Dance Magazine articles from October 2006

Dance Magazine archives from October 2006

Curtain up.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... My letter to you this month is about watching dancers grow into full-fledged artists. When you've been around long enough, you get to say, "I saw him (or her) back when..." and then beam about how wonderful it is to see their development. In...

Body issues.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I was deeply troubled by your cover image of a young woman standing upside down in a garbage can, with only her legs showing, her face and torso obscured, clearly suggesting that she had been "thrown away" (July). In a society where positive...

Kudos for Kaiso.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... In the 1940s, I performed with Katherine Dunham ("Transitions," August) in New York and taught at her school there. Being white, I could not perform with her outside the city. Those times were difficult because of the pervasive racism she faced...

Correction.(Correction notice)
October 1, 2006... In August's feature "Your Body, Yourself," advice recommending that dancers release from their center was misattributed to physical therapist Carolyn Stoklosa. It should have been attributed to Melissa Matson, an Alexander practitioner quoted...

A different kind of contact.
October 1, 2006... Dancers will flock to Orvieto, italy, this month--no, not for a revival of that show with the iconic girl in the yellow dress--but for a contact improv festival. Zip 2006 is packed with workshops, jam sessions, study labs, and performances....

Legs for days.(Behind the Red Door and John Coltrane performance)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... This month, dancers from City Ballet of Los Angeles slink sultrily, in both high heels and pointe shoes, around the stage in Behind the Red Door. This jazzy noir ballet, set to a live recording of a performance of Giant Steps by John Coltrane,...

Rally 'round Remy.(artists raise a benefit concert for Remy Charlip)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Earlier this year, San Francisco artists organized a benefit concert to raise funds for beloved choreographer, dancer, and author of children's books Remy Charlip. The Bay Area legend suffered a stroke last fall. Charlip is best known for his...

DRA fanfare.(Dancers Responding to AIDS Fire Island Festival)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Every year a fabulous crowd flocks to the Pines for the Dancers Responding to AIDS Fire Island Festival. After all, who could pass up top dance companies, world premieres, fun parties, free cocktails, a funny host, beautiful homes, and the...

Think 2wice.
October 1, 2006... Want a deal on two-for-one artwork? Check out 2wice magazine, an arts journal with a dance star-studded advisory board, including Karole Armitage, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, and Twyla Tharp. The latest issue pairs longtime collaborators Merce...

Guillem does Maliphant.(Sylvie Guillem teams with Russell Maliphant )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... She's the Eiffel Tower of international ballet--people travel thousands of miles to see her dance. The always adventurous Sylvie Guillem has teamed up with British choreographer Russell Maliphant for a duet called PUSH. After last fall's...

Get up and move it.(MTV Networks Inc.'s dance-themed reality TV show with Jennifer Lopez)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... MTV is jumping on the dance-themed reality TV show bandwagon this fall, and who better to produce it than Jennifer Lopez, the multitalented superstar who got her first break as a dancer? Moves will chronicle the lives of six young dancers...

Theater Shmeater.(dance performances of "The Live Billboard Project" )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... * Mundane actions--reading a billboard and riding the trolley--will become a little more exciting this fall. West Coast dance companies are moving out of the theater and onto the streets. In Trolley Dances, dancers perform for the passenger...

Excellent Robbins.
October 1, 2006... The crafted exuberance of Fancy Free, the tumultuous relationships of In the Night, and the hilarious take on fantasy and folly that is The Concert were all created by one man: Jerome Robbins. Go to Philly, have yourself a ball, and catch...

Quick q & a: Rosero and Jamal.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Choreography team Rosero and Jamal is one of the hottest in Los Angeles right now. They've worked with Usher, Clara, * NSYNC, and Toni Braxton. Step Up, a new dance movie they helped choreograph, was released this summer and they're now hard at...

Made for each other.(Vera Wang on her latest collection)(Gap Inc. on its advertising trends)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... * Bridal fashion icon Vera Wang has often cited her dance background as inspiration for the way she makes clothes--"I studied ballet and worked in front of a mirror, so I became obsessed with proportions." In her elegant Resort 2007 collection...

