Dance Magazine back issues from December 2003:
'Tis the season to be giving.(Starting Here)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Recently I turned onto the wrong block here in New York and just couldn't resist peeking into a towering landmark building. Inside, a memorial service was being conducted for a musician named Bill whose photograph showed what seemed to be the pipes of a trombone at his left hand. I slipped ...
Nutcracker in Italy.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 01, 2003; ... I loved senior editor Wendy Perron's article in the December 2002 issue of DANCE MAGAZINE, "Fokine Family Nutcrackers." I danced in Irine Fokine's Nutcracker from 1962-1964. The first role I had, when I was nine years old, was in the Arabian dance. I was an Arab boy covered with lots of ...
Golden years sans Matisse.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Many thanks to Clive Barnes for his thoughtful reflections on design in dance (see Attitudes, DANCE MAGAZINE, October 2003, page 134) and his generous comments on the Cincinnati Art Museum's 2002 exhibition, "The Golden Years of Costume and Set Design for the ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, ...
Mr. Freestyle.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Thanks for the DANCE MAGAZINE article on Matt Mattox (August 2003), one of the most influential figures in American jazz dancing. He is truly an unsung hero, particularly here in the United States. After his career in films, and then in NYC as a leacher and choreographer, he moved to ...
From ABT to Oberlin.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Thank you for the article on Oberlin College's dance program called "Pioneers in Ohio" by Stephanie Woodard (February, 1999). After retiring from a five-year career with American Ballet Theater I began searching for a school with an established contact improvisation community that ...
Clarifications.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The choreography for Rein, Bellow, performed by Bill Young and Dancers, should have been credited to both Bill Young and Colleen Thomas, page 23, September 2003. Send your letters to DANCE ...
On their toes and on their own.(Dance Matters)(dancers formerly danced with The Royal Ballet)
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM Ballet star sings! Ballerina speaks! Russian dannseur curses with flair ... in Russian. Joinning forces in the London revival of the 1936 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical On Your Toes, Adam Cooper, Sarah Wildor, and Ireck Mukhamedov have breathed new, life and accuracy into the ...
Arlene Shuler makes plans.(City Center gets new president and CEO)
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM City Center, the theater on West 55th Street in Manhattan with ornate Moorish architecture, has played a prominent role in New York's dance history. Built in 1924, it was restored by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in 1943, providing a home for the New York City Ballet and New York City Opera ...
A very good friend of Sir Fred's.(centenary celebrations honor Sir Frederick Ashton)
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM Although Sir Frederick Ashton's 100th birthday doesn't arrive until September 2004 the world's leading ballet companies are already decorating the cake with candles. The ceutenary celebrations have started in this country, and in Ashton's Britain, where the choreographer's status as the ...
This Tutu solid flesh.(Bolshoi Ballet dismisses ballet dancer deemed too heavy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet announced it was sacking the ballerina because she was too heavy. They claimed that avoirdupois was inflicting serious injuries on the few men who agreed to partner her. The ballerina, all of 5 foot 6 inches,. confessed that although she once gobbled cheese and ...
SF: sound moves.(San Francisco's Summerfest/dance)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Last July, the twelfth annual edition of San Francisco's Summerfest/dance presented a new venture to bridge the gulf between the Bay Area's contemporary dancers and its composers. The Choreographers & Composers Consortium (C&CC) paired four dancemakers with four musicians for a six month ...
The supremes call the tune.
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM Last term's major United States Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and privacy contribute to a sense of what is important in the broader society in which the dance community lives. The decisions may also create opportunities and/or barriers for many dancers. ...
The New York Public Library.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY has acquired the late KENN DUNCAN'S ARCHIVES, which comprises more than ...
Both the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival report record ticket sales.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Both the JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL and the EDINBURGH ...
Ballet Tech.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The American Guild of Musical Artists has reached an equitable settlement with BALLET TECH and has ...
Sonya Delwaide.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Choreographer SONYA DELWAIDE is visiting professor at ...
Walker Art Center.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The WALKER ART CENTER in Minneapolis will close ...
Val Caniparoli.(Noteworthy)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... VAL CANIPAROLI will choreograph a modern-dress version of Cinderella for the ...
Leland in St. Petersburg.(Triple Tour)
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM "I recognized my dressing room!" says Assistant Ballet Mistress Sara Leland, meaning her backstage refuge in St. Petersburg's legendary Maryinsky Theater, where New York City' Ballet performed to great acclaim last summer. She knew it from long ago--from the company's scary tour in ...
