May 2007 in this issue focus on American Ballet Theatre Kirov Ballet - International Festival Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints reviews editors' choice

Talking with PNB Soloist Mara Vinson by Dean Speer and Francis Timlin I’ve enjoyed working with Nicolo Fonte, Val Caniparoli. It’s nice to have new and different stagers...I got to work with the very special Freddie (Frederic) Franklin here while he and Francia worked on re-constructing Balanchine’s “Raymonda” for the Balanchine Restoration Project. He’s in his 90s and simply amazing. Full of energy and demonstrating everything. read more... DTJ Writing on Performance Conference by Rosella Simonari What is the language used to talk about performance? Who writes it? For whom is it written? Where is it published? How does performance engage with writing? These and other questions were the basis of a two-day conference organised by Dance Theatre Journal in collaboration with BBCF (Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund) and the ADAD (Association of Dance of the African Diaspora).  As Martin Hargreaves, editor of Dance Theatre Journal explained, the reasons that led him to organise this event were multiple and had to do with meeting the readers of his journal, raising its profile and stimulating the debate on this issue. The conference was divided into four sessions, two each day. read more...

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reviews

Ballet British Columbia - Legends of 20th Century Dance
by Leland Windreich -- April 12-14, 2007, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, CA
John Alleyne, who has been artistic director of Ballet British Columbia for 15 years, took a sharp right turn from his past artistic policies by offering for the company’s spring program a trio of restored American dance masterpieces. Since his early days in Vancouver he has concentrated largely on his own choreographic...
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Compañia Flamenca Antonio Marquez
by Rosella Simonari -- March 14, 2007, Jesi(Ancona), Italy
The Fate theme from the opera “Carmen” resounds as a prelude to the performance. The curtain opens and the audience is immersed in the exciting world of the arena where a powerful Escamillo fights against a bull. At his back, Carmen fights with José.  This double narrative is performed in silence...
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San Francisco Ballet - Program 5
by Becca Hirschman -- March 23, 2007, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Ballet's season is quickly cresting past the halfway mark, and Program 5 swelled this Friday evening with four contemporary yet differing works.  The evening's highlight proved to be the debut of Christopher Wheeldon's "Carousel (A Dance)" to the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical of the same name.
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Ballet Memphis - 'The Wizard of Oz'
by Carmel Morgan -- April 29, 2007, Germantown Performing Arts Center, Memphis, TN

Barbara Bickart - 'When'
by Carmel Morgan -- April 20, 2007, 531 South Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Scottish Ballet - 'Agon', 'Room of Cooks', 'Othello', 'In Light and Shadow'
by Kate Snedeker -- April 18, 2007, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland

Eifman Ballet - 'Red Giselle'
by Juliet Neidish -- April 14, 2007, New York City Center, NYC

San Francisco Ballet - Program 7
by Toba Singer -- April 12, 2007, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA

Tulsa Ballet - 'Legends'
by Gretchen Collins -- April 1, 2007, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Hubbard Street 2 - Mixed Repertory
by Carmel Morgan -- March 30, 2007, Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center, Memphis, TN

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Mixed Repertory
by Carmel Morgan -- March 23, 2007, Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

Matthew Bourne's 'Edward Scissorhands'
by Cecly Placenti -- March 22, 2007, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City

Pennsylvania Ballet - 'Carmina Burana', 'Serenade'
by Sigrid Payne Daveiga -- March 17, 2007, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA

editors' choice · Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival 2007 June 1-30, 2007 - Los Angeles, California A city-wide event showcasing a wide variety of dance forms on film. · A Celebration of Patricia Barker June 10, 2007 - McCaw Hall Opera House, Seattle, Washington One of the few truly superstar American-born ballerinas of our time bids farewell.

 

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