Stepping out for Mr. Jazz: celebrating the Giordano Legacy.(Dance Matters)(Gus Giordano)
October 1, 2006... Few names are more synonymous with jazz dance than that of Gus Giordano, the passionate pioneer who has spent over 50 years showing America--and the rest of the world--what it means to build an art form from the ground up. To honor his...

For gold, silver, and country: an array of international dancers shine at the USAIBC.(2006 USA International Ballet Competition)
October 1, 2006... The 2006 USA International Ballet Competition surpassed previous years in virtuosity. For two weeks last summer 108 competitors from 24 countries, plus teachers, coaches, and jury, gathered in Jackson, MS, to meet and compete. Every act in the...

Three men + Carmen = Philadanco.(Ronald K. Brown, Daniel Ezralow and Christopher Huggins dance performance)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Philadanco has got three men plus dance legend Carmen de Lavallade making New York premieres for their Joyce run Oct. 3-8. The men are Ronald K. Brown, who presents an excerpt from his For Truth; Daniel Ezralow, who brings his movement...

Dance at movie prices.
October 1, 2006... For their third year of smash hit programming, City Center is expanding their Fall for Dance festival from 6 nights to 10. The lineup of 30 companies offers a chance to see Trisha Brown's masterpiece of fluidity Set and Reset, as well as works...

Sweet chance.
October 1, 2006... How do women choreographers survive and thrive in a world where men get all the breaks? The answer, according to a new initiative called Sugar Salon, is to give each other opportunities. Co-sponsored by the Barnard College Department of Dance...

Life after dancing.(Chita Rivera wins Rolex Dance Award )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The incomparable Chita Rivera will receive the Rolex Dance Award at "One World," the Career Transition For Dancers' 21st Anniversary Jubilee at City Center on Oct. 23. The benefit raises the funds CTFD needs to continue its career counseling...

Old school to new cool.(Rennie Harris' "New York Legends of Hip Hop")(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Rennie Harris' "New York Legends of Hip Hop" is both an exuberant tribute to the innovators of the genre and a nod to its future. Those seminal b-boys, the Rock Steady Crew, share the stage with up-and-comers like The Mop Top Crew. Dancers and...

Driven by music.
October 1, 2006... Garth Fagan's at it again, mixing and molding his "movement invention thing" in a world premiere for his Garth Fagan Dance at the Joyce, October 17-22. Fagan's story of the new piece goes like this: "A fabulous pianist, William Chapman Nyaho,...

Health and fitness: thrown a curve: on conquering scoliosis.(Wendy Whelan)
October 1, 2006... When New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan learned from her orthopedist that she had a fairly severe case of scoliosis, the news came as a complete surprise. She was 12 years old and had been complaining of a hamstring pull. "I had no...

Advice for Dancers: former New York City Ballet dancer Linda Hamilton, Ph.D., is a lecturer, a psychologist in private practice, and the author or Advice for Dancers (Jossey-Bass). She has been offering advice to Dance Magazine readers since 1992.(Column)
October 1, 2006... The casting sheet went up today and my name isn't on it! I used to dance ballerina roles before I injured my foot. My director knows that everything's healed. I'm worried that he's lost interest in me.--Cast Away, Chicago, IL It's time to talk!...

The gypsy in them: with A Chorus Line's return to Broadway, a singular sensation gets a second look.(Cover story)
October 1, 2006... The studio door opened, releasing a wall of sound--a choir lustily singing the praises of "one singular sensation." Then 17 performers in leotards and practice pants came into view, tipping their ill-assorted hats and moving forward in the...

Singular sensations: a costume salute to dance auditions & the ultimate tryout musical, A Chorus Line.
October 1, 2006... With A Chorus Line heading back to Broadway (see "The Gypsy in Them," p. 32), Dance Magazine has created a special costume showcase to celebrate the concept of the audition as show. We asked the ensemble members of the new Chorus Line about how...

Truth in movement: Ohad Naharin talks about his choreography, his world view, and why the mirror always lies.
October 1, 2006... Ohad Naharin is taking his Batsheva Dance Company to the Midwest and the West Coast this month. Known as one of today's most interesting choreographers, he creates funny/sad/fierce collages of pure dance and interactions that invite the...

