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      Volume 2,  Number 15    April 26, 2004           The weekly online supplement to DanceView magazine

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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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


 

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 Pri
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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
DanceBrazi
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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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