Dance Magazine articles from June 2003

Dance Magazine archives from June 2003

Who makes the dance? (Starting Here).
June 1, 2003... The apparent answer is the choreographer. In recent issues we have examined the humor of Todd Bolender, the process of Douglas Dunn, the impact of Christopher Wheeldon and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and the diversity of Liz Lerman. Elizabeth Streb...

Praise for Nashville. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... DANCE MAGAZINE is indeed a dancer's magazine. It feels and looks like it was made by and for dancers. Unlike other dance or dance-related magazines, reading yours is like being in a studio interacting with dancers, teachers, and the dance...

City ballet a treasure.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... Thank you, Clive Barnes! Your wonderful article about the New York City Ballet in the November 2002 issue [Attitudes, page 102] addressed perfectly my wish list of things that needed to be said. You nailed it, so to speak, and your final words...

Touched by Becket. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... It was a delight to read Heather Wisner's story about Marta Becket and the Amargosa Opera House [February, page 42]. Mrs. Becket's devotion to her art is truly an inspiration and a lesson in dedication that I enjoy sharing with my students. ...

Clarifications.(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2003... On page 57 of the March issue, the Just for Kix advertisement incorrectly called the Bloch Stealth dance sneaker the Capezio Strike sneaker.

Sci-fi dance. (News).
June 1, 2003... Choreographer Charles Moulton has done complicated before, most famously in his reworked 1979 work Nine Person Precision Ball Passing, wherein eighteen seated and standing dancers pass balls among themselves in a series of complex rhythms. That...

State arts funding: the sad truth. (News).
June 1, 2003... In Oregon, we call it clearcutting--the practice of chopping down large portions of timber forest with no thought for future growth or the environmental, economic, or aesthetic consequences of eliminating a valuable natural resource. In...

Calendar: June.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... PERFORMANCES HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA June 20-22, Maria Bermudez's Sonidos Gitanos/Gypsy Flamenco, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd E, 323.461.3673, 323.871.5904, www.fordamphitheatre.org DENVER, COLORADO June 7,...

Advice for dancers: former New York City Ballet dancer Linda Hamilton, Ph.D., is a lecturer, a psychologist in private practice, and author of Advice for Dancers (Jossey-Bass).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... THE SKINNIEST GIRL IN MY DANCE CLASS IS GETTING ALL THE BEST PARTS WHILE EVERYONE ELSE GETS LESS. HOW CAN I KEEP FROM GETTING DOWN ON MYSELF?--EMILY FROM BOURBONNAIS, IL There's no relationship between body weight and talent. Unfortunately, the...

Together forever. (New York Notebook).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Dance partnerships from Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn to Alessandra Ferri and Julio Bocca have soared to celebrity in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. American Ballet Theatre brings its newly burnished production back to Lincoln Center...

Sex in motion. (New York Notebook).(Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)
June 1, 2003... Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana dedicates its twentieth-anniversary season to company co-founder Roberto Lorca, whose choreography helped revitalize American flamenco from the '60s to the '80s. For the Joyce season (June 10-15), Artistic Director...

Inner space. (New York Notebook).(butoh incorporated in "Out There")(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The dancers in John Jasperse's works sometimes look as if they're trapped in ill-fitting social roles. For his new duet, Out There, May 22-June 8 at Dance Theater Workshop, Jasperse will magnify the intimate quality of his earlier work by...

Under one roof. (New York Notebook).(Broadway Dance Center)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Broadway Dance Center, on 57th Street and Broadway, is a five-story treasure trove. It offers all levels of ballet, jazz, tap, modern, theater, hip-hop, house, funk, Latin, street jazz, music video, pop and lock, and belly dancing. And on top...

Nilas Martins's new career. (News).(Biography)
June 1, 2003... Principal dancer Nilas Martins had plenty on his plate during New York City Ballet's Winter Season as he rehearsed and performed in the many ballets that make up this company's unique programming. On his days off, however, he took the train to...

No fees for unions. (News).
June 1, 2003... Dancers who've been hitting the audition circuit this spring probably know that many ballet companies used to charge anywhere from $10 to $20 for auditions held in major cities such as New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The American...

Summit in Suffolk.(symposium of ballet directors discuss challenges facing classical ballet)
June 1, 2003... If it's "a flock of swans" and "a bevy of beauties," would the collective noun be "an assemble of ballet directors"? The largest gathering of company leaders convened in Britain last winter for a secretive weekend retreat in the depths of the...

Wham bam Streb.(Elizabeth Streb of Streb extreme dance company)
June 1, 2003... Just over a year ago, Elizabeth Streb returned to the campus of the State University of New York at Brockport to receive an honorary doctorate. Thirty years before, she'd roared out of town on her Harley to forge a rebel's life in dance. Now...

