Although a choreographer of only modest talent...