Doing the numbers.(Raising the Barre: The Geographic, Financial and Economic Trends of Nonprofit Dance Companies )
Dec 01, 2003 ... The most heartening aspect of Raising the Barre: The Geographic, Financial and Economic Trends of Nonprofit Dance Companies is that it confirms suspicions, allays fears and furnishes a modicum of hope--all within the space of fifty-two pages. Published recently by the National Endowment ...
Ohio Women'S Hall of Fame.(Honors)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... JERALDYNE BLUNDEN, founder Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, ...
Arts National Heritage Fellowships.(Honors)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Among the recipients of 2003 National Endowment for the ARTS NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS ...
Choreographer Martin Schlapfer has received a Heinz Spoerli Foundation award.(Honors)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Choreographer Martin Schlapfer has received a Heinz ...
Golden Swan Award.(Honors)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... New York City Ballet principal SOFIANE SYLVE has been given the GOLDEN SWAN ...
France's Union of Theater, Music and Dance Critics.(Honors)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... France's Union of Theater, Music and Dance Critics has awarded its prize for "best dance work" to ...
The Joffrey Ballet.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... THE JOFFREY BALLET of Chicago has named LESLIE B ....
Dance Alloy.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... BETH CORNING is the new artistic ...
Jose Limon Dance Foundation.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... RANDAL FIPPINGER has been appointed General ...
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... San Francisco's YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS has ...
Pennsylvania Ballet.(New Faces)
Dec 01, 2003 ... JAMES IHDE, TARA KEATING AND RIOLAMA LORENZO have ...
Ballet Theatre of Maryland.(New Faces)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... BALLET THEATRE OF MARYLAND has engaged dancers Blake Beardsley, Victor Carnesolta, ...
A new name, a new approach.(Chicago's Moose Project )
Dec 01, 2003; ... DM Chicago's Moose Project is undergoing a makeover. The nine, soon to be twelve, member contemporary ballet ensemble now performs as The Chicago Ballet, a name change that reflects ongoing plans to widen its artistic scope with full-length narrative works and ballets by guest ...
Ailey goodies.(New York)(Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... If it's December it must be Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center. This season Robert Battle creates his first ballet for the company, and Jennifer Muller returns to do her third. Battle, a former leading dancer with Parsons Dance Company, is choreographing a quintet, which he ...
Inner/outer demons.(New York)(upcoming New York dance premieres)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Shocking, sexual, loud (audibly and visually)--these are some of the words that came to mind watching Compagnie Marie Chouinard at The Joyce three years ago. That year, she won a Bessie for the "seductive inner demon made external dancing skin." From December 9 to 13, she returns with two ...
Joy to the world.(New York)(Pangea Theatre Company's tribute to Katherine Dunham )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... At Pangea Theatre Company's tribute to Katherine Dunham at Symphony Space in September, this gracious queen of theatrical dance, now 94, deflected praise while heaping it upon colleagues. Admiring former student Marie Brooks's Hope, in which teenage dancers captured each rhythmic ...
Say no to Soviet Swans.(New York)(a new Swan Lake)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Sasha Pepelyaev, the edgiest choreographer to emerge from Moscow's contemporary dance scene, collaborates with Estonia's absurdist Von Krahl theater on--what else?--a new Swan Lake. This multilevel, multimedia work, coming to Dance Theater Workshop December 10 to 13 as part of the Central ...
East side story.(New York)(Yorkville Nutcracker)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... "I remember driving across 92nd Street and getting stuck behind a garbage truck," says Francis Patrelle as he recalled the impetus for creating his Yorkville Nutcracker. "All of a sudden, I came upon Gracie Mansion. It was all lit up, and I immediately thought it would be a great setting ...
Top (t)hat.(New York)(Never Gonna Dance)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... What's it like to step into the shoes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager find out this season when they perform the lead roles in Never Gonna Dance, a new Broadway musical based on the Astaire-Rogers film Swing Time. "It's an amazing honor," said ...
Advice for dancers.(questions and answers)
Dec 01, 2003; ... I READ IN ONE OF YOUR COLUMNS THAT DANCE TEACHERS CAN BE POSSESSIVE OF THEIR STUDENTS. MY OLD TEACHER WAS LIKE THAT WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT I'D NEVER BE ANY GOOD WITHOUT HER. I KNOW I HAVE TALENT BECAUSE I NOW HAVE A JOB, BUT SHE CERTAINLY DIDN'T HELP MY CONFIDENCE. I HAD TO DO THAT FOR ...
