Dance Magazine articles from March 2002

Dance Magazine archives from March 2002

Calendar March.
March 1, 2002... Note: We list only professional performances. When a theater is listed more than once, see the first listing for address and box-office number. Performances United States Alabama Mobile Mar. 9-10, Mobile Ballet...

Flying in the face of fear. (Starting Here).(aerial dancing considered)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... SOME YEARS AGO a feminist writer authored a book called Fear of Flying. The title was catchy and resonated with prospective readers, and the book became a best seller. Although it was fraught with Freudian interpretations of flying, still the...

Original intentions. (Kickoff).(choreographic intention and interpretive performances)(Brief Article)(Column)
March 1, 2002... DO AS I SAY," ONE OF MY TEACHERS IN A SMALL SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL USED TO ADMONISH US, "NOT AS I DO." THE PARADOXICAL COMMAND NOT ONLY AMUSED US BUT PROBABLY HELPED PREPARE US FOR a world of contradictions that would require both wisdom and...

Corrections and clarifications.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2002... The Summer Study Guide in January's Dance Magazine should have listed the phone number for the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago's summer intensive as 212/254-8520. The session will run from June 17 through August 9 at the Joffrey Ballet School in...

Israel Ballet turns 35. (News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Israel Ballet is celebrating its thirty-fifth anniversary this season with a showcase of programs to whet the appetite of many a balletomane. Now, even in the midst of social upheaval, the country's largest dance group, and its only...

Colorado Dance Festival ends long run. (News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Cutting-edge experimental dance; pioneering tap celebrations; classes in a dizzying array of forms and styles; cross-cultural collaborative performances; community outreach for seniors, at-risk youth, and the homeless: All these services and...

Dancing for doctors. (News).(Royal Swedish Ballet dancers pose for calendar; profits to Doctors Without Borders)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... For the third year in a row, Royal Swedish Ballet dancers are leaping through the months in their very own wall calendar. The gravity-defying photos are snapped by photographer and Norwegian National Ballet dancer John Andresen. RSB dancer...

Moving in a safe place. (News).(Gina Gibney Dance members work with abused women)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Magazine clippings were scattered on the floor at a recent movement workshop led by Gina Gibney Dance members. The photos of snow-capped mountains, palm tree-lined beaches, and woodsy cabins bore little resemblance to the workshop's downtown...

Balkan modern dance gets a boost. (News).(choreographer Mark Taylor teaches at conference, Sofia, Bulgaria)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Will the Balkan region become a center for contemporary dance? American choreographer Mark Taylor, director of Pittsburgh's Dance Alloy, already sees Balkan choreographers "as part of the dance discourse in Europe." Taylor, who initially...

Talk about dance. (News).(creating dance archives)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Music lovers have it over ballet aficionados in at least one respect. They can revisit great artists, even those who are no longer performing. While a recording may never compete with hearing Kirsten Flagstad or Yehudi Menuhin live, what...

The Pittsburgh Dance Council finds a partner. (News).(merges with Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Pittsburgh Dance Council may be able to import major dance companies that it couldn't afford before, now that it has merged with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, a property developer-cum-presenter. The PDC, a preeminent dance presenter,...

Gordon King.(watercolors of Darcey Bussell)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... At a recent Royal Opera House event in London, Royal Ballet principal Darcey Bussell received first-edition prints of watercolors by Gordon King depicting her dancing. Prints can be purchased from Ever English Ltd. (www.everenglish.com). A...

Mark Morris Dance Center.(opens)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Mark Morris Dance Center, located in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, is now officially open. A dedication ceremony was held in late December to mark the event...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.(designs for new facilities)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In late November, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater unveiled the final designs for its new building and announced that $47.5 million of the $60 million it seeks for construction and an endowment had been raised...

American Ballet Theatre.(Paloma Herrera traveled to Moscow )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... This winter, American Ballet Theatre principal Paloma Herrera traveled to Moscow to dance for a gala event honoring the twentieth anniversary of Nina Ananiashvili at the Bolshoi...

American Dance Festival.
March 1, 2002... The deadline for submitting entries for the American Dance Festival's seventh annual Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance is March 1. Call 212/586-1925 for info...

