2003 holiday calendar.Note: We list only professional performances. When a theater is listed more than once, see first listing for address and box-office number. In each category the U.S. is listed first, with other countries following alphabetically.* Nutcracker performance PERFORMANCES UNITED STATES Arizona Flagstaff * Dec 5-6, Flagstaff Symphony & Ballet Arizona, Ardrey Auditorium, Northern Arizona Univ, 888.520.7214, 928.523.8994 Phoenix * Dec 12-28, Ballet Arizona, Symphony Hall, 225 E Adams, 602.381.1096, 602.381.0189 Dec 12-31, Radio City Christmas Spectacular The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is an annual show that is held at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. , Arizona State Univ Gammage Auditorium, Gammage Parkway & Mill Ave., 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Prescott Dec 13, San Diego Ballet, Yavapai College, 1100 E Prescott St, 928.776.2034 TUCSON Dec 6, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Centennial Hall, Univ of Arizona, 1020 E Univ Blvd, 520.621.3341, www.uapresents.arizona.edu * Dec 12-14, Tucson Regional Ballet, Tucson Convention Center The Tucson Convention Center (TCC), previously named the Tucson Community Center, is a large multi-purpose convention center located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. , Rich Theatre, 260 S Church Ave, 520.886.1222 California Berkeley * Dec 12-21, Mark Morris Dance Group, The Hard Nut, Zellerbach Hall, Univ of California, Bancroft Way & Telegraph Ave, 510.642.9988, www.calperfs.berkeley.edu Cerritos Dec 5-7, Scrooge: The Musical, Cerritos Center, 12700 Center Court Dr, 562.916.8510, 562.916.8514, www.cerrtioscenter.com Claremont Dec 6-21, Inland Pacific Ballet, Bridges Auditorium, Claremont Colleges, 450 N College Way, 909.607.1139, www.ipballet.org Costa Mesa Dec 7-22, Festival Ballet Theatre, Moore Theatre, Orange Coast College Orange Coast College (OCC), founded in 1948, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities. , 2701 Fairview Rd, 714.432.5880 * Dec 17-21, 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. , Orange County Performing Arts Center The Orange County Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California. It is the home of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Opera Pacific, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale. , 605 Town Center Dr, 714.556.ARTS, 714.556.8984, www.ocpac.org El Cajon * Dec 20, San Diego Ballet, East County performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 210 E Main St, 619.294.7378 Fairfield Dec 19-21, State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, Fairfield Center, 1035 W Texas St, 707.428.7760 Irvine Dec 12-24, Ballet Pacifica, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Univ of California, 4242 Campus Dr, 949.824.4646, 949.854.8490, www.thebarclay.org La Jolla * Dec 19-21, San Diego Ballet, Mandeville Theatre, 9500 Gilman Dr, UCSD campus, 619.294.7378 Livermore * Dec 20-21, 23, Valley Dance Theatre, Livermore High School Livermore High School is a public high school located in the town of Livermore, California, USA, and is part of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD). Theatre, 600 Maple St, 925.243.0927 Los Angeles Dec 3-7, Deja Donne Dance Company, Disney CalArts Theater/REDCAT, Univ of California Los Angeles, Hope & 2nd St, 661.253.7800, www.calarts.edu/redcat/index.html Dec 29, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State Univ, 5151 State University Dr, 323.343.6600 Oakland * Dec 19-23, Oakland Ballet, Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, 510.625.8497, www.oaklandballet, org Sacramento * Dec 6-24, Sacramento Ballet, Community Center Theater, 1301 L St, 916.264.5181, www.sacballet.org San Diego * Dec 18-21, California Ballet, Civic Theatre, 202 C St, 619.570.1100 San Francisco Dec 3-7, Festival of Lights, Herbst Theatre, Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, 415.392.4400 Through Dec 7, ODC/San Francisco, The Velveteen Rabbit, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 300 Howard at Third St., 415.978.2787, www.yerbabuenaarts.org * Through Dec 28, San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. , War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave, 415.865.2000, www.sfballet.org San Jose * Dec 12-28, Ballet San Jose Ballet San Jose