Dance Magazine articles from November 2003

Dance Magazine archives from November 2003

No hidden agenda.(Starting Here)(use of nudity in dance)(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... The recent increase in performers appearing onstage sans clothing has offended and confused many audiences. This is not a return to 1970s seeking, which was done for its shock effect, nor is it a boycott of fashionistas-cum-costume-designers....

Assaulted by noise.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... Finally someone dared to say what has upset me for a while. A great thank-you for your article on noise at modern dance shows [Rants and Raves, July, page 36]. I feel high noise levels during performances are an act of physical aggression, and...

Yes, noise annoys.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... Allan Ulrich is right on about the pain frequently endured at ballet performances due to over-amplified sound of recorded music. Why should I have to sit with my hands over nay ears to watch the program? I pay to see the dancers, costumes, and...

On the dance, the dancers ...(American Ballet Theatre Update)(dance director Kevin McKenzie)(Interview)
November 1, 2003... [DM] Ask Kevin McKenzie how, after ten years of directing American Ballet Theatre, he feels about rescuing the company from the brink of collapse and he replies without a beat. "It seems like yesterday that I was looking down the barrel of a...

Texas Ballet Theater.(New and Notable)(new name for Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Fort Worth Dallas Ballet has changed its name to TEXAS BALLET THEATER. Incoming artistic director is BEN STEVENSON.

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.(New and Notable)(to present a work by choreographer Elisa Monte)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... ELISA MONTE will choreograph a work inspired by the photographs of actor LEONARD NIMOY. The dance will be unveiled November 19 at New York's SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

Stuttgart Ballet.(New and Notable)(produces work by Christian Spuck)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... STUTTGART BALLET will produce CHRISTIAN SPUCK'S Lulu, A Monster Tragedy, a full-evening work inspired by the plays of Frank Wedekind and set to scores by Berg and Shostakovich. The premiere is December 5.

UCLA.(New and Notable)(presents United States premiere)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... UCLA presents the United States premiere of EDOUARD LOCK'S Amelia November 12, danced by La La La Human Steps.

... And the dollars.(American Ballet Theatre Update)(chairman of the board Lewis S. Ranieri)(Interview)
November 1, 2003... [DM] There's a secret adage at Ballet Theatre, which I'll spill for you. Every once in a while, someone whispers, 'God loves ABT; otherwise, it wouldn't really exist.'" If the jovial bearer of this maxim, Lewis S. Ranieri, has anything to do...

Northwest makeover.(Dance Matters)(renovation of theater that is home to Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera, Seattle, Washington)
November 1, 2003... It makes sense that a city with a tradition of recycling like Seattle, would choose to renovate a theater instead of demolishing it and starting over. Built in 1928 and first remodeled in 1962, the Opera House (home of Pacific Northwest Ballet...

Ruth Page Award.(Honors)(Dame Libby Komaiko)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... DAME LIBBY KOMAIKO, founder and artistic director of the Ensemble Espaniol Spanish Dance Theater, is the recipient of the 2003 RUTH PAGE AWARD.

The Kitty Carlisle Hart Awards.(Honors)(Twyla Tharp, Richard Avedon)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... THE KITTY CARLISLE HART AWARDS for outstanding achievement in the arts go to choreographer TWYLA THARP and photographer RICHARD AVEDON.

Dance/USA and The James Irvine Foundation have awarded California DanceMaker Grants.(Honors)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... DANCE/USA and THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION have awarded California DanceMaker Grants (of $10,000 each) to KAWIKA ALFICHE, GINA ANGELIQUE, RANDE DORN, HEIDI DUCKLER, ADRIANA GAINEY, ROBERT GILLIAM, SUE LI JUE NANCY MCCALEB, DEBORAH VAUGHAN, and...

National Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame.(Honors)(receives funding for exhibition)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE & HALL OF FAME has received a $16,000 grant from New York State Council on the Arts to create an exhibition about the New Dance Group, set to open in spring 2004.

Leeway Foundation.(Honors)(grants to Philadelphia-area dance artists)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Philadelphia-area dance artists MYRA BAZELL, NICOLE COUSINEAU, ANNE-MARIE MULGREW, IONE NASH, and JODI NETZER have received Window of Opportunity grants from the LEEWAY FOUNDATION.

BalletMet Columbus.(Who's Where?)(dancers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... BALLETMET COLUMBUS has welcomed four new company member--Adrienne Benz, Adrina DeVitre, Elizabeth Farotte, and Allison Jay.