From artist to impresario.(dancer to dance company director)
June 1, 2003... BRUCE SANSOM INTERIM HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT, RAMBERT DANCE COMPANY "When I decided it was time to [stop dancing for] The Royal Ballet, I had a chance conversation with Helgi Tomasson [artistic director, San Francisco Ballet]. I mentioned to him my...

A dancer's guide to booking conferences.(marketing the performing arts)
June 1, 2003... Ever wonder why some dance companies go on the road and others seem to stand still? As a choreographer or company director, do you have a show you'd like to tour, but don't know how? Getting a gig can seem mysterious to the uninitiated. Randy...

Dissent and the dance brigade.(Krissy Keefer makes political statements through dance)
June 1, 2003... Krissy Keefer has been taking the temperature of social injustice for so long, her sun is permanently stuck in Mercury. She had been a politically committed choreographer from the moment she began making work twenty-nine years ago, and she had...

Dances of protest.
June 1, 2003... Is there a role for art in troubled times beyond escape or catharsis? These choreographers thought so; their dances were their voices raised in social protest. They hold up mirrors and make a howl. * The Green Table, Kurt Jooss (1932)....

New York International Ballet Competition.(20th anniversary, June 28-29, 2003)
June 1, 2003... The New York International Ballet Competition celebrates its twentieth anniversary with a grand reunion of all dancers from past competitions on the weekend of June 28-29, 2003. Past participants include distinguished artists such as Jose...

No small passion: at San Francisco Ballet, outreach education is about changing the world.
June 1, 2003... It's hard to talk to Charles Chip McNeal without getting excited. The San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education manager's enthusiasm for what he does is palpable, and he practically vibrates as he speaks. At his side, in a partnership so...

2003 National Medal of Arts. (People and Companies).(Trisha Brown accepts award at White House)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Dance-choreographer TRISHA BROWN is a 2003 National Medal of Arts recipient and accepted the honor at the White House in March...

San Francisco Ballet. (People and Companies).(a reduction in number of dancers to meet budget shortfall)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... As part of its efforts to forestall a projected budget shortfall of $1.2 million for the 2002-03 and 2003-04 fiscal years, SAN FRANCISCO BALLET has reduced the number of dancer contracts from seventy-two to sixty-nine. Corps de ballet members...

American Ballet Theatre. (People and Companies).(Xiomara Redes becomes principal dancer and Erica Cornejo is soloist)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... ... AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE has promoted XIOMARA REDES to principal dancer and ERICA CORNEJO to soloist...

Miami City Ballet. (People and Companies).(Iliana Lopez and Franklin Gamero retiring)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... After sixteen years as principal dancers, ILIANA LOPEZ and FRANKLIN GAMERO, who are married, will retire from MIAMI CITY BALLET at the end of the 2003-04 season...

A new incentive program, chicago dancemakers forum. (People and Companies).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... A new incentive program, CHICAGO DANCEMAKERS FORUM, has awarded its first round of grants to GINGER FARLEY, JIMMY RAYNE JR., SHELDON B. SMITH, and ERICA WILSON-PERKINS...

New York City Ballet. (People and Companies).(travel to Copenhagen )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... NEW YORK CITY BALLET will dance September 2-7 at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, the company's first visit to Copenhagen since 1993. Repertoire includes dances by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins (a Danish native),...

Oakland Ballet. (People and Companies).(disappointing Nutcracker ticket sales causes shortfall)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... OAKLAND BALLET has announced that despite an 11 percent increase in subscription sales, the company faces an income gap of $300,000. Disappointing ticket sales for last December's NUTCRUCKER are blamed for the shortfall...

The National Ballet for Canada. (People and Companies).(Rex Harrington marks his twentieth anniversary and Heather Ogden is promoted to first soloist)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... JAMES KUDELKA will create a ballet based on Eugene Labiche's farce, An Italian Straw Hat, for THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA'S 2003-04 season, during which principal dancer REX HARRINGTON will mark his twentieth anniversary with the company....

At the twelfth annual Lester Horton Dance Awards. (People and Companies).(Don Martin recevies Lifetime Achievement and Karen McDonald receives teaching award)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... At the twelfth annual LESTER HORTON DANCE AWARDS, given at Los Angeles's Japan America Theatre April 13, DON MARTIN was granted a Lifetime Achievement Award and KAREN MCDONALD was recognized with this year's Teaching Award...

Montrealer Andrew Giday has won this year's Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award. (People and Companies).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Montrealer ANDREW GIDAY has won this year's CLIFFORD E. LEE CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD, which is administered by the Banff Centre annually to recognize emerging Canadian dancemakers...

