2001 FALL PREVIEW.CRITICS' CHOICE: HERE THEY ARE--THIS YEAR'S `MUST-SEES' RECOMMENDED BY DANCE WRITERS AROUND THE WORLD As companies all over the world launch their fall seasons, Dance Magazine asked critics and correspondents to pick the hottest tickets in their parts of the globe. We've compiled an extensive selection of all genres of dance, from prancing steeds in Manhattan to modern mania in Montreal, with a smattering of Don Qs and Carmens in between. Geographically speaking, the guide moves across the U.S. from East to West, then to points beyond, with stops in small towns and major urban centers. Curtain up! NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. RECOMMENDED BY DANCE MAGAZINE'S NEW YORK EDITOR, WENDY PERRON The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presents an ambitious--and free--outdoor dance series, "EVENING STARS," with a staggering roster of today's top dance companies. Go every night and get an education from RONALD RONALD Rocketborne Optical Neutral gas Analyzer with Laser Diodes K. BROWN, MARK DENDY, RENNIE HARRIS, URBAN BUSH WOMEN, LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an all-male drag ballet corps parodying the clichés of romantic and classical ballet. It was founded by choreographer Peter Anastos in the United States in 1974 as a group producing small shows for friends, performing late-late shows in , TWYLA THARP, DAVID GORDON, DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. PARSONS, BILL T. JONES, TRISHA BROWN, DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Dance Theatre of Harlem, the first black classical ballet company. The group was founded in Harlem, New York City, by Arthur Mitchell, then of the New York City Ballet, the first black principal dancer of a classical company of international standing. , GARTH FAGAN, and PAUL TAYLOR (September 4-16, World Trade Center Plaza; 212/435-6600). Get Out of the House, a participatory dance event presented by SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. Sarah (flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. SKAGGS DANCE, shows the choreographer's interest in getting dance out into the streets, parks, and clubs where spectators can dance, too. Skaggs's rhythmic, fast-paced choreography will fit right in at one of the Lower East Side's lively urban parks (September 7, 14, 21, and 28, Sara D. Roosevelt Park; free, www.sarahskaggsdance.org). Former matador SALVADOR TAVORA offers a radical retelling of Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. . Tavora remembers the tales of his great-grandmother, a friend of the original Carmen de Triana, and with further research, he re-envisions the cigarette-factory girl as a fearless worker who fought for women's rights and against the military establishment. Featuring flamenco scenes, a battalion of bugle players, and a dancing white stallion, La Cuadra de Sevilla has been acclaimed throughout Europe for its vivid portrayals and emotional impact (September 12-23, City Center; 212/581-1212, www.citycenter.org). Pina BauSCH and her TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL return to the NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL with Masurca Fogo. This piece, created for the Lisbon World Expo in 1998, juxtaposes pure fantasy with richly kinetic choreography. With a musical collage including Portuguese fado, Astor Piazzolla, and k.d. lang, and a set involving a water slide and a live chicken, the production again reveals Bausch's astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. imagination (November 6, 8-11, Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. ; 718/636-4100). The fifty-five-year-old LIMON DANCE COMPANY offers two new jazz-based pieces, one by Billy Siegenfeld and another by Donald McKayle, and major revivals of Doris Humphrey's Invention (1949) and Murray Louis's Figura (1978), plus a premiere by Louis and a revival of the stirring 1956 Limon classic There Is a Time (November 13-25, The Joyce Theater; 212/242-0800). JOHN JASPERSE COMPANY, known for its ingenious intertwinings of limbs and oddly captivating humor, premieres Giant Empty. Jasperse, collaborating with his longtime dancers, creates an existential evening of shifting realities and dissolving boundaries (November 14-18, Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theatre; 718/636-4100). PHILADELPHIA RECOMMENDED BY DANCE CRITIC BRENDA DIXON GOTTSCHILD. HER LATEST BOOK IS WALTZING IN THE DARK: AFRICAN AMERICAN VAUDE-VILLE AND RACE POLITICS IN THE SWING ERA (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS). The fall season opens with a bang. The fifth annual PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL presents national and international guests, as well as fine home-grown companies, including BALD MERMAIDS, MOXIE, GENGHIS DANCE COMPANY, LAINA FISHBECK, MEGAN MEGAN Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature BRIDGE, and JU-YEON RYU Ryū (竜 or りゅう or リュウ Ryū (August 31-September 15; multiple venues; 215/413-1318). Impeccable Balanchine is forecast for the PENNSYLVANIA BALLET'S performances of Raymonda Variations and The Four Temperaments, with Lynne Taylor-Corbett's Great Galloping Gottschalk, a proven favorite, also on the bill (October 3-7). A Christopher Stowell world premiere (October 10-14) heads up their second fall program (Merriam Theater; 215/336-2000). Temple University alum Paule Turner and the Court present an in-progress showing of his Medea: Love Is the Devil. Characterizing his work as "Mutt Theater," Turner creates an interdisciplinary stew of music, text, and movement (October 12-13, Conwell Dance Theater; 215/204-1122). Later, MARAH DANCE THEATRE, a finely-tuned dramatic ensemble, will premiere From Me Comes the Time, a full-evening excursion into the passage, captivity, and continuum of time, with a funeral and a wedding as the settings (December dates TBA TBA See: To be announced ; Wilma Theater; 215/546-7824). GROUP MOTION offers Return, a second installment in their collaboration with videographer Tobin Rothlein and London-based choreographer Carol Brown (December 15-16, Community Education Center; 215/387-9895). And PHILADANCO performs Danny Ezralow's Xmas Files for the second year (December 7-9, Annenberg Center; 215/898-3900). Characterized by Ezralow's athletic style and set to traditional seasonal tunes, it's a joyous warm-up for Nutcracker mania. WASHINGTON, D.C. RECOMMENDED BY DANCE CRITIC ALEXANDRA TOMALONIS, EDITOR OF DANCEVIEW AND BALLET ALERT The big news for dance in the nation's capital this fall is that THE SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET opens the Center's season (Eisenhower Theater, September 27-October 7). New ballets in the troupe's repertoire include Balanchine's La Sonnambula, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is the name of a ballet by Richard Rodgers. It was choreographed by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes. , Duo Concertante Con`cer`tan´te n. 1. (Mus.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts s>. , and Bejart's Bolero. BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA National Ballet of Cuba (Ballet Nacional de Cuba), is managed by Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso and is one of the top ballet companies in the world. The artistic standards and technical severity of the dancers and the wide diversity in the aesthetic makes its highly anticipated return with Giselle and Coppelia November 20-25, and DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM presents two programs of contemporary work December 11-16 (Kennedy Center Opera House; 202/416-8500). Two of Washington's most exciting and accomplished modern dance choreographers will show work in the fall as well. Lucy Bowen McCauley's work has always been marked by wit and craft, and grows richer and more complex each year. BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE will be at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre October 10 (703/995-0382). Dance Place presents a wonderful mix of local and visiting companies ranging from modern to salsa to hip-hop. Juan Carlos Rincones's dances are thoughtful and passionate. His RINCONES & COMPANY opens the season September 29-30. Richard Move's Evening with Martha arrives October 12-14. Other D.C.-based troupes include STEP AFRIKA (October 19-21) and TAPPERS WITH ATTITUDE (at the Tap Dance Festival, December 14-16, Dance Place; 202/269-1600). WASHINGTON BALLET'S 2001--2002 season is Artistic Director Septime Webre's most ambitious and balanced to date. The fall repertory program features the world premiere of Webre's Carmen, as well as revivals of Balanchine's Four Temperaments and Choo-San Goh's In the Glow of the Night (October 31-November 4, Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater; 202/362-3606 ext. 119). SOUTH FLORIDA RECOMMENDED BY GUILLERMO PEREZ, DANCE MAGAZINE'S MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. CORRESPONDENT, WHO COVERS THE CULTURAL SCENE FOR LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL MAGAZINES South Florida ballet companies stamp the performance calendar this fall, beginning with MIAMI CITY BALLET Miami City Ballet was created in 1986 with former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella helming the company. The Miami City Ballet flourishes as one of America's most respected Balanchine-style based ballet companies. in a Balanchine program: Scotch Symphony, Concerto Barocco, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux pas de deux (French; “step for two”) Dance for two performers. A characteristic part of classical ballet, it includes an adagio, or slow dance, by the ballerina and her partner; solo variations by the male dancer and then the ballerina; and a coda, or , and Who Cares? (September 28-30, Gleason Theatre, Miami Beach, 305/673-7300; October 5-7, Broward Center for the Performing Arts Located at 201 Southwest Fifth Avenue, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is a multi-venue entertainment and theater company located primarily in the city of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It consists of four theaters. , Fort Lauderdale, 954/475-6884; November 2-4, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, 561/832-7469). A PAUL TAYLOR bill, from the lyrical to the quirky, follows, with Arden Court, Funny Papers, and Company B (November 9-11, Gleason Theatre; November 16-18, Broward Center). Vibrant contemporary work from Palm Beach County's Ballet Florida includes Daniel Ezralow's Super Straight Is Coming Down, David Parsons's The Envelope, William Forsythe's Urlicht, and Vicente Nebrada's Doble Corchea in its season opener (October 12-14, Eissey Theatre, North Palm Beach; 561/625-2345). MAXIMUM DANCE COMPANY continues to explore the newer edge of ballet with The Elements, a full-evening multimedia work by artistic directors David Palmer and Yanis Pikieris (October 19-21, Gusman Theater, Miami, 305/372-0925; October 13-14, Bailey Hall, Davie, 954/475-6884). Commissions from Jean-Christophe Blavier of the Stuttgart Ballet and additional with-it European choreographers will fill their second program (November 30-December 1, 2, Gusman Theater). HONG KONG BALLET The Hong Kong Ballet (香港芭蕾舞團) is Hong Kong's leading professional ballet company, and also the famous group for Classical Ballet, since it founded in 1979. will stir up colorful spectacle with The Last Emperor (October 27, Broward Center for the Performing Arts). But traditional pas de deux reigns at the annual INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL, with companies from all continents (September 12-16, Gleason Theatre and Colony Theater, 305/534-5026, Miami Beach). The cross-cultural FLORIDA BRAZIL FESTIVAL hosts out-of-towners as well as Miami artists such as Helena Thevenot in a butoh Butoh (舞踏 butō) program at the Museum of Contemporary Arts (November 3-4; 305/893-6211) and GIOVANNI LUQUINI, whose solos and group pieces can be both meditative and explosive (November 1-2, Colony Theater). Clara Andermatt performs with Cape Verde musicians and QUASAR, the vibrant Brazilian company, at the event (October 1-3 and November 9-11, respectively, Colony Theater). Sao Paulo's Pia Fraus and her "new circus" group will perform Navigator, the result of an extended project to turn a Little Havana park pool into a performance site (October 25-28, Manuel Artime Theater, Miami; 305/274-9282). GEORGIA RECOMMMENDED BY DANCE MAGAZINE'S GEORGIA CORRESPONDENT, SHERRI MCLENDON Georgia's fall dance scene is under construction, with an impressive slate of premieres and innovative programming. The Indigo Girls Project, an ATLANTA BALLET world premiere, features the group live onstage with the dancers. With choreography by Margo Sappington, the performance promises to be highly charged. George Balanchine's Serenade shares the program (October 18-21, Fox Theatre, Atlanta; 404/892-3393). FULL RADIUS DANCE mixes dancers on foot with dancers in wheelchairs to create technically demanding, visually exciting choreographic works. Artistic Director Douglas Scott says this fall's three new works will include his own Waltz of the Snow, which "has nothing to do with The Nutcracker." The program also includes work by Valerie Midgett and Hilary Benedict, co-directors of the North Carolina dance company X Factor (November 30- December 1, 7 Stages Theater, Atlanta, 404-724-9663). Other noteworthy performances include one by the professional company MOVING IN THE SPIRIT, which is committed to outreach and education for Atlanta children (October 19-28 and 26-28, The Beam; 404/624-5295), and GEORGIA BALLET'S La Bayadere ba·ya·dere n. A fabric with contrasting horizontal stripes. [French bayadère, from Portuguese bailadeira, dancer, from bailar, to dance, from Late Latin (October 27-28, Jennie Tate Anderson Theatre, Cobb County Civic Center, Marietta; 