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MAY 2005
in this issue
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interviews
 Bournonville
at the BalletMet Dance Academy: Kennet Oberly
by Jane Ashton Hawes
"I was first truly introduced
to Bournonville when Alan Beale taught a variation from 'Napoli' at the
Stuttgart," Oberly recalled. The connection he felt not just tothe
choreography but also the thinking that underlay its kinetics was instantaneous
and profound.
read
more...
 A
Pedagogue's View: An Interview with Gloria Govrin
by Dean Speer & Francis Timlin
I love ballet and I try to have
the students here share in that joy. You have to be very focused and,
in a very real sense, leave everything else behind. It means that you
have to keep 'climbing the mountain.'
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more...
 Evoking
Ethnic Ballet: Val Caniparoli and Evelyn Cisneros on "Lambarena"
by Dean Speer
Many people suggested that I should
create a ballet for Evelyn Cisneros...The week before I was to start rehearsals
in San Francisco, a friend of mine, Eda Holmes, sent me a CD that was
produced in Paris. The music was called "Lambarena" ...Within
seconds I knew that this was it!
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more...
company focus
 
Image Gallery
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Articles and Discussions
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Royal Danish Ballet: Harald Lander 100 Years Gala
by Kate Snedeker -
February 25, 2005, Copenhagen
Guiding the Next Generation: An Interview with Niels Balle, Deputy Director, Royal Danish Ballet School
by Kate Snedeker - March 25, 2004, Copenhagen
Bournonville Emissary: Interview with Royal Danish Ballet Principal Dancer and Coach, Thomas Lund
by Kate Snedeker - March 22, 2004, Copenhagen
A Day in the Life of a Royal Danish Ballet Dancer
by Kate Snedeker - May 2004, Copenhagen
Making the Bournonville Class DVD: An Interview with Royal Danish Ballet Dancer Thomas Lund
by Kate Snedeker - September 2004, Copenhagen
Tim Matiakis, Soloist, Royal Danish Ballet: Through Three Royal Houses
by Kate Snedeker - September 29, 2004, Copenhagen
Inspired by Others: A Conversation with Peter Bo Bendixen of the Royal Danish Ballet
by Kate Snedeker - October 2004, Copenhagen
'Vers un Pays Sage', 'Etudes', 'Fancy Free' and 'La Sylphide'
by Kate Snedeker - December 27-28, 2004, Copenhagen
Frank Anderson, Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Ballet: Back to Basic, Back to Bournonville
by Kate Snedeker - October 2, 2004, Copenhagen
'King's Guard on Amager' and 'Etudes'
by Kate Snedeker - October 2-3, 2004, Copenhagen
'Anna Karenina': Rushing Tolstoy
by Kate Snedeker - September 23, 25, 2004, Copenhagen
Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School
by Kate Snedeker - May 2004, Copenhagen
Guiding the Next Generation: An Interview with Niels Balle, Deputy Director, Royal Danish Ballet School
by Kate Snedeker - February 25, 2004, Copenhagen
Interview with Tina Højlund
by Kate Snedeker - March 26, 2004, Copenhagen
Interview with Kristoffer Sakurai, Royal Danish Ballet Corps Member
by Kate Snedeker - March 25, 2004, Copenhagen
'Napoli'
by Kate Snedeker - March 27, 2004, Copenhagen
'A Folk Tale'
by Kate Snedeker - March 20, 2004, Copenhagen
'A Folk Tale'
by Kate Snedeker - March 19, 24, 2004, Copenhagen
'La Sylphide,' 'Napoli, Act III'
by Dani Crawford - January 17, 2004, Washington, D.C.
Royal
Danish Ballet - Bournonville Festival 2005
Royal
Danish Ballet: 2004-2005
Royal
Danish Ballet 2003, 2004
Royal
Danish Ballet: 2005-06 Season
Principals
& Soloists of the Royal Danish Ballet
PNB
and Royal Danish Ballet Exchange
Niels
Bjorn Larsen obituary
Website
- Bournonville.com
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in our forums
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features
 'Globaleyes'
Preview - Christine Niering, Chicken Shed Theatre Company
by Stuart Sweeney
April 2005
Chicken Shed's spring 2005 production
is a revival of "Globaleyes," based on issues such as inequality,
violence, exploitation and hopes for a future without these aberrations.
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more...
Royal
Ballet: 2005-06 Season Preview
by Cassandra
April 2005 -- Royal Opera House, London
The one announcement that most
pleased the gathered ranks of the press on Wednesday morning's
briefing to herald the Royal Ballet's plans for the forthcoming
season, was the news that Monica Mason is now confirmed as the Royal
Ballet's director up to 2010.
