Dance Magazine articles from November 2006

Dance Magazine archives from November 2006

Curtain up.(dance and sex)(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... We usually try not to notice how sexy dancing can be. We concentrate on the artistry, the virtuosity, the theatrical impact. But dance is about human bodies, and that inevitably includes sexuality. For dancers spending time slipping and...

Quote of the month.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... "We've spent so long distancing ourselves from the prurient and finding tasteful, elevated reasons for nudity that we've lost something. Much of the nudity I see today is not archly beautiful or sculptural or didactic as it was years back. It's...

And the sexiest dancers are ...(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... In July, we asked readers to send their nominations for the sexiest dancers out there. After sorting through hundreds of passionate recommendations, we found four standouts with plenty of what it takes. Then we added one special memory from a...

Corrections.(Letters)(Correction notice)
November 1, 2006... In October's feature "Glory Days," the dancer reflected in the mirror in releve in a photo of a rehearsal with Kurt Jooss is Rex Bickmore. In September's "Teacher's Wisdom," the date given when Robert Barnett joined New York City Ballet...

The tap heard 'round the world.(VITAL SIGNS)(Chicago Human Rhythm Project)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Chicago Human Rhythm Project knows that great rhythm makes you wanna tap your feet. This year Global Rhythms 2, presented by CHRP, showcases American, Indian, Spanish, and Israeli performers. Programs include choreography by Emmy...

Here's to 20 more!(20th anniversary celebrations)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Julie Kent, three-time Dance Magazine cover girl and American Ballet Theatre principal, celebrated her 20th anniversary with ABT last July. Kent danced Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet with delicate abandon and a steely power....

From the floor up.(VITAL SIGNS)(Stage Step Inc. sponsors for Baghdad School of Ballet and Music)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Stage Step Inc. has stepped up to sponsor renovations of the Baghdad School of Ballet & Music, providing new floors in place of those damaged in the war. The floor company also rallied others to contribute. Fellow dance suppliers and others in...

Artful aphrodisiac.(French cabaret)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... It's been called Los Angeles' best kept secret. L'Effleur des Sens is a French style cabaret show that flirts with the senses. In this semi-erotic, hour-long evening, eight well-trained dancers bump and slither though nine numbers that reflect...

The king & Sahai.(Alonzo King)(Rita Sahai)(LINES Ballet performace)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Continuing to embrace world music in his ballets, Alonzo King has invited Hindustani vocalist Rita Sahai to collaborate on another new work for LINES Ballet. King and Sahai's previous work, Sacred Text, garnered an Izzie Award for music. Sahai,...

Feel the heat.(VITAL SIGNS)(Estampas Portenas will give performance)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Estampas Portenas, a dance troupe from Buenos Aires, is sweeping the nation with Tango Fire, a sultry show that loosely traces the evolution of tango over the last century. In it, five couples twist, glide, and dip alongside the live...

Burlesque to ballet.(ballet theatre grows)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Whoever said you can't turn showgirls into swans? The Nevada Ballet Theatre was born in the early 1970s when two dancers from the Las Vegas burlesque scene decided to do just that. Vassili Sulich and Nancy Houssels, then performing in the famed...

The dancing governor?(Paul Noel Fiorino)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... This month Paul Noel Fiorino, the man known to people in Colorado as "Dancing Paul," is hoping to chasse his way into the Colorado governor's seat. An independent, Fiorino began dancing in high school and later became the sole white male with...

Capri's world.(VITAL SIGNS)(Frank Capris dance photograph exhibition)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... You might not know his name, but you've seen his work. Frank Capris' striking, evocative photos of Hollywood stars, fashion icons, and legends of ballet and modern dance have graced the pages of publications like Time, Newsweek, InStyle,...

The way to DTH.(VITAL SIGNS)(Dance Theatre of Harlem)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... 152nd Street, home to Dance Theatre of Harlem, was renamed Dance Theatre of Harlem Way last August. Bebe Neuwirth and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined dancers and dance lovers at the official ceremony at DTH's street festival, saluting Arthur...

Pulsing with wade Robson.(VITAL SIGNS)(dance tour)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The hottest names in hip hop and jazz choreography are teaming up again for The PULSE tour, a series of weekend workshops designed to give aspiring commercial dancers around the country the opportunity to learn from top choreographers. The...

