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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 […]

NYC View Clark Studio Theater Lincoln Center New York City, New York December 3?6, 1998 Reviewed by Kevin Giordano Nicholas Leichter knows how to create tension. In the new duet, Good Cop, Bad Cop, part of an inspired program by nicholasleichterdance titled “america” (Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City, December 3-6, 1998), the […]

Margie Gillis and Bruce Wood in I Came So Far for Beauty. Photo by Mary Ann Fitipaldi Bruce Wood Dance Company Bass Performance Hall Fort Worth, Texas October 26, 1998 Reviewed by Margaret Putnam Everybody knows that dance funding is in a bad way, but the news hasn’t reached Bruce Wood. Dreamer that he is, […]

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 […]

Hong Kong Ballet City Center May 13-17, 1998 Reviewed by Molly McQuade Emerging from a very long movie–from Lawrence of Arabia, say, or from John Cassavetes’s Love Streams–I feel dazed . . . happily heedless. The movie stole me away, then brought me back. I can’t recall from which city I stepped into the theater. […]

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 […]

Jennifer Muller/The Works Joyce Theater New York City, New York May 5-10, 1998 Reviewed by Chris Dohse Jennifer Muller stands in the middle. Her style stands in time between Limón’s heyday and Tharp’s peak, while personally, she stands on a successful plateau in her career. Promontory, a solo on a large wooden ramp, serves as […]

Magali Guerry in Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse’s production of Balanchine’s “Rubies.” Photo by Patrice Nin Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse Popejoy Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico February 19-20, 1998 Reviewed by Marilyn Hunt Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse, under the direction of Nanette Glushak, an American veteran of both New York […]