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Los Angeles
· Lula Washington Dance Theater - "7th Annual Kwanzaa
Celebration Concert"
December 29 at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State
University, Los Angeles
· Festival Ballet Theater and Southland Ballet Academy
- "Nutcracker"
December 6 to 7 at Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State
Long Beach and December 19 to 21 at Huntington Beach High School,
Huntington Beach
·
American Ballet Theater - "Nutcracker"
December 17 to 21, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa
Mesa
· State Street Ballet - "Hollywood
Nutcracker"
December 13 to 14, Lobero Theater, Santa
Barbara
Washington, D.C.
· Suzanne Farrell Ballet - "The Balanchine
Couple"
December 2-7, Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theatre
· Washington Ballet - "Nutcracker"
December 12-28, Warner Theatre
· Kirov Ballet - "Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"
December 23-28, and December 30-January 4, Kennedy Center, Opera
House
New York
· New York City Ballet, "The Nutcracker"
(chor. George Balanchine)
Lincoln Center Nov. 28-Jan 4
· Von Krahl Theatre, “The Swan
Lake”
Dance Theater Workshop Dec. 10-13
San Francisco Bay
Area
· San Francisco Ballet
- "Nutcracker"
November 28 - December 28, War Memorial Opera House, SF
· Smuin Ballet -
"The Christmas Ballet"
December 28, Yerba BUena Center for the Arts, SF
· Mark Morris Dance Group - "The Hard
Nut"
December 12 -21 , Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, UC
Berkeley
Philadelphia
· Pennsylvania Ballet - "Nutcracker"
December 12-31, Academy of Music
· University of the Arts - "A Celebration of
World Dance"
December 12-13, Merriam Theater
· University of the Arts - "Winter
Dances"
December 18-19, Merriam Theater
London
· New
Adventures (Matthew Bourne) - "Nutcracker!"
2 December - 24 January, Sadler's Wells
· "The
Snowman" (chor. Robert North)
10 December - 11 January, Peacock Theatre
· Royal Ballet - "Cinderella" (chor.
Ashton)
23 December - 10 January, Royal Opera House
· English National Ballet - "The Nutcracker" (chor.
Christopher Hampson)
24 December – 11 January,
London CarlingApollo,Hammersmith
· "The Wind in the Willows (chor. William
Tuckett)
17 December - 3 January, Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH
Paris
· Opéra de
Paris – "Ivan le Terrible" (chor. Igor
Grigorovitch)
12 décembre 2003 – 7 janvier 2004, Opéra
Bastille
· Opéra de
Paris – Soirée Balanchine/Robbins
Du 1er au 31 décembre 2003, Palais Garnier
· Opéra de Paris – SoiréeBalanchine/ Kelemenis/ Brown/
Preljocaj
Du 17 décembre 2003 au 3 janvier 2004, Palais
Garnier
· Opéra de
Paris – Démonstrations de l’école de
danse
7 et 14 décembre 2003, Palais Garnier
· Merce
Cunningham - "Fluid Canvas", "Creation 2003"
Du 10 au 23 décembre 2003, Théâtre de la
ville
Vilnius
Lithuanian National Opera and
Ballet Theatre
· "Red Giselle"
(chor. Boris Eifman)
December 3
· "The Rite of Spring"/"Carmina" Burana (chor. Xin
Pen Wang)
December 5
· "The Nutcracker" (chor. Marius Petipa/Andrej
Melanjin)
December 7, 14, 21,23
· "Russian Hamlet" (chor. Boris
Eifman)
December 19
· "Swan Lake"
December 10
Berlin
· Constanza Macras - "Scratch Neukölln"
December 12-14, 17-21, HAU 1: Hebbel-Theater
· Cie.