Matthew Bourne.(QUICK Q&A)(Interview)
November 1, 2006... The British choreographer/director whose Swan Lake wowed 'em on Broadway a few years back, Matthew Bourne is now burning the candle on both coasts, as it were. His musical Mary Poppins opens on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on Nov. 16,...

A traditional touch: NBC's Kain returns to her classical roots.(DANCE MATTERS)(Karen Kain from National Broadcasting Company Inc.)
November 1, 2006... Former National Ballet of Canada star Karen Kain is busier than ever. In her second year as NBC artistic director, she leads the company this month into Toronto's new opera house--the 2,000-seat Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Her...

Liz Lerman dance exchange: still questioning after 30 years.(DANCE MATTERS)
November 1, 2006... Liz Lerman's influence on file dance world has been quiet, yet far-reaching. One of her earliest works Woman of the Clear Vision (1975) united professional dancers with residents of a home for senior citizens. Casting untrained seniors with...

On their toes: Russia's all-male ballet makes North American bow.(DANCE MATTERS)(St. Petersburg National Male Ballet)
November 1, 2006... When Valery Mikhailovsky brings his St. Petersburg ballet company to the U.S. for their first American tour Oct. 27-Nov. 5, you're sure to see the classical repertoire performed with the purity and passion the world has come to expect from...

Dance theater workshop.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)
November 1, 2006... CARLA PETERSON was named artistic director of Dance Theater Workshop in September. Previously, she was the executive director of Movement Research.

Henry Hernandez, formerly a principal dancer with Southern Ballet Theatre (now Orlando Ballet), joins the Tallahassee Ballet.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)
November 1, 2006... HENRY HERNANDEZ, formerly a principal dancer with Southern Ballet Theatre (now Orlando Ballet), joins the Tallahassee Ballet as artistic director.

Maya Makhateli left her principal position at Colorado Ballet for a soloist position.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)
November 1, 2006... MAYA MAKHATELI left her principal position at Colorado Ballet for a soloist position with the Royal Birmingham Ballet in England.

Promotions at San Francisco Ballet include Ruben Martin, principal; Garret Anderson, Jaime Garcia Castilla, and Rory Hohenstein as soloists; Anthony Spaulding and Jennifer Stahl, corps. Molly Smolen, who made her mark at Birmingham Royal Ballet.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Promotions at San Francisco Ballet include RUBEN MARTIN, principal; GARRET ANDERSON, JAIME GARCIA CASTILLA, and RORY HOHENSTEIN as soloists; ANTHONY SPAULDING and JENNIFER STAHL, corps. MOLLY SMOLEN, who made her mark at Birmingham Royal...

Festival Ballet Providence has hired seven new dancers.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)
November 1, 2006... Festival Ballet Providence has hired seven new dancers: ASHLEY ANDRIES, NIKKI CUOZZO, LAUREN KENNEDY, VILLA PUTRIUS, VANESSA WIDMER, ILYA BUROV, and HENRY MONTILLA.

Prince Credell ("On the Rise," Aug. 2004), Laura Halm, and Terence Marling have joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... PRINCE CREDELL ("On the Rise," Aug. 2004), LAURA HALM, and TERENCE MARLING have joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. ISAAC SPENCER has left HSDC and joined Cullberg Ballet.

The Louisville Ballet.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)(Natalia Ashikhmina, Keth Glenn and Danny Ryan appointed)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Louisville Ballet welcomes NATALIA ASHIKHMINA as a principal, KEITH GLENN as a second soloist, and DANNY RYAN and DOUGLAS RUIZ as apprentices. ROBERT DUNBAR has been promoted to second soloist and MALLORY MANN and KATERYNA SELLERS to...

Ballet San Jose has added seven new dancers.(COMINGS AND GOINGS)(Yui Yonezawa, Akua Parker, Amy Marie Briones, Jeremy Kovitch, Mallory Welsh, Sarah Stein and Shannon Bynum)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Ballet San Jose has added seven new dancers: YUI YONEZAWA and AKUA PARKER as company members; AMY MARIE BRIONES, JEREMY KOVITCH and MALLORY WELSH as apprentices; and SARAH STEIN and SHANNON BYNUM as trainees.

