Ross Stretton bows out. (News).United States Alabama Montgomery Dec 5-7, Huntingdon Dancers, Huntingdon College, 1500 E Fairview Ave, 334/833-4538 Tuscaloosa * Dec 11-12, Moscow Ballet, Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave, 334/242-4076 Alaska Anchorage Through Dec 1, Cincinnati Ballet, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts is a performance venue in downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Opened in 1989, it entertains over 200,000 patrons annually, and consists of three theaters:
Arizona Phoenix * Dec 12-27, Ballet Arizona, Symphony Hall, 225 E Adams, 602/381-1096, 602/381-0189 Scottsdale Dec 5-6, Instinct Dancecorps, Scottsdale Community College External link
Arkansas El Dorado * Dec 16, Moscow Ballet, El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W 8th St, 800/792-0521 Fayetteville Dec 21-22, James Sewell Ballet The James Sewell Ballet is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based ballet company of eight dancers founded in 1990 by James Sewell and Sally Rousse. Sewell has been described as a "relaxed humanist" working in the classical idiom whose dances range from more classically inspired , Walton Arts Center The Walton Arts Center is Arkansas' largest performing arts center. It is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas near the campus of the University of Arkansas, and serves as a cultural center for the Northwest Arkansas area. , 229 S School St, 501/443-5600 Fort Smith Dec 14, Western Arkansas Ballet, Arkansas Best Performing Arts Center, 55 South 77, 479/785-0152 California Claremont * Dec 7-22, Inland Pacific Ballet, Bridges Auditorium, Claremont Colleges, 450 N College Way, 909/607-1139 Costa Mesa Through Dec 1, Bolshoi Ballet, Orange County Performing Arts Center The Orange County Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California. It is the home of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Opera Pacific, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale. , Segerstrom Hall, 605 Town Center Dr, 714/556-ARTS * Dec 18-22, 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. , Orange County Performing Arts Center Davis Dec 10, Urban Tap, Mondavi Center, 200 B St, 530/752-1915, www.mondaviarts.org Dec 13-14, Rent, Mondavi Center El Cajon * Dec 28, San Diego Ballet, East County Performing Arts Center, 210 E Main St, 619/440-0395 Irvine Dec 13-24, Ballet Pacifica, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Univ of California, 4242 Campus Dr, 949/854-4646, 949/854-8490 Los Angeles Dec 24, 43rd Annual Los Angeles Holiday Celebration, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. , 135 N Grand Ave, 213/365-3500, www.musiccenter.org Dec 30, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State Univ, 5151 State Univ Dr, 323/343-6600 Oakland * Dec 11-24, Oakland Ballet, Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, 510/465-6400 Palos Verdes Dec 14-15, Palos Verdes Ballet, Norris Theatre, 27570 Crossfield Rd, 310/544-0403 Sacramento * Dec 5-22, Sacramento Ballet, Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St, 916/264-5181 San Diego * Dec 19-22, California Ballet, San Diego Civic Theatre, 202 C St, 619/570-1100 * Dec 20-22, San Diego Ballet, Mandeville Auditorium, Univ of California, 9500 Gilman Dr, 858/534-4559 San Francisco Dec 5-14, Janice Garrett & Dancers, ODC ODC - Open Distributed Computing Theater, 3153 17th St, 415/863-9834, 415/863-9833, www.odcdance.org * Dec 10-29, 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. , War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave, 415/865-2000 Dec 13-15, The Lively Foundation, Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, 415/255-4800 Dec 15, Cafe Flamenco, ODC Theater San Jose * Dec 11-23, Ballet San Jose Ballet San Jose in San Jose, California, USA, was originally founded in 1986 as the "San Jose Cleveland Ballet," a co-venture with the ten-year old Cleveland Ballet which offered to the dancers added performing exposure, and each city a ballet company for a