Curtain up.We celebrate the new year with three additions that we're pretty excited about. First, we're adding short previews at the back of the magazine, topping off the "Reviews" section. We'll be highlighting new productions by current choreographers and major companies around the country. Second, we're expanding our education department. In addition to a monthly feature, now called "Centerwork," and "Teacher's Wisdom," our popular Q&A with a respected master teacher, it will include "Studio Talk," addressing issues of special concern to educators, "Limelight," a mini-profile on a teacher in the news, and "Across the Floor," the inside track on school activities. We're using "Teach-Learn Connection" as an umbrella term A term used to cover a broad category of functions rather than one specific item. In many cases, a term is so catchy that it tends to be used for technologies that are a stretch from the original concept. See middleware and virtualization. for the whole section because it reflects the reality that, not only do students learn from teachers, but teachers also learn from students. And finally, we offer "Quote of the Month," which you'll find in the "Letters" department. Each month we'll choose something tasty from one of our articles or from books or speeches. Also new this month is our Advisory Board. We've invited key people in our field to serve as resources for the magazine. Starting with this issue, you'll see the names of well-known figures, drawn from a variety of dance genres, listed on our masthead mast·head n. 1. Nautical The top of a mast. 2. The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation. 3. . Each January we bring you the "25 to Watch," which is always packed with surprises. For our much-anticipated "Summer Study," this year we went straight to some of the dance stars who have developed their own summer sessions, including Suzanne Farrell, Ethan Stiefel, and Damian Woetzel. And for something completely new, former dancer Lisa Kraus delves into the wild and woolly world of choreography for the camera. This month we mark the 101st birthday of George Balanchine with several stories. We visit Balanchine protege Ib Andersen in Phoenix, where he has revitalized Ballet Arizona. Elizabeth Kendall, contemplating two new biographies, offers poignant insights on Balanchine as a loner loner Psychiatry A single young man estranged from society and family, who suffers from psychogenic pain, and tends to live 'on the edge', vacillating between aggression and depression; loners often have unrealistic goals, but are unable to work towards those goals in "DM Recommends." In our first feature of the new "Teach-Learn Connection," Joseph Carman Car´man n. 1. A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. gets the lowdown low·down n. Slang The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party. lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it → on the Balanchine technique from some of his famous disciples, settling once and for all the question of whether the heels should touch the ground in jumps. For an extra treat we have Allegra Al·leg·ra A trademark for the drug fexofenadine hydrochloride. fexofenadine hydrochloride Allegra, Telfast (UK) Pharmacologic class: Peripherally selective piperidine, selective histamine Kent's enchanting story of how a hair disaster onstage sparked a greater appreciation of Mr. B's equanimity e·qua·nim·i·ty n. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure. [Latin aequanimit . And we've got plans brewing for the rest of 2005 that I'm sure will keep you turning the pages. We're itching to bring you stories that will intrigue, inspire, and stimulate you. Happy New Year! Wendy Perron Per´ron n. 1. (Arch.) An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; - usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions. , Editor in Chief |
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