Mindy
Aloff's
Letter
from New York
Paul
Taylor Dance Company
read
past Letters
Instinct
and Process
Dialogue
& Program A
Nederlands Dans Theater
Rose Cinema 2 & Howard Gilman Opera House
Brooklyn Academy of Music
New York, NY
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
by
George Jackson
Paul
Taylor Dance Company
In
the Beginning,
Houston to New York
In
the Beginning
Paul Taylor Dance Company
City Center
New York, NY
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
by
George Jackson
Paul
Taylor's Sunset
Sunset,
Dreamgirls, Promethean Fire
City Center,
New York, NY
March 5, 2004
by Nancy Dalva
Fiddling
with Tradition
Fiddler
on the Roof
Minskoff Theatre
New York, NY
March 3, 2004
by
Susan Reiter
The
Theater of the Mundane
Jonathan Burrows/Matteo Fargion
New York, NY
March 12, 2004
by
Leigh Witchel
A
Witty Debut
BodyVox
Joyce Theater
New York, NY
March 14, 2004
by
Susan Reiter
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What's
On This Week?
Balanchine
100th Birthday Events:
March
16-April 24 (Opened December 10)
The Enduring Legacy of George Balanchine
A multi-media exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of
George Balanchine. It features photographs, designs, manuscript music
and correspondence, costumes, set pieces, and models, along with showings
of videotaped performances and rehearsals. On 3/4 at 6pm, Charles
M. Joseph gives a lecture, Poetry in Motion: Stravinsky and Balanchine's
Musical Bond.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Donald and Mary Oenslager
Gallery 40 Lincoln Center Plaza 212-870-1630
March
20
Wall to Wall Balanchine
A day-long celebration of George Balanchine in honor of the centennial
of his birth featuring 12 hours of performances and discussions.
The program includes productions of Apollo, by the Dance Theatre
of Harlem, and Renard, by the Kansas City Ballet, and appearances
by dancers from New York City Ballet, including Alexandra Ansanelli,
Charles Askegard, Maria Kowroski, Jennie Somogyi, and others.
Isaiah Sheffer coordinates the marathon. Stars at 11am.
Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street
212-864-5400
Ballet and Dance Events:
March
15
Movement Research at the Judson Church
This week's forum for experimentation and works-in-progress features Mei-be
Whatever, Treaders in the Snow, and Goran Bogdanovski and Dejan Srhoj.
At 8pm
55 Washington Square South at Thompson Street
212-539-2611
March
15
Body Blend
Ara Fitzgerald, Susan Hefner and Dancers, the Kinesis Project, and Summer
and Company are showcased in this dance series.
Dixon Place at University Settlement
184 Eldridge Street at Rivington Street
212-219-0736
March
16-21
Peter Boal and Company
The elegant principal dancer of the New York City Ballet is known for
straying
away from Lincoln Center to do solo projects. Now, he's taking
a few dancers from the company with him for this new venture. Boal
is joined by Wendy Whelan, Sean Suozzi and Carla Korbes as they perform
works by William Forsythe (the pas de deux from Herman Shmerman)
and Twyla Tharp (Pergolosi), and world premieres by Marco Goecke
and John Alleyne. 3/16-20 at 8pm, 3/21 at 2pm and 7:30pm.
The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St. 212-242-0880 www.joyce.org
March
16-31
David Parker and the Bang Group
During a three-week residency, the company will create an urban folk dance
out of the movements and actions observed on-site at the World Financial
Center's Winter Garden by bringing professional dancers together with
people from the WFC community in a celebration of the power and vitality
of Lower Manhattan. 3/16 and 23, 3/18 and 25 at 1 pm, Q&A with David
Parker 3/17 and 24 at 1pm, World Premiere 3/31 at 7pm.
Winter Garden, World Financial Center
220 Vesey Street between North End Avenue and West Street 212-945-0505
March
17, 18, and 26, 27
Enemy/Territory
New York City choreographer Maura Nguyen Donohue collaborates with Hanoi-based
choreographer Le Vu Long for the world premiere of Enemy/Territory.
Two companies, creating work on separate continents, negotiate
a shared space in performance in a contest of choreographic turf
warfare in a work that investigates hostile environments. At 7pm.
Dance
Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues
March
17
Wally Cardona Quartet
The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Project continues with a performanceof
three interconnected world premieres by Cardona, Him, There, Them.
The Duke on 42nd Street 229 West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth
Avenues 212-239-6200
March
18-21
Charles Linehan Company
British choreographer Charles Linehan - in his New York debut - presents
New Quartet and Grand Junction in a Danspace Project showcase.
St. Mark's Church in the Bowery
Second Avenue at 10th Street
212-674-8194
March
18-21
Work and Show Festival
In this annual festival of dance, theater and music, Ellis Wood, Christine
Suarez, Richard Rivera and Kraig Patterson present works.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street at Greenwich and Duane Streets
212-220-1460
March
18-28
Elevator Repair Service
Colliding Beethoven's string quartet Opus 131 and the videogame DanceDance
Revolution, Katherine Profeta's 131 explores events in Beethoven’s
life during the time he wrote the quartet-- in particular his
cantankerous relationship with his nephew and adopted son, whom he eventually
drove to a failed attempt at suicide.
P.S. 122, 150 First Avenue at 9th Street
212-477-5288
March
18-20
Lydia Johnson
Two new works with music by Henryk Gorecki and J.S. Bach are shown.
Dicapo Opera Theatre
184 East 76th Street
212-969-0989
March
19-20
Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater
Danza Moderna is performed. 3/19 at 8pm, 3/20 at 3pm and 8pm.
Martin Theatre
108 East 89th Street
212-722-4128
March
19-21
Leslie Satin and Dancers
Choreographer Leslie Satin collaborates with video artist Andrew Gurian,
lighting designer Chris Hudacs, and an ensemble of dancers in a
new work probing the quiet pleasures of moving bodies, lines, and points.
Joyce Soho
155 Mercer Street between Houston and Prince Streets
212-334-7479
— Dale
Brauner
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Writers |
Mindy
Aloff
Dale Brauner
Mary Cargill
Nancy Dalva
Gia Kourlas
Gay Morris
Susan Reiter
Alexandra Tomalonis(Editor)
Meital Waibsnaider
Leigh Witchel
David Vaughan
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