Article: Making Contact.(Mitzi Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, New York)(Review)

Imagine a dance work with a persuasive story to tell, a great score, and marvelous dancers. Which ballet is that, you ask? Not The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, or Coppelia. It's not really a ballet, per se. It's Contact, a "dance play" that opened at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, this fall and is a huge hit. Paeans of praise from critics have been heaped on it. Even before it opened, the word of mouth was such that the show was sold out. Brainchild of choreographer-director Susan Stroman and writer John Weidman [see Dancetheater, September, page 62], Contact is a musical without an original score. Instead, it uses classical, swing, and standard pop numbers. ...

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