Mindy
Aloff's
Letter
from New York
Philip
Hamburger, writer
Natalie Charkow Hollander, sculptor
Willem de Kooning, painter
Beate Gordon, scholar and gentlewoman
read
past Letters
New
York City Ballet's Spring Season
A
Meaty, Varied Program
Kammermusik
No. 2/Afternoon of a Faun/Sonatine/Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
New York City Ballet
New York State Theater
New York, NY
April 28, 2004
by
Susan Reiter
Liebeslieder
Walzer, As Good
As It Gets
Liebeslieder
Walzer
New York City Ballet
New York State Theater
29 April, 1 May 2004
by
Mindy Aloff
Treats
at the Ballet
The
Four Seasons/Stabat Mater/Symphony in C
New York City Ballet
New York State Theater
New York, NY
April 30, 2004
by
Meital Waibsnaider
Links
to previous NYCB spring season reviews:
Étoiles,
imported and homegrown by Mary Cargill (opening night)
An
Inclusive Festival Opens
Breaking
Lines Dance Festival
Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement
New York, NY
April 22, 2004
By
Susan Reiter
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What's
On This Week?
Balanchine
Centennial Events:
May
4
Stamp Dedication Ceremony
The U.S. Postal Service has created stamps to honor four great 20th century
American choreographers — George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, Agnes
de Mille and Martha Graham. A special free concert in honor of the
first-day-of-issue will feature performances by New York City Ballet,
Ailey II, and American Ballet Theater.
New Jersey Performance Arts Center
Victoria Theater
1 Center Street between Ronald H. Brown Street and Park Place Newark,
New Jersey 888-466-5722
May
4-June 27 (opened January 6)
The Balanchine Centennial Exhibition at New York City
Ballet
George Balanchine's
career is covered in a photography exhibit curated by company
veteran Edward Bigelow.
New York State Theater Lincoln Center 66th Street and Broadway 212-870-5570
www.nycballet.com
Ballet
and Dance Events:
May
4
Mary Seidman and Dancers
Trisha Brown Studios
625 West 55th Street at 7pm
May
4-9
New York City Ballet
The spring gala, broadcast Wednesday on PBS's Live at Lincoln Center,
highlights
NYCB's second week of this portion of its Balanchine Centennial
season. This week also includes more performances of Liebeslieder
Walzer, Divertimento No. 15, Episodes, Vienna Waltzes, La Valse
and The Four Temperaments, as well as the world premiere of Christopher
Wheeldon's Shambards. In addition, Noelani Pantastico (soloist)
and Olivier Wevers (principal) of the Pacific Northwest Ballet
will dance the second movement of Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg
Quartet on Sunday. 5/4 at 7:30pm, 5/5-5/7 at 8pm, 5/8 at 2 pm
and 8pm, 5/9 at 3pm.
New York State Theater
Lincoln Center
66th Street and Broadway
212-870-5570
www.nycballet.com
May
4-9
Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre
Pascal Rioult presents his works to the Firebird Suite and another Stravinsky
favorite, Duo Concertant, called Black Diamond. At 5/4 at 7:30pm,
5/5-7 at 8pm, 5/8 at 2pm and 8pm, 5/9 at 2pm and 7:30pm.
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street
212-242-0880
May
5-8
The Pig Iron Theatre Company
Shut Eye is an intriguing puzzle of tightly choreographed vignettes, songs
and dances conceived and co-directed by director and founder of the
Open Theater, Joseph Chaikin. At 7pm.
Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues 212-924-0077
May
5-22
Noemie Lafrance
Lafrance's new site-specific choreography is a cinema-inspired, Noir,
is
set in a parking garage. Noir invites the participating audience to
view the "on-site" spectacle through the windshield of their
parked cars.
Performed by five couples, Noir is an adventurous performance that
examines themes of suspense and love in narrative through the language
of dance. The production is part of the 2004 Whitney Biennial
and Danspace Project's Out of Space series.
Delancey and Essex Municipal Parking GArage
105 Essex Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets 212-868-4444
May
6
Arthur Aviles Typical Theater
Aviles, who left Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1995, presents
Disco Project: Flow to the Groove. At 6.
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
841 Barretto Street
Hunts Point, The Bronx
May
6-8, 13-15, 20-22
Joyce SoHo Presents
The first week of this showcase features Maki Morinoue, Mina Nishimura,
Bryon Carr and Geraldine Cardiel.
Joyce SoHo
155 Mercer Street
212-334-74-79
May
7-8
City/Dans: NYONY 2004
The Subway Series
Organizers Nancy Duncan and Ivan Sygoda have asked a dance activist in four
of the boroughs to develop work with city youth that explores issues
they face in their day-to-day urban lives and present it on a shared
program. Spearheading the creativity of these young New York dancers
are Arthur Aviles (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance), Stephan Koplowitz
(The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn), Abigail Rosin (Groove
With Me, Manhattan), and Paz Tanjuaquio (Frank Sinatra School for
the Arts High School, Queens).
Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church in-th-Bowery
Second Avenue at 10th Street
212-674-8194
May
7-9
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
This famous company, led by dance legend Judith Jamison, presents two
programs.
On the first, performed on Friday evening and Saturday matinee,
is comprised of Alonzo King's Heart Song, Elisa Monte's Treading,
Robert Battle's Juba, and Alvin Ailey's Revelations. The second,
performed on Saturday evening and Sunday matinee, is made up of
Dwight Rhoden's Bounty Verses, Donald McKayle’s Rainbow Round My
Shoulder,
and Revelations. At 5/7 at 8pm, 5/8 at 2pm, 8pm, 5/9 at 3pm.
New Jersey Performance Arts Center
Prudential Hall
1 Center Street between Ronald H. Brown Street and Park Place Newark,
New Jersey 888-466-5722
—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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