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Anticipation
Aug 01, 2008; Johnson, Virginia ... Summer's hardly over, but our thoughts are already on the excitement of the coming season. This transition point between summer's exotic adventures and the fall season's serious work is a tiny island of bliss. As we imagine what's ahead-and begin to plan accordingly-we can still savor the last ...
Chicago Celebrates Dance
Aug 01, 2008; Bachko, Katia ... The Windy City will enjoy the Chicago Dancing Festival for a second year August 18-20. Dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company, Limón Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Oregon Ballet Theatre and Ballet Tech are scheduled to perform. American Ballet Theatre's Yuriko Kajiya and ...
The new season gets an early start
Aug 01, 2008; Johnson, Virginia ... With a nod to its late-summer start, BalletMet Columbus's season opener is called "Hot Nights, Cool Dance." For the program-an evening of new works by William Soleau, Adam Hundt and Darrell Grand Moultrie, among others-the company invites the audience to experience the creative process as well ...
Going Abroad
Aug 01, 2008; Bachko, Katia ... Two of America's foremost companies. New York City Ballet and Bostor. Ballet, will be touring internationally during the month of September. For the first time since 1995. NYCB will perform in Paris at the Opéra Bastille, presented by the Opéra National de Paris, September 9-21. The company will ...
Honoring Ballet's Best
Aug 01, 2008; Bachko, Katia ... Ballet luminaries were honored for their extraordinary contributions to the artform at the Benois de la Danse gala on May 6 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Among the artists honored were Fernando Alonso. who received the Lifetime Achievement Award for co-founding the Ballet Nacional de Cuba; ...
Tomorrow's Stars Shine at YAGP
Aug 01, 2008; Bachko, Katia ... Youth America Grand Prix concluded its ninth season April 21 with a sold-out grand finale gala at New York's City Center that featured international stars and talented young students. The gala capped off five days of finals in which dancers competed for scholarships to top schools around the ...
Fall Tour
Aug 01, 2008; Bachko, Katia ... San Francisco Ballet, under the leadership of Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, will embark on a four-city national tour this fall. The company will appear at the Harris Theater in Chicago, September 16-21; New York City Center, October 10-18; Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, ...
In Memoriam: Sallie Wilson
Aug 01, 2008; Johnson, Virginia ... American ballerina Sallie Wilson, who danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, died at the age of 76 on April 27 of cancer. Born in Fort Worth, TX, Wilson's dramatic portrayals in ballets such as Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden, Dim Lustre and, ...
Spotlighting New Talent
Aug 01, 2008; Bachko, Katia ... More than 2,200 Southern California students competed in categories including classical and nonclassical dance, visual arts and music performance for the 2008 Music Center Spotlight Awards held in Los Angeles on April 26. Among the winners were two ballet students who were honored for their ...
Inside Yury Yanowsky's Dance Bag
Aug 01, 2008; O'Connor, Rosalie ... Born in France and raised in Spain, Boston Ballet principal Yury Yanowsky now always carries his down-filled booties. "Boston is pretty cold," he says. "My feet get so cold I usually take almost the whole barre in booties." Yanowsky also likes to have his iPod. "Some of the dancers and I have a ...
Stepping Up
Aug 01, 2008; Kaiser, Roy; Johnson, Virginia ... Take the initiative to succeed as a new company member. In many ways, a young dancer's first year or two in a company can be the most difficult. A few years ago I formed Pennsylvania Ballet's second company to give young dancers the opportunity to learn what it means to not only take ...
Independent Contractor
Aug 01, 2008; Tegnelia, Abby ... Freelance dancer Laura Feig succeeds by making her own opportunities. In 2005, dancer Laura Feig left Atlanta Ballet, where she'd been for 10 years, to join the touring company of Twyla Tharp's Broadway show Movin ' Out. It was the first step in what would lead to a somewhat ...
A Romeo and Juliet That Swells the Ranks
Aug 01, 2008; Brown, Steven ... A Romeo and Juliet That Swells the Ranks By Steven Brown Steven Brown writes about dance for The Charlotte Observer Any story ballet is a stretch for North Ciirolina Dance Theatre, which presented Artistic Director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux's Romeo and Juliet, May 15 17, at ...
Montgomery Ballet
Aug 01, 2008; Rayasam, Renuka ... Alabama's long-established company adds international flair. Few small southern ballet companies get to push their boundaries with Middle Eastern melodies or Latin rhythms. But thanks to new artistic director Elie Lazar, the dancers at the Montgomery Ballet in Alabama have experimented ...
Premières Galore In San Francisco
Aug 01, 2008; Sims, Caitlin ... Premières Galore In San Francisco By Caitlin Sims Catlin Sims is editors ay large for Pointe Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson conceived of a New Works Festival to celebrate San Francisco Ballet's 75th anniversary. Ten premieres created by choreographers of ballet, ...
Street Dreams
Aug 01, 2008; Anderson, Jocelyn ... Ballerinas Lorna and Lorena Feijóo visit Sesame Street. Broadway. 42nd Street and-Sesame Street? There's more than one famous road (or dancers in New York City. Sisters Lorna and Lorena Feijoo recently made a rare appearance dancing together in the children's show's fictional ...
MADE IN MADRID
Aug 01, 2008; Lewis, Kristin ... ANGEL CORELLA UNVEILS HIS LONG-ANTICIPATED NEW COMPANY. When Angel Corella walks into Cafe Mozart near Lincoln Center for his interview in mid-May, it's a blustery, rain-soaked afternoon that has kept most New Yorkers inside. But one look at the American Ballet Theatre superstar, and ...
Recovery Plan
Aug 01, 2008; White, Karen ... Injured? Don't despair-repair. Injuries happen. But regardless of whether it's a minor injury or one requiring several months of recuperation, healing should be the first priority. What dancers do during the recovery period has a big impact on how quickly and effectively they get back to ...
HOME FIELD Advantage
Aug 01, 2008; Anderson, Jocelyn ... Resident choreographers thrive on the stability of a home base. Bootleg videos of Atlanta Ballet's new hit big are circulating on YouTube as if the work was a sold-out rock concert. Actually, it kind of was. Lauri Stallings choreographed the hip-hop ballet, set to live music by ...
Season Forecast
Aug 01, 2008; Sims, Caitlin; Green, Harris ... A look ahead at the 2008-09 season The offerings of the 2008-09 ballet season are as varied and distinctive as the tiles in a jewel-toned mosaic, with diverse opportunities for both dancers and audiences. As the economy in the U.S. tightens, some companies are feeling the pinch, ...