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The Dancing Poetry Festival Florence Gould Theater California Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco, California September 30, 2000 Reviewed by Beth Mehocic Interpretive dance was alive and well in San Francisco at the Seventh Annual Dancing Poetry Festival, produced by Natica Angilly’s Poetic Dance Theater Company and Artists’ Embassy International. The California Palace […]

Revoution, one of Hernandez’s last works, shows the role of women in the Mexican war for independance. Photo coutesy Ballet Folklérico de Méxcio de Amelia Hernandez Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles, California September 22?24, 2000 Reviewed by Sara Wolf A week after Mexican Independence Day, an audience of nearly […]

Hugo Suarez uses body parts as if it were a whole man in Short Stories. Photo courtesy Hugo & Ines Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater Handshadows by Prasanna Rao Short Stories by Teatro Hugo & Ines The Public Theater New York, New York September 13?18, 2000 Reviewed by Wendy Perron Dancers know that each […]

Adrienne Dellas’s Shim Chung with principals Julia H. J. Moon and Jae-Keun Park. Photo courtesy Universal Ballet of Korea Universal Ballet Civic Opera House Chicago, Illinois April 26?30, 2000 Reviewed by Clive Barnes South Korea?s Universal Ballet seems to get more universal year by year?it is certainly a great one for traveling. Already since its […]

Kirov Academy students Adrienne Canterna and Jae Yong Ohm dance the pas de deux in La Bayadere for the end of term performance. Photo: Paolo Galli, Courtesy of The Kirov Academy Kirov Academy of Ballet Kirov Academy Washington, D.C. June 12, 1999 Reviewed by Judith Lynne Hanna The Kirov Academy’s Juneconcert, “To Honor Agrippina Vaganova,” […]

Mallika Sarabhai National Museum of the American Indian March 29-30, 1999 Reviewed by Jane Goldberg New York, NY-Mallika Sarabhai’s Devi: The Mother Goddess was a bharata natyam tour de force for those who appreciate Indian classical dance with a contemporary social message. Understanding the gestures of Indian classical dance-the deep pliés, the mysterious symbolism of […]