Greenville's South Carolina Ballet and Columbia City Ballet have announced they will merge but will continue to perform in both cities. (People and Companies).(William Starrett will head the organization)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Greenville's SOUTH CAROLINA BALLET and COLUMBIA CITY BALLET have announced they will merge but will continue to perform in both cities. WILLIAM STARRETT, current artistic and executive director of Columbia City Ballet, will head the new...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. (People and Companies).(Erin Derstine and Christopher Tierney achieve full company status)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO has promoted apprentices Erin Derstine and Christopher Tierney to full company status...

Lexington Ballet. (People and Companies).(Frank Galvez and Lucia Montero will leave in June for Florida)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... FRANK GALVEZ and LUCIA MONTERO will conclude their engagement as directors, teachers, and choreographers of the LEXINGTON BALLET in June. The pair will relocate to central Florida.

Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. (People and Companies).(grant received from Chicago Community Trust )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... For the second consecutive year, GUS GIORDANO JAzz DANCE CHICAGO has received a $30,000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust as part of its Excellence in Dance grant-making priority. The money will underwrite the work of Chicago...

The tenth annual Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation runs August 4-10. (People and Companies).(some participants involved are Keith Hennessy, Martin Keogh and Dana Reitz)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The tenth annual SEATTLE FESTIVAL OF ALTERNATIVE DANCE AND IMPROVISATION runs August 4-10. Participants include KEITH HENNESSY, MARTIN KEOGH, and DANA REITZ...

The BBC has commissioned Gallili Dance of Netherlands to create a dance film. (People and Companies).(A Sense of Gravity directed by Itzik Galili and David Anderson)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The BBC has commissioned GALILI DANCE of the Netherlands to create a dance film, A Sense of Gravity, directed by Itzik Galili and David Anderson.

Health and fitness for life.(avoiding knee injuries in dance)
June 1, 2003... How accurately can you describe your feet? Most dancers can relate every line and curve; feet demand, and get, plenty of attention. And most dancers know which hip is more flexible, which has better turnout. But most dancers are not familiar...

Dance is any language. (Young Dancer[R]).(Abdou N'Dir)(Biography)
June 1, 2003... Abdou N'Dir's odyssey from a farming village in Africa to the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance School in Denver, Colorado, began when he was only 7. That's when he met Judy Beggs Pierson, the first blonde woman he had ever seen. A lawyer from Denver...

The Flint Youth Ballet. (Teachers and Schools).(performs at the June 2003 Tanzsommer dance festival)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Teachers and Schools The FLINT YOUTH BALLET of' Michigan, directed by Karen Mills Jennings, performs in the June 2003 Tanzsommer dance festival in Austria. www.thefim.com...

George Washington University. (Teachers and Schools).(associate professor Dana Tai Soon creates dance work)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... DANA TAI SOON BURGESS, associate professor of dance at The George Washington University, is part of a Smithsonian photo exhibition through August 20 celebrating 100 years of Korean American history. Burgess will create a dance work to be...

American Ballet Theatre soloist Joaquin De Luz. (Teachers and Schools).(becomes a guest faculty member of The Rock School in Philadelphia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... American Ballet Theatre soloist JOAQUIN DE LUZ has become a permanent guest faculty member of The Rock School in Philadelphia. www.therock school.org...

The School at Jacob's Pillow. (Teachers and Schools).(Anna-Marie Holmes and Julio Leitao lead dance sessions)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... THE SCHOOL AT JACOB'S PILLOW begins June 9-22 with a professional-track ballet program directed by Anna-Marie Holmes, former artistic director of the Boston Ballet. From June 23 to July 6, Julio Leitao leads a session for contemporary and...

The National Dance Association presented its 2003 Heritage Award to Ruth Solomon at the AAHPERD national convention held in April in Philadelphia. (Teachers and Schools).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The National Dance Association presented its 2003 Heritage Award to RUTH SOLOMON at the AAHPERD national convention held in April in Philadelphia. Solomon established and headed the dance program at the University of California, Santa Cruz from...

Slipperry Rock University. (Teachers and Schools).(Jennifer Keller,assistant professor of dance, receives the Zuzak Teaching/Scholarship award and the Harry Schwalb Arts Award)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... JENNIFER KELLER, Slippery Rock University assistant professor of dance, received the ZUZAK TEACHING/SCHOLAR AWARD from SRU, and the Pittsburgh Magazine 2002 Harry Schwalb Excellence in the Arts Award for dance, www.sru.edu...

Rebecca Hill of Quail Hollow Middle School and Jermaine McGhee of Northwest School of the Arts. (Teachers and Schools).(honor presented by North Carolina Dance Theatre)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... REBECCA HILL of Quail Hollow Middle School and JERMAINE MCGHEE of Northwest School of the Arts were honored January 30 by North Carolina Dance Theatre as outstanding dance educator and dance student, respectively, of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg...

