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Article: White Oak Dance Project.(Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, New York)
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- Dance Magazine
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- July 1, 1997
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BAM OPERA HOUSE MARCH 25-29, 1997
Although the White Oak Dance Project has been around for some years now, its artistic identity remains as indistinct as ever. There is no core repertory, only unrelated works that come and go, even when they happen to be distinguished. And, apart from Mikhail Baryshnikov, the former ballet superstar who is the company's chief drawing card, there is no permanent corps of dancers. Baryshnikov's attitude toward the enterprise is curiously diffident. White Oak is his brainchild, managed by his production company, and it features him in every performance. Yet nowhere does he--or anybody else, for that matter acknowledge a role in the ...