Pointe back issues from June 2005:
Performance Notes
Jun 01, 2005; ... "I totally loved the article about home schooling." Sophia Meyers, via e-mail I thought the article on home schooling ("Home Schooling: A Personal Decision") in your April/May 2005 issue was well written and informative. I was home schooled, and I believe the article did a great ...
Excellence
Jun 01, 2005; ... Ballet is hard. That's part of why it's so beautiful. We love it because when it's done well, it takes us to a place far removed from the ho-hum world of TiVo and online bill payment. But it is not only because ballet can transport us that we put up with its difficulties, disappointments ...
Residents Return
Jun 01, 2005; ... New York City Ballet returns to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY-after a near cancellation of the residency last year-for its 40th annual season, July 5-23. The company will present five Saratoga premières, including Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins' Octet and Tàlà ...
Ballet In The Park
Jun 01, 2005; ... Ohio Ballet's Summer Festival 2005 will once again delight audiences in Akron and Cleveland, OH, with five weekends of free evening dance performances, July through August, at a number of area community parks. Some of the ...
Dance At The Wolf
Jun 01, 2005; ... Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts beckons dance lovers to Vienna, VA, for a summer of dance, June 21-August ...
Canada
Jun 01, 2005; ... Part of Alberta, Canada's Centennial Celebration, the Banff Summer Arts Festival features concerts, art walks, film screenings and four dance performances during its Festival Dance, July 14-17. Included are two new works by the recipients of the Clifford E. Lee Choreography ...
Barn Dance
Jun 01, 2005; ... An all-star lineup of dance comes to Massachusetts' Jacob's Pillow, June 18-August 28, with companies such as Les Grand Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Aspen Santa Fe ...
Gracious Hosts
Jun 01, 2005; ... Europe's popular International Tanzsommer Festival will be hosted at three different sites, June 19-July 24. Innsbruck, Austria, will play host to performances by Brazil's Sao Paulo Ballet, Japan's Yamato, Switzerland's Atelier Rudra Béjart and ...
Rocky Mountain High
Jun 01, 2005; ... The rareified m air of the Rocky Mountains and the 2005 Vail International Dance Festival in Colorado welcome another summer of top-flight dance with performances July 30-August 7. Among those scheduled to perform: Argentina's Iñaki Ballet Concierto, Colorado ...
Americans In Paris
Jun 01, 2005; ... San Francisco Ballet will inaugurate Les Étés de la Danse de Paris, July 5-23. SFB will be the sole performer in Paris' brand-new annual festival of dance, which features eight works in three programs including three world premières from choreographers Lar ...
Summer Session
Jun 01, 2005; ... * Stars of the White Nights Festival (May 27-July 17) Among the programs: the Kirov in Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, plus appearances by Bolshoi Ballet: www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill/festivals * Bournonville Festival (June 3-11) Royal Danish Ballet celebrates ...
CORPS Education
Jun 01, 2005; ... The San Francisco Ballet School will host the 7th annual Council of Organized Researchers for Pedagogical Studies (CORPS) de Ballet International Conference, which is committed to the development of ballet in higher education, June 25-29. Speakers will discuss a variety of topics, including ...
Dance Distinctions
Jun 01, 2005; ... The 29th Laurence Olivier Awards honored two dance companies on February 20 in London. Rambert Dance Company, Britain's oldest company, took the award for Best New Dance Production for its performance of Michael Clark's Swamp at the Sadler's Wells Theatre. In addition, the Outstanding ...
Quick Change
Jun 01, 2005; ... Laura Urgelle's works well under pressure. Just a week before The Washington Ballet's preview of Trey McIntyre's new Rite of Spring at the Kennedy Center, she was told she would dance the leading role of The Hostess in place of scheduled performer Michele Jimenez, whose mother had passed ...
Forsythe's Future
Jun 01, 2005; ... After leading Ballett Frankfurt for 20 years, world-renowned contemporary ballet choreographer William Forsythe has created a new company. The Forsythe Company, which debuted on April 21. This new troupe will include some of the repertoire, dancers and staff of Ballett Frankfurt (which closed at ...
In Other News
Jun 01, 2005; ... * During the New York Choreographic Institute's spring 2005 session, four choreographers-Edwaard Liang, Alexey Miroshnichenko, Inma Rubio Tomas and Miao Zang-developed and showcased their original works. For more: www.ny-ci.org * The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is looking to secure a ...
Suozzi Styles
Jun 01, 2005; ... When Sean Suozzi joined the corps of New York City Ballet in 2000, he never thought he'd work with a hip-hop master. That opportunity arose when NYCB principal Peter Boal invited Suozzi to join his small dance troupe, Peter Boal and Company, during breaks from NYCB. This year, Suozzi, ...
Fond Farewell
Jun 01, 2005; ... Co-directors of Pacific Northwest Ballet for almost three decades, Francia Russell and Kent Stowell retire in June, leaving PNB in the hands of Peter Boal, outgoing principal of New York City Ballet. "We had to retire because we can't give 40 percent or 60 percent," says Stowell. "It has to be ...
The Don Returns
Jun 01, 2005; ... The Suzanne Farrell Ballet performs Balanchine 's Don Quixote at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, June 22-26. The co-production with the National Ballet of Canada, staged by Farrell with music by Nicolas Nabokov, costumes by Holly Hynes inspired by the originals and sets by Zack Brown, will ...
