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Jolly Pirates celebrate life aboard ship. Photographs by Robert Schomier   Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, CA November 18–21, 2004 Reviewed by Mary Ellen Hunt   A balletic takeoff on a light, colorful operetta like Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance seems like it would […]

Rennie Harris’ “Legends of Hip Hop” REDCAT at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA November 3–7, 2004 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf   Rennie Harris wants the world to know about hip hop—that it’s not just street dance but also a culture, a way of life, with a history that’s longer than one might realize. […]

“Jazz in Motion” Jazz at Lincoln Center Rose Hall, New York, NY November 3–5, 2004 Reviewed by Valerie Gladstone   With the opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s splashy new headquarters at Columbus Circle, New York gained a much-needed new dance venue. A strong believer in the ties between jazz and dance, founding director Wynton […]

Catalyst, Dances by Emily Johnson: Heat and Life @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN ©Photography by Gene Pittman for Walker Art Center   Catalyst, dances by Emily Johnson The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN October 28–30, 2004 Reviewed by Camille LeFevre   Shortly after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1998, Emily Johnson became a […]

Salzburg Ballet Salzburg Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria October 16, November 3, 9–13, 18, 19, December 14, 29, 30, 2004 January 9, 18, 28, February 6, 24, 2005 Reviewed by Kate Mattingly   European opera houses—jewel-like theaters nestled into cities like Stuttgart, Brussels, and Salzburg—are studies in contrast. Their beautifully ornate interiors provide a distinct backdrop for […]

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Audiorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy September 16–19, 2004 Reviewed by Sima Belmar   The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, scheduled in an outdoor venue, opened the Romaeuropa Festival two days late due to torrential rains. The audience, which entered the space to find Jones and the dancers […]

inkBoat Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum San Francisco, CA August 6–14, 2004 Reviewed by Ann Murphy   A couple, bound for the opera, wandered into the Forum by mistake, then dashed out minutes before inkBoat’s latest production, Ame to Ame (Candy and Rain) began. Had they stayed, they would have found the U.S. […]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2004 St. Stephen’s Church Edinburgh, Scotland August 6–30, 2004 Reviewed by Lea Marshall Though excellent dance offerings abounded at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, St. Stephen’s Church was the place to be. In that venue, Aurora Nova, a Celebration of International Visual Theatre and Dance, seemed to have a monopoly on intense, […]