ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News - DanceMeet Australian Ballet's New CEO Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:33:50 -0800
Valerie Wilder is an unusually qualified chief executive. A former dancer, artistic director and executive director, she knows the performing-arts business -- both onstage and off -- and the joys and hardships that can come with it....
A Web-Savvy Dance Sensation Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:37:05 -0800
"Persona Non Grata is rappers Ill-O and Ivo Dinero, both 19, and Heedi Blacc, 18, all of Brownsville, Brooklyn. They are part of a wave of hip hop in which Web-savvy teens with an ear for catchy music can create and control their own fame. In this case, fame centers on a song that begat a dance that begat an Internet sensation."...
Of Dance And Sexuality Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:06:13 -0800
Even now, in our knowing post-postmodern age, it seems that the issue is still a troubling one....
Peter Martins Inducted Into Dance Hall Of Fame Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:57:09 -0800
"Mr. Martins, a former principal dancer with the company, joins nearly 40 other members of the Dance Hall of Fame, including George Balanchine, his mentor and a founder of the New York City Ballet."...
Romeo & Juliet Without Sympathy Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:52:19 -0800
"Shakespeare has always been up for grabs, and choreographers have every right to use him any way they choose. But if they're going to give us an alternative version of a story, they have to justify it by the originality and conviction of what they bring to it. The big question is why the ultra-intelligent Mark Morris put so much effort into a story for which he obviously has so little sympathy?"...
How the Other Tango is Danced Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:33:37 -0800
On either side of the Rio de la Plata, a kind of tango-rivalry brews between Argentina and Uruguay: "while Buenos Aires's tango scene has partly gone the way of dinner shows and canned street acts, in Montevideo tango remains intimate and gloriously authentic."...
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