Patricia Barker
Jun 01, 2005; ... Answers Your Questions I am getting really advanced in ballet. The problem is that I can barely do pirouettes. Do you have any advice to help this? Pirouettes are a great paradox. Unless you believe you can do a pirouette, it will never happen, but you also need to add good ...
Cape Town City Ballet
Jun 01, 2005; ... South Africa's Cape Town City Ballet features beautiful surroundings and diverse work. Talk about location. Cape Town, South Africa, near the southern tip of the African continent, boasts gorgeous mountain views as well as white, sandy beaches. Dancers at the Cape Town City Ballet are ...
Inside Michael Cook's Dance Bag
Jun 01, 2005; ... Michael Cook, fourth-year Ballet Arizona dancer, knows what he can't be without: "My Fiji water and my Issey Miyaké cologne!" laughs the Phoenix native. "I'm a little obsessed with smelling great, and this is one of my favorite scents." And with Arizona's dry climate, water is certainly a must ....
Columbia City Ballet's Gallery Gallop
Jun 01, 2005; ... Columbia City Ballet * La Scala Ballet * Dayton Ballet * La La La Human Steps * Boston Ballet * Milwaukee Ballet Columbia City Ballet's Gallery Gallop Columbia City Ballet's ambitious Off the Wall and Onto the Stage, conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director William ...
Ballet's Fairy Godfather
Jun 01, 2005; ... Marius Petipa's choreography lives on, almost a century after his death. Ninety-five years have passed since French choreographer Marius Petipa, often called the father of classical ballet, died on July 14, 1910. But over the past century, his work has become the cornerstone for modern ...
Minnesota Ballet
Jun 01, 2005; ... Duluth's Minnesota Ballet keeps busy with plenty of premières. Next year, Minnesota Ballet celebrates its 40th anniversary. In the spring, the company will present Balanchine's Apollo, as well as works by Antony Tudor, Agnes de Mille and a new full-length Sleeping ...
On The Case
Jun 01, 2005; ... PBS's History Detectives investigates pointe shoes. Getting fitted for pointe shoes for the first time is an exhilarating moment in every dancer's life. For 13-year-old Mariel O'Connell, it also sent her on a fact-finding journey about her great-great-grandfather, an enterprising ...
Ooh La La La: Canadians Cross-Dress In Amelia
Jun 01, 2005; ... Satinoff's ballet included some rousing group movements for the men, but except for a Sephardic-accented solo for Lancaster with male corps to the Chanukah song Ocho Candelas Para Mi, it was pretty much Fiddler on the Ftoofredux. That's not a bad thing. It's just been done better. Ooh La ...
The Good Fit
Jun 01, 2005; ... Get the most out of your ballet slippers. In the ballet world, there's one fairy tale that's more fact than fiction. Swan maidens and sleeping beauties are magical creatures, but matching Cinderella with her slipper is all too familiar for students, professionals and ...
European Moderns At Teatro Alla Scala
Jun 01, 2005; ... European Moderns At Teatro Alla Scala Dance critic Franceses Pedroni writes for the Italian publications Danza and Danza, Il Manifesto and the TV channel Classica. It is a sign of our times: In Europe, as in America, more and more ballet companies are enlarging their repertoires ...
Four Departures For Milwaukee Ballet
Jun 01, 2005; ... Four Departures For Milwaukee Ballet Fred Dintenfass is a painter, dancer and writer living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee Ballet's "Fresh Four February," at the Pabst Theater, in Milwaukee, presented four premières by different choreographers, February 17-20. The results ...
Are You Ready?
Jun 01, 2005; ... It takes more than good technique to be ready to join a company. Because ballet is an art, there isn't a clear-cut equation to determine when a student is ready to be a professional-although a 6 o'clock penché and the ability to do 32 fouettés doesn't hurt. Nor is there a hard-and-fast ...
Down On Dance
Jun 01, 2005; ... Find inspiration in those feelings of frustration. Ever feel down on dance? You're not alone. In fact, you're in the best of company, say dance greats, ballet teachers and other insiders. Even better, there's actually an up side to being down-a silver lining in that dark cloud of ...
Romance Quickens The Pulse, In Dayton
Jun 01, 2005; ... Romance Quiekens The Pulse, In Dayton Terry Morris is theater and dance critic for the Dayton Daily News. Dayton Ballet transported audiences to the American West, Spain and places where thoughts turn to love during four premières on a program called "Dance to the Music," ...
In Boston: A Tricky Apparition Of Ideal Love
Jun 01, 2005; ... In Boston: A Tricky Apparition Of Ideal Love Karen Campbell is a cultural correspondent for The Boston Globe and The Christian Science Monitor Boston Ballet's impressive new La Sylphide, presented at the Wang Theatre in March, beautifully illustrates why this work is the ...
Peripatetic Prima
Jun 01, 2005; ... Spanish-born Lucia Lacarra is a favorite around the world. What is the best gift a fan ever gave you? I've had fans that have traveled from Japan to Europe to see me perform. I can't imagine any better gift. If you could only dance one ballet for the rest of your life, ...