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Article: Doyenne of City Center. (New York City's City Center for the Performing Arts president and executive director Judith Daykin)
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- Dance Magazine
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- November 1, 1998
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As the new season unfolds at City Center, Judith Daykin sits in her headquarters backstage, busily planning programs for the next three years. "The Center is having a revival," she says happily. "People come to enjoy this building and what's in it. Our season is virtually packed from Labor Day to Memorial Day."
For years the historic auditorium had a long and honorable association with such companies as New York City Ballet (before it moved to Lincoln Center), American Ballet Theatre, and the Joffrey Ballet, which made the theater its headquarters before moving to Chicago. But when Daykin joined City Center as president and executive director four years ago, ...