moderate, shared Silicon Valley, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, 408/288-2800 Santa Clara * Dec 14-15, Santa Clara Ballet Company, Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, 408/881-0879 Connecticut New London * Dec 20-21, Eastern Connecticut Ballet, Garde Arts Center, 325 State St, 860/739-7899 Wallingford Dec 14, James Sewell Ballet, Paul Mellon Art Center, Choate Rosemary Hall Choate Rosemary Hall (commonly referred to as Choate) is a New England preparatory school for students (who call themselves "Choaties") in grades 9-12, known as the third through sixth forms at the school. , 333 Christian St, 203/697-2488 Watertown * Dec 13-15, Connecticut Dance Theatre, Taft School, 101 Woodbury Rd, 203/274-0004 Delaware Newark * Dec 21-22, Mid-Atlantic Ballet, Mitchell Hall, Univ of Delaware, S College & Amstel Aves, 302/266-6362, www.midatlanticballet.org District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). Washington Through Dec 1, San Francisco Ballet, Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Huge cultural complex (opened 1971) in Washington, D.C., with a total of six stages, designed by Edward Durell Stone. The complex, surfaced in marble, makes use of the ornamental facade screens for which the architect was known. , 2700 F St NW, 202/467-4600 Dec 3-7, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Terrace Theater, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Dec 4-9, Dance Theatre of Harlem Dance Theatre of Harlem, the first black classical ballet company. The group was founded in Harlem, New York City, by Arthur Mitchell, then of the New York City Ballet, the first black principal dancer of a classical company of international standing. , Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts * Dec 6-22, Washington Ballet, Warner Theatre, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 202/362-3606 Dec 10-15, Bolshoi Ballet, Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Dec 16-29, The Nightingale, Terrace Theater, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Dec 20-22, Spirit of Kwanzaa, Concert Hall, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Florida Ft Lauderdale * Dec 20-22, Miami City Ballet Miami City Ballet was created in 1986 with former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella helming the company. The Miami City Ballet flourishes as one of America's most respected Balanchine-style based ballet companies. , Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave, 954/462-0222 Melbourne * Dec 6-7, Moscow Ballet, King Center, 3865 Wickham Rd, 407/242-2219 Miami Dec 8, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, North Miami Beach North Miami Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 35,359), Dade co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1931. It is a major office and retail area. Performing Arts Center, 17011 NE Nineteenth Ave, 305/935-3232 * Dec. 13-15, Miami City Ballet, Jackie Gleason Theater, 1700 Washington Ave, 305/673-7300 Orlando * Dec 13-22, Orlando Ballet, Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, 401 W Livingston St, 407/849-2577 Panama City * Dec. 8, Moscow Ballet, Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Ave, 850/763-4696, 850/785-5165 Punta Gorda * Dec 5, Moscow Ballet, Charlotte County Memorial Hall, 75 Taylor St, 941/639-1976 Sarasota * Dec 20-23, Sarasota Ballet, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N Tamiami Trail, 941/955-7332 Georgia Atlanta * Through Dec 29, Atlanta Ballet, Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St NE, 404/249-6400 Dec 13-14, Full Radius Dance, 7 Stages Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave, 404/523-7647 Augusta * Dec 6-15, Augusta Ballet, Imperial Theater, 745 Broad St, 706/261-0555 Jonesboro * Dec 1-3, Festival Ballet Company, Clayton County Schools Performing Arts Center, 2530 Mt Zion Pkwy, 404/366-3494 McDonough * Dec 14, Festival Ballet Company, Henry County Performing Arts Center, 37 Lemon St, 770/507-2775, 770/507-9182 Illinois Chicago * Dec 6-22, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Auditorium Theatre, 50 E Congress Pkwy, 312/922-4046, 312/902-1500, www.auditoriumtheatre.org * 18-22, Joel Hall Dancers, Beverly Art Center of Chicago, 2153 W 11th St, 773/293-0900 Libertyville * Dec 7-15, Dancenter North, Libertyville High School Libertyville High School, or LHS, is a public four-year high school located in Libertyville, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Park Avenue (IL Rte 176) and Dawes Street and is part of Community High Butler Auditorium, 708 W Park Ave, 847/367-7970 Peoria * Dec 20-21, Illinois Ballet, Dingledine Music Center, Bradley Univ, Institute & Barker Aves, 309/677-2650 University Park * Dec 14, Salt Creek Ballet, Center for Performing Arts, Governors State Univ, Governors Hwy & Stuenkel Rd, 708/235-2222 Urbana * Dec 14-15, Butler Ballet, Krannert Center, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 500 S Goodwin Ave, 800/527-2849, www.krannertcenter.com Indiana Fort Wayne * Dec 6-8, 13-15, Fort Wayne Ballet, Performing Arts Center, 303 E Main St, 260/424-6574, 260/424-2789 Indianapolis * Dec 6-8, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, Pike Performing Arts Center, 6701 Zionsville Rd, 317/940-6555 * Dec 19-22, Ballet Internationale, Murat Centre, 510 New Jersey St, 317/231-0000 * Dec 20-22, Dance Kaleidoscope, Pike Performing Arts Center Iowa Waverly * Dec 9, Moscow Ballet, Neumann Auditorium, Wartburg College, 222 9th St NW, 319/352-8286 Kansas Lawrence Dec 10-11, Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, Lied Center, Univ of Kansas, W Campus, 1600 Stewart Dr, 785/8642787, www.ukans.edu/~lied Kentucky Lexington * Dec 13-22, Lexington Ballet, Opera House, 401 Short, 859/233-3925 Louisville * Dec 18-28, Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Center for the Arts, 501 W Main St, 502/562-0152 Paducah * Dec 17-18, Moscow Ballet, Four Rivers Center, 417 S 4th St, 270/443-9932 Maine Augusta * Dec 17, Moscow Ballet, Augusta Civic Center, Community Dr, 207/626-2400 Maryland Annapolis * Dec 7-8, 14-15, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Maryland Hall, 801 Chase St, 410/263-5544 Baltimore * Dec 20-22, Moscow Ballet, Morris A Mechanic Theatre, 25 Hopkins Plaza, 410/752-1200 College Park Dec 6-7, Univ of Maryland Dance Department Graduates, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ of Maryland, Rt 193 & Stadium Dr, 301/405-7847 Hagerstown * Dec 23, Moscow Ballet, Maryland Theater, 21 S Potomac St, 301/790-3500 Rockville * Through Dec 1, 6-8, Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, Robert E Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee St, 301/279-5301 Massachusetts Boston * Through Jan 2, Boston Ballet, Wang Center for the Performing Arts, 270 Tremont St, 617/482-6661 Michigan Birmingham Dec 7, MoreDances Contemporary Dance Company, Azar's Oriental Rug Gallery, 670 Old Woodward, 248/689-4084 Detroit * Dec 5-12, Cincinnati Ballet, Michigan Opera Theater, 1526 Broadway, 313/237-SING Dec 19-22, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison Ave, 313/963-2366 New Boston Dec 7-8, Taylor Ballet Americana, Huron Civic Auditorium, 32044 Huron River Dr, 734/782-5380 Minnesota Duluth * Dec 13-15, Minnesota Ballet, DECC DECC Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (Duluth, MN) DECC Defense Enterprise Computing Centers DECC Distance Education Coordinating Council DECC Danish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce (Tallinn, Estonia) Auditorium, 350 S Fifth Ave W, 218/529-3742 Minneapolis Dec 5-8, James Sewell Ballet, Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, 612/371-5642 Mississippi Biloxi * Dec 13-14, Moscow Ballet, Grand Casino, 285 Beach Blvd, 228/385-2600 Jackson * Dec 1, Moscow Ballet, Thalia Mara Auditorium, 255 E Pascagoula St, 601/960-1535 Missouri Columbia * Dec 6-7, Minnesota Ballet, Jesse Auditorium, Univ of Missouri, 210 Jesse Hall, 573/882-3781 Kansas City * Dec 6-29, Kansas City Ballet, Midland Theatre, 1228 Main St, 816/931-3330 New Jersey