NEW INSTITUTE HELPS DANCERS MAKE DANCES.NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. BALLET'S BALLET MASTER bal´let` mas´ter n. 1. a man who trains ballet dancers. Noun 1. ballet master - a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company IN CHIEF, Peter Martins Peter Martins (October 27, 1946 - ) is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. He danced with the Royal Danish Ballet and the New York City Ballet, and is currently NYCB's Ballet Master in Chief. has announced new initiatives as part of New York City Ballet's first formal endowment campaign. Prominent among these is the 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 Choreographic Institute, which will provide choreographers with an unpressured laboratory in which to create. "This is a luxury that has been unknown in my time: a chance for choreographers to go into the studio, with dancers and a pianist, to try their craft without a performance deadline in front of them," Martins said at a press conference in late April. "This is really a choreographer's dream." Martins acknowledged that a $5.5 million pledge from the Irene Diamond Irene Diamond (May 7 1910 - January 21, 2003) was a Hollywood talent scout and later in life a prominent philanthropist. She was married to prominent realtor Aaron Diamond and lived in New York City. Fund made it possible to establish the institute. An artistic committee will nominate both new and mature choreographers for the institute, which will have an international reach. In addition to working with City Ballet dancers, the chosen few will have opportunities to study the works of other choreographers and to take part in symposia with historians and critics. Eight choreographers, representing three categories of experience, were named to participate in the inaugural two-week program in September: Dwight Rhoden, Christian Spuck, City Ballet soloist Christopher Wheeldon and principal Damian Woetzel (professional division); City Ballet corps members Melissa Barak and Ryan Kelly (preprofessional pre·pro·fes·sion·al adj. Preparatory to the practice of a profession or to its specialized field of study. division); and City Ballet principals Albert Evans and Philip Neal (apprentice division). The Campaign for New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. , which aims to raise over $50 million by 2004, will also support a new Artist in Residence program. Each year choreographers, composers, visual artists and designers will work on specific projects. Wheeldon, who retired from performing after this season, will be the artist in residence for the 2000/2001 season, creating two new ballets. The campaign will also enable City Ballet to reach new audiences through media and educational projects as well as expanded touring, and to create a company archive. |
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