Half full, half empty.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Angelin Preljocaj)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Angelin Preljocaj's work is always either terrific or terrible, and everybody loves to disagree about it. For its run at The Joyce, Ballet Preljocaj is performing Noces, Preljocaj's version of Stravinsky's score for the battle of the sexes--but...

The cycle of life.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Meredith Monk )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Legendary composer/choreographer Meredith Monk returns to BAM's Next Wave festival November 1-5, with her multimedia production impermanence, a celebration of life and a meditation on death (left). Monk has said that she likens the piece to a...

Honoring our elders.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... To celebrate its 60th season, the Limon Dance Company has revived Doris Humphrey's Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias, a piece from the inaugural performance by the company in 1946. Other highlights include excerpts from Limon's exquisite...

Chelsea goes latin.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Ballet Hispanico's Joyce season (Oct. 31-Nov. 12) spans the Latin diaspora from Spain to Brazil to New York, exhibiting the company's heart, heat, and flash. Ramon Oller's world premiere, Corazon Al-Andaluz, optimistically recalls the...

A place for social change.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... After more than 50 years on West 47th Street, the New Dance Group has moved nine blocks south to West 38th Street, doubling its space (right). The studio was formed 75 years ago by Miriam Blecher, Nadia Chilkovsky, and a handful of others--all...

A community affair.(NEW YORK NOTEBOOK)
November 1, 2006... Downtown's wildchild from Uruguay, Luciana Achugar, presents Exhausting Love at the Danspace Project Nov. 9-12. Achugar has developed a reputation as a particularly raw yet accomplished improviser. Exhausting lave deliberately treads the line...

Mind your body: meditation: how stillness improves performance skills.
November 1, 2006... It's time for your entrance. Your mind (not to mention your heart) is racing. You're worried about your props, hoping your costume won't malfunction, and you're desperately trying to remember that chunk of last-second choreography. But there's...

Advice for dancers: former New York City Ballet dancer Linda Hamilton, Ph.D., is a lecturer, a psychologist in private practice, and the author of Advice for Dancers (Jossey-Bass). She has been offering advice to Dance Magazine readers since 1992.
November 1, 2006... CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF AN AEROBIC WORKOUT? I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET MY HEART RATE UP, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS OTHER THAN HUFFING AND PUFFING UNTIL I TURN BEET RED. I WANT BETTER STAMINA FOR DANCING. --ALEX,...

Dance magazine awards 2006.
November 1, 2006... Dance Magazine has been honoring outstanding women and men in the field since 1954. This year we are proud--and thrilled--to present awards to Todd Bolender, Joan Myers Brown, Eiko & Koma, David Howard, and Gelsey Kirkland--all legends in...

Darling Lily: with elegance and elan, Carolina Ballet's Lilyan Vigo triumphs in classical and Balanchine roles.(Interview)
November 1, 2006... Don't hate her. She's got sleek line, charisma, and an innate sense of artistry. Five pirouettes on pointe are routine for her. She dances with a true Balanchinean sense of musicality. She radiates Audrey Hepburn glamour. She's...

About last night: in company life, crossing the line from dance to romance can create a volatile mix.(SEX & DANCE: a look at manners, mores, and trends)
November 1, 2006... Your eyes lock in a laser-hot gaze. Sparks fly across the room. You give a slight, inviting smile, and nonchalantly turn away to talk to a friend. But you re not out partying at a club or bar. You're in a dance studio, gearing up for rehearsal,...

Renegades in birthday suits: experimental dancers get naked.(SEX & DANCE)(Column)
November 1, 2006... I have been living and working in New York's downtown dance world for more than 25 years, but it's only recently that I've been confronted with the sight of so many of my peers naked. I'm not crashing dressing rooms after concerts or lurking in...

Gay men & dance: what's the connection.(SEX & DANCE)
November 1, 2006... When he was 7 years old, future choreographer Tere O'Connor donned a white V-neck tennis sweater, a pair of very short shorts, and his father's trout fishing boots and sashayed down the street of his blue-collar neighborhood in Webster, New...