Bates Dance Festival.(Lewiston, Maine)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Bates Dance Festival at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, recently announced the details of its twentieth-anniversary season. Jane Comfort and Company, Tere O'Connor, Robert Moses' KIN, Simone Forti, and others will teach this year. Visit...

Jazz on Tap.(Atlanta festival)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Atlanta's Jazz on Tap festival celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this month. The event involves 700 tappers and takes place March 8-10. Visit www.jazzontapatlanta.com for details...

Kentucky Center for the Arts.(reopens)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville reopens on March 22 with a multi-event bash that includes a performance of STOMP. Call 800/775-7777 or visit www.kca.org...

Jacob's Pillow Intern Program.(praised)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Yankee Magazine listed the Jacob's Pillow Intern Program among the top twenty Best Summer Jobs in 2001. For details on the internships, visit www.jacobs pillow.org...

Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation.(gives $10 million to John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In December, the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation gave the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., $10 million to launch a new performing arts series that will present unique performances or collaborations. The first...

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
March 1, 2002... The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company celebrated the December birthday of its founder, Jeraldyne Blunden, with a balloon launch. Blunden died in 1999...

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.(Rex Harrington wins Gemini Award)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The National Ballet of Canada's Rex Harrington won a Gemini Award, given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, for his performance in the film production of The Four Seasons, choreographed by the ballet company's artistic director,...

Dance Space Center.(donation from the Jerome Foundation)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Dance Space Center in Manhattan recently received $40,000 from the Jerome Foundation to support its annual "In the Company of Men" a concert of works by male artists...

Avodah Dance Ensemble.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Manhattan-based Avodah Dance Ensemble recently received $25,000 from the Nathan Cummings Foundation to support The Forgiveness Project, an initiative that explores forgiveness through dance and sacred texts...

Dance Connecticut.(grant from the Northeast Utilities Foundation )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In late November, Hartford-based Dance Connecticut received a $50,000 grant from the Northeast Utilities Foundation to support organizational redevelopment and institutional growth...

Sacramento Ballet.(grant from the James Irvine Foundation )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... California's Sacramento Ballet received a $200,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation for a three-year audience-development campaign that will include the acquisition of new repertoire by prominent choreographers...

Jawaahir Dance Company.(receives $8,500 grant)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Jawaahir Dance Company, Minneapolis-St. Paul's premier Middle Eastern dance company, was awarded $8,500 from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for their seasonal concert called "Dancing to Byzantium"...

SFB.(San Francisco Ballet appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Former San Francisco Ballet principal Evelyn Cisneros has joined the SFB staff as ballet education coordinator, and Dance In Schools coordinator Charles McNeal has been promoted to education manager...

Alonzo King's LINES Ballet.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Alonzo King's LINES Ballet dancer Summer Lee Rhatigan retired this winter but is directing LINES's first pre-professional summer-study workshop for students age 14 and up. The course will be held in San Francisco from July 8 through August 3....

Kentucky's Louisville Ballet.(Alun Jones retires)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... After leading Kentucky's Louisville Ballet for twenty-four years, Artistic Director Alun Jones has announced that he will retire in June...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.(employee promotions)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced that Hubbard Street 2 dancers Erin Derstine and Christopher Tierney have been promoted to main-company apprentices...

Dance Theatre of Harlem.(new board members)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Dance Theatre of Harlem recently announced four new board members: Rodney Slater, former U.S. secretary of transportation under President Clinton; Gregory Switzer, principal of The Switzer Group; Pamela Joyner, founding partner of Avid...

San Francisco Ballet.(new board members)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The San Francisco Ballet also welcomed Pamela Joyner to its board, along with Susan Hoffman, an educator and philanthropist, and Janice Hansen Zakin, an obstetrician-gynecologist...

London's Language of Dance Centre.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... London's Language of Dance Centre has announced that Adam Cooper, former Royal Ballet principal and lead in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, is the center's newest patron. He joins the ranks of Alicia Markova, Paul Taylor, and others who have...

