Hoping for Julio.When I received my May issue of Dance Magazine with its feature on "Great Partnerships," I was dismayed to find no mention of Julio Bocca Julio Bocca (b. March 6 1967) is one of the most important ballet dancers of the latter part of the 20th century, and probably the most important Argentine dancer of all time. and Alessandra Ferri. This is irresponsible, since they have danced as one person for many years, and have a special connection that is beyond compare. To add fuel to the fire, I just received your most recent issue and no mention was made of Bocca's retirement with 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. after 20 years of superb dancing and acting. He deserved to be on the cover, or at least have a feature written about his wonderful career. He has meant so much to ABT ABT About ABT Abteilung (German: Department) ABT Abbott Laboratories (stock symbol) ABT American Ballet Theatre ABT Associação Brasileira de Telemarketing ABT Abort ABT Availability Based Tariff and dance fans all over the world, and he (and we) deserve better from Dance Magazine. Hermine Weiss New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY DM Responds: Clive Barnes wrote on Bocca's retirement in our June issue ("Transitions"). Bocca was the subject of a cover story in Nov., 1990. |
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