Frank Afrunti and Brett Mills dance Toni Pinble’s masterly Slipstream in Eugene Ballet’s spring season. Photo by Steve Welsh, courtesy Eugene Ballet. Eugene Ballet Company Hult Center for the Performing Arts April 17-18, 1999 Reviewed by Martha Ullman West Eugene,OR-Conventional wisdom is that while there’s no lack of good dancers around the country, the quality […]
New Shoes, Old Souls Dance Company Cowell Theater San Francisco, California January 13-23, 1999 Reviewed by Ann Murphy Six years ago, a group of longtime Bay Area dancers got together and put on a show, and when they looked around and took count, they realized that theirs were unusual demographics. They were all over forty, […]
New York City Ballet New York State Theater New York City, New York January 5-February 28, 1999 Reviewed by Kate Mattingly As a new currency drew Europe together, New York City Ballet divided repertory according to the country of each composer’s birth. Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Russia were represented in their Nation’s […]
Dancing on the Edge Contemporary Dance Festival Firehall Arts Centre Vancouver, British Columbia Canada July 1-11, 1998 Reviewed by Thomas Heyd What really counts in dance? This question–explicitly raised by producer Donna Spencer in her welcome statement–was brought into clear focus at this festival through its contrasting themes and techniques, ranging from programs focused on […]
Cuerpo Mutable’s Papers of Water and Fire. Photo: Courtesy Cuerpo Mutable Cuerpo Mutable Cuernavaca, Mexico May 8, 1998 Reviewed by Laura Curnutt Santana The world premiere of Lidya Romero’s Papers of Waterand Fire by Cuerpo Mutable took place in the historic Borda Gardens in Cuernavaca, a favorite resting place of Emperor Maximilian and Princess Carlota […]
New York Theatre Ballet Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse New York City, New York March 19-21, 1998 Reviewed by Robert Greskovic Longevity and ambition understandably bring notice and recognition to an arts organization. So, as New York Theatre Ballet, formerly known as Balletfore, celebrated a twentieth anniversary, suitable congratulations were in order. To mark the […]
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