in San Jose, California, USA, was originally founded in 1986 as the "San Jose Cleveland Ballet," a co-venture with the ten-year old Cleveland Ballet which offered to the dancers added performing exposure, and each city a ballet company for a moderate, shared Silicon Valley, Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, 408.288.2800 San Rafael Dec 13-14, Marin Ballet, Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, Marin Center, 10 Ave of the Flags, 415.499.6800 Dec 14, Savage Jazz Dance Company, Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium Dec 20, Marin Dance Theatre, Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium Thousand Oaks * Dec 14-15, Pacific Festival Ballet, Kavli Theatre, Civic Arts Plaza, 818.707.3267 Colorado Grand Junction Dec 5, David Taylor Dance Theatre, Grand Junction High School Grand Junction High School is a high school located in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is part of the Mesa County Valley School District 51. As of 2006, the student-teacher ratio is about 19:1 [1] Athletics , 1400 N 5th St, 970.242.7496 Connecticut Bridgeport * Dec 19-20, New England Ballet Company, Klein Memorial, 910 Fairfield Ave., 203.345.4800 x150, www.TheKlein.org Milford * Dec 11-14, New England Ballet Company, Parsons Complex, 70 W River St., 203.799.7950 Delaware Newark Dec 20-21, Mid-Atlantic Ballet, Univ of Delaware, Mitchell Hall, S College & Amstel Aves, 302.266.6362 District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). Washington Dec 2-7, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Eisenhower Theater, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Huge cultural complex (opened 1971) in Washington, D.C., with a total of six stages, designed by Edward Durell Stone. The complex, surfaced in marble, makes use of the ornamental facade screens for which the architect was known. , 2700 F St NW, 202.467.4600, www.kennedy-center.org * Dec 12-28, Washington Ballet, Warner Theatre, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 202.783.4000 * Dec 23-Jan 4, Kirov Ballet, Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Florida Clearwater * Dec 26, 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. , Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Rd, 727.712.2708 Ft. Lauderdale Through Dec 7, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Broward Center, 201 SW 5 Ave, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com * Dec 19-21, Miami City Ballet, Broward Center, 954.462.0222 Gainesville Dec 20-21, Dance Alive, Phillips Center, Univ of Florida, 315 Hull Rd, 352.392.2787, 352.846.1562, www.cpa.ufl.edu Hollywood Dec 27-28, Tangokinesis, Art & Culture Center, 1650 Harrison St, 954.921.3274, www.artandculturecenter.org Miami Beach * Dec 12-14, Miami City Ballet, Gleason Theater, 1700 Washington Ave, 305.673.7300 Naples * Nov 29-30, Miami City Ballet, Naples Philharmonic Center, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, 239.597.0691 Sarasota Dec 20-23, Sarasota Ballet, Florida State Univ, Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N Tamiami Trail Tampa Dec 11-Jan 4, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Performing Arts Center, 1010 N MacInnes PI, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Vero Beach Dec 20, Charleston Ballet Theatre, Riverside Theatre, 3250 Riverside Park Dr, 772.234.8052 West Palm Beach * Dec 5-7, Miami City Ballet, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Bird, 561.832.7469 * Dec 22-27, Ballet Florida, Kravis Center, 561.832.7469 Georgia Atlanta Dec 20-21, Rotaru International Children's Ballet, Rialto Center, 80 Forsyth St, 404.894.9600, www.rialtocenter.org * Through Dec 27, Altanta Ballet, Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St, 404.817.8700, www.atlantaballet.com Savannah * Nov 29, Ballet Savannah, LucasTheater, 32 Abercorn St, 912.231.9998 Statesboro * Nov 21-22, Columbia City Ballet, Georgia Southern Performing Arts Center, Chandler Rd at Plant Dr, 912.486.799 Illinois Chicago Dec 4-6, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, Dance Center, Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is the largest arts and communications college in the United States[1] Founded in 1890, the school is located in the South Loop of Chicago. , 1306 S Michigan Ave, 312.344.8300, www.dancecenter.org * Dec 5-28, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Auditorium Theatre, 50 E Congress Pkwy, 312.922.2110, 312.902.1500, www.auditoriumtheatre.org Danville Dec 14, Chicago Festival Ballet Chicago Festival Ballet is a professional ballet company performing a repertoire of classical, romantic and neoclassical works in venues around the United States. Chicago Festival Ballet is also known as Von Heidecke’s Chicago Festival Ballet. , Danville High School Danville High School is the name of several secondary schools in the United States, among them:
