Christie Taylor reports on changes in dance companies in the Boston area in this <A HREF="http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/arts_culture/danc08252000.htm" TARGET=_blank>Boston Herald story</A>.

And Taylor writes more:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>So much is in flux right now with the Boston dance scene - directorships, performance spaces, the lure of potential financial stability - that this fall is as much about acknowledging change as it is about anticipating what's coming up.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR><B><A HREF="http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/arts_culture/danc09082000.htm" TARGET=_blank>More</A></B>

A preview of the Boston season:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The most joyous news in an otherwise sparse Boston dance season is the return of the Mark Morris Dance Group. Boston has gone Morris-less for over a year, bereft of the presence of one of the world's leading performing-arts organizations because of schedules that didn't mesh and a rift with the Morris company's longtime local presenter, Dance Umbrella. The FleetBoston Celebrity Series has answered the call, bringing Morris to the Shubert Theatre for a program of three Boston premieres, Oct. 26-29.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR><A HREF="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/254/living/New_work_from_old_friends_gets_the_season_moving+.shtml" TARGET=_blank>Boston season preview</A>