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more...
The
State of Dance in Estonia
by Stuart Sweeney
May 2005
In May 2004, Estonia joined the
European Union and Stuart Sweeney interviewed two of the leading figures
in the Estonian dance world about the current state of the art form
in this Northern European country and the impact of EU membership.
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more...
| Kirov Ballet
 Kirov
Ballet - 'Manon': Bolshoi Meets Kirov'
by Catherine Pawlick
May 1, 2005 -- Mariinsky Theatre, St.
Petersburg
Although on the one
hand an unlikely pair, in many ways Pavlenko alongside Tsiskaridze
seemed quite well matched. Multiple curtain calls attested
to their polished, well-rehearsed and well-acted performances.
read
more...
 Kirov
Ballet - 'Chopiniana', 'Scheherazade', 'The Firebird'
by Cassandra
April 23, 2005 -- Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
The evening performance
of 'Chopiniana' was danced seamlessly by the corps
de ballet, but Ksenia Ostreikovskaya's bad luck with
her shoe was an irritating distraction with her ribbons trailing
across the stage as she danced.
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more...
Kirov
Ballet - 'Giselle': Spring Manners
by Catherine Pawlick
April 22, 2005 -- Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Ilya Kuznetsov partnered
Gumerova as Albrecht in this performance, and his interpretation
seemed somewhere in the middle. He was captivated by Giselle
from the start, using every free second to look at her, touch
her.
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more...
 Kirov
Ballet - 'Don Quixote': Good as Gold
by Cassandra
April 21, 2005 -- Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
My first opportunity
to enjoy this wonderful theatre was at a matinee performance
of 'Don Quixote' danced by the Kirov Ballet on their very
best form with Faroukh Ruzimatov, no less, as Basil, the role
he has made his own.
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more...
Kirov
Ballet - 'Raymonda'
by Catherine Pawlick
April 14, 2005 -- Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
The Kirov dancers are
at home in this historical commentary on love and honor in
the age of knights in shining armor.
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A
selection of Summer Festivals from around the world...
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June 3-11, 2005,
The
3rd Bournonville Festival - Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
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May 27-June 12 -
Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. Charleston,
NC
Savion Glover, Emio Greco/PC, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
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May 27-Sept. 18 -
Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Pilobolus, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
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June 9-July 23 -
American Dance Festival,
Durham, NC
Shen Wei Dance Arts, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Urban Bush Women and
Emanuel Gat Dance
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June 18-Aug. 28 -
Jacob's Pillow Festival, Becket,
MA
Savion Glover, Martha Graham Dance Company, Chunky Move, Black Grace
of New Zealand, Project Fukurow, A Poc A Poc, Stockholm/59° North
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June 11-26 - San
Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, San Francisco, CA
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July 5- 23 - Les
Etes de la Danse, Paris
San Francisco Ballet
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July 5-23 - New
York City Ballet, Saratoga Springs, NY
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July 5-23 - Summerdance,
Santa Barbara, CA
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July 6-Aug. 13 -
Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston,
ME
Larry Keigwin, Jane Comfort, Bebe Miller, David Dorfman and Sean Curran
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July 12-31 - Lincoln
Center Festival, New York, NY
Merce Cunningham Dance Company's "Ocean," Mugiyono Kasido,
Random Dance, Shen Wei Dance Arts
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July 30-Aug. 7 -
Vail International Dance Festival,
Vail, CO
Inaki Ballet Concerto company from Buenos Aires, Trey McIntyre Project,
Ballet Rosario Suarez and Inaki, Smuin Ballet, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater,
mandanse, Colorado Ballet
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Aug 7- 29 - Edinburgh
Fringe Festival, Edinburgh
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Aug. 13-Sept. 4 -
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival,
New York, NY
Paul Taylor Dance Company, Stephen Petronio Company, Complexions Contemporary
Ballet, Limón Dance Company, International Hip-Hop Exchange,
Hung-Sheng Lion Dance Theater, Arthur Aviles Typical Theater, Creative
Outlet Dance Theater
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Aug. 26-Sept. 18
- International Ballet
Festival, Miami, West Palm Beach and Miami Beach, FL
With a gala salute to the international prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya
on Sept. 17
Letter from the Editors
This month's issue pays tribute to tradition, with a company focus
on the Royal Danish Ballet in celebration of the Bournonville Festival
and several reviews of the Kirov Ballet performances from around Europe.
But we also put contemporary works in perspective, including a
discussion with Val Caniparoli and Evelyn Cisneros
on Caniparoli's tenth-year anniversary about his wildly popular "Lambarena"
and several articles on the Chicken Shed Theatre Company.