Joliet Dec 7, Chicago Festival Ballet, Rialto Square Theatre, 15 E Van Buren St, 815.726.7171 Libertyville * Dec 6-14, Dancenter North, Libertyville High School Libertyville High School, or LHS, is a public four-year high school located in Libertyville, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Park Avenue (IL Rte 176) and Dawes Street and is part of Community High Butler Auditorium, 708 W Park Ave, 847.367.7970 Indiana Bloomington Dec 13, Indiana Dance Theatre, Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 812.339.6741 Indianapolis * Dec 19-22, Ballet Internationale, Murat Centre, 510 New Jersey, 317.231.0000 * Dec 20-22, Dance Kaleidoscope, Pike Center, 6701 Zionsville Rd, 317.940.6555, 317.216.5460 Kentucky Lexington * Dec 19-21, Lexington Ballet, Haggin Auditorium, Transylvania Universiy, 300 N Broadway, 859.225.0370, www.lexingtonballet.com Louisville * Dec 13-23, Louisville Ballet, Center for the Arts, 501 W Main St, 502.562.0152, www.kca.org Louisiana New Orleans Dec 4, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico Ballet Folklorico de Mexico is a folkloric ballet ensemble in Mexico City. For five decades it has presented dances in costumes that reflect the traditional culture of Mexico. The ensemble has appeared under the name, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez. , Jackson Theatre, 801 N Rampart St, Armstrong Park, 504.522.0996, www.nobadance.com Maryland Annapolis * Dec 13-21, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Maryland Hall, 801 Chase St, 410.263.5544 Massachusetts Andover * Dec 20-21, Dance Prism, Collins Center, Shawsheen Rd, 978.371.1038 Boston * Through Dec 30, Boston Ballet, Wang Center, 270 Tremont St, 617.482.6661 Cambridge * Through Dec 13, Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre, Sanctuary Theatre, 400 Harvard St, 617.354.7467 Chestnut Hill Dec 12-14, 19-21, A Dancer's Christmas, Boston College, Robsham Theatre Arts Center, 617.552.4800 Littleton * Dec 7, Dance Prism, Performing Arts Center, 56 King St, 978.371-1038 www.danceprism.com New Bedford * Dec 20, Festival Ballet Providence, Zeiterion Theate, 684 Purchase St, 508.994.2900, www.zeiterion.org Worcester * Dec 14, Dance Prism, Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St, 508.752.0888 Michigan Clinton Township Dec 14, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Armstrong Center, 24600 Pankow Blvd, 586.783.6520 Detroit Dec 4-7, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Music Hall Center, 350 Madison Ave, 313.963.2366 Dec 5-15, Cincinnati Ballet, Detroit Opera House The Detroit Opera House is an opera house located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the venue for all Michigan Opera Theatre productions and other events. The Opera House was designed by C. , Michigan Opera Theatre, 1526 Broadway, 313.237.7464, 313.237.3288, www.motopera.org Through Dec 27, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Farmington Hills Dec 12, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Smith Theatre, Oakland Community College Oakland Community College (OCC) is a community college established June 8 1964 in Oakland County, Michigan. It opened September 1965 with two campuses - Highland Lakes, a renovated hospital in Union Lake, and Auburn Hills, a former Army Nike missile site in Auburn Hills. , Orchard Lake Rd, 248.471.7667 Grand Rapids Dec 12-21, Grand Rapids Ballet Company, DeVos Hall, 245 Monroe NW, 616.742.6600 Minnesota Duluth * Dec 12-14, Minnesota Ballet, DECC Auditorium, 350 S Fifth Ave W, 218.529.3742 Minneapolis Dec 5-6, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St SE, 612.624.2345 St. Paul Dec 19-21, James Sewell Ballet The James Sewell Ballet is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based ballet company of eight dancers founded in 1990 by