Dance directory: schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, dancers, choreographers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga.(Directory)
June 1, 2003... Contents United States 45 International Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, 56 Dance Medicine, and Yoga 57 United States ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Ada...

Fanning the flame of a legend.(2003 Frostburg Summer Dance Retreat)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Martha Graham's famous passion for art will infuse the bodies and minds of a new generation when intermediate and advanced modern dance and ballet students ages 16 and older gather June 9-21 for the 2003 Frostburg Summer Dance Retreat in...

Altogether Different 2003.(Dance Review)
June 1, 2003... The Joyce Theater New York, New York January 3-19, 2003 ALTHOUGH BALLET COMPANIES sometimes perform at The Joyce Theater, its Altogether Different series traditionally showcases modern dance. "Peter Boal Solos," the highlight of this year's...

Martha Graham Dance Company.
June 1, 2003... The Joyce Theater New York, New York January 21-February 2, 2003 Her legs were short. Her hands and feet were gnarled even when she was quite young. Her face, with its high cheekbones and mouth usually ajar, had an Asian cast. Martha Graham...

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center Houston, Texas February 14-15, 2003 At last Houston has a contemporary dance company on par with its symphony, opera, and ballet companies. Dominic Walsh Dance Theater rocked the new Hobby Center with its debut...

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
June 1, 2003... Byham Theatre Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 8, 2003 Ohio's oldest modern dance ensemble has moved forward since founder Jeraldyne Blunden's death three years ago--Artistic Director Kevin Ward has shifted the repertoire away from the...

Isadora ... No Apologies.(Dance Review)
June 1, 2003... The Duke on 42nd Street New York, New York January 22-26, 29-February 2, 2003 Isadora Duncan was not just a great artist with a vision who revolutionized dance. SHE WAS ALSO A WOMAN, ONE WHOSE LIFE WAS FILLED WITH ROMANCE AND PASSION,...

Bill "Crutchmaster" Shannon.(Dance Review)
June 1, 2003... Dance Theater Workshop New York, New York January 21-February 9, 2003 Bill Shannon's AOW: Remix, which received its New York premiere at Dance Theater Workshop, is aptly named. The mix is total. THE OUTCOME IS A REWORKING OF CONVENTIONAL...

Dance theater.
June 1, 2003... HERE'S THE SAD REALITY OF TODAY'S BROADWAY: If your very favorite musical were produced--with love and care and a suitable budget--it would probably be a flop. Not an immediate, disastrous flop, because it's probably going to have other fans...

An Instinct for Success: Arnold Spohr and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.(also reviews A Memoir; Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life )(Book Review)(Children's Review)
June 1, 2003... An Instinct for Success: Arnold Spohr and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet BY MICHAEL CRABB. TORONTO, CANADA: DANCE COLLECTION DANSE PRESS/ES. 2002. 288 PAGES, ILLUST. $26.95. ISBN 0-929003-45-4. A Memoir BY GRANT STRATE. TORONTO, CANADA: DANCE...

Charles Bennett.(founding artistic director of the First Chamber Dance Company)(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... Charles Bennett, a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and the founding artistic director of the highly respected First Chamber Dance Company, died of lung cancer December 27, 2002, in Mexico. He was 68. Born in Wheaton, Illinois, Bennett...

Irene Diamond.(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... Philanthropist Irene Diamond, whose wealth helped finance the performing arts, died January 21, 2003, in her Manhattan home. She was 92. Diamond, a former model turned Hollywood script editor, created the fund from the Aaron Diamond...

Diana Gould Menuhin.(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... Lady Menuhin, widow of the great violinist and British musical leader Lord Yehudi Menuhin, died January 25, 2003, in London. She was a hostess and considerable figure in musical London, but before her marriage in 1947 and her subsequent...

Natalia Dudinskaya.(State Prize of the U.S.S.R., the Order of the Red Banner, American Biography Institute's Woman of the Year)(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... Natalia Dudinskaya, one of Russia's most outstanding ballerinas, died January 29, 2003, in St. Petersburg. She was 90. Her dancing was imbued with poetic expressiveness, impeccable musicality, purity of line, and dynamic vitality. She later...

Dance scape Nureyev.(Rudolf Nureyev)(Biography)
June 1, 2003... The hagiographers and the hatchet men have only begun to do their best--or their worst--on the already weathered marble bust of Rudolf Nureyev's reputation. Ten years after his death in Paris at age 54 from AIDS complications--and even...

Attitudes.(Paris Opera Ballet)
June 1, 2003... When nearly forty years ago I switched (overnight and a subsequent lifetime) from being a native Londoner to become an immigrant New Yorker, I knew that one of the things I would miss most about London would be Paris, and what is nowadays their...