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Article: DAYTON BALLET TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL STORIES
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- Dayton Daily News
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- April 5, 2003
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Vision 20/20 Project is making new works possible
DAYTON - Ticket sales are considerably higher for full-length
story ballets than mixed programs of choreography without narrative.
But most new work fits in the second category.
The repertoire of full-length ballets never seems to change.
Most of those on the list - Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty,
La Bayadere, Coppelia, La Sylphide, Raymonda, etc. - date back more
than 100 years to another continent.
Dermot Burke views that as not just as an invitation, but an
imperative to produce new full-length story ballets that are
accessible to ticket buyers in the 21st century United States.
Yet the dance company he directs, the Dayton Ballet, ...