Curtain up.This year, Dance Magazine turns 80! It's both thrilling and daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin to look back and see the breadth and depth of dance that we've covered. Although we will officially celebrate our anniversary in the September issue, you will find little nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
And each month we'll have an Anniversary Page that uses some of our glorious covers of the past, This month, we chose four January covers (starting in 1949) and interviewed the dancers whose iconic images appear on them. Meanwhile we are surging ahead in the present. Our "Summer Study Guide" is jam-packed with listings, advice, and stories about life-changing summer experiences. The always exciting "25 to Watch" heralds the extraordinary talents that our editors and writers have discovered--and we are sure you'll hear their names in the future. Suddenly there's a profusion of Twyla Tharp Noun 1. Twyla Tharp - innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941) Tharp dances in companies everywhere. This burst of interest in her work suggests that her vision--harmony through chaos, I would call it--speaks to our time more than ever. In "Tharp All Over," Susan Reiter talks to the Tharpians who stage her choreography about how they get dancers to rise to its challenges. A dancer's body does not last forever. In "First, You Cry," Michael Blake gives us a poignant account of what it's like to have career-threatening arthritis of the hip. (Surprise--he's still dancing!) The accompanying "Hip Tips" deconstructs some of the myths and assumptions around what may seem like a dancer-specific epidemic. Last summer many dancers were riled rile tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. [Variant of roil.] Adj. 1. by an article titled "Five Things I Hate About Ballet." Critic Lewis Segal's diatribe di·a·tribe n. A bitter, abusive denunciation. [Latin diatriba, learned discourse, from Greek diatrib appeared in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). and quickly reverberated around cyberspace. It was just the latest in a long line of attempts to denigrate den·i·grate tr.v. den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates 1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame. 2. ballet, but it was also a wake-up call. Ballet cannot rest on its laurels; like modern dance, it must continually reinvent itself. We asked some of the leaders in the ballet field for their suggestions on how to keep--or make--ballet vital. To read their thoughtful and bold--sometimes even sassy--responses, see Joseph Carman's "Beyond Ballet Bashing." We're excited to introduce a new section on techniques. We know that our readers want concrete information on a variety of them, so each month we will focus on a different one--its history, goals, and benefits for today's dancers. Our first selection, which you will find in the "Teach-Learn Connection," is the time-honored Cecchetti technique. If you want to wish us Happy Birthday, the best way is to read the magazine every month. I personally invite you to our year-long party. 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 wperron@dancemagazine.com |
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