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A feast of a festival.


Houston's huge international dance festival, Dance Salad, launches its 11th season with 11 companies, 8 U.S. premieres, 13 choreographers This is a list of choreographers A
  • Paula Abdul
  • Alvin Ailey
  • Richard Alston
  • Robert Alton
  • Gerald Arpino
  • Frederick Ashton
  • Fred Astaire
  • Lea Anderson
B
  • Jean Babilée
  • George Balanchine
, and 60 dancers from 7 countries. Artistic director Nancy Henderek haunts worldwide festivals, handpicking each piece to create her dance smorgasbord. This year's find, Ballett der Staatsoper Hannover/ Thoss-Tanz Kompanie, makes its U.S. debut with two pieces by Stephan Stephan is a male given name, a variant of Stephen.

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 Thoss. Bejart Ballet Lausanne and two mighty Chinese companies Chinese owned companies can be defined as enterprises within mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and the Republic of China (Taiwan):
  • List of companies in the People's Republic of China
  • List of companies in Hong Kong
  • List of companies in Macau
, Beijing LTDX and Guangdong Modern Dance, are among this year's new troupes. Homegrown home·grown  
adj.
1. Raised or grown at home.

2. Originating in or characteristic of a locality: "Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley" 
 talent, Trey McIntyre Project and Texas Ballet Theater, complete the bill. www.dancesalad.org.
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Publication:Dance Magazine
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2006
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