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Profile: The Youth America Grand Prix Ballet Competition
Fancy Free: The Birth of an American Classic |
"Architecture of Dance": NYCB's New Choreography and Music Festival Dances This Spring
26 Feb 2010 -- New York City Ballet will celebrate its 50th year at Lincoln Center with a May-June festival debuting new works from choreographers including Melissa Barak, Peter Martins, Wayne McGregor, Benjamin Millepied and Christopher Wheeldon.
Corella Ballet Dances into City Center March 17-20
17 Feb 2010 -- Longtime ABT dancer Ángel Corella’s recently created Corella Ballet Castilla y León will make its U.S. debut at New York City Center March 17 – 20. Matthew Murphy profiles the 2-year-old company, established in 2008 as Spain’s only classical ballet ensemble.
The Meaning of Zunch: Paul Taylor "Celebrates 80" at City Center
03 Feb 2010 -- The company celebrates the Dancermaker's 80th birthday at its City Center engagement, running through March 14. Programs include the NY premieres of the vaudeville-themed Also Playing and an untitled Debussy piece, as well as beloved favorites from the troupe's repertoire.
NY City Ballet Offers Rep Gems from Balanchine and Robbins Feb. 16-24
01 Feb 2010 -- On the February schedule at New York City Ballet are full programs dedicated to the works of two of the company's most iconic choreographers. Brahms, Tschaikovsky, Chopin and Bernstein will all be center stage.
New York Flamenco Festival Dances Into City Center Feb. 11
11 Jan 2010 -- Valerie Gladstone speaks to a few of the artists taking part in this year's Festival, running Feb. 11-14. The schedule includes programs by Compañía Rocío Molina and Compañía María Pagés; and new figures such as Pastora Galván, Manuel Liñán and Belén López.
La Bayadère: A Grand Ballet for a Grand Anniversary
05 Jan 2010 -- A high point of Houston Ballet’s 40th season is a new production of the great nineteenth century work, La Bayadère. Choreographed by Stanton Welch, the lavish new staging set in Royal India runs Feb. 25-March 7.
Majestic Movement: ABT Returns to Kennedy Center Jan. 26-31
01 Jan 2010 -- American Ballet Theatre brings Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet and a mixed repertory program to the Kennedy Center this January.
A Historic Theater Moves Into the 21st Century
17 Dec 2009 -- When the doors opened on the renovated David H. Koch Theater in early November, audiences began to experience some wonderful surprises. In both subtle and dramatic ways, the historic house has now moved into the new millennium.
Movement and Music: A Conversation with Peter Martins and John Adams
11 Dec 2009 -- NY City Ballet presented a new Martins ballet, set to Adams’ Naïve and Sentimental Music, at its Opening Night Benefit (three January performances scheduled). The two friends sat down for a conversation about their influences, and the symbiotic relationship between music and dance.
Ailey Celebrates Judith Jamison at NY City Center
01 Dec 2009 -- Twenty years after taking the helm of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Judith Jamison will retire in 2011. The company pays tribute to her work in its 5-week City Center season Dec. 2 through Jan. 3, 2010.
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