770/499-2144). OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). RECOMMENDED BY CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER DANCE CRITIC WlLMA SALISBURY The demise of Cleveland/San Jose Ballet last year left a huge hole in the Northeast Ohio dance season. Although the company has not been replaced, the closing of the region's largest dance institution has stimulated the growth of smaller ensembles. This fall, OHIO BALLET will produce full-length story ballets by collaborating with DAYTON BALLET in the Cleveland Phoenix Project. The combined companies will mount Septime Webre's version of Peter Pan (October 5-6 at E.J. Thomas Hall, Akron; October 19-20 at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square; 330/972-7900). CLEVELAND CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE, a multiracial company founded in 1998 to celebrate African American heritage and diverse cultures, will perform a full concert; the repertoire features choreography by Kim Robards, Gary Abbott, Peter Kalivas, and Artistic Director Michael Medcalf (September 26, Ohio Theatre in Playhouse Square, Cleveland; 216/987-2543). GroundWorks Dance theater, an innovative chamber ensemble that presents contemporary choreography in nontraditional spaces, will continue its adventurous Landmarks Series with dramatic works created collaboratively by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara, resident composer Gustavo Aguilar, and lighting designer Dennis Dugan (September 7-8, 14-15, Icehouse ice·house n. A place where ice is made, stored, or sold. Noun 1. icehouse - a house for storing ice house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house" , Akron; 216/691-3180). THE TOM AND SUSANA EVERT e·vert v. To turn inside out or outward. evert to turn inside out; to turn outward. DANCE THEATRE will launch its fall season with Alma de la Tierra, a dreamlike collage rooted in Susana Evert's Mexican heritage. The evening-length work honors Latin American culture Latin American culture is the formal or informal expression of the peoples of Latin America, and includes both high culture (literature, high art) and popular culture (music, folk art and dance) as well as religion and other customary practices. in dance, music, poetry, costumes, and sets (October 18-20, Palace Theatre, Lorain; 216/289-4144). KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas. RECOMMENDED BY KANSAS CITY STAR DANCE CRITIC ARIELLE THOMAS NEWMAN KANSAS CITY BALLET continues its ascent under the artistic direction of William Whitener whit·en tr. & intr.v. whit·ened, whit·en·ing, whit·ens To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching. whit . The multitalented company returns to its classical ballet roots for its fall performances of Balanchine's Allegro Brillante; Bournonville's pas de deux from La Sylphide; Ruth Page's Frankie & Johnnie; and a new production of Sleeping Beauty, Act III, staged by Janek Schergen based on Petipa choreography (October 11-14, Lyric Theatre; 816/931-2232 x375). Since the untimely death of co-founder Leni Wylliams in 1996, Mary Pat Henry has developed WYLLIAMS/HENRY DANSE THEATRE into Kansas City's elite modern dance company. Entering its eleventh year, the growing reputation has attracted works from established choreographers such as David Parsons, whose Sleep Study will be performed with Sean Curran's Abstract Concrete. International jazz recording artist Bobbie Watson will perform onstage with the ten-member troupe in her collaboration with Henry, titled Intimate Conversations (November 16-17, Gem Theater; 816/235-6222). If you can't pop into New York for a quick weekend of dance, then it's oh-so-convenient to have one of the nation's premier presenting organizations, the Harriman Arts Program of William Jewell College William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,274 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri, U.S. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other civic leaders which included Robert James, a Baptist minister and (located in Liberty, Missouri), bring AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE American Ballet Theatre, one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 under the direction of Lucia Chase and Rich Pleasant. to you. ART will perform Paul Taylor's Black Tuesday, Clark Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, and Natalie Weir's Jabula (September 11, Music Hall; 816/415-5025, 888/528-5521). The Lied Center, in nearby Lawrence, Kansas, offers a tasty smorgasbord of dance again this season. Number-one pick for fall: THE HOUSTON BALLET'S new