Delicate charm meets steely technique: Alina Cojocaru has stolen the hearts of British balletomanes. (Cover Story).(Cover Story)(Interview)
March 1, 2002... SHE'S 5'2" WITH MELTING BROWN eyes and a cheeky grin, and she holds the London dance world in her thrall. Yet The Royal Ballet's young Alina Cojocaru seems oblivious to all the attention she's getting. "Do you mean it?" she queried, those eyes...

Flying women.(aerial artists "dance" in the air with use of equipment)
March 1, 2002... FOUR FLYING WOMEN SIT ON FOLDING CHAIRS ON A PROSCENIUM STAGE IN AN AUDITORIUM OF THE SAN JOSE CONVENTION CENTER IN CALIFORNIA. ALL PRACTICED PROFESSIONAL performers. They are still uncomfortable since this is far from their regular performing...

Learning to dance on air.(studying aerial dance)
March 1, 2002... IF YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE A WATER BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND THAT YOU ARE DRINKING FROM CONSTANTLY, THEN YOU ARE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER," WARNS NANCY SMITH DURING OUR ORIENTAtion. Smith is founder and artistic director of Frequent Flyer Productions...

The airborne dances of Trisha Brown.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... TRISHA BROWN HAS ALWAYS LOVED DANCING THAT LEAVES THE GROUND. EVEN BEFORE HER FAMOUS WALKING ON THE WALL (1971), SHE CLIMBED ATOP A CARGO NET SUSPENDED ABOVE THE heads of audience members and wove her way into and out of garments twelve feet...

A tall order for Trey McIntyre: choreographer sets Houston Ballet's Peter Pan.
March 1, 2002... TREY MCINTYRE IS FLYING HIGH THESE DAYS, AND FREQUENTLY. FOR MUCH OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE 32-YEAR-OLD CHOREOGRAPHER HAS BEEN FOLDING HIS 6'6" BODY INTO AIRPLANES, FLYING IN AND OUT OF PORTLAND, OREGON, his home base since 1998, staging his...

AXIS dancing with and without wheels: when AXIS dance company was approached about performing during the olympic arts festival in Salt Lake City this month, they were given an option. Did they want to appear during the olympics or the paralympics? For AXIS, a fifteen-year-old Oakland-based company of ten, some of whom have disabilities, this type of question is a subject of ongoing discussion.
March 1, 2002... "WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON IT," Judy Smith, AXIS's artistic director, explains. "It was a hard choice because it's very nice for us to be in the mainstream, but we finally went with a date [March 10] during the Paralympics." While it may...

Driving force at the 92nd Street Y: Joan Finkelstein approaches her tenth anniversary as director of the Harkness Dance Center, and the Y has cause to celebrate.
March 1, 2002... Imagine sitting opposite a Modigliani woman with her long, strong neck, oval, almost ascetic face, slate blue eyes. Imagine her crossed with Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase: all action, keeping several themes vibrantly alive as she...

Dance takes center stage. (Dance Theater).(new production of Oklahoma! recalls beginnings of importance of dance in musical theater)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES TO look for the starting point of modern American musical theater. But lots of experts will suggest that it began on March 31, 1943. That's the day Oklahoma! opened at the St. James Theatre, jolting its war-weary...

Advice for dancers.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, LINDA HAMILTON, PH.D., IS ALSO A LECTURER, A PSYCHOLOGIST, A FORMER DANCER WITH NEW YORK CITY BALLET, AND AUTHOR OF ADVICE FOR DANCERS (JOSSEY-BASS). When you danced on pointe, did you have good...

Stretching to new heights: Marjorie Thompson brings Pilates--and more--to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. (The Teach-Learn Connection).
March 1, 2002... MARJORIE THOMPSON CASTS HER pink teaching shoes aside and, wearing a silky, loose-fitting gray pantsuit, sits on the floor in Studio A at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. "Grab a band and grab a mat," she says as two dozen barefoot young dancers...

University dance program expands. (The Teach-Learn Connection).(combined dance, physical therapy program at California University of Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Ballet and science will combine in an unusual pas de deux at California University of Pennsylvania (CUP) beginning in September 2002. The university, located on a ninety-acre campus one hour south of Pittsburgh, is introducing a new bachelor of...