They did what?! 12 outrageous sexual moments in dance history.(SEX & DANCE)
November 1, 2006... Dance has always had the ability to be suggestive, controversial, and downright sexy. After all, it is about the human body. From the early modern radicalism of Vaslav Nijinsky to the experimental nudity of the '60s to the ways ballet can take...

In the comfort zone: soft, chic, and sexy--new looks to warm up in style this fall.(DM STYLE)(Directory)
November 1, 2006... Summer is long over, so stop dressing like you're in denial. Our models Andraniki Prokopiou, Lauren Valentine, and Christi Mueller (at left, from left to right) brave New York City snowstorms to get to their classes at the Merce Cunningham...

At home with dance's greatest generation: DVDs and books on the Ballets Russes.(DANCE MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2006... Ballets Russes Directed by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller. Zeitgeist Video. DVD, 118 minutes. $29.95. www.zeitgeistvideo.com. When this dazzling documentary film opened in theaters last fall, it made history. Can anyone remember the...

Exploring voice & gesture: finding strength and power.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)
November 1, 2006... Whether in dance theater, performance art, or musical theater, today's dancers often need to speak onstage. Choreographers as diverse as Pina Bausch and Joe Goode are asking those who are usually seen and not heard to talk. Thanks to the...

Limelight dual honors.(ACROSS THE FLOOR)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Teacher, choreographer, and modern dance pioneer MARY ANTHONY has two big reasons to celebrate this month: She turns 90 and she is receiving the Martha Hill Award, which acknowledges leadership in dance. The award--named for American dance...

School of Nashville Ballet.(New Assignments)(Donna Delseni )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... DONNA DELSENI was named director of the SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE BALLET in July. Delseni was a soloist with Ballett Frankfurt and with Chamber Dance USA and has received awards for her choreography. Delseni was recently a faculty member of the...

Palucca Schule Dresden.(New Assignments)(Jason Beechey becomes rector of Palucca Schule Dresden )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... In August, JASON BEECHEY became rector of the PALUCCA SCHULE DRESDEN in Germany, a higher education dance institution named for Mary Wigman's protegee, Gret Palucca (a choreographer in her own right, who became favored by Hitler over Wigman)....

Mill Ballet School.(New Assignments)(Carrie Nelson appointed)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... CARRIE NELSON has joined the faculty at the MILL BALLET SCHOOL in New Jersey. Trained at The Washington School of Ballet and the North Carolina School of the Arts, she performed in national tours of Oklahoma!, Showboat, and Victor/Victoria. She...

Orlando Ballet School at the Patel Conservatory.(Of Note)(Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and the Orlando Ballet School join forces)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and the Orlando Ballet School have joined forces to create a classical ballet-training program in the Tampa Bay area. Under the supervision of Peter Stark, OBS director and former principal with New York...

Full Force Dance Theatre.(Of Note)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Hartt School of Music, the performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, has selected FULL FORCE DANCE THEATRE as the school's professional company-in-residence. Under choreographic supervision of founder and company director...

The Clarice Smith performing arts center at the University of Maryland, College Park.(Of Note)(Doris Duke Charitable Foundation gives grant to it)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... THE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY Of MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK was awarded a $1.125 million grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the largest grant the center has received since it opened in 2001. The grant,...

The New York City Ballet.(Of Note)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The NEW YORK CITY BALLET presented its second annual Dance Wellness Workshop, "Bodies in Motion," in September. The workshop, which was open to the general public, focused on injury prevention and rehabilitation for dancers. Members of the NYCB...

This month: Ann Reinking.(TEACHER'S Wisdom)(Interview)
November 1, 2006... Best known as the leading interpreter of Bob Fosse's style of musical theater dance, Ann Reinking starred in Broadway's Dancin', Sweet Charity, and Chicago. She has worked with many legendary artists, including Katherine Hepburn, Gwen Verdun,...

Debut: taking on Tudor's "tough girl.".(Interview)
November 1, 2006... When Christiana Bennett was asked to dance the role of the "tough girl" in Antony Tudor's politically charged Echoing of Trumpets, she had plenty of emotional references to draw upon. The ballet is a grisly account of a small Czech village...

On broadway: story time: spring awakening took Bill T. Jones in a fresh direction as choreographer--and collaborator.(Spring Awakening)(Dance review)
November 1, 2006... Everything about Spring Awakening seems unlikely. It's a rock musical based on a once-scalding, now outdated 1891 play by the German writer Frank Wedekind. The subject is teenage lust and shame in a puritanical provincial town--sort of a Slow...

