Recently added articles from Dance Magazine:
Curtain up.
Aug 01, 2008; Perron, Wendy ... During a recent visit to the Houston Ballet, I saw a wonderful thing at intermission. In the red-carpeted grand foyer of the Wortham Center, alongside the gourmet items and elegant photo display, there was a table laden with brochures and flyers. These materials included information on the ...
Tapped in.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; Schein, Celine ... We loved your May tap issue. Kathak dancers can relate because, though there are many differences, both tap and kathak share intense percussive footwork and rhythmic complexity. Celine Schein, Executive Director Chitresh Das Dance Company, CA ...
Oh Danny Boy!(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; Fragos, Emily ... Imagine my joy and pride when I received the June issue and saw my former student, Daniel Ulbricht, on the cover. I did an academic independent study with him at Fordham University/ Lincoln Center when he was a high school student at SAB. We studied Shakespeare's tragedies and did a ...
Inspired to over-come the odds.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; Zheng, Sue ... In your article about the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre ("Teach-Learn Connection," April 2008) there was a gem of a paragraph about the petite Macy Sullivan. My daughter is another small yet powerful dancer. Next year, we will face the difficult decision of allowing her to attempt ...
Corrections.(Correction notice)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A photo in "Brave New Worlds" (June) on page 41 was incorrectly identified as Twyla ...
Exhibit exposure.(vital signs)(Kenn Duncan: A Retrospective Exhibition)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Though Kenn Duncan began his career as a dancer, after injuring his leg he picked up a camera and started photographing dancers and celebrities. Among his portrait subjects of the '70s and '80s were Baryshnikov, Nureyev, Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune, Judith Jamison, and Hollywood stars like ...
Vital stat.(vital signs)(rave party in New York's Union Square)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... VITAL STAT in April, more than 1,000 people gathered for a "silent rave" in NYC's Union Square: They ...
Reflecting on neighborhood: dance aids development of a new urban district.(dance matters)(Ten Tiny Dances)
Aug 01, 2008; Ragain, Rebecca ... Dance artist Linda K. Johnson watched the South Waterfront district in Portland, Oregon, being built from scratch on the site of a former brownfield. She asked herself, "Can the activity of artists quicken the development of an identity of a place?" To find out, she proposed an Artist in ...
Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.(AWARDS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company received the South Bank ...
Nicolas Le Riche.(AWARDS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nicolas Le Riche, etoile with the Paris Opera Ballet, was awarded ...
Who will fill Natalia's shoes? Ballet Hispanico has at least three young dancers who have the potential to rise to the top.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Ortiz, Lori ... Exuding Caribbean sunny playfulness, Angelica Burgos is in her fourth season with the company. Her quick-change, jazzy rubato in William Whitener's Tito on Timbales is rousing. Sharp and flexible in body and mind, she reacts quickly to unexpected situations, handling glitches without fuss ....
Dance Magazine Scholarship Guide 2008.(Directory)
Aug 01, 2008; Smallridge, Jared ... Looking for a way to pay for dance classes? Welcome to our 2008 Scholarship Guide. We've got more than 100 scholarships listed to help you fund your training, tuition, travel expenses, and other costs. Not only can a scholarship ease the strain on your bank account, but when someone puts ...
Waiting for the revolution: when will Broadway fulfill Hair's rock 'n' roll promise?(on broadway)(Theater review)
Aug 01, 2008; Gold, Sylviane ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For those of us who came of age in the '60s, 2008 has been a tough year. The news media won't let us forget that it's the 40th anniversary--40th!--of events that shook us to the core and changed history: the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert ...
Houston Ballet.(Falling, Little Dancer and Five Tangos)(Dance review)
Aug 01, 2008; Perron, Wendy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Houston Ballet Wortham Theater Center, Houston May 22-June 1, 2008 Stanton Welch and James Kuldeka have opposite approaches to choreography. Welch crams lots of big movements into small measures, and Kudelka stretches ...
Ultima Vez.(Wim Vandekeybus' Spiegel)(Dance review)
Aug 01, 2008; Looseleaf, Victoria ... UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles May 2-3, 2008 Meathooks. Bricks. A solitary feather. These are some of the props that Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus uses in his retrospective work, Spiegel (German for "mirror"). At 90 intermission-less minutes, the opus creates ...
Hoofers' House.(Dance review)
Aug 01, 2008; Asantewaa, Eva Yaa ... The Kitchen, NYC May 23, 2008 The recent death of Jimmy Slyde--beloved veteran of tap's golden era (see "Transitions," page 90)--did not drop a pall on the debut of Hoofers' House at The Kitchen. Far from an occasion for mourning, this rollicking tap jam proved that ...
Susan Rethorst.(208 East Broadway, Part 2: Suitcase Dreams)(Dance review)
Aug 01, 2008; Asantewaa, Eva Yaa ... Danspace Project, NYC May 29-31, 2008 Home is where the dance is. When choreographer Susan Rethorst lost her studio--a casualty of New York's savage economics--she pressed her little living room into service as a lab for movement and a model for a set. The ...
Both Maia Wilkins, who for more than a decade has been the closest thing to a prima ballerina in the famously unranked Joffrey Ballet, and her husband, leading dancer Michael Levine, ended their long association with the company at an emotional final performance May 25.(Retirements)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Weiss, Hedy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Both Maia Wilkins, who for more than a decade has been the closest thing to a prima ballerina in the famously unranked Joffrey Ballet, and her husband, leading dancer Michael Levine, ended their long association with the company at an emotional final ...
A 20-minute standing ovation by a sellout crowd at the glittering Bastille Opera House brought Wilfried Romoli's 35 years at the Paris Opera Ballet to an emotional end last May.(RETIREMENTS)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Bauer, Karyn ... A 20-minute standing ovation by a sellout crowd at the glittering Bastille Opera House brought Wilfried Romoli's 35 years at the Paris Opera Ballet to an emotional end last May. His farewell performance included an exquisite interpretation of the Phlegmatic in Balanchine's The Four ...
Jimmy Slyde (1927-2008).(DEATHS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Broussard, Paula ... The tap dancer known for his elegant style and the smooth sliding steps that earned him both his stage name and the honorary title of "The King of Slides," Jimmy Slyde died in May. Known throughout his career for his lyricism and musicality, Slyde was born James T. Godbolt in Atlanta, GA ....