Hackensack * Dec 12-15, Irine Fokine's Nutcracker, Oorie de Nooyer Theater, Bergen County Technical School, 200 Hackensack Ave, 201/493-1157 Jersey City Dec 12-14, Kennedy Dancers, Victory Hall Theater, 186 Grand St, 201/209-0510 Lambertville * Through Dec 1, Roxey Ballet, Steven J Buck Theater, 180 W Bridge St, 609/397-7616 New Brunswick * Dec 21-22, American Repertory Ballet, State Theatre, 19 Livingston Ave, 732/246-7469 Newark Dec 8, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, New Jersey Performing Arts Center The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is a complex in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States of musical and theater facilities that opened in 1997. It is one of the major parts of Newark's revitalization plan in the center near the Passaic River waterfront, east , One Center St, 888/466-5722, www.njpac.org Dec 20-21, Ko-Thi Dance Company, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Dec 27-29, Cirque Eloize, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Somerville * Dec 21, Moscow Ballet, Raritan Valley Community College Raritan Valley Community College is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in North Branch (within Branchburg Township), New Jersey. RVCC offers Associate's degree programs leading to an Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S. , Rte 28 & Lamington lamington Noun Austral & NZ a sponge cake covered with a sweet coating Rd, 908/725-3420 New York Bohemia * Dec 7-14, Ballet Long Island, Long Island Ballet Center, 390 Central Ave, 631/567-4403 Brooklyn Dec 17-22, Mark Morris Dance Group, Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. , 30 Lafayette Ave, 718/636-4100 * Dec 22, Moscow Ballet, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush & Nostrand, 718/951-4500 Buffalo * Dec 1, Moscow Ballet, Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St, 716/847-0850, www.sheas.org Greenvale Dec 6, Swing, Tilles Center, CW Post Campus, Long Island Univ, Rte 25A, 516/299-3100 * Dec 21-26, Eglevsky Ballet, Tilles Center Islip * Dec 17-21, Ballet Long Island, Islip Town Hall West, 401 Main St, 631/567-4403 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. Through Dec 1, Cathy Weis, Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. , 219 W 19th St, 212/924-0077, www.dtw.org Through Dec 1, Jazz Tap Ensemble, Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave, 212/242-0800, www.joyce.org Through Dec 14, Family Matters, Dance Theater Workshop, Bessie Schonberg Theater * Through Jan 5, 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. , New York State Theater The New York State Theater is part of New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. The theater occupies the south side of the main plaza (at Columbus Avenue & 63rd Street) that it shares with the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall (home of the New , Lincoln Center, 65th St & Broadway, 800/580-8730 Dec 3-15, Ballet Hispanico, Joyce Theater Dec 4-Jan 4, Alvin Alley American Dance Theater, City Center, 130 W 55th St, 212/581-1212 Dec 6-Jan 12, New Shanghai Circus, New Victory Theater, 209 W 42nd St, 646/223-3020, 646/562-0160 Dec 7, Remember Project 2002: Benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, at 131 East 10th Street, is located at the intersection of 10th and Stuyvesant Streets and 2nd Avenue in the East Village in New York City. , 131 E 10th St, 212/674-8194 * Dec 7-23, New York Theatre Ballet New York Theatre Ballet (or the NYTB) was founded in 1978 by its artistic director, Diana Byer. Dedicated to the principles of the Cecchetti-Diaghilev tradition, the company both reprises classic masterworks and produces original ballets. , Florence Gould Hall, 55 E 59th St, 212/355-6160 Dec 10, Maureen Brennan, Cori Caulfield, Alejandra Martorell, Yasuko Yokoshi, HERE Art Center, 145 Ave of the Americas, 212/647-0202 Dec 10, New Dance Alliance, HERE Art Center Dec 10-17, Fresh Tracks, Dance Theater Workshop Dec 12-15, Tina Croll, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Dec 