AWARD WINNERS IN THE NEWS.The 1999 Ruth Page Awards for Dance Achievement went to Joffrey Ballet Joffrey Ballet, one of the major American dance companies. It was founded in New York City in 1954 by the dancer-choreographer Robert Joffrey. From 1956 to 1964 it made yearly tours of the United States. of Chicago's Maia Wilkins, recently retired Hubbard Street Dance Chicago  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . member Joseph Mooridian, and Paula Frasz of Northwestern Illinois University. Winifred Haun won the Outstanding Contribution Award for initiating the Next Dance Festival, which provides a venue for emerging choreographers. Honorable mentions were awarded to Chicago Cultural Affairs Commissioner Lois Weisberg for spotlighting dance; television station WTTW WTTW Window To The World WTTW Word to the Wise WTTW Wind to Thy Wings for dance programming, and Performing Arts Chicago's Susan Lipman for creating an arena for dance. Bob Eisen and Joffrey Ballet of Chicago alum Harriet Ross won Lifetime Service Awards. The awards were presented in November at Chicago's Ruth Page Theater by the Chicago Dance Coalition, which has merged with the Chicago Music Alliance. Interim executive director Matthew Brockmeier, who took charge of both groups in July, said the move was designed to consolidate member bases and services, and facilitate collaboration between the groups. For more information on CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation and CMA CMA - Concert Multithread Architecture from DEC. , call (312) 419-8384. |
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