full-length version of The Firebird, choreographed by the National Ballet of Canada National Ballet of Canada, the leading Canadian ballet company. Based in Toronto, it was founded (1951) by Celia Franca (1921–2007) and modeled on Sadler's Wells (now the Royal Ballet). Artistic Director James Kudelka (October 9, 785/864-2787). NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDED BY RITA RITA Cardiology A clinical trial–Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina–comparing the outcome of PCTA vs CABG in Pts with angina. See Angina, Angioplasty, CABG, Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. FELCIANO, THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. GUARDIAN'S DANCE CRITIC AND A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WRITER FOR DANCE MAGAZINE One highlight of the Bay Area fall season may well be TANZTHEATER BASEL in Joachim Schlomer's La guerra d'amore, his examination of the travails of love set to Monteverdi madrigals (November 16-17, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal ; 510/642-9988). OAKLAND BALLET offers world premieres by Robert Henry Johnson (with music by Zap Mama; still untitled, September 14-16), Michael Lowe (Bamboo), and Reginald Ray Savage (Faux Pas) (November 16--18); and Oakland premieres by Trey McIntyre (Like a Samba) and Francesca Harper (Dark Light) (October 12-14). Also programmed are The Moor's Pavane pavane Stately court dance introduced from southern Europe into England in the 16th century. The dance, consisting of forward and backward steps to music in duple time, was originally used to open ceremonial balls; later its steps became livelier and it came to be paired , Giselle (Act II), Robert Moses's Union Fraternal, and Val Caniparoli's Djangology (Paramount Theatre, Oakland; 510/286-8914). When Eric Satie's piano composition Vexations Vexations is a noted musical work by Erik Satie. It consists of a short chordal passage, and is intended to be repeated 840 times. On the score, it is written that "In order to play this motif 840 times consecutively to oneself, it will be useful to prepare oneself , as instructed, was performed 840 times in 1963, it set a world record for the duration of any musical composition. Pianist/dancer KERSTIN KUSSMAUL will top that feat. Besides several pianists, she engaged eight dancers for what is expected to be an eighteen-hour marathon performance (September 30, ODC ODC - Open Distributed Computing Theater, San Francisco; 415/863-9834). DIABLO BALLET opens its season in San Francisco (November 2-3, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; 415/978-ARTS) and takes the show home to Walnut Creek (November 23-24, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts; 925/943-7469) for Thanksgiving. They have commissioned KT Nelson for a sixth work, are reprising in-house choreographer Nikolai Kabaniev's No Title, and are presenting the West Coast premiere of Septime Webre's Fluctuating Hemlines. Also some kind of homecoming is May I Now (16 Questions in the Space of an Answer), a new work by the MARGARET JENKINS DANCE COMPANY for nine dancers; it grew out of material Jenkins developed in her National Dance Project. It examines "apprehension--and the frenzy that is so prevalent in our daily activities" (October 19-20, 25-27, Theater Artaud, San Francisco; 415/621-7797). PACIFIC NORTHWEST RECOMMENDED BY MARTHA ULLMAN WEST, DANCE MAGAZINE'S PORTLAND, OREGON, CORRESPONDENT. A FORMER CO-CHAIR OF THE DANCE CRITICS ASSOCIATION, SHE ALSO WRITES FOR THE EUGENE WEEKLY AND DANCE CHRONICLE. Don Quixote will be tilting at windmills and searching for Dulcinea in Eugene, Boise, and Seattle in two different productions coming to the Pacific Northwest for the first time. The EUGENE BALLET COMPANY will be the first to premiere the Minkus/Petipa evening-length work Don Quixote, with costumes by David Heuvel; it was purchased by Ballet Idaho from Ballet West. Former Boston Ballet Artistic Director Anna-Marie Holmes, known for her expertise in Russian style, staged it (October 27-28, Hult Center's Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, Oregon; 541/682-5000). BALLET IDAHO performs it a week later (Morrison Center, Boise, Idaho; 208/343-0556). PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET The Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company and based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978. is also in a Spanish mood, presenting American Ballet Theatre's production of Don Q, designed by Santo Loquasto (November 8-11 and 15-18). PNB's season opens September 20-23 and 27-30 with excerpts from such Seattle