Kansas City Ballet.(Who's Where?)(dancers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... KANSAS CITY BALLET has added Stayce Camparo, Francis Veyette, and Nathan Bland to its roster. Departing dancers include Igor Burlak, Jorge Laico. and Jennifer Owen.

Ballet West.(Who's Where)(dancers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Joining BALLET WEST are Daniel Escudero, Aaron Orlowski, and Nicholas Scott. The company has promoted Christiana Bennett to soloist.

Oregon Ballet Theatre.(Who's Where?)(dancers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... For his first season as artistic director of OREGON BALLET THEATRE, Christopher Stowell has engaged Kester Cotton, Paul Destrooper, Katie Gibson, Yuka Lino, Gavin Larsen. Mia Leimkuhler, Kathi Martuza, and Arthur Sultanov.

Miami City Ballet.(Who's Where?)(dancers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... MIAMI CITY BALLET has hired Haiyan Wu, Xiaosong Li, Suzanne Limbrunner, Allyne Noelle, and Jeanette Delgado. The company has also promoted Carlos Guerra, Mikhail Ilyin, Michelle Merrell, and Yann Trividic to principal ranking.

Milwaukee Ballet.(Who's Where?)(Denis Malinkine)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... DENIS MALINKINE is a new ballet master of the MILWAUKEE BALLET.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.(Who's Where?)(Monica Trogani)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... MONICA TROGANI is the new ballet mistress of HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO.

Dutch National Ballet.(Who's Where?)(dancers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Dancers GAEL LAMBIOTTE, BORIS DE LEEUW, and SABINE CHALAND have returned to the DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET after stints with other companies.

Martha Graham Dance Company.(Who's Where?)(music director Aaron Sherber)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... AARON SHERBER is the new music director of the MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY.

The Yard.(Who's Where?)(Lois Welk, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... LOIS WELK has succeeded Patricia N. Nanon as artistic director of THE YARD, the Martha's Vineyard-based performing artists' colony.

Precaution or prejudice?(Dance Matters)(case of discrimination brought by HIV positive man against Cirque du Soleil)
November 1, 2003... On July 15, 2003, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a legal advocacy group far the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities, filed a federal complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in...

In deffense of teen teachers.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... Rhee Gold said in the September issue's On Education article [page 62], "There are very few 16-year-olds who possess the experience needed to work with young children." I am 16, and have been an assistant dance teacher for six years. I teach...

Clarifications.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2003... The box-office number for Kansas City Ballet was misstated in the September issue's Fall Preview. The correct number is 816.931.2232 x.375. The Louisville Ballet's ticket phone number is 502.58. DANCE. The company performs at the newly...

Calendar: November.(Calendar)
November 1, 2003... LOS ANGELES, CA Nov 7-8, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Royce Hall, Univ of California, Sunset & Royce Dr, 310.825.2101, www.performingarts.ucla.edu B0STON, MA Nov 13-16, Kirov Ballet, Wang Theatre, Wang Center for the Performing Arks,...

News from the muse.(former Balanchine ballerina Suzanne Farrell and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet)(Interview)
November 1, 2003... This fall, as prelude to the 2004 George Balanchine centennial, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet embarks on its first national tour. One of the greatest ballerinas of her time and Balanchine's last muse, Farrell has been teaching summer intensives at...

Fringe mermaid.(New York Notebook)('Trapped' by Ksenia Vidyaykina)(Dance Review)
November 1, 2003... [NY] She writhed through a sinuous dance worthy of Salome and stripped down to skimpy hits of chiffon. Then she peeled from her leg a long skinlike patch, leaving tracks of blood. This was the opening scene in Ksenia Vidyaykina's solo...

Ballet Britz.(New York Notebook)(Michael Nunn, William Trevitt of George Piper Dances)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... [NY] When principal dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt quit The Royal Ballet in 1999, they made headlines. "We weren't getting enough roles," explains Nunn. But they soon reappeared, this time on British TV. Dubbed the Ballet Boyz, they...

Benitez's teatro flamenco.(New York Notebook)(Maria Benitez)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... [NY] Maria Benitez, half-Hispanic and half-Native American, has danced most of her life on tour, bringing flamenco dance and the Spanish classical tradition to towns across America. After several years' absence she returns to The Joyce Theater...

Driving 'rain'.(New York Notebook)(dance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker comes to Brooklyn Academy of Music festival)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... [NY] The current doyenne of contemporary dance in Europe, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, brings her company, Rosas, back to Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival November 12-15. De Keersmaeker, who attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts...

