Mindy
Aloff's
Letter
from New York
Martha
Graham Dance Company
Upcoming Graham-related events
New York Theatre Ballet
Balanchine Stamp
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past Letters
Étoiles,
imported and homegrown
Walpurgisnacht
Ballet/Sonatine/La Valse/Symphony in C
New York City Ballet
New York State Theater
New York, NY
April 27, 2004
by
Mary Cargill
Graham's
Maze
Satyric
Festival Song/Deep Song/Errand into the Maze/Circe/Sketches from Chronicle
Martha Graham Dance Company
City Center
New York, NY
April 21, 2004
by
Leigh Witchel
Gypsies,
Hunchbacks, and Tambourines
Esmeralda
New Jersey Ballet
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Newark, New Jersey
April 22, 2004
by
Mary Cargill
Rare
Ashton, Balanchine and Tudor Works
Capriol
Suite/A La Francaix/Designs With Strings/Solitude/Judgment
of Paris
New York Theatre Ballet
Florence Gould Hall
New York, NY
April 23, 2004
by
Mary Cargill
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What's
On This Week?
Balanchine Centennial Events:
April 27-June
27
(opened January 6)
The Balanchine Centennial Exhibition at New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's career is covered in a photography exhibit curated
by company veteran Edward Bigelow.
New York State Theater Lincoln Center 66th Street and Broadway 212-870-5570
www.nycballet.com
Ballet and
Dance Events:
April 26
Frederick Ashton: A Celebration
Works & Process
To mark the centenary of the birth of Frederick Ashton, former Royal Ballet
dancer and current American Ballet Theatre ballet mistress Georgina Parkinson
hosts a discussion of the choreographer's works in the ABT repertoire.
ABT dancers perform excerpts. At 8pm. Guggenheim Museum 5th Avenue at
89th Street 212-423-3587
April 26
Movement Research at the Judson Church
This week's forum for experimentation and works-in-progress features Lionel
Popkin, Mollie O'Brien and Mary Ann Lacey. At 8pm
55 Washington Square South at Thompson Street
212-539-2611
April 26
Moving Men
Works by Alexandra Beller and Issey Nini will be shown on this evening
of this series, curated by Arthur Aviles. At 8pm.
Dixon Place at University Settlement
184 Eldridge Street at Rivington Street
212-219-0736
April 26
Youth America Grand Prix
This competition's fifth anniversary gala features the winners, as well
as American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim
Belotserkovsky, New York City Ballet principal dancers Alexandra Ansanelli
and Benjamin Millepied, former Boston Ballet principal Sarah Lamb, and
others.
Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center
Columbus Avenue at 63rd Street
212-721-6500
April 27
Fresh Tracks
This installment of this series features works by Brandon Albright, Johanna
Hegenschiedt, Marion Ramirez, Leonardo Smith, the Roosters and Jeremy
Wade. At 7pm.
Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues
April 27-May
2
New York City Ballet
After a winter season of mostly full-length ballets, NYCB resumes its
Balanchine Centennial season this spring. The first week features some
of the master's sublime works, including La Valse, Symphony in C,
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet and Liebeslieder Walzer. Also,
Paris Opera Ballet étoiles Aurélie Dupont and Manuel Legris
will guest in Balanchine’s Sonatine. On May 1, the company
will hold Alumni Night,during which the invited Alumni in the audience
will be acknowledged. 4/27 at 7:30pm, 4/28-30 at 8pm, 5/1 at 2pm and 8pm,
5/2 at 3pm. New York State Theater Lincoln Center 66th Street and Broadway
212-870-5570 www.nycballet.com
April 27-May
2
DanceBrazil
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jelon Vieira, DanceBrazil fuses
the best of traditional and contemporary Afro-Brazilian dance, and this
season brings the premiere of Street Girls, along with other pieces. 4/27-30
at 8pm, 5/1 at 2pm and 8pm, 5/2 at 7:30pm.
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street
212-242-0880
April 28-May
1
At Long Last...
Two world premiere programs of student choreography will be presented
by Juilliard's senior class. The showcase features works by Mark Burrell,
Caroline Finn and Marie Zvosec. At 8pm.
Clark Studio Theater
Lincoln Center
Samuel B. and David Rose Building
70 Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th Street, seventh floor 212-799-5000
April
28-May 1
Zvidance
Israeli-born Zvi Gotheiner creates lusciously musical dances that speak
of the human spirit - mixing contemporary aesthetic and folk elements
with sumptuous, full-bodied movement.
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 96th Street
212-864-5400
April
28-May 2
Breaking Lines Dance Festival
At 4/28 at 8pm: Darrah Carr Dance presents a selection of company favorites,
as well as the premiere of a new work set to mesmerizing sounds of the
Afro-Celt band De Jimbe. At 4/29 at 8pm: Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
presents its full-evening work, Mayne Mentshn (My People), which celebrates
Jewish gesture, expression, ritual, traditions and values. 4/30 at 8pm:
New Voices: An evening of dance with emerging choreographers. Julieta
Valero, a Venezuelan dancer/choreographer presents De la Calle, (From
the Street); American born choreographer Nick Seligson-Ross of the Nicholas
Andre Dance Theater presents Crossroads; and Jamaican born dancer/choreographer
Kevin Williams uses a dance vocabulary known as "street jazz"
to create works that explore how one begins in the street and ends in
the world of dance. 5/1 at 8pm, 5/2 at 3pm: Kun-Yang Lin Dancers, presents
a repertory that fuses traditional Chinese dance forms with the modern
vocabulary.
The Harry De Jur Playhouse at Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street at Pitt Street
212-598-0400
April 29-30,
May 1
SplitStream
In a shared program, Jonathan Berger, Ann Liv Young and Antonio Ramos
present works. At 7pm.
Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues
April 29,
30, May 1, 2
Nicole Berger Dance Theater
Welcome to Birdland explores one man's midlife crisis. His world morphs
into "Birdland" where he imagines himself as an ornithologist,
and his wife, a Parakeet. Actors, dancers and physical comedians portray
his odyssey of making sense of the women in his life with drama, grace,
and humor. At 8pm.
Joyce SoHo
155 Mercer Street
212-334-74-79
April 29-May
1
Stefa Zawerucha
Danspace Project kicks off its spring season with Zawerucha's Deal. Danspace
Project at St. Mark's Church in-th-Bowery Second Avenue at 10th Street
212-674-8194
May 1-2
Joffrey Ensemble Dancers
The dancers from the Joffrey Ballet School, founded in 1952, performs.
5/1 at 8pm, 5/2 at 3pm.
John Jay Theater
899 10th Avenue at 59th Street
212-254-8520
—Dale
Brauner
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Dale Brauner
Mary Cargill
Nancy Dalva
Gia Kourlas
Gay Morris
Susan Reiter
Alexandra Tomalonis(Editor)
Meital Waibsnaider
Leigh Witchel
David Vaughan
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