Spanish spit fire: flirty, fun and crammed with fouettes, Kitri's variation wins hearts--and competitions. Here are tips from the pros, plus some eye-cathing Spanish-style tutus.
October 1, 2006... She's spicy. She's Spanish. She's flirtatious and playful, with just a splash of sexy. And when she's hot, she can flutter a fan with the best of them. No, this is not the dish on Penelope Cruz. It's all about Kitri, the muse of the impossible...

Glory days: on the Joffrey's 50th, Christian Holder looks back and ahead.(Robert Joffrey )
October 1, 2006... The Joffrey Ballet is now 50 years of age. Fifty: a golden number. For 13 of those years I was a member of the company, and my stay coincided with what are now considered the Joffrey's golden years. Robert Joffrey helped define me as a...

On the cusp: second companies mean gaining experience, the chance to learn new work, and a shot at getting into the corps.
October 1, 2006... Think being in a second company means you're second rate? Think again. Companies like Taylor 2, ABT Studio Company, Boston Ballet II, Pennsylvania Ballet II, Hubbard Street 2, and Ailey II offer first-rate performing experience. Their dancers...

Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life By Donna McKechnie with Greg Lawrence New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. 304 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, $25. The original Cassie in A Chores Line, Donna McKechnie was unforgettable as the spirited former...

In Balanchine's Company: A Dancer's Memoir.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... In Blanchine's Company: A Dancer's Memoir By Barbara Milberg Fisher Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006. 236 pp. Illustrated. Paper, $24.95. It was a happy time when New York City Ballet flowered from Ballet Society in 1948....

A Game for Dancers: Performing Modernism in the Postwar Years, 1945-1960.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... A Game for Dancers: Performing Modernism in the Postwar Years, 1945-1960 By Gay Morris. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006. 254 pp. Illustrated. Paper, $24.95. Author Gay Morris calls her book A Game for Dancers, but she...

The Paris Opera ballet.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... The Paris Opera ballet By Ivor Guest. Hightstown, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 2006. 160 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, $39.95. Thirty years ago the Paris Opera commissioned British dance historian Ivor Guest to write an official account of its...

Houston's Jazz Center: "The Met" is the go-to studio for serious training.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)(Houston Metropolitan Dance Center )
October 1, 2006... How does a studio become a desired dance destination in a sprawling city that technically has no center? With Houston families heading to the affordable suburbs to raise children, it has become a remarkable achievement to draw parents and teens...

New Life for Nikolais.(STUDIO TALK)( Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company organize dance workshop)
October 1, 2006... The Nikolais/Louis Legacy Workshop held this summer in Salt Lake City was the Lollapalooza of dance festivals. In a collaboration between Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and the Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance that began in 2003, when Louis...

Virginia Commonwealth University.
October 1, 2006... Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and the Urban Bush Women are in residence at Virfinia Commonwealth University during the 2006-07 academic year. Zollar and company member Maria Bauman are guest artists in the dance department from Aug. 24 through Oct....

Yen-Li Chen Ballet School.(Yen-Li ChenZhang and Qisheng Zhang )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The Yen-Li Chen Ballet School in Chandler, AZ, opened its fall classes in a newly constructed building that will enable enrollment to grow from 100 students to 200. Former Ballet Arizona principal dancer, Yen-Li ChenZhang and her husband...

National Dance Association named Texas Christian University assistant professor Elizabeth Gillaspy as College/University, National Dance Educator of the Year, and Leann Haggard, of North Central High School in Indianapolis, as K-12 National Dance Educator of the Year.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... National Dance Association named Texas Christian University assistant professor Elizabeth Gillaspy as College/University, National Dance Educator of the Year, and Leann Haggard, of North Central High School in Indianapolis, as K-12 National...

Jacob's Pillow will award two scholarships to the 2007 Contemporary Traditions program in honor of Milton who has directed the program for 20 years.(ACROSS THE FLOOR)
October 1, 2006... Jacob's Pillow will award two scholarships to the 2007 Contemporary Traditions program in honor of Milton who has directed the program for 20 years. www.jacobspillow.org.