Cuban fusion.(New York Notebook)(Danc Cuba to perform at New Victory Theater, New York, New York)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... [NY] Lizt Alfonso's sensual all-female troupe, Dance Cuba, comes to the New Victory Theater November 14-30 from Havana, where Alfonso is known on the streets as a star. In her new Fuerza y Compas (Strength and Rhythm), she combines the...

New at NYU.(New York Notebook)(Ballet Hispanico to perform at New York University's Skirball Center)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... [NY] New York University inaugurates its first large theater with a blast from Ballet Hispanico November 11-16. The nearly 900-seat Skirball Center, located on Washington Square South, is designed for dance, drama, films, and musical theater...

Advice for dancers.
November 1, 2003... WHAT DO YOU DO WITH BUNIONS? I DON'T CARE THAT MY BIG TOE IS UNSIGHTLY AND HUGE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT APPEARS TO HAVE COME OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND PERHAPS HAS DISLOCATED. I CAN NO LONGER RELEVE, MUCH LESS WALK WITHOUT EXCRUCIATING PAIN. IS THERE...

Bill T. Jones.(Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company)(Interview)(Biography)
November 1, 2003... BILL T. JONES STARTED OUT RAILING AT THE WORLD, IN IMPROVISED MOVEMENT AND IN LANGUAGE, BUT THIRTY YEARS ON THE stage have mellowed him somewhat. In 2003, his choreography still engages both movement and language, but now the movement is set on...

Colin Dunne: deconstructing Irish dance.(Interview)(Biography)
November 1, 2003... Colin Dunne, the world champion Irish dancer who saved the day for Riverdance in 1995 when he jumped into the shoes of an abdicating Michael Flatley hours before curtain-up, has a bee in his bonnet. The dark-haired virtuoso who subsequently...

Circling in on Gyrotonic[R]: it's tempting to compare the conditioning system with Pilates--but the real question is who should use which modality, and when?(Juliu Horvath discusses the technique he developed)(Interview)(Biography)
November 1, 2003... In a fitness market that seems eternally hungry for new ways to hone and tone the body, Gyrotonic[R] is the latest find cropping up in health centers and studios across the country. The name has the sound of an early twentieth-century...

Doing double duty: Stephen Koplowitz, teacher/choreographer.(Interview)(Biography)
November 1, 2003... FOR HIS 1985 DEBUT AT NEW YORK'S DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP, CHOREOGRAPHER STEPHAN KOPLOWITZ OFFERED A WRY MEDITATION ON THE ANXIETIES OF ADOLESCENCE. CALLED I'M GROWING, it showed six young guys darling around in gym clothes while a voice-over...

Crash course in competition: Limon, Petipa, Bournonville styles challenge NYIBC dancers.(New York International Ballet Competition)
November 1, 2003... In a midtown Manhattan dance studio, Laura Kleinke, a participant in the New York International Ballet Competition, absorbed the intricacies of Bournonville's fleet footwork, as Danish ballet mistress Eva Kloborg coached her in Kermesse in...

Competition point of view: Susan Jaffe shares her perspective.(Youth America Grand Prix dance competition)(Interview)
November 1, 2003... Susan Jaffe, former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer, serve as artistic coordinator for Youth America Grand Prix last April. Jaffe was honored in 2003 with a Dance Magazine Award. Currently she is advisor to the chairman of ABT and...

On education.(how dance schools can attract more boys to their classes)
November 1, 2003... As a former dancer who had to overcome male stereotyping in the dance world, I'm often asked how teachers might attract more boys to their classes or schools. There are many ways to entice the male to your classroom; however, the priority has...

Dancing 2,600 miles from home.(Young Dancer[R])(one student's experience at Canada's National Ballet School)(Biography)
November 1, 2003... In January, then 14-year-old Samantha Stevenson left Petaluma, California, forty-eight miles north of San Francisco, headed to the airport, and boarded a Canada-bound plane alone. Six hours later, the sandy-brown-haired, leggy ninth grader...

The National Endowment For The Arts has awarded $1.5 million to nonprofit arts organizations to help them develop distinctive ways of using new technology to advance the art and serve the public.(Money Matters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS has awarded $1.5 million to nonprofit arts organizations to help them develop distinctive ways of using new technology to advance the art and serve the public. Thirteen projects will receive Resources for...

UCLA's Center for Intercultural Performance has received a $35,000 grant from the NEA and a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State.(Money Matters)(University of California at Los Angeles)(National Endowment for the Arts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... UCLA's Center for Intercultural Performance has received a $35.000 grant from the NEA and a $200.000 grant from the U.S. Department of Stale through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural .Affairs' Intercultural Public Private Fellows Program.

