Reader's choice.AND THE WINNERS ARE ... HUNDREDS OF READERS VOTED FOR THEIR FAVORITE BALLETS, COMPANIES, AND DANCERS ON THE BALLOT WE RAN IN OUR MARCH ISSUE. YOU GAVE US MANY THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS WE CAN GUESS HOW HARD IT WAS TO CHOOSE!--AND A FEW SURPRISES. HERE ARE THE TOP THREE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY. ALL-TIME FAVORITE DANCER Mikhail Baryshnikov TRADITIONAL STORY BALLET Swan Lake Giselle Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. 20th- or 21st-CENTURY BALLET Serenade by George Balanchine Les Sylphides by Michel Fokine Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins MODERN DANCE COMPANY Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Mark Morris Dance Group Paul Taylor Dance Company Paul Taylor Dance Company, is a contemporary dance company, formed by Paul Taylor, an American choreographers of the 20th century. One of the early touring companies of American modern dance, the Company has "performed in more than 500 cities in 62 countries"[1] FEMALE BALLET DANCER Darci Kistler (above, with Jock Soto in Thou Swell) Sylvie Guillem Kyra Nichols MALE BALLET DANCER Angel Corella Jose Manuel Carreno Ethan Stiefel UNITED STATES BALLET COMPANY 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. 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. San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. FEMALE MODERN DANCER Carmen de Lavallade Terese Capucilli Natalie Rogers MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY WORK Revelations by Alvin Ailey (above) L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (HWV 55) is a pastoral ode by George Frideric Handel based on the poetry of John Milton. L'Allegro was composed in the winter of 1740 and premiered on the 27th of February at the Royal Theatre of Licoln's Inn Fields. by Mark Morris Appalachian Spring by Martha Graham MALE MODERN DANCER Mikhail Baryshnikov Desmond Richardson David Leventhal BALLET & MODERN CHOREOGRAPHER Twyla Tharp Mark Morris Paul Taylor TAP DANCER Savion Glover Bill Evans Brenda Bufalino BALLET COMPANY OUTSIDE THE U.S. Kirov (Maryinsky) Ballet (above, in Giselle) The Royal Ballet Paris Opera Ballet JAZZ & HIP-HOP Ann Reinking Chita Rivera Bebe Neuwirth WORLD DANCE COMPANY Riverdance Moiseyev Dance Company DanceBrazil MOVIE The Turning Point Billy Elliot West Side Story |
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