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NOVEMBER
1999
DOING
IT RIGHT THIS TIME: Hartford Ballet folded earlier this year, and many
thought resident dance was through in Hartford. But Dance Connecticut has risen
from the old company's ashes and early signs are promising. Hartford Courant 11/29/99
REMEMBERING
ALVIN AILEY: Hard to believe it's been ten years - Ailey company looks back
on the tenth anniversary of Judith Jamison's reign. New York Times 11/28/99
(one time registration required)
ATLANTA SUGARPLUMS: Musicians of the Atlanta
Ballet orchestra have been on strike for months. The company has decided to hire
replacement musicians so its "Nutcracker" can go on. Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11/24/99
CELEBRATING AFRICAN
AMERICAN DANCE: Two Ohio museums explore the influence African movement has
had on American dance. Morning Edition
(NPR) 11/24/99 [Real Audio sound
clip]
OFF
POINTE: New York City Ballet cancels opening night performance after
musicians go out on strike. New York Times
11/24/99 (one time
registration required)
100-FOOT
NUTCRACKER: New IMAX version of holiday classic is big enough - but a chore
to sit through. San Francisco Chronicle
11/24/99
GOULD IS
GOLD: National Ballet of Canada's evening of dance inspired by pianist Glenn
Gould was "one of the strangest evenings of ballet." Program was daring as it
was provocative, and audience members lingered long after the performance
finished, discussing what it all meant. Toronto Globe and Mail 11/22/99
RUSSIAN
BALLET MAY HAVE RULED as the 20th Century began, but this was definitely the
century of American dance. A century's end history of dance. Boston Globe 11/21/99 ALSO: "A
Celebration of 100 Years of American Dance on Film" One of "the most
improbable dance events of 1999. New York
Times 11/21/99 (one-time registration
required to enter)
BRITISH
BALLERINA BADDIES: It's been a bad year for British ballerinas - there were
fights on a Royal Ballet flight, name-calling that led a dancer to quit a major
tour, and then the infamous posing by English National ballerinas in their
underwear for a magazine. It's as though "the ballerina, once the representative
of what was most graceful about British femininity, was a fiction that no one
could be bothered to keep up." London
Telegraph 11/20/99
THE DANCING
GLENN GOULD: Three of Canada's most interesting artists have teamed up to
make a dance about a fourth. James Kadelka's "A Disembodied Voice" takes on
pianist Glenn Gould - humming and all. Toronto Globe and Mail 11/18/99
"CLOUDS
OF POTENTIAL GLORY": But it was not to be as Moscow City Ballet landed in
New York for its first performance. New
York Times 11/18/99 (one-time registration
required)
UCLA
DANCE: University gets $18 million - its largest-ever arts donation - to
create new center for dance in historic building. Los Angeles Times 11/16/99
NOT
JUST ANY BODY: Several hundred people satellite-linked in Toronto and The
Hague, with more listening in electronically in various other parts of the
world, took part in a weekend "global conference to advance health, well-being
and excellence in dance and dancers." Toronto Star 11/15/99 AND: CBC
report on conference 11/15/99
HAPPY
DISBELIEF: After 28 years in cramped quarters, the Royal Ballet moves into
enormous new studios at the newly-refurbished Covent Garden. London Telegraph 11/11/99
OH
NO - HE'S GOING TO ASK FOR MONEY: Cleveland San Jose Ballet is on the
financial rocks despite a distinguished history. What more is a dance company to
do? Cleveland Plain Dealer 11/10/99
RISKING IT ALL
ON NEW YORK: The Australian Ballet took a huge risk when it went to New York
in October. Initial box office was dismal. Thank God the reviews were
good. Sydney Morning Herald
11/9/99
COMMERCIALIZING
THE CLASSICS: Choreographer Matthew Bourne strives to be a popular success
with radical rethinking of classic works. It's working. His newest work,
Carmen, will use Bizet's famous score, but is a thriller about auto
mechanics (Car Men). Toronto Globe
and Mail 11/9/99
SUZANNE FARRELL
shows off her new 33-member dance company in a survey of dance of the 20th
Century. Newsday 11/7/99
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