As always, we love to hear what you think. Please post your comments
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reviews
 Compagnia
Aterballetto - 'Les Noces' and 'Cantata': Dated, Sexist, and Pointless
by Ana Abad-Carles
May 3, 2005 -- Sadler's Wells, London
The first ballet the company performed
was "Les Noces". One has to admire a choreographer who has the
willingness to tackle such piece after Bronislava Nijinska's rendering.
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more...
 New
York City Ballet - 'Chichester Psalms,' 'Tarantella,' 'NY Export: Opus
Jazz': Robbins Wrong
by Harry Matthews
April 29, 2005 -- New York State Theatre, New York
Last Friday, I made my first visit
to NYCB this season. There are many positive signs, including young dancers
growing into key roles in an exciting way.
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more...
Arthur
Pita Open Heart - 'Camp'
by Lyndsey Winship
April 28, 2005 -- The Place, London
Arthur Pita's 'Camp' is an intriguing, inventive piece of dance theatre, but ultimately a disappointing one. It begins with a novel concept -- five dancers, four seasons, three tents and a gamut of possibilites...
read more...
 Matthew
Bourne's 'Highland Fling': Notes from the Underground
by Kate Snedeker
April 26, 2005 -- Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
The revamped version of "Highland
Fling", which transplants the classic story of "La Sylphide"
from from picturesque glens to rundown Glasgow, took Edinburgh by storm
on Thursday evening.
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more...
 Robert
Hylton Urban Classicism - 'Verse & Verses': More Than Dance-off'
by Lyndsey Winship
April 22, 2005 -- Laban, London
This latest show from hip hop innovator
Robert Hylton looks a bit like a Gap advert: a gang of brightly dressed
young dancers with smiling faces and streetwise moves.
read
more...
 Scottish
Ballet - Spring Season Repertory
by Kate Snedeker
April 21, 2005 -- Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Though opening night in Glasgow
was impressive, the additional rehearsal time and performance space in
Edinburgh lifted the company to new level, with the dancers sparkling
in pieces by Balanchine, Page and Ashton.
read
more...
 Chicken
Shed Theatre Company-'Globaleyes': The Power of Integrated Theatre'
by Stuart Sweeney
April 20, 2005 -- Rayne Theatre, London
In fourteen scenes, a lot of ground
is covered with material from a range of sources including Naomi Klein's
"No Logo," Anita Roddick on third world development and Amnesty
International for human rights.
read more...
 Stars
of the 21st Century Ballet Gala - 'Hearts on Fire'
by Denise Sum
April 17, 2005 -- Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto
What is wonderful about this gala
is the variety of different styles and companies presented. This year,
Argentina's Tango Metropolis stole the show.
read more...
 Pacific
Northwest Ballet - American Repertory: Fully Committed
by Dean Speer
Aprll 16, 2005 -- McCaw Hall, Seattle
Pacific Northwest Ballet's
retiring Artistic Directors, Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, have long
been committed to commissioning and presenting new works or works that
have been premieres to Seattle audiences.
read
more...
 Scottish
Ballet - Spring Season Opening Night
by Kate Snedeker
April 13, 2005 -- Theatre Royal, Glasgow
This innovative repertory was reflected in the choice of ballets for the opening night performance of the 2005 Spring Season, which included works by George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton and Page himself.
read more...
 Matthew
Bourne's 'Play Without Words'
by Ed Lippman
April 8, 2005 -- Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
While there are some wonderful moments
in 'Play Without Words,' it felt more like going over familiar territory.
Bourne plays women as man's downfall, becoming stereo-typical props upon
which to hang conflict.
read more...
 Paul
Taylor Dance Company - 'Cloven Kingdom', 'Lost, Found, and Lost' and 'Company
B'
by Hanna Takeshige
April 3, 2005 -- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
The Paul Taylor Dance Company is
currently celebrating its landmark "first 50 years". Much cause
for celebration is in order for the vast body of innovative dance works
this company has produced, all of which have been choreographed by Paul
Taylor.
read
more...
Royal
Ballet - 'Tombeaux', 'Enigma Variations', 'Rite of Spring': Dim Lustre
by Ana Abad-Carles
March 30, 2005 -- Royal Opera House, London
The Royal Ballet presented its new
programme of works by David Bintley, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Sir Frederick
Ashton at the Royal Opera House...the three works chosen were highlights
in each one of the choreographers's careers.
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more...
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Coming up...
· Reports from the Royal Danish Ballet
· Kirov Ballet reviews
· More reviews
· More interviews
· More features
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