International Dance School.(International Ballet Competition awards summer study scholarships )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The International Dance School held in conjunction with USA IBC in Jackson, MS, awarded full tuition summer study scholarships for 2007 to six students: Alabama Ballet: Audrey Hagopian, Raleigh, NC; Boston Ballet: Emily Liu, Antioch, CA;...

Teacher's wisdom: Patricia Berrend.(THIS MONTH)(dialogue with Patricia Berrend )(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Patricia Berrend trained at the Washington School of Ballet before dancing professionally with Ballett Hamburg from 1972 to 1976. After a fracture didn't heal properly, she returned to teach at WSB and perform with The Washington Ballet. For 28...

On the rise: Alisan Porter born to play Chorus Line's Bebe.(Biography)
October 1, 2006... There are several Alisan Porters. There's the corkscrew-haired moppet who played the title role in the 1991 John Hughes film Curly Sue. There's the kohl-eyed rocker who fronts her own band, the Alisan Porter Project. There's the better who...

Debut: relishing Robbin's Faun.(Jerome Robbins)(Afternoon of a Faun)(Dance review)
October 1, 2006... In the bright rehearsal studio light of Jerome Robbins' classic Afternoon of a Faun, there is only movement and mood--and even these are stripped down to the most basic steps and the most primal emotions. Perhaps more than any other work, Faun...

On Broadway.(Movin' Out)(Theater review)
October 1, 2006... John Selya wants us to forget Movin' Out. Fat chance. His gravity-defying, head-spinning performance as Eddie is imprinted on the memory of anyone who saw him in it--and that amounts to a lot of people. Twyla Tharp's brilliant evocation of...

American Ballet Theatre.(Concert review)
October 1, 2006... American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NYC Mar 22-JULY 15, 2006 The night that Julio Bocca gave his farewell performance, the Metropolitan Opera House became a stadium of yelling, cheering people who threw things...

Provincial Dances Theatre.(Dance review)
October 1, 2006... Provincial Dances Theatre American Dance Festival Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke University, Durham, NC JUNE 26-28, 2006 Tatiana Baganova's Wings at Tea (2001), performed at ADF in an evening-length incarnation by 10 dancers of...

Imagine Tap!(Dance review)
October 1, 2006... Imagine Tap! July 11-August 6, 2006 Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL Imagine Tap!, with its cast of blues-gospel-pop singers and 18 of the freshest rhythm tap and break dancers on the planet, is a surreal, acid-induced tap...

Lincoln Center Festival.(Dance review)
October 1, 2006... Lincoln Center Festival Batsheva Dance Company, Yasmeen Godder and The Bloody Bench Players, Saburo Teshigawara, STREB Extreme Action New York State Theater, LaGuardia Drama Theater, Rose Theater July 2006 Three Israeli companies--Batsheva...

Ballet Memphis.(PREVIEW)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... In celebration of Ballet Memphis' 20th year, founder and artistic director Dorothy Gunter Pugh asked Julia Adam to choreograph a ballet based on the short story "A Curtain of Green," by famed Southern writer Eudora Welty. Adam, whose...

Charleston, Ballet's Country Moon.(PREVIEW)
October 1, 2006... This feel-good piece by choreographer Oleg Briansky, director of the Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center, captures what Charleston Ballet's 50th anniversary is all about--having a grand "ol time." At the Country Moon premiere 11 years ago,...

On October 28, as Swan Lake's Odette and Siegfried plunge into destiny at the Benedum Center.(RETIREMENTS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... On October 28, as Swan Lake's Odette and Siegfried plunge into destiny at the Benedum Center, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's beloved principals Ying Li and Jiabin Pan leap into new careers. The gifted artists and married duo, who joined PBT in...

Stella Abrera and Sascha Radetsky, soloists with American Ballet Theatre, were married on July 22.(WEDDINGS)
October 1, 2006... Stella Abrera and Sascha Radetsky, soloists with American Ballet Theatre, were married on July 22. The couple tied the knot in Saseha's hometown, Santa Cruz, CA.

