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“You might as well be grabbing two bananas,” says Jock Soto to a male student during a partnering class at School of American Ballet. “You should use your thumb and two fingers,” he explains, demonstrating how he gently holds the wrists of a young woman as he promenades her 360 degrees in a perfectly balanced […]

Performing overseas is more than an adventure. For these dancers, it means personal, artistic, and financial breaks.     To launch her career, Isadora Duncan sailed for Europe in search of audiences who could appreciate her work and producers who could enable her to do it. In Paris she encountered Loïe Fuller, another expatriate who […]

San Francisco Ballet’s Tina LeBlanc blends technique, verve, classicism—and range.     At best, judging dancers by their national origin is a fool’s game. But who can resist playing it when the dancer is Tina LeBlanc? Watch her perform for 20 minutes and you will know why she is the quintessential American ballerina.   The […]

Salt Lake City’s Repertory Dance Theatre has created a living museum of classic 20th century choreography.     When the Rockefeller Foundation approached Linda C. Smith about the possibility of establishing a modern dance company in Salt Lake City, she was stunned. The idea of Rockefeller seed money underwriting a salaried professional repertory ensemble seemed […]

Choreographers on their dancers, their inspirations, and why no piece is ever finished. Dance Magazine interviewed 16 choreographers of different ages, styles, and nationalities. We asked four questions. What do you look for in a dancers? how do you know when a work is finished? When you think something is beautiful, what is likely to […]

In Portland, OR, the fall dance season begins outdoors with members of Streb leaping on a trampoline in Pioneer Square. In Berkeley, CA, activities start indoors at Zellerbach Hall with the National Ballet of China offering the West Coast premiere of Raise the Red Lantern. At New York’s Joyce Theater, Philadanco swings in for a […]

To the Finnish Line: Jorma Elo in America With so many commissions on his schedule in Europe and North America, where does Jorma Elo live these days?   “That’s what my girlfriend always asks,” the Finnish choreographer says, laughing. “I live in Holland, but I don’t spend much time there!”   A provocative amalgam of […]

Muriel Maffre and Yuri Possokhov in Wheeldon’s Quaternary. Photo by Erik Tomasson San Francisco Ballet Hôtels de Rohan-Soubise, Paris, France July 5, 2005 Reviewed by Allan Ulrich   A new festival rightly demands new works. What the French succinctly call créations provided the opening-night fare for San Francisco Ballet’s 13-performance residency at Les Étés de […]