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OCTOBER
1999
IN
MONTREAL: a six-month stage hands strike threatens the health of the city's
dance company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. CBC
10/28/99
SAN
FRANCISCO BALLET makes its first-ever trip to London.
London Times 10/25/99
AND: Another
review London Sunday Times 10/31/99
AN
AMERICAN DREAM: San Francisco Ballet goes to London for the first time ever
and wows the critics. Financial Times
10/29/99
RENT
DISPUTE DIVORCE: Ten-year Cleveland San Jose Ballet partnership comes apart
in money dispute. Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/20/99
SAVING
CLASSICAL BALLET: A fan, dismayed by the ballet he was seeing in Russia,
decided to start his own company in 1994. This week the St. Petersburg Ballet
Theatre comes to America. Washington Post
10/20/99
DANCEABLE OPERA: The Australian Ballet goes
to New York with a "Madame Butterfly" dance. Neither opera nor Miss Saigon,
there aren't any helicopters landing onstage either. New York Times 10/19/99 (moved
to paid archives)
FLUNKING
THE AVANT GARDE: Dance-theater visionary Martha Clarke was a star. Then came
the thing with the elephant - a certified disaster - and the bottom fell out of
her career. Now she's back at the Kennedy Center with a new piece.
Washington Post 10/17/99
DREAM
DANCE DUO: Two of the greatest dancers of our time - Altynai Asylmuratova
and Konstantin Zaklinsky - will dance together at Sadler's Wells.
London Times 10/14/99
"SEXY MEN AND GOOD HUMORED WOMEN": A very
different Australian Ballet company lands in New York. New York Times 10/14/99 ALSO:
Another review. New York Times
10/15/99
TURNING
POINTE: After decades of high flying and financial stability, Seattle's
Pacific Northwest Ballet flirts with financial meltdown. Seattle Weekly 10/7/99
MARK MORRIS IN LONDON: A
critic - an "admirer for two decades" attends the performance and comes away
bewildered. Financial Times 10/7/99 ALSO: Another
review London Times 10/7/99
MONTREAL DANCE
BIENNIAL is the premiere showcase for contemporary dance, and the dance
world has gathered. Early verdicts are lukewarm. Toronto
Globe and Mail 10/6/99
Montreal: International New Dance Festival
is a canvas for experimentation. New York Times
10/5/99
NUTCRACKER ON
ICE? No, but the Kirov Ballet will be taking a $4.5 million arena production
of The Nutcracker on a tour of Australia in November and December.
Sydney Morning Herald 10/4/99
MARK
MORRIS TOURS BRITAIN and the Times takes a mid-career look.
London Sunday Times 10/3/99
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