audience favorites as Artistic Director Kent Stowell's Silver Lining, George Balanchine's Serenade, and Nacho Duato's Jardi Tancat (Seattle Opera House; 206/441-2424). In Portland, OREGON BALLET THEATRE Oregon Ballet Theatre is the premiere ballet company for the state of Oregon. The company is the result of the 1992 merging of Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theater. James Canfield, formerly a dancer with Joffrey Ballet as well as a principal dancer for Pacific Ballet Theater, opens October 13-20 with Serenade (accompanied by live music) and Artistic Director James Canfield's take on Bram Stoker's Dracula, telling the story briefly and no doubt sensuously in a new one-act ballet titled Lady Lucille and the Count (Keller Auditorium; 503/222-5538). For contemporary choreographer Linda Austin and lighting designer Jeff Forbes's PERFORMANCE WORKS NORTHWEST, a desanctified church is the site of shows exploring the varieties of live interaction between dancers and musicians (October 26-28 and November 2-4). Programmed so far are Austin with L.A.-based tuba tuba (t  `bə) [Lat.,=trumpet], valved brass wind musical instrument of wide conical bore. player William Roper, Linda K. Johnson and bassist Glen Moore, and choreographer Cydney Wilkes with (tentatively) IMAGO imago /ima·go/ (i-ma´go) pl. ima´goes, ima´gines [L.]1. the adult or definitive form of an insect. 2. a usually idealized, unconscious mental image of a key person in one's early life. MASKED THEATRE composer Katie Griesar (Portland, Oregon; 503/777-1907). MEXICO RECOMMENDED BY KRISTEN SMITH, DANCE MAGAZINE'S MEXICO CITY CORRESPONDENT Female trio Ikal-U ("Spirit of the Moon" in Nahuatl) keeps audiences spellbound with its high-octane energy, precision, and modern storytelling. Deviations From a Normal Life is a study of a woman. These three women--outfitted in plastic, faux fur, and iron--have found an important voice (Tuesdays, September and October, Teatro Jaime Torres Bodet Jaime Torres Bodet (17 April 1902 – 13 May 1974) was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico. , Chapultepec Sur and Av. Guadalajara, Jalisco; 001-525-(3) 629-8873). AKSENTI DANZA CONTEMPORANEA Artistic Director Duane Cochran, who is also a pianist for the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, has been praised for the musicality of his modern dance choreography. Cochran offers musical dances and critical human themes in the anniversary production, "In a Decade," with his live piano and voice (November 8-11, Sala Miguel Covarrubias, University Cultural Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: , abbreviated UNAM) is a large public university in Mexico. It was founded on September 21 1551 as the Real y Pontificia Universidad de México , Mexico City; 5622-7019). UTOPIA DANZA-TEATRO's Made in Mexico is an hourlong, tragicomic work that attempts to define Mexico. Images from news coverage flash on the back wall, while dancers perform a frenetic stream-of-consciousness, fall-to-the-floor contact improvisation. Stereotypes--machismo, political corruption, Catholic weddings, dancing indigenous peoples doing a one-two shuffle--are presented with a comic twist that questions their authenticity (September 27, 28, 29 in the Plaza Angel Salas of Teatro de la Danza, behind the National Auditorium, Mexico City; 5280-8771). Mexico's NATIONAL BALLET fall program introduces another season of experimental choreography performed by technically excellent dancers. They'll showcase three new dances with the Queretaro Philharmonic, including a modern treatment of Stravinsky's Firebird, and dances to two Vivaldi pieces (September 28-30, Auditorio Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, Santiago de Queretero, Queretero; 01-42-13-87-95 or 01-42-13-72-55 or 01-42-13-72-56). CANADA RECOMMENDED BY LEWIS HERTZMAN, A TORONTO-BASED DANCE CRITIC AND CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL The NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA celebrates its fiftieth-anniversary year with a mixed bag of George Balanchine (Mozartiana) and prolific Artistic Director James Kudelka (Pastorale), along with some flashes of August Bournonville (Napoli, Act III) on November 7-11. But the kickoff is a gala of Ronald Hynd's scintillating scin·til·late v. scin·til·lat·ed, scin·til·lat·ing, scin·til·lates v.intr. 1. To throw off sparks; flash. 2. To sparkle or shine. See Synonyms at flash. 