James Sewell and Sally Rousse. Sewell has been described as a "relaxed humanist" working in the classical idiom whose dances range from more classically inspired , The O'Shaughnessy, 2004 Randolph Ave, 612.373.3333 Missouri Branson Through Dec 7, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Grand Palace Theater, 2800 West Hwy 76, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Kansas City * Dec 5-28, Kansas City Ballet, Midland Theatre, 1228 Main St, 816.931.3330 New Hampshire Portsmouth * Dec 5-7, 12-14, Ballet New England, Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St, 603.436.2400 New Jersey Hackensack * Dec 12-14, Irine Fokine, Bergen County Technical School Auditorium, 200 Hackensack Ave, 201.493.1157, 201.652.9286 Lakewood * Dec 20-21, Company of Dance Arts, Strand Theatre, Four Seasons Country Club, Society for Fine Arts, 500 Clifton Ave, 732.477.5957 Newark Dec 6, Urban Bush Women, New Jersey Performing Arts Center The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is a complex in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States of musical and theater facilities that opened in 1997. It is one of the major parts of Newark's revitalization plan in the center near the Passaic River waterfront, east , One Center St Dec 19, The Spirit of Kwanzaa: Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, New Jersey Performing Arts Center New Brunswick Dec 5-7, Dance Plus Fall, New Theater, Rutgers Univ, 33 Livingston Ave, 732.932.7511 * Dec 20-21, American Repertory Ballet, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave, 732.246.7469, www.StateTheatreNJ.org Red Bank * Dec 13-14, Company of Dance Arts, Count Basie Theatre Opening as the Carlton Theater in 1926, the Count Basie Theatre was renamed in 1984 to honor jazz great and Red Bank native William "Count" Basie. Through its 80-year history, it has become one of the leading performing arts venues in New Jersey. , 99 Monmoth St, 732.842.9000 New York Brooklyn Dec 9-13, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Harvey Theater, 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. , 651 Fulton St, 718.636.4100 Brookville Dec 14, Saturday Night Fever, Tilles Center, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 516.299.3100, www.tillescenter.org * Dec 21-27, The Eglevsky Ballet, Tilles Center 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. Dec 1-2, New York Baroque Dance Company, French Institute Alliance Francaise, 22 E 60 St, 212.355.6100, www.fiaf.org Dec 2-7, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave, 212.242.0800, www.joyce.org Dec 2-7, Movement Research 25th Anniversary Season, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, at 131 East 10th Street, is located at the intersection of 10th and Stuyvesant Streets and 2nd Avenue in the East Village in New York City. , 131 E 10 St, 212.674.8194, www.danspaceproject.org Dec 3-6, Central Station, Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. , Bessie Schonberg Theater, 219 W 19 St, 212.924.0077, www.dtw.org Dec 3-Jan 4, Alvin Alley American Dance Theater, City Center, 130 W 55 St, 212.581.1212, 877.581.1212, www.citycenter.org Through Dec 4, Never Gonna Dance, Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W 44 Street Dec 4-14, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Baruch Perorming Arts Center, 150 E 25 St, 201.947.8403 Dec 5, Valentina Kazlova's Dance Conservatory Performance Project, Miller Theatre, Columbia Univ, 2960 Broadway, 212.854.7799 Dec 6, Africa in the Americas: Women in Afro-Cuban Traditions: Obini Ashe, Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95 St, 212.864.5400, www.symphonyspace.org Dec 6, Dancers Responding to AIDS, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Dec 9-14, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Joyce Theater Dec 10-13, Van Krahl Theater, Dance Theater Workshop * Dec 11-14, Dances Patrelle, Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 695 Park Ave, 212.772.4448, www.dancespatrelle.org Dec 11-14, Aszure & Artists', Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer St, 212.242.0800, www.joyce.org/soho.html Dec 11-21, Maira Elena Anaya, La Mama Experimental Theater Club, 74A E 4 St, 212.475.7710 Dec 11-21, Shigeko Suga and the Indalo Artists, La Mama Experimentel Theater Club Dec 13-20, Central Station/Global