California state funding for the arts has been slashed from $18.4 million in fiscal year 2002-03 to $1 million in 2003-04.(Money Matters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... California state funding for the arts has been slashed from $18.4 million in fiscal year 2002-03 to $1 million in 2003-04, leaving state arts spending at less than three cents per person, thus making California dead last in per capita arts...

Spoleto Festival USA reports record ticket sales this year.(Money Matters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Spoleto Festival USA reports record ticket sales this year patrons bought more than $2.5 million in ducats for the South Carolina event.

The Japan Arts Foundation has announced grants of $300,000 to thirteen American presenters and artists.(Money Matters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Japan Arts Foundation has announced grants of $300,000 to thirteen American presenters and artists. Among them: California Institute of the Arts. Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, New York Foundation for the Arts, Theatre if Yugen,...

A new vision of dance.(Dance Matters)(charity organization Vocaleyes works with Sadler's Wells Theatre to make dance accessible to blind and partially sighted individuals)
November 1, 2003... Since 1998 the British charity organization Vocaleyes has been doing pioneering work enabling blind and partially sighted people to experience the joy of the arts through high-quality audio description. Funded through a grant from the National...

Fire!(fire at Maryinsky Theatre destroys decor and costumes, St. Petersburg, Russia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Decor and costumes for thirty opera and ballet productions, some of them in use for decades, were destroyed in the evening of September 5, when a fire swept the workshop and storage annex of St. Petersburg's Maryinsky Theatre. the home of both...

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.(Teachers and Schools)(holds symposium to explore work of Merce Cunningham)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... THE DANCE CENTER OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO will hold a symposium exploring Merce Cunningham's impact on contemporary dance November 13-15. As part of Conversations on Cunningham, Columbia dance students will perform a MinEvent set by former...

Dance Educators of America.(Teachers and Schools)(names Donna Farinella Dance Teacher of the Year)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... DONNA FARINELLA, director of Dance World Academy in Clifton and Passaic Park, New Jersey, was honored as Dance Teacher of the Year by, the Dance Educators of America. www.deadance .com

Philadelphia Regional Dance Heritage Network.(Teachers and Schools)(provides access to materials on dance)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Linda Caruso-Haviland of Bryn Mawr College, Mary Edsall of Temple University, Sharon Friedler of Swarthmore College, and Susan Glazer of University of the Arts have organized the PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL DANCE HERITAGE NETWORK to address issues of...

Mather Dance Program of Case Western Reserve University.(Teachers and Schools)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Students of the MATHER DANCE PROGRAM OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNVERSITY in Cleveland will perform Martha Graham's Steps in the Street." Set by Joyce Herring; former dancer with the Martha Graham Company, the piece is an excerpt from Chronicle,...

The Ballet Studio.(Teachers and Schools)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Henry Berg, formerly with San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet, opened THE BALLET STUDIO in San Francisco. Joining Berg as faculty are Cynthia Drayer-Reyes and visiting guest teacher Alexandre Proia. 415.661.750

Focus Dance Center for the Performing Arts.(Teachers and Schools)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Monie Adamson opened Focus DANCE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS in Irvine, California. Adamson, who holds a BFA in dance from the University of California, Irvine, has choreographed for television and was nominated for an Emmy and two American...

Galmont Ballet Centre for Dance Education.(Teachers and Schools)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Frank Galvez and Lucia Montero opened the GALMONT BALLET CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION in Melbourne, Florida. It's the official ballet school of Brevard Ballet Theater, of which Galvez is artistic director.www.galmontballet.com

North Carolina School of the Arts.(Teachers and Schools; appointed Kee-Juan Han)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... KEE-JUAN HAN joined the School of Dance at North Carolina School of the Arts. Han is a former soloist with the Boston Ballet and, until recently, directed the Arizona Ballet School. www.ncarts.edu

Scarsdale Ballet Studio.(Teachers and Schools; appointed Edery Anastasia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... ANASTASIA EDERY joined the faculty of the Scarsdale Ballet Studio in New York, Edery has performed with the Bolshoi Ballet and the Russian State Ballet Company in Moscow 914.725.8754

Dance theater.(The Boy From Oz)(Theater Review)
November 1, 2003... When was the last time you saw a pair of maracas chucka-chucka-chucking on a Broadway stage? Or, for that matter, a dozen pairs? It has been a while, I'll bet, no matter how old you are. But maracas are definitely back now that Hugh Jackman is...

American Dance Festival.
November 1, 2003... Page Auditorium and Reynolds Industries Theatre Duke University Durham, N. C. June 5-July 19, 2003 The American Dance Festival's seventieth season turned out to be one of the best in its twenty-six years in Durham, and a fitting tribute to...