3. choreography of The Merry Widow, based on Franz Lehar's champagne operetta operetta (ŏpərĕt`ə), type of light opera with a frivolous, sentimental story, often employing parody and satire and containing both spoken dialogue and much light, pleasant music. , October 3-November 4 (Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto; 416/345-9595). Modern dance enthusiasts will find much at Harbourfront. DANCEWORKS offers independent artists in numerous programs, beginning with "Parallel Ports" (October 18-20). Canadian Sarah Chase is offering two autobiographical works: Muzz (about her great-grandmother) and Lamont Earth Observatory (memories of life near the ocean). Montreal choreographer Paul-Andre Fortier has created a full-evening solo for near-cult figure PEGGY BAKER, with original score by Gaetan LeBoeuf: Loin loin (loin) the part of the back between the thorax and pelvis. loin n. The part of the body on either side of the spinal column between the ribs and the pelvis. , tres loin/far, very far. Angular, intensely expressive, and exquisitely refined, Baker once danced with the original White Oak Dance Project (November 15-17, du Maurier Theatre, Harbourfront Centre; 416/973-4000). TORONTO DANCE THEATRE, which pioneered Graham technique in Canada, presents an interesting take on a classic. Christopher House has choreographed The Odyssey. It is a complex exploration of many themes from Greek legend: travel, quest, adventure, truth, deception, enchantment, and the perils of memory (November 27-December 1, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre). A touring show not to be overlooked is Matthew Bourne's THE CAR MAN Matthew Bourne's The Car Man is a ballet by British choreographer Matthew Bourne. It previewed for the first time on 16 May 2000 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth, England, and was subsequently staged at the Old Vic in London in September of that year. . The choreographer of the inventive male version of Swan Lake returns with his take on Carmen, set in the small-town American Midwest. A dangerous drifter looking for work finds trouble: greed, opportunism, sex, and murder (November 21-25, Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts). In Montreal, THE FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE NOUVELLE DANSE offers Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown Dance Company, O Vertigo, White Oak Dance Project, and Anne Teresa De Keersmaker (September 19-October 6, at various venues; 514/524-0666). FRANCE France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. RECOMMENDED BY KARYN BAUER PREVOST, PARIS-BASED CORRESPONDENT FOR DANCE MAGAZINE Fall tends to be a lovely season here as the first cool breezes blow in, the days noticeably shorten, and the French slowly shake off the summer, still smiling after their monthlong August vacations. Choreographically speaking, the season opens with the LYON OPERA BALLET, which opens with Mats Ek's naive and satirical drama Carmen, originally performed by the company in 1998, and Jiri Kylian's 1991 Petite Mort (Little Death), an exquisite tribute to Mozart's piano concertos originally, written for Austria's Salzburg Festival (September 12-16, Lyons Opera, 1 place de la Comedie, 69001, Lyon; 33 4 72 00 45 45). One can then head north to the capital city's Palais Garnier, where the PARIS OPERA BALLET The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official ballet company of the Opéra national de Paris, otherwise known as the Palais Garnier, though known more popularly simply as the Paris Opéra. performs Roland Petit's 1965 creation Notre-Dame de Paris Notre-Dame de Paris (nô`trə-däm də pärē`) [Fr.,=Our Lady of Paris], cathedral church of Paris, a noble achievement of early Gothic architecture in France. , a two-act drama that explores the love and death intrigue of Victor Hugo's classic novel, known in English as The Hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. of Notre Dame (October 3-13, Palais Garnier, Paris Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. ; 33 8 36 69 78 68). The BEJART BALLET, meanwhile, offers the Paris premiere of this year's creation, Lumiere (September 18-October 7, Palais des Congres, Paris; 33 1 40 68 00 05). As the rain fills the autumnal French skies, it would be best to head to the Atlantic city of Bordeaux, where the BORDEAUX OPERA BALLET offers a Russian series in honor of the choreography of Serge Lifar, including L'Apres-midi d'un faune, Icare, and Suite en blanc (November 5-11, Opera de Bordeaux, Bordeaux; 33 5 56 00 85 95). Finally, LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO fans will have to head to sunny Spain, where the company performs Jean Christophe Maillot's acclaimed Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. at the Teatro Real (September 8-16, Madrid; 34 91 