Exchage, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery * Dec 13, 14, 20, 21, New York Theatre Ballet New York Theatre Ballet (or the NYTB) was founded in 1978 by its artistic director, Diana Byer. Dedicated to the principles of the Cecchetti-Diaghilev tradition, the company both reprises classic masterworks and produces original ballets. , Florence Gould Hall, 55 E 59 St, 212.355.6160, www.nytb.org Dec 16-Jan 4, Savion Glover, Joyce Theater Dec 18-19, Dance in Progress, The Kitchen, 512 W 19 St, 212.255.5793, www.thekitchen.org * Through Jan 4, New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. , New York State Theater The New York State Theater is part of New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. The theater occupies the south side of the main plaza (at Columbus Avenue & 63rd Street) that it shares with the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall (home of the New at Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave and 63 St, 800.580.8730 Through Jan 4, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall New York City’s famous cinema; home of the Rockettes. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2338] See : Theater , 1260 Ave of the Americas, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Purchase Dec 26-27, Moscow Ballet, Performing Arts Center, State Univ of New York Purchase, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, 914.251.6200, www.purchase.edu Queens Dec 19-21, Paul Taylor Dance Company Paul Taylor Dance Company, is a contemporary dance company, formed by Paul Taylor, an American choreographers of the 20th century. One of the early touring companies of American modern dance, the Company has "performed in more than 500 cities in 62 countries"[1] , Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, off exit 9E of Grand Central Pkwy, 718.760.0064, 718.760.1972, www.queenstheatrer.org Stony Brook * Dec 13, 14, 20, 21, Seiskaya Ballet, Staffer Center, State Univ of New York, 631.632.7235, www.stallercenter.com North Carolina Raleigh * Through Dec 29, Carolina Ballet, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, BTI Center, 1 E South St, 919.834.4000, www.raleighconvention.com/memorial.html Ohio Cincinnati * Dec 19-27, Cincinnati Ballet, Music Hall, 1243 Elm St, 513.621.5282 Cleveland * Dec 2-7, Pennsylvania Ballet, Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center The Playhouse Square Center, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is the second-largest theater complex in the United States (second only to New York City's Lincoln Center).[2] , 216.575.1646, www.playhousesquare.com Columbus * Dec 12-27, BalletMet, Ohio Theatre, 39 E State St, 614.229.4848 Dayton Dec 18-23, Dayton Ballet, Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 W Second St, 937.228.3630 Tiffin Dec 12, Chicago Festival Ballet, Ritz Theatre, 30 S Washington St, 419.448.8544 Toledo Dec 18-21, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Valentine Theatre, 400 N Superior St, 419.255.7464 Oklahoma Oklahoma City * Dec 12-21, Ballet Oklahoma, Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 405.848.8637 Tulsa * Dec 12-21, Tulsa Ballet, Performing Arts Center, 110 E 2 St, 918.749.6006 Oregon Eugene * Dec 19-21, Eugene Ballet Company, Hult Center, One Hult Center, 541.682.5000, 541.682.2700 Portland * Dec 11-27, 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, , Keller Auditorium, Center for Performing Arts, 222 SW Clay St, 503.248.4335, www.pcpa.com Dec 11-13, Urban Bush Women, Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State Univ, 1620 SW Harrison St, 503.224.4400, 503.244.2111, www.whitebird.org Pennsylvania McDonald * Dec 6-7, Southwest Ballet Company, South Fayette Auditorium, Old Oakdale Rd, 412.394.3353, www.southwestballet.org Philadelphia Dec 4-6, David Parsons Dance Company Parsons Dance is a contemporary dance company founded by choreographer David Parsons. The company tours nationally and internationally, and includes an annual season in New York, where they are based. The company consists of ten full-time dancers. , Annenberg Center, Univ of Pennsylvania, 3680 Walnut St, 215.898.3900, www.pennpresents.org * Dec 12-31, Pennsylvania Ballet, Academy of Music, Broad & Locust Sts, 215.893.1999 Pittsburgh Dec 23-26, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. History In 