Dance Magazine back issues from September 1998:
Ideals.(concept of ideal body type not rigidly enforced in dancing)(Editorial)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1998; ... In her profile of the Japanese-born and -trained dancer Koichi Kubo (see cover and pages 64 to 68), Janine Gastineau discusses the long-held concept of the "ideal dancer" that has been handed down from generation to generation. This "ideal" tended to compartmentalize dancers into rigid ...
Issue: Riverdance's faux pas.("Riverdance - The Show" very commercialized and some of the synchronized tapping is pre-recorded)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Stretch out the withie foot and withdraw the strawrope foot/ Take a crack out of your joints and a stretch out of your knees/ Down to the door and up to the corner/and may the devil break your feet if you are not hard to teach (from Folk ...
All that Fosse.(Gwen Verdon re-makes Bob Fosse productions)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Picture this: Bebe Neuwirth, Debbie Allen, and Gwen Verdon gathered around an ancient upright with Sweet Charity's composer, Cy Coleman, belting out "If My Friends Could See Me Now." Verdon, who created the title role for the Bob Fosse Broadway musical, and Allen and Neuwirth, who played ...
Jack Mitchell: an autobiography in photographs.(Illustration)
Sep 01, 1998 ... Master photographer Jack Mitchell has capped his long and distinguished career with the publication this month of icons & Idols: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Arts, 1960-1995 (Amphoto Art, $40), a 160-page collection of 160 of his duotone/black-and-white portraits of the era's ...
Standing tall.(ballet dancer, Koichi Kubo, breaks down ballet's typecasting)(Cover Story)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Virtuosic Koichi Kubo defies ballet's tradition of typecasting. Japanese-born Koichi Kubo, a principal with Colorado Ballet, is a living example of how classical dance is changing. The term emploi, for instance, refers to the classification of a dancer based on physical ...
Keeper of flamenco.(Carlota Santana remakes flamenco ballet, "Federico")
Sep 01, 1998; ... The flamenco ballet Federico is Carlota Santana's latest labor of love on behalf of Spanish dance. Cold winds blew through the ancient Andalusian city of Granada last December at the premiere of Federico, the flamenco ballet that commemorated the tragically short life of Federico ...
Dancing through diabetes.(ballet dancer, Zippora Karz, meets success despite her diabetes)
Sep 01, 1998; ... A New York City Ballet soloist describes her successful fight to keep diabetes from destroying her artistry and her career. I became an apprentice at New York City Ballet in the fall of 1983, shortly after the death of George Balanchine. By the following year I was a member of ...
Danny and Betty never stop.(dancers, Danny Hoctor and Betty Byrd, teach dancing after a long career)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Danny Hoctor and Betty Byrd now share with dance teachers and students the knowledge they have gained from years of dancing. "Who's she?" responded Daniel James Patrick Hoctor when his San Francisco high school teacher asked him to come to the front of the classroom and talk ...
Ballet Austin, Bass Concert Hall, September 12-14 and April 2-5, 1998(Austin, Texas)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Dance thrives in the capital city of Austin, Texas, deep in the heart of rolling green hills and home to the country's biggest high-tech boom. One of the fastest-growing cities in America, Austin supports two professional dance companies: Ballet Austin, a midsized repertory classical troupe, ...
Sharir Dance Company, University of Texas Recreational Sports Center, February 19-22, 1998(Austin, Texas)
Sep 01, 1998; ... From physical feats to cyberspace I choreography, Yacov Sharir continues to explore the human body in motion. Since founding the Sharir Dance Company in 1982, the Israeli- American choreographer has built his dance troupe into Texas's leading modern dance organization. With an eclectic ...
Keep dancin'!(dancing serves both a social and physical need for the elderly)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Physical activity has been encouraged on a national level since the 1950s. The Surgeon General's report, Physical Activity and Health, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1996, gives strong supporting evidence of the physical, psychological, and social benefits of ...
Waltraud Karkar.(life and career of a dancer instructor at Central Wisconsin School of Ballet)
Sep 01, 1998; ... Waltraud Karkar walks through a bright and airy studio of her Central Wisconsin School of Ballet in Wausau, past the group of little girls sitting on the floor, and stops to look out a window. Her students, who were giggling and fidgeting before Karkar's entrance, grow quiet. To make sure ...
The comeback of Laguna Beach High.(Laguna Beach High School, Laguna Beach, California, enjoying thriving dance program)
Sep 01, 1998; ... If you were looking for a dynamic, expanding dance program, a public high school near the beach in Southern California would not be the most likely place to look. An even less obvious place to search would be a school district recently on the brink of bankruptcy in Orange County, well ...
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera House, 1997-1998(Seattle, Washington)
Sep 01, 1998; ... SEATTLE OPERA HOUSE, SEATTLE 1997-98 SILVER ANNIVERSARY SEASONNever again can Pacific Northwest Ballet be charged with playing it safe, being too cautious, not taking risks. Seattle audiences are used to a repertory of evening-length story ballets, a good deal of the ...