Mark Morris Dance Group.(Mozart Dances)(Dance review)
November 1, 2006... MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL NEW YORK STATE THEATER, LINCOLN CENTER, NYC AUGUST 17, 2006 REVIEWED BY ROSE ANNE THOM Only a few days before his 50th birthday Mark Morris offered us a gift--a glorious triptych titled Mozart...

Bolshoi Ballet Royal Opera House.(Cinderella)(Dance review)
November 1, 2006... BOLSHOI BALLET ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON AUGUST 9, 2006 REVIEWED BY MARGARET WILLIS In April San Francisco Ballet principal Yuri Possokhov returned to his roots at the Bolshoi to stage his first full-length ballet, Cinderella, which had...

Preview: Grand Rapids Ballet.
November 1, 2006... "In our 100-seat theater, the audience can see the dancers' hearts beating," says artistic director Gordon Pierce Schmidt. "Their chairs vibrate when a dancer lands from a jump, and they even get hit by sweat." His Grand Rapids Ballet aims to...

Preview: Shapiro & Smith Dance.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Talk about fulfillment of a dream. What started as a few friends getting together in a Chelsea apartment, where Danial Shapiro and Joanie Smith would dance to the music of Smith's sister, Soozie Tyrell, and Tyrell's best friend, Patti Scialfa,...

Preview: The Kirov Ballet.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... This month Chicago gets its first visit from the Kirov Ballet in 16 years. This great Russian company will be doing what it does best: Swan Lake. Two of today's most beguiling ballet stars, Diana Vishneva and Svetlana Lopatkina, will dance...

Preview: Boandanz Action.(False Testimony)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... It's not every day that neuroscience and dance find themselves onstage together, but Cuban choreographer Marianela Boan will do a bit of brainy experimentation in False Testimony. She isn't hooking up electrodes to the dancers' heads, but she...

Rolando Sarabia.(ARRIVAL)(Brief article)(Biography)
November 1, 2006... Expectations are high for Cuban dancer Rolando Sarabia, 23, who joins Houston Ballet as principal dancer this month. Touted as the "Cuban Nijinsky," Sarabia took class with the company and had a chance to see Stanton Welch's new Swan Lake. "I...

Alison Chase.(INDEPENDENCE)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Alison Chase seems artistically unimpeded by her forced departure from Pilobolus at the end of last year. She's spent the time thinking big. Her new work, seen in mid-August, was set in the Settlement Granite Quarry, overlooking the Atlantic...

Melissa Hayden (1923-2006).(DEATHS)(Obituary)
November 1, 2006... Melissa Hayden (1923-2006) One of the greatest dancers of American ballet, Melissa Hayden, died in August of pancreatic cancer. Born in Toronto, Hayden looked like a vibrant all-American girl who just happened to be an absolutely terrific...

Renee Jaworski.(RETIREMENT)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... After six years of performing with Pilobolus, Renee Jaworski retired from the main touring company in October. Jaworski, 34, began her career with Moses Pendleton at MOMIX and also danced with Carolyn Dorfman. Jaworski said that after touring...

Ryan Boorne.(BIRTH)
November 1, 2006... Ryan Boorne, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, and his wife Liisa Winkler, are proud parents of a baby girl. Stella Rose Boorne, the couple's first child, was born in Angust.

Schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, choreographers, dancers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga, pilates.(DANCE FINDER: A CAREER 7 LEARNING RESOURCE GUIDE)(Directory)
November 1, 2006... 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 ALABAMA DANCE...

A man-maid twist.(The Maids)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... It's true cross-cultural fusion: West African dancer Koffi Koko and Brazilian dancer Ismael Ivo join Turkish dancer/choreographer Ziya Azazi under Japanese director Yoshi Oida in a radical reinvention of The Maids, the play written by Frenchman...

Attitudes.(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... Journeys are fascinating, if only because you are never sure what awaits you at the end of them. The other day I left for Salt Lake City, invited by Jonas Kage to see Ballet West dance Donald Mahler's restaging of Tudor's great ballet Echoing...