1965 Yugoslavian choreographer Nicolas Petrov joined the dance faculty at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. , Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave, 412.456.2627 West Chester * Dec 13-21, Brandywine Ballet Company, Asplundh Concert Hall, Phillips Memorial Bldg, West Chester University, 610.436.2265, www.wcupa.edu York Dec 13-14, Greater York Youth Ballet, Strand Capitol Center, 50 N George St, 717.846.1111, www.gycde.com Rhode Island Providence * Dec 12-15, Festival Ballet Providence, Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St, 401.421.2997, www.ppacri.org South Carolina Beaufort Nov 30, Columbia City Ballet, McVey Performing Arts Center, 1 Blue Dolphin Dr, 843.524.1117 Clover * Dec 9, Columbia City Ballet, Clover School District Auditorium, 1625 East Highway 55, 803.222.8018 Columbia * Dec 12, 13, 18-21, Columbia City Ballet, Koger Center for the Performing Arts, 1051 Greene St, 803.251.2222 Greenville * Dec 13-14, South Carolina Ballet, Peace Center, 300 S Main St, 864.467.3000 Myrtle Beach * Dec 5-8, Columbia City Ballet, Wheelwright Auditorium, 108 Spadoni Park Circle, 843.349.2811 Sumter * Dec 3-4, Columbia City Ballet, Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St, 803.251.2222 Tennessee Memphis * Dec 13-21, Ballet Memphis, Cannon Theatre, Memphis Convention Center, 255 N Main St, Nashville * Dec 13-21, Nashville Ballet, Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center The Tennessee Performing Arts Center, or TPAC, is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, occupying an entire city block between 5th and 6th Avenues North and Deaderick and Union Streets. , 505 Deaderick St, 615.255.2787 Through Dec 28, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. House, 2802 Opryland Dr, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Texas Austin * Dec 6-21, Ballet Austin, Bass Concert Hall, 23 St & Dedman Dr, 512.476.2163, www.balletaustin.org Dallas * Dec 22-24, Texas Ballet Theater, Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 First Ave, 214.739.4300, 214.369.6184 Ft Worth Dec 4-5, Ballet Concerto, Rogers Auditorium, 3401 W Lancaster Ave, 817.738.7915 * Dec 5-21, Texas Ballet Theater, Bass Performance Hall, 555 Commerce St, 817.212.4200, www.basshall.com Houston * Through Dec 28, Houston Ballet, Wortham Theater Center The Wortham Theater Center is a performing arts center in Houston, Texas, United States. The Center was designed by Eugene Aubrey of Morris Architects and built entirely with $66 million in private funds. , 501 Texas St, 713.227.2787, www.houstonballet.org Virginia Virginia Beach Dec 27-28, Moscow Ballet, Pavilion Theatre, Virginia Beach Convention Pavilion, 1000 19 St, 757.664.6492 Washington Seattle Through Dec 7, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Paramount Theater, 911 Pine St, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com * Through Dec 28, 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. , McCaw Hall, 305 Harrison St, 206.441.2424, www.seattlecenter.org West Virginia Charleston * Dec. 19-20, Charleston Ballet, Maier Performance Hall, Clay Center, 1 Clay Square, 304.561.3570 Wisconsin Milwaukee * Dec 12-28, Milwaukee Ballet, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center, 929 N Water St, 414.273.7206, www.milwaukeeballet.org Through Dec 28, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Milwaukee Theater, 400 W Kilbourn Ave, 212.307.1000, www.radiocity.com Wyoming Gillette * Dec 1, San Diego Ballet, CAM-PLEX Heritage Center, 1635 Reata reata [Span.] lasso. Dr, 307.682.0552 Jackson Hole * Dec 5-6, San Diego Ballet, Jackson Hole High School Theatre, 1830 High School Rd, 307.733.3670 PERFORMANCES CANADA Manitoba Winnipeg * Dec 19-22, 26-28, Royal Winnipeg Ballet The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally. , Centennial Concert Hall The Centennial Concert Hall, as part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre, was built as a Canadian Centennial project. It is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at 555 Main Street. The 253,014 square foot concert hall cost $8 million to build in 1968. , 555 Main St, 204 956.2792 Ontario Toronto Dec 4-6, Gerry Trentham, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 3rd FI Queens Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay W, 416 973.4000, www.harbourfront.on.ca Dec 11-14, Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre * Dec 13-30, 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). , Hummingbird Centre, One Front St E, 416.345.9595, www.hummingbirdcentre.com Dec 19-20, Janak Khendry Dance Company, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre Quebec Montreal * Dec 13-30, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Les Grands Ballets Canadiens is a Canadian ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. In 2000, Gradimir Pankov became Artistic Director. 