'Bowie: Inside/Outside'.(Dance Review)
November 1, 2003... On the Boards Seattle, Washington May 8-11, 2003 It probably seemed like a great idea at the time: Twenty years after David Bowie sang "Let's Dance," commission an evening of new works by Seattle choreographers to music by the pop star....

Carlos Acosta and Company.(Dance Review)
November 1, 2003... Sadler's Wells Theatre London, England July 15-26, 2003 The queues outside Sadler's Wells Theatre for tickets hadn't been so long since British dance's enfant terrible, Michael Clark, bared his buttocks in the 1980s. But this time the...

'Saptak'.(Dance Review)
November 1, 2003... Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, California June 28, 2003 As I sat observing the illustrious and spell-binding kathak master Pandit Birju Maharaj, his percussive footwork talking, cajoling, then ringing in thunderous harmony...

Lincoln Center Festival, featuring Dance Theatre of Harlem, Batsheva Dance Company, and Shen Wei Arts.
November 1, 2003... Various venues New York City, New York July 8-26, 2003 International festivals like New York City's Lincoln Center Festival tantalize dance lovers with promises of offerings that are extremely varied and unique. The three...

Very bare bones.(Book Review)
November 1, 2003... Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2002. 223 pages, illustrations. $27.95. ISBN: 0300-0939-0. Nude dance in the nineteenth century? Maud Allan, a Canadian modern dancer; Mata Hari, a Dutch spy; Ida...

Holiday gift picks: Dance Magazine staffers make it easier.
November 1, 2003... West Side Story Deluxe One of the greatest musicals of all time is now available in a special edition DVD Collector Set. Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (1961), with its jazz-inflected choreography depicting racial...

Dance directory: schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, dancers, choreographers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga.(Directory)
November 1, 2003... Contents United States 86 International 97 Somatic Practices, Movement Arts, Dance Medicine, and Yoga ...

CORPS pays tribute to 'Miss Martinet'.(dance teacher and professor Francoise Martinet receives lifetime achievement award)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... "Walking into Francoise Martinet's class was like walking into an entirely positive energy field," recalled DANCE MAGAZINE's Wendy Perron in a tribute to her favorite ballet teacher. "She was buoyant, not just in herself; she seemed to make...

Malonga Casquelourd.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Distinguished dancer and master drummer Malonga Casquelourd, 55, was killed by a drunken driver June 15, 2003, in Oakland, California. Born in Douala, Cameroon, where his father served in the Colonial French army, Casquelourd started...

Oleg Tupine.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Oleg Tupine, teacher and former star of Sergei Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, passed away on June 15, 2003, at his home in northern Virginia at the age of 82. Born stateless aboard a Russian ship, Tupine grew up in Franco, and received...

Olga Valentine Baker.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Olga Valentine Baker, a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and artist, died June 5, 2003, in Tampa, Florida. She was 91. For several years, Baker was dance director for the Chicago Park District, and she organized several ballet companies...

Anne Belle.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Anne Belle, the filmmaker whose 1996 documentary Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse was nominated for an Academy Award, died of a heart attack on June 18, 2003, in New York City. She was 68. Belle trained as a dancer in Toronto and London,...

Enid Ricardeau.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Enid Ricardeau, a longtime dance teacher, director, choreographer, and coach who began taking ballet lessons at age 4 to overcome partial paralysis, died of heart failure June 26, 2003, in her native Michigan. She was 91. Ricardeau had served...

Linda Stearns.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Linda Stearns, a former artistic director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal died of cancer July 4, 2003. She was 65. Stearns joined the Montreal company as a dancer in 1961. Her stage career ended abruptly in 1966 when she...

Buddy Ebsen.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2003... Movie and TV star Buddy Ebsen (The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) died in California July 6, 2003, at age 95. Although best known for his TV series, movies, and, in later years, his artwork, Ebsen started out his show business life as an...

Dancescape: Cambodian heritage.(The Royal Ballet of Cambodia interprets Indian epic poem Ramayana)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Sunlight finally broke through dark clouds after a monsoon rain, filtering through the stonework of an ancient temple site in Cambodia and illuminating the dancers of The Royal Ballet, a small regional dance troupe. In a story from the Indian...

Attitudes.(nudity in dance)(Column)
November 1, 2003... I still remember my first sight of a naked woman. I was 12 years old, and for months, perhaps years, I could think of little else. I knew what I wanted for Christmas. It was 1939. My mother had been given tickets to a West End revue called...