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 Volume 2, Number 24  June 28,  2004            The weekly online supplement to DanceView magazine


In this issue:
updated July 4, 2004

New! Mary Cargill writes on Ashton's Enigma Variations in the Ashton Preview Section.

New! "Looking at Ashton" by Bruce Sansom in the Ashton Preview Section.

New! PNB School Performance: the revival of the original choreography of Petipa's "Jardin Animee" (by Sandi Kurtz)

New! Complexions' Anthem review (by Susan Reiter)

New! Photos added to NYCB, ABT reviews, and Mindy Aloff's Letter

From New York:

Mindy Aloff's Letter from New York covers Frederic Franklin’s Coppélia, the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble, NYCB's new Musagète, and the season finale with guests the Georgian State Dancers

NYCB's Spring season coverage continues:
3 programs of the Russian Music Festival reviewed by Leigh Witchel and Mary Cargill

ABT's Spring season coverage continues:
2 casts in Coppelia reviewed by Susan Reiter and Mary Cargill.

Pilobolus reviewed by Nancy Dalva
3 site specific events reviewed by Kate Mattingly
Kimberly Bartosik reviewed by Nancy Dalva

From San Francisco:
The Geisha in San Francisco, by Rita Felciano

Coming:
From Seattle, PNB School's annual performance, focusing on the staging of Petipa's original choreography for the Jardin Animee sequence in Le Corsaire

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We've added an Index of Writers

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Mindy Aloff's
Letter from New York

Frederic Franklin’s Coppélia

Martha Graham Dance Ensemble

Musagète

Georgian State Dancers






Read past Letters


New York City Ballet's
Spring Season


Russian Tidbits




by Leigh Witchel






Winding Down




by Mary Cargilll





See also Mindy Aloff's Letter from New York for reviews of Musagète and the Georgian State Dancers

Links to prior reviews of NYCB's 2003-2004 season


Kimberly Bartosik
The Most of It




by Nancy Dalva







 

Special Preview Section!

Lincoln Center Festival's
Celebrating Ashton


Schedules, Background Info, "Looking at Ashton" by Bruce Sansom, Links to participating companies, more!


Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Before There Was After




by Sandi Kurtz




American Ballet Theatre's Spring Season

A Salute to Frederic Franklin,
and a Charming
Coppélia
with Ashley Tuttle, Angel Corella, Victor Barbee




by Susan Reiter





Two Debuts in Coppélia
with Gillian Murphy, Marcelo Gomes, Kirk Peterson







by Mary Cargill




Links to ABT spring season reviews



Pilobolus
Don't Trust Anyone Over 30




by Nancy Dalva





The Geishas Are In Town





by Rita Felciano





Site Specific Dance
A Panel Discussion at The Kitchen
In Praise of Folly by Peculiar Works Project
under whose control
Concept, Choreography, Video and Installation by Andrea Haenggi




by Kate Mattingly





Complexions
High Energy Frenzy




by Susan Reiter





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Marc Haegeman
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Meital Waibsnaider

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Leigh Witchel

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The Spring issue of Danceview is out!

Mary Cargill
Roots and Branches
NYCB’s Winter Season

Lynn Garafola
Reviving Pillar of Fire
An Interview with Donald Mahler

George Jackson
The Sleeping Beauty
Foot and Face Matters

Mary Cargill
An Interview with Jonathan Riedel

Lynn Garafola
Neumeier’s Nijinsky

Gay Morris
New York Report
Paul Taylor at City Center, Noh at the Japan Society, Stephen Petronio at the Joyce

Jane Simpson
London Report
English National Ballet, Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, Nina Ananiashvili, Dance Theatre of Harlem

Rita Felciano
Bay Area Report
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dimensions Dance Theater, Batsheva Dance Company, Scott Wells & Dancers, Flyaway Productions, Erica Shuch Performance Project

 

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