Pennsylvania dance educators meet. (The Teach-Learn Connection).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Members of the Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance converged on Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Champion, Pennsylvania, for the organization's eightieth annual conference November 29-December 2....

`You call that a real job?' (On Education).(dance teachers)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... ALL DANCERS AND TEACHERS HAVE DEALT WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS WHO THINK OUR DEDICATION TO THE ART OF DANCE IS A NICE HOBBY. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN ASKED, "WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET A `REAL' JOB?" ALTHOUGH THE QUESTION is a bit humorous,...

Answers 4 dancers.(auditioning for performing arts high school)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... TONY AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER GROVER DALE IS EDITOR OF DANCE & FITNESS MAGAZINE. FOR THIS COLUMN, HE DRAWS ON HIS EXPERIENCES AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH 16 BROADWAY SHOWS, 8 FEATURE FILMS, AND OVER 100 TELEVISION SPECIALS. IF I'M NOT...

Making the Downtown Scene. (New York).(Dance Theater Workshop Around Town series)
March 1, 2002... Making the Downtown Scene The Duke on 42nd Street New York, New York October 24-November 17, 2001 Dance Theater Workshop is renovating its home on West 19th Street in New York City, and will be programming again in October 2002. However, a...

Stylish Hispanico Celebration. (New York).
March 1, 2002... Stylish Hispanico Celebration Ballet Hispanico Joyce Theater New York, New York November 27-December 9, 2001 Ballet Hispanico's annual New York seasons are always a much-anticipated pleasure for the company's loyal viewers, who know they...

Varone, Watt Shine in Limon Show. (New York).
March 1, 2002... Varone, Watt Shine in Limon Show The Limon Dance Company Joyce Theater New York, New York November 13-25, 2001 The most satisfying piece to emerge from the Limon Company's Joyce Theater run wasn't Murray Louis's world premiere, Isle (From...

Autumn Reveries at ABT. (New York).
March 1, 2002... Autumn Reveries at ABT American Ballet Theatre City Center Theater New York, New York October 23-November 4, 2001 The lights slowly faded on Julie Kent and Angel Corella. He held her straight up, with one of her arms raised, also straight...

Memorable Dancing Done on the Fly. (New York).
March 1, 2002... Memorable Dancing Done on the Fly Movement Research Tenth Annual Improvisation Festival Various venues New York, New York November 26-December 9, 2001 "Here today, gone today," the late Richard Bull, a noted improviser, used to say about...

Cuba Dances Capital `Giselle' in D.C. (National).
March 1, 2002... Cuba Dances Capital `Giselle' in D.C. Ballet Nacional de Cuba Opera House, John IF. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, D.C. November 20-25, 2001 To open the Ballet Nacional de Cuba's first Washington season in twenty-two...

Fest Guests Think on Their Feet. (National).
March 1, 2002... Fest Guests Think on Their Feet Washington, D.C. Seventh International Improvisation Plus + Festival Various venues Washington, D.C., and vicinity November 29-December 9, 2001 Total immersion in this improvisation festival meant more than...

Rousseve in Polished `Chat'. (National).(David Rousseve)
March 1, 2002... Rousseve in Polished `Chat' "The Ten Year Chat": A Solo Evening With David Rousseve Harold M. Williams Auditorium The Getty Center Los Angeles, California November 16, 2001 Since 1989, David Rousseve/REALITY has created trenchant, socially...

Dance directory: schools, colleges, teachers, dancers, and regional companies.
March 1, 2002... ALABAMA ALABAMA BALLET Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Ada Chapital, Business Manager 2726 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 322-4300; Fax (205) 322-4444 ALABAMA DANCE THEATRE Kitty Seale, Dir. Haynes Owens, Ballet...

Heritage? ... What heritage? (Attitudes).(preserving modern dance pieces)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... THERE WERE TWO TRULY IMPORTANT TRENDS IN DANCE DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE FIRST--THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN DANCE AND ITS GROWTH, AT FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES, THEN LATER WORLDWIDE, as a distinct form of theatrical dance and an...