Toula Limnaios - "Better Days"
4-21 December, Die Halle (Eberwalder Str. 10-11)
(no website)
Rome
· Rome Opera
Ballet - "Swan Lake" (Galina Samsova’s
production)
December 19, 21,27, Teatro Costanzi
· Rome Opera
Ballet - "Girotondo Romano" (chor. Luciano
Cannito)
December 20, 21, 27, 28, 30, Teatro Nazionale
· Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Three Italian premieres by Paul Taylor
December 10-14, Teatro Olimpico
Milan
· La Scala
Ballet - "The Bat" (chor. Roland Petit)
December 17-31, Teatro degli Arcimboldi
Florence
· MaggioDanza
Ballet - "The Nutcracker" (chor. Evgeny Poliakov)
December 19-30, Teatro Comunale
Naples
· Teatro San
Carlo Ballet - "The Nutcracker" (chor. Derek Deane)
December 16 - 30, Teatro Politeama
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not your average
nuts
'Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet
Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World'
 by Jennifer Fisher
Book Review by Jeff Kuo
How did "The Nutcracker" of Tschaikovsky and
Ivanov get to be so American? ... Fisher provides not only an
impressively wide overview of the manifold manifestations of the
holiday warhorse ... but also a serious attempt to account for
this familiar, recurring phenomenon.
read more...
Pacific Northwest Ballet - Twenty Years of
Glory: A Review of PNB's Stowell/Sendak
'Nutcracker'
by Dean
Speer
November 28, 2003 -- Seattle, Washington
Attending PNB's opening night performance
of their unique Kent Stowell/Maurice Sendak production of
"Nutcracker " was a thrill and, as I like to say, "Balm for my
eyes!" Although there was an afternoon matinee showing, the
official "Nutcracker" season around Puget Sound was declared
"open" with the evening performance. And as Mr. Stowell himself
said during intermission, "Thirty-six more opportunities left to
see other casts!"
read more...
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
by Kate Snedeker
November 17, 2003 -- Edinburgh Festival Hall, Edinburgh
The Trocks' New York roots were
apparent in Olga Supphozova's (Robert Carter) mugging,
big-biceped Odette, a swan who clearly would have been just as at
home in a Harlem street corner as by the enchanted lake.
read
more...
holiday gift
guide
·  Alonzo King LINES 2004 Calendar
by Marty Sohl
The images are as dramatic and beautiful as the
company.
· Nutcracker Nation: How an Old
World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New
World
by Jennifer Fisher
Whether you love or hate this old holiday warhorse you'll
find some valuable new or cynical insight about the holiday
ballet or about ballet in general.
·  The Ballet Book: Learning and Appreciating the Secrets of Dance
by Nancy Ellison
A book about learning and appreciating ballet, with photos of
American Ballet Theatre in class, rehearsal, and
performance.
·  New York City Ballet Workout
Elegant demonstrations from NYCB
dancers and the soothing voice of director Peter Martins guide
you through this excellent warmup DVD of exercises you can do in
your living room.
·  New York City Ballet Workout, Vol. 2
A
followup to the bestselling dance workout DVD with Peter Martins
and dancers from New York City Ballet.
·  Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.”
A film by Nils Tavernier
A
beautifully filmed look at backstage life at the Paris Opera
Ballet, with interviews with stars and up-and- coming dancers as
well as footage of performances of the company rehearsing and
performing.
·  Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York
City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became
the Worlds Most Notorious Slum
by Tyler
Andbinder.
Dance isn't all tutus and
tiaras.
·  Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles-Think of That
By Leo & Diane Dillon.
Here's another, a great little
story book even for kids who don't dance... yet
...
·
 Gotta
Dance: The Rhythms of Jazz
and Tap
By Jenai Cutcher.
A fun
guide for young dancers to explore the music and movements of
these truly American art forms.
·  ELEVEN Lush Photography Book of PNB Dancers Exploring
High Fashion
Principal Dancers with Pacific
Northwest Ballet.
·
 Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration
Poster
A full-color poster inspired by the famous Henri
Cartier Bresson photograph of George Balanchine teaching Company
class, this is the signature image of NYCB's coming
celebrations.
·  Balanchine: Celebrating a Life
in Dance
This hardcover, coffee table book is the
perfect complement to the "Balanchine year" just ahead. Inside
are more than 200 color and black & white photographs by
dance photographer Costas of 50 ballets choreographed by George
Balanchine.
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