Health and fitness for life.
Dec 01, 2003; ... Ever get the instruction "move from your psoas" in your dance class? The psoas (pronounced SO-az), a revered but misunderstood muscle hidden away deep within the pelvis, receives one of the most frequent references in dance training. So where is your psoas and how can it work for you? ...
A nutcracker nation: an exclusive excerpt from Jennifer Fisher's new book looks at how a Russian ballet became an American holiday institution.(Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World)(Excerpt)
Dec 01, 2003; ... EVERY CHRISTMAS," a critic once wrote, we are all "one more Nutcracker closer to death." This quotation, attributed to critic Richard Buckle, has always been a favorite of mine, because it's funny, it's true, and it masks a deeper meaning, just like The Nutcracker itself. Long a synonym ...
Reviewing the year 2003.(a look at trends and forecasts in dance world)(appreciation of tap dancer Gregory Hines)
Dec 01, 2003; ... AS YEARS GO, 2003 wasn't a great one for dance--with a few notable exceptions, The states' budget shortfalls, belt-tightening, and conservative spending have progressed nationally and internationally to a wave of layoffs, closures, and cancellations of projects, and of course, war. But ...
In good company: legendary director Robert Altmans's The Company shows the sweat, tears, and bloody feet that turn dance into art at the Joffrey Ballet.
Dec 01, 2003; ... In the gilded Auditorium Theatre on an afternoon last November, the director Robert Altman sat in an orchestra seat, his eyes darting between four monitors that captured the image of a spinning dancer onstage, suspended on a rope in Moses Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn's White Widow. Altman's ...
On a darker note: San Francisco Ballet's new music director Andrew Mogrelia has a love affair with Tchaikovsky that puts The Nutcracker at the top of the composer's achievements.
Dec 01, 2003; ... DO WE PAY ENOUGH attention to the score of The Nutcracker--the one by Tchaikovsky? Many of the folks who will attend perfomances of the ballet this month all around the country consider the score just another agreeably tuneful bonus for attending an annual ritual. Others deem it the sound ...
Revive your senses.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Aveda's Lavender Fleurs Singular Note oil)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... I first encountered Aveda's Lavender Fleurs Singular Note oil when a friend dabbed some on my wrist just before the fourth act of Swan Lake. I stood in the long corps de ballet line, my body tired, my feet swollen, but the gentle scent put me at ease. Aveda's ...
Keeping track.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Personal Digital Assistant (PDA))(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Between classes, performances, and physio, it's hard for me to keep track of everything, but Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) makes it much easier. There are several new ones in the Palm line, and the smallest fits nicely into a dance or gym bag without ...
Gulp!(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(GSI's Colored Bottle )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... GSI's Colored Bottle takes water-bottle design a step beyond fundamentals. First, the 32-ounce jugs come in vivid blue, purple, red, and yellow. If you're not the only one working up a sweat, you'll still know which bottle is yours. The lid's attached, the ...
Brushing up.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Sephora's Classic Hairbrush )(Product/Service Evaluation)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Some brushes tear through hair like a weed whacker. But Sephora's Classic Hairbrush treats your head better. The oval-shaped brush has a rubber backing for the boar-hair bristles, so they yield a little with each stroke. A quick brush gives not-so-shiny ...
It's a wrap.(Last-Minute Holiday Ideas: ... smart gifts and products)(Relaxing Lavender Heatable Body Wrap)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Got sore shoulders? Find relief with the Body Shop's new Relaxing Lavender Heatable Body Wrap. Inside, there's a long beanbag-like sack filled with lavender and flaxseed. Take the sack out of the case, and stick ...
Vladimir Malakhov.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Photographs and text by Nina Alovert. Moscow: Aleatorica. 2003. 216 pages. $65. ISBN 5-9900050-1-6. The international ballet star Vladimir Malakhov is the subject of a stunning new book of photographs by Nina Alovert (see Dancescape, page 125). A blend of performance shots and ...
Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Edited by Sally Banes, with assistance from Andrea Harris. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2003. 232 pages, illustrations. $55.00. ISBN 0-299-18010-7 $19.95, paper. ISBN 0-299-18014-x. The artistic ferment of the '60s was not notable for its linear coherence, a virtue ...
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... By Twyla Tharp with Mark Reiter. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2003. 256 pages. $25. ISBN: 0-7432-3526-6. Twyla Tharp's new book is an ideal gift for anyone planning to lead a creative life. With characteristic rigor, chutzpah, and humor, Tharp demystifies every step of the ...