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Located in the eastern part of the city's downtown ( de Montreal, 175 St Catherine St W, 514 842.2112, www.pda.qc.ca DENMARK Copenhagen * Dec 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, Royal Danish Ballet Royal Danish Ballet, one of the oldest major ballet companies, established at the opening of Denmark's Royal Theater in Copenhagen in 1748. The company was developed over the centuries by three great masters. , Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall, Tietgensgade 20, +45 33 69 .9 69, www.tivoli.dk FRANCE Lyon Dec 2-3, 5-7, Companhia de Danca featuring Deborah Colker, Maison de la Danse, 8 Ave Jean Mermoz, 33 0472 7818 18, 33 0478 7555 66, www.maisondeladanse.com Dec 10-14, Victor Ullate Ballet, Maison de la Danse Dec 16-22, MOMIX, Maison de la Danse Paris Dec 1-31, 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. , Palais Garnier, place Vendome, 33 836 6978 68, www.opera-de-paris.fr Dec 2-7, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Theatre de la Ville, 2 place du Chatelet, +33 1 4274 2277, +33 1 4887 8115 Dec 16-20, Brice Leroux, Theatre des Abbesses, 31 rue des Abbesses, 014 274.2277 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Dec 12-13, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Theatre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, place Georges Pompidou, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 01 3096 9900 GERMANY Halle Through Dec 29, Ballett de Opernhaus Halle, Opernhaus Halle, Universitatsring 24, 034 551 103 55 ITALY Rome Dec 10-14, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Teatro Olimpico, +39 06 32 65 991 LITHUANIA Vilnius Dec 3-19, Lithuanian National Ballet Theatre, Lilhuanian National Opera and Ballet The National Opera and Ballet (Bulgarian: Национална опера и балет Theatre, A. Vienuolio str. 1, 3705 262.0727, 370 615.1000 Dec 7-23, Lithuanian National Ballet Theatre Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre MEXICO Mexico City Dec 7, Taller Careografico de la UNAM, Sala Miguel Covarrubias, Centro Cultural Universairo Insurgenes Sur 3000, 56 83 .7 18, 56 83 .7 29 * Dec 13-23, Compania Nacional de Danza, Notional Auditorium, Reforma y Campo Marte, 55.5325.9000, www.ticketmaster.com NEW ZEALAND Auckland Through Dec 9, Royal New Zealand Ballet The Royal New Zealand Ballet is based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was originally known as The New Zealand Ballet Company. History New Zealand Ballet was established in 1953 as an independent charitable trust by Royal Danish Ballet Principal Poul Gnatt, Beryl Nettleton, , ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Aotea Sq, +64 9 307.5060, www.the-edge.co.nz Dee 10-11, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Founders Theatre UNITED KINGDOM England Leeds Dec 2-5, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Riley Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, 98 Chapeltown Rd, +44 113 219.3018 Nottingham Dec 8, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Royal Concert Hall, Royal Centre, Theatre Square, +44 0115 989.5555, www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk FESTIVAL UNITED STATES District of Columbia Washington Dec 5-6, 9th Intl Improvisation Plus+ Festival, Betts Theatre, George Washington Univ, 800 21 St NW, 202.994.6610 EXHIBITIONS SHOWINGS UNITED STATES New York New York City Through Jan 10, Prokofiev and His Contemporaries: The Impact of Soviet Culture, New York City Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, 212.870.1630 Dec 3-Apr 24, The Enduring Legacy of George Balanchine, New York City Public Library for the Performing Arts For more calendar, go to our website! www.dancemagazine.com |
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