Dance writers Jack Anderson and George Dorris were married in July in Toronto (where same sex marriages are legal).(WEDDINGS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Dance writers Jack Anderson and George Dorris were married in July in Toronto (where same sex marriages are legal). The couple, who met after a performance of New York City Ballet, has been together for 41 years. Anderson and Dorris are...

Erica Cornejo.(NEW CHAPTER)(joins Boston Ballet)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Sometimes love and work go hand in hand. This month Erica Cornejo joins Boston Ballet, where her husband Carlos Molina has danced as a principal since 2004. Cornejo, who will also be a principal, looks forward to performing the company's mix of...

Mary Day (1910-2006).(DEATHS)(Obituary)
October 1, 2006... During her 60 years at the helm of The Washington Ballet, Mary Day resolutely carried the company forward, gaining for it a national identity. Unlike most company directors, Day did not begin as a performer. Born into a family of modest...

Gay Delanghe (1940-2006).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Gay Delanghe died in August after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Delanghe was central to the development of modern dance in Michigan for over four decades. A beloved teacher, dancer, choreographer, mentor, and friend, she was...

Eric Russell (aka Russell Sohlberg).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Eric Russell (aka Russell Sohlberg), a performer in the New York downtown dance and theater scene, died in July at the age of 82. He studied and danced with choreographers such as Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon, Myra Kineh, Eve Gentry, Martha...

Mark Ryder.(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Mark Ryder, one of the first male dancers with the Martha Graham Dance Company, died from Alzheimer's disease near his home in Columbia, MD, in July. He was 85. Born Sasha Liebich in Chicago, he grew up in New York and studied dance as a child...

Alba Lutecia.(DEATHS)
October 1, 2006... Alba Lutecia passed away in June. She was one of the first Argentinian ballerinas who toured with Colonel de Basil in 1942.

Schools, studios, colleges, universities, companies, teachers, choreographers, dancers, somatic practices, movement arts, dance medicine, yoga, pilates.(DANCE FINDER)(Directory)
October 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...

Local grown.(Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance performs)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Though Heather Maloy had been a soloist with North Carolina Dance Theatre for 13 years (and choreographed six ballets for the company) not many outside Charlotte had seen her perform until 2004. That was the year when her company, Terpsicorps...

Attitudes.(trends in ballet dancing)
October 1, 2006... Half a century ago this month an event of seismic proportions hit the dance world. It was the first visit to the West of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet. And it was quite a night--October 3, 1956, at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with the...

Stars in their eyes: the latest influence of television and other trends.(COMPETITIONS: Winning Ways)
October 1, 2006... Soaring leaps, high-speed turns, Fast and Furious partnering--contestants and judges can expect a burst of bravura when the competition season kicks off this year. Students are watching hit television shows like Fox Broadcasting's So You Think...

All the right moves: creating choreography that looks great on your student.(COMPETITIONS: Winning Ways)
October 1, 2006... When Valerie Harman, co-owner of the Art of Dance studio in Chester. New Jersey, began preparing the piece her 10 and 11-year-old tappers performed at the New York City Dance Alliance competition this summer, she tried something new. "I closed...

Upcoming: mark your calendar.(COMPETITIONS: Winning Ways)(Calendar)
October 1, 2006... ARTS Week National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Miami, FL Jan 8-14, 2007 305.377.1140 www.NFAA.org Scholarship and grants for high school seniors Registration deadline: 10-2-06 National Dance Education...

Putting art into excellence: a Texas studio breaks out of the pack.(COMPETITIONS: Winning Ways)(North Harris Performing Arts)
October 1, 2006... A hush comes over the auditorium as 19-year old Jessica Hailey begins her solemn walk across the stage at the Showstopper regional competition in Houston. Her gentle poise alone would grab attention, but there's more going on here. Several...

Sono Osato's ten tips to better stage.(COMPETITIONS: Winning Ways)(makeup methods)
October 1, 2006... The art of performance makeup For the stage is typically passed down from dancer to dancer. Last year the women of the ABT Studio Company had the special treat of a private makeup session with Sono Osato, who performed with Ballet Russe de...