State Ballet of Missouri, Midland Theater, April 23-26, 1998.(Kansas City, Missouri)
Sep 01, 1998; ... MIDLAND THEATER, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI APRIL 23-26, 1998Ending his first full season in the State Ballet of Missouri driver's seat, artistic director William Whitener steered prudently through a program of two new works of his own choreography. The result was a safe trip with ...
Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, April 17-25, 1998.(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Sep 01, 1998; ... CAPITOL THEATRE, SALT LAKE CITY APRIL 17-25, 1998Utah audiences cling with fervor to their own take on ballet, which is conventional and preferably classical. Fortunately, "Pointe Counterpoint," artistic director Jonas Kage's innovative third program in his first year at Ballet ...
Balletmet Columbus, Ohio Theatre, October 23-15, 1997; April 23-26, 1998.(Columbus, Ohio)
Sep 01, 1998; ... OHIO THEATRE, COLUMBUS, OHIO OCTOBER 23-25, 1997; APRIL 23-26, 1998As the cornerstones of its twentieth-anniversary season, BalletMet Columbus unveiled two major story ballets performed to familiar musical scores. In October, the company premiered a dance version of Carmen. And, in ...
Connecticut Ballet, Palace Theatre, May 16, 1998.(Stamford, Connecticut)
Sep 01, 1998; ... PALACE THEATRE, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT MAY 16, 1998The story of Romeo and Juliet's doomed love has entered pop culture on a mythic level to provide archetypes for angstridden adolescents everywhere. Each decade, a new iconic version arises that enlivens the tale for its generation ...
Eugene Ballet Company, Silva Concert Hall, May 23-24, 1998.(Eugene, Oregon)
Sep 01, 1998; ... SILVA CONCERT HALL, HULT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, EUGENE, OREGON MAY 23-24, 1998Eugene Ballet Company, like many other troupes, has been emphasizing story ballets. Romeo and Juliet opened its twentieth-anniversary season last fall, a new production of The Nutcracker ...
Il berretto a sonagli - La filosofia.(Teatro Metropolitan, Catania, Italy)
Sep 01, 1998; ... TEATRO METROPOLITAN, CATANIA, ITALY FEBRUARY 24-25, 1998Passion, pride, liveliness, a sense of honor and drama, collusion, mysticism, fantasy, generosity--these traits, traditionally associated with Sicilians, have been brought to the stage by Balletto di Sicilia director Roberto ...
Fly Away Peter, 1914.(State Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)
Sep 01, 1998; ... STATE THEATRE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA MAY 15-26, 1998Australian Ballet resident choreographer Stephen Baynes's first narrative and first evening-length ballet, 1914, was inspired by the poetic novel Fly Away Peter, 1914 by David Malouf. A collaboration with an all-Australian artistic ...
Les Noces.(New York State Theater, New York, New York)
Sep 01, 1998; ... NEW YORK STATE THEATER LES NOCES MAY 20, 1998Les Noces first came to the stage in during the annual Paris season of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The music was by Igor Stravinsky, the choreography by Bronislava Nijinska, and the designs by Natalia Gontcharova, and from the first the ...
River of Light.(New York State Theater, New York, New York)
Sep 01, 1998; ... NEW YORK STATE THEATER RIVER OF LIGHT JUNE 11, 1998One of George Balanchine's greatest artistic strengths was his ability to recognize the importance of collaborating with composers on new ballets, a custom that New York City Ballet director Peter Martins has also wisely adopted ....
School of American Ballet, Julliard Theater, June 6 and 8, 1998.(New York, New York)
Sep 01, 1998; ... JUILLIARD THEATER JUNE 6 & 8, 1998The school of American Ballet modestly calls its spring offerings "workshop performances," but they have none of the rough edges associated with workshops. When the curtain rises, one is greeted by handsome young dancers in well-fitted costumes ...
Julliard Dance Division, Julliard Theater, May 16 and May 18, 1998.(New York, New York)
Sep 01, 1998; ... JUILLIARD THEATER YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS CONCERT MAY 16, 1998 1998 SENIOR GRADUATION PERFORMANCE MAY 18, 1998The best way to learn anything is to do it. The nine works representing the thoughts of eight young Juilliard dancemakers presented on the Young Choreographers Concert dealt ...
Lines Contemporary Ballet, Joyce Theater, May 26-31, 1998.(San Francisco, California)
Sep 01, 1998; ... JOYCE THEATER MAY 26-31, 1998Women hover on pointe, whack their legs from arabesque to six o'clock high in front, pitch into large, swooping leg circles, then fly into a frenzy of angular gestural semaphore. Men turn in Second, perched on half-toe, then snap to hack attitude, ...
Swedish rhapsody.(The Royal Swedish Ballet celebrates its 225 year anniversary)(Column)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1998; ... What makes a ballet company? I suppose I ask this in something like a Platonic sense--what is the ethos, the spirit, of a ballet company? What makes it tick--first, tick in some kind of starburst of energy, then go on ticking, for years, for decades--for centuries? I found myself thinking ...