The next issue of danceviewtimes will be published August 21
(it's summer and you're not dancing!)
To keep ourselves busy, we've been getting out DanceView. The Summer issue is at the printer's now. Big, full-season reviews of ABT, NYCB, Royal Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada. Fille Mal Gardee and the Russian Evening in Boston, and lots of dance in San Francisco and New York. Click here to Subscribe!
Letter from New York
Lincoln Center Festival: San Francisco Ballet
by Nancy Dalva
For a lovely week at the end of July, the San Francisco Ballet moved into the New York State Theater, and Cupid, the presiding god of Mark Morris’s “Sylvia,” reigned.
And reigned not only during the three-night new-to-New York run of that ballet, made in 2004 , but on the opening and closing programs as well. This last was long, very long, and mostly a grim-fest, but by then I was interested in seeing what the company could do, and how they did it, whether I liked it or not. Amor vincet omnia. READ MORE
Bytom 13 and the Baltics
XIIIth Annual Contemporary Dance Conference & Performance Festival
by George Jackson
Bytom is as derelict as last year, still with dance as the exception. Architectural renovation of the many substantial old buildings has stalled. Some parks and plazas may be marginally more kempt, but it is the summer dance workshop and festival — two weeks long — that injects cosmopolitan culture and hard cash into this former coal mining town's life and economy. READ MORE
The West Wave Festival: Programs 8
by Ann Murphy
The last evening of the 2006 West Wave Dance Festival
was the odd duck of the festival’s final four
programs. Sunday nights often have a dreary
energy — everyone’s getting ready for another week in
the trenches, audiences are often sparse, and the mood
overall can seem dour. That was last Sunday. The light
in the theater even looked dimmer than usual, and
during intermission the crepuscular glow was so faint
the program text was illegible. The first night of the
week is a lousy time to end a festival, especially if
the planners want to finish with a bang. Go out on a
Saturday with a full house and a great after-party. READ MORE
Earth, Wind, and Fire: Elements of the Capital Fringe Festival
by Christopher Correa
What else can be said about these dog days of summer? To paraphrase Cole Porter, it’s just too darn hot. Audiences hoping to chill out a bit over the last week — one of the hottest on record — found happy refuge in the Capital Fringe Festival, which featured ninety-seven total performed works. Some were splashy, others spritzy, and there were more than a couple cold fish out there — but for eleven days straight, Washington was a refreshing place to be. READ MORE