Alvin Ailey Dance Moves! A Dance-based Approach to Movement and Exercise.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003 ... by Lise Friedman. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. 2003. 208 pages, paper. $24.95. ISBN: 158479285X Drawing on the varied disciplines taught by The Ailey School, from classical ballet to West African dance to yoga, Dance Moves! is an easy-to-follow dance fitness book. The 50 ...
Palestine embodied: teens from Dheisheh refugee camp dance their experience.(members of Palestinian dance troupe IBDAA visit United States as part of cultural exchange program)
Dec 01, 2003; ... S. SMITH PATRICK'S AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY, THE CHILDREN OF IBDAA: TO CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, IS THE STORY OF A TEEN DANCE TROUPE WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIVES IN A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP. IN ARABIC, "ibdaa" means "to create something out of nothing." ...
Dancin' it out: Oakland Arts Center helps teens cope.(Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, California)(Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company)
Dec 01, 2003; ... FROM THE OUTSIDE, Destiny Arts Center (De-escalation Skills Training to Inspire Nonviolence in Youth) is a splash of color on an otherwise gray, sidewalk. Occupying three small storefronts on San Pablo Avenue, one of the busiest thoroughfares in Oakland, California, Destiny Arts Center ...
NDA meets.(National Dance Association conference to focus on dance education, Dallas, Texas)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003; ... PHILANTHROPIST and education specialist Howard Gardner will address members of the National Dance Association when the organization convenes for "A Moving Landscape: Dance Pedagogy for the 21st Century," January 16-19, 2004 in Dallas, Texas. Gardner, known for his theory of multiple ...
Dance theater.(dancer and choreographer Mark Dendy speaks about his work on Broadway production of the musical "Taboo")(Interview)(Biography)
Dec 01, 2003; ... "I was always moving toward theater," says downtown-turned-uptown choreographer Mark Dendy, with the air of someone accustomed to negotiating side roads and switchbacks en route to his destinations. After all, it's not every day that a guy whose resume includes performing in platinum wig ...
Nutcracker magic.(two nine-year-old girls stage the Nutcracker ballet )
Dec 01, 2003; ... THE LIGHTS DIMMED, the curtain rose, and my then 8-year-old daughter, Ginny, was mesmerized. I had seen The Nutcracker many times before, but that day Ginny was seeing it for the first time. I had wondered whether she would even like the ballet. Children are so fabulously entertained these ...
2003 holiday calendar.(Calendar)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Note: We list only professional performances. When a theater is listed more than once, see first listing for address and box-office number. In each category the U.S. is listed first, with other countries following alphabetically. * Nutcracker performance PERFORMANCES ...
Swan Lake.(Dance Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... SWAN LAKE Pacific Northwest Ballet Marion Oliver McCaw, Hall Seattle, Washington September 25-October 4, 2003 A transformed production of Swan Lake inaugurated Pacific Northwest Ballet's first season in Seattle's equally transformed opera house, both featuring the sleek, elegant ...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Program B Compagnie Felix Ruckert.(Dance Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO, PROGRAM B COMPAGNIE FELIX RUCKET Ted Shawn Theatre Doris Duke Studio Theatre Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival August 20-24, 2003, August 21 24,2003 Both Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Compagnie Felix Ruckert presented brilliant--and somewhat ...
"Ay, Flamenco".(Dance Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... "AY FLAMENCO" John Anson Ford Amphitheatre Hollywood, California August 23, 2003 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf When the Spanish flamenco sensation Domingo Ortega tossed a red rose into the audience in the middle of a fiery solo, the lady who caught it may have thought she was a ...
Streb.(Wild Blue Yonder by Elizabeth Streb)(Dance Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... STREB Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia September 6, 2003 Reviewed by George Jackson Elizabeth Streb's twenty-five minutes of the evening-length centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight (Face of America 2003: A ...
Howard "Sandman" Sims.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Celebrated tap performer Howard "Sandman" Sims's memorial service was held May 28 at Harlem's Apollo Theater, where he had been stage manager and was dubbed "the Executioner" for booting losers offstage on Amateur Night for more than thirty years. He died May 20 at age 86. Sims, born in ...
Mel Wong.(Transitions)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Mel Wong, who received the first Guggenheim fellowship awarded to a Chinese-American for choreography, died of a heart attack on July 17, 2003. Wong, who was 64, was also a visual artist. He danced with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1968 to 1972. In the 1970s, he ...