516 06 06). GERMANY RECOMMENDED BY DONALD HUTERA, AN AMERICAN WORLD TRAVELER WHO WRITES ABOUT DANCE FOR TIME OUT: LONDON STUTTGART BALLET celebrates its fortieth anniversary with a selection of masterpieces. At press time, exact titles and choreographers were still to be divulged. It's likely the lineup will include work by Glen Tetley and the still-revered John Cranko (November 2-10, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Oberer Schlossgarten 6, Stuttgart; 00 49 711 20 20 90). William Forsythe's sensational BALLETT FRANKFURT opens its 2001-2002 season with his Quintet, Enemy in the Figure, and an as yet untitled new creation (September 21-23, 26-30, Bockenheimer Depot, Bockenheimer Warte, Frankfurt; 00 69 13 40 400). Dance experimentalist SASHA WALTZ premieres 17-25/4 at Berlin's Schaubuhne on September 13. Expect bodies used in striking, unconventional manners (Schaubuhne am Lehniner Platz, Kurfurstendamm 153, Charlottenburg; 49 30 89 00 23), THE NETHERLANDS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY DONALD HUTERA DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell (1961-1969), Rudi van Dantzig (1969-1991), Wayne Eagling (1991-2003) and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. likewise marks four decades since it was founded. The Jubilee Programme (September 1, 2, and 5-9) features the Dutch premieres of William Forsythe's The Vertiginous ver·tig·i·nous adj. 1. Affected by vertigo; dizzy. 2. Tending to produce vertigo. vertiginous adjective Related to vertigo, dizzy Thrill of Exactitude and Approximate Sonata; former artistic director Rudi van Dantzig's Four Last Songs (to Richard Strauss); and a new ballet by resident choreographer Toer van Schayk. Cherry on the cake: a revival of Frederick Ashton's Cinderella later (September 12-16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam; 00 31 20 6255455). NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER Nederlands Dans Theater (Dutch Dance Theatre also known as the NDT) is a contemporary dance company established in 1959 breaking away from the more traditionally oriented Dutch National Ballet (Het Nederlands Ballet). presents one new work for each of its three companies as part of the HOLLAND DANCE FESTIVAL. Paul Lightfoot and Hans van Manen Hans van Manen (Nieuwer-Amstel, Netherlands, 11 July 1932) is a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer. He is a son of a German housemaid. He studied under Sonia Gaskell, Françoise Adret and Nora Kiss. Hans van Manen wrote many ballets. score world premieres for NDT NDT Newfoundland Daylight Time I and NDT II, respectively. Former artistic director Jiri Kylian must content himself with merely a Dutch premiere for NDT III (November 14-17, Lucent Danstheater, Spuiplein 152, 2501 CH, The Hague; 31 70 360 49 30). JAPAN RECOMMENDED BY KEVIN NG, HONG KONG-BASED ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. CORRESPONDENT There is a lot in store this fall for dancegoers in Japan. THE TOKYO BALLET has invited two of the most glamorous ballet stars in the world as guests--Sylvie Guillem, the French ballerina and guest principal of London's Royal Ballet; and Vladimir Malakhov, the Russian star who performs with American Ballet Theatre. These two are the most popular with the Japanese dance public. Malakhov and ABT ABT About ABT Abteilung (German: Department) ABT Abbott Laboratories (stock symbol) ABT American Ballet Theatre ABT Associação Brasileira de Telemarketing ABT Abort ABT Availability Based Tariff colleague Julie Kent will give two performances of Giselle with the Tokyo Ballet (September 4-5, Bunkyo Civic Hall, Tokyo; 81-3-5803-1107). This will be followed by the muting production "Sylvie Guillem on Stage," featuring Guillem and the Tokyo Ballet in Maurice Bejart's Bolero and Mats Ek's Wet Woman. The tour plays various Japanese venues November 7-December 5, with performances in the company's home city November 16-18 (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; 81-3-3828-2111). Another Tokyo company to recommend is the NEW NATIONAL THEATRE BALLET. This ambitious three-year-old troupe has already acquired a large repertoire of masterpieces by Western choreographers. In October, it will premiere Kenneth MacMillan's spectacular Romeo and Juliet (October 12-18 at the New National Theatre, Tokyo; 81-3-5352-9999), with guest performances by another ABT star, Angel Corella. And it will revive Cinderella, a 1948 masterpiece by another English choreographer, Frederick Ashton, for the Christmas season (December 21-27, the New National Theatre, Tokyo). |
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