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Article: In the Joffrey tradition: artistic directors of five companies talk about how Robert Joffrey's vision shaped their approach.(Dermot Burke, Dayton Ballet)(Jeffrey Graham Hughes, Ohio Ballet)(Tom Mossbrucker, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet)(David Palmer, Maximum Dance Ballet Gamonet)(William Whitener, Kansas City Ballet)(Panel Discussion)
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- Dance Magazine
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- July 1, 2005
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ON A GOOD DAY, in the right shoes, he stood 5' 6" tall. But when Robert Jeffrey walked into a studio, his immense aura as director, teacher, choreographer, and impresario forced everyone to pay heed. The ballet company that Jeffrey forged, based on an American ideal of energy, invention, popularity, eclecticism, and precision, added highly enriched explosives to the dance boom of the 1960s and '70s. Even his roster of dancers--an "all-star, no star" system--planted the American principle of democracy into dance, allowing each artist the opportunity, to stand separate but equal. And with his Janus-like ability to look forward and backward, Jeffrey rescued choreographic ...
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Article: KEAN STAGE PRESENTS ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 12, 2006 ;
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... ... following news release: Kean Stage will present Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at Wilkins Theatre on Sunday, January 21, 2007, at 3 p ... and abroad, the 11 electrifying dancers of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet are coming to Wilkins Theatre with an eclectic program featuring ...
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