13-15, "Christmas Revels," Symphony Space, World Music Institute, 49 W 27th St, 212/545-7536 Dec 14, Joshua Bisset & Todd Williams, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery * Dec 17-29, Ballet Tech, Joyce Theater Dec 18-19, Dance in Progress, The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St, 212/255-5793 Dec 20-22, Yin Mei Dance, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Purchase Dec 6, Cirque Eloize, State Univ New York, Purchase Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, 914/251-6200 Dec 13, Parsons Dance Company Parsons Dance is a contemporary dance company founded by choreographer David Parsons. The company tours nationally and internationally, and includes an annual season in New York, where they are based. The company consists of ten full-time dancers. , State Univ New York, Purchase Performing Arts Center * Dec 28-29, Moscow Ballet, State Univ New York, Purchase Performing Arts Center Queens Through Dec 15, Andrea Del Conte Danza Espana, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave, 718/729-3880 Roslyn Harbor Dec 7, Ballet Long Island, Nassau County Museum of the Arts, Bryant Ave, 516/571-8130 North Carolina Charlotte * Dec 12-22, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Belk Theater, Blumenthal Center for the Performing Arts, 130 N Tyron, 704/372-1000 Raleigh * Through Dec 29, Carolina Ballet, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, 1 E South St, 919/831-6060 Ohio Canton * Dec 26, Moscow Ballet, Canton Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave N, 330/945-9400 Cincinnati * Dec 18-23, Cincinnati Ballet, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, 513/621-2787 Cleveland * Dec 3-8, Pennsylvania Ballet, Allen Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave, 216/575-1646 Columbus * Dec 13-28, BalletMet, Capitol Theater, Rifle Center, 77 High St, 614/469-0939 Dayton * Dec 12-23, Dayton Ballet, Victoria Theatre, 138 N Main St, 937/228-3630 Youngstown * Dec 4, Moscow Ballet, Power Auditorium, Youngstown State Univ, 1 University Pl, 330/744-0264 Oklahoma Duncan Dec 6-7, Duncan Lawton City Ballet, Simmons Center Theatre, 800 N 29, 580/252-2900 Oklahoma City * Dec 13-22, Ballet Oklahoma, Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 405/848-TOES Tulsa * Dec 13-22, Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Performing Arts Center The Tulsa Performing Arts Center is a performing arts venue in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It houses six performance halls and four theaters, including the 2,365-seat Chapman Music Hall. The building occupies half a city block in downtown Tulsa. , 110 E 2nd St, 918/749-6006 Oregon Medford * Dec 19-22, Ballet Rogue, Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S Central Ave, 541/779-8195 Portland * Dec 12-28, Oregon Ballet Theatre Oregon Ballet Theatre is the premiere ballet company for the state of Oregon. The company is the result of the 1992 merging of Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theater. James Canfield, formerly a dancer with Joffrey Ballet as well as a principal dancer for Pacific Ballet Theater, , Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St, 503/248-4335 Pennsylvania Allentown Dec 3, nicholasleichterdance, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St, 484/664-3333 Bethlehem Dec 1, Cirque Eloize, Zoeilner Arts Center, Lehigh Univ, 420 E Packer Ave, 610/965-6216 Easton * Dec 15, Moscow Ballet, State Theatre Center for the Arts, 453 Northhampton St, 800/999-78283 Hershey Dec 6-8, Bring In `da Noise, Bring In `da Funk, Hershey Theater, 15 Caracas Ave, 717/534-3415 Philadelphia Dec 5-7, 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] , Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St, 215/898-3900, 215/573-9568 Dec 5-7, CityDance Ensemble, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St, 215/925-9914 Dec 13-14, Contempradance Theatre, Drexel Univ, 3141 Chestnut St, 215/895-2000 * Dec 13-31, Pennsylvania Ballet, Academy of Music, Broad & Locust Sts, 215/893-1999 Dec 20-22, Group Motion Dance Company, Philadelphia Arts Bank, Broad & South Sts, 215/717-6110 Pittsburgh Dec 6, To Be Continued This article is about the Elton John box set. For the plot device commonly featuring the phrase "To be continued", see Cliffhanger. To Be Continued Works in Progress, Dance Alloy & Neighborhood Dance Center, 5530 Penn Ave, 412/363-4321 Dec 6-8, Playhouse Dance Company, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pointe Park College, 222 Craft Ave, 412/621-4445 * Dec 6-29, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. History In 1965 Yugoslavian choreographer Nicolas Petrov joined the dance faculty at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. , Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave, 412/456-2627 Wilkes Barre * Dec 14, Moscow Ballet, FM Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, 570/826-1100 Rhode Island Providence * Dec 13-15, Festival Ballet Providence, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St, 401/421-2997 South Carolina Beaufort * Dec 1, Columbia City Ballet, John McVey Performing Arts Center, One Blue Dolphin Dr, 843/524-1117 Clover * Dec 17, Columbia City Ballet, Clover School District Auditorium, 1625 Hwy 55 E, 803/251-2222 Columbia * Dec 13-15, 20-22, Columbia City Ballet, Koger Center for the Arts The Koger Center for the Arts is an arts center located in Columbia, South Carolina, on the University of South Carolina campus. It was built in 1988, and has 2,256 saleable seats. , 1051 Greene St, 803/251-2222 Greenville * Dec 8, Columbia City Ballet with Upstate Theatre of Dance, McAlister Auditorium, Furman Univ, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, 864/675-0069 Myrtle Beach * Dec 6-7, Columbia City Ballet, Wheelwright wheel·wright n. One that builds and repairs wheels. wheelwright Noun a person whose job is to make and mend wheels Noun 1. Auditorium, 102 Spadoni Park Circle, 843/349-2811 Sumter * Dec 5-12, Columbia City Ballet, Patriot Hall, 14 Mood Ave, 803/251-2222 Tennessee Memphis * Dec 13-22, Ballet Memphis, Orpheum Theatre, 203 S Main, 901/737-7322 Nashville * Dec 13-22, Nashville Ballet, Tennessee Performing Arts Center The Tennessee Performing Arts Center, or TPAC, is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, occupying an entire city block between 5th and 6th Avenues North and Deaderick and Union Streets. , 505 Deaderick St, 615/255-2787, www.tpac.org Texas Dallas * Dec 23-27, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 First Ave, 214/739-4300 Fort Worth * Dec 6-22, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Bass Performance Hall, 555 Commerce St, 817/212-4200, www.basshall.com Houston * Through Dec 30, Houston Ballet, Wortham Theater Center The Wortham Theater Center is a performing arts center in Houston, Texas, United States. The Center was designed by Eugene Aubrey of Morris Architects and built entirely with $66 million in private funds. , 500 Texas St, 713/227-ARTS Dec 25-29, Bring In `da Noise, Bring In `da Funk, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby St, 713/315-2400 Utah Salt Lake City * Dec 6-28, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, 50 W 200 S, 801/355-ARTS Virginia Charlottesville * Dec 26-27, Moscow Ballet, Charlottesville Performing Arts Centre, 1562 Dairy Rd, 800/594-8499 Fairfax Dec 14-15, Ballet Arts Ensemble of Fairfax, Fairfax High School Fairfax High School can refer to:
Manassas * Dec 13-15, Manassas Dance Company, Stonewall Jackson School, 8600 Rixlew Ln, 703/257-1811 Richmond * Dec 13-22, Richmond Ballet, Landmark Theatre, 6 N Laurel St, 804/262-8100 Virginia Beach * Dec 28-29, Moscow Ballet, Virginia Beach Pavilion Theatre, 1000 19th St, 757/437-7600 Washington Bellingham Dec 13-14, Pacific Dance Company, Mt Baker Theatre, 112 Commercial Ave, 360/734-6080 Seattle * Through Dec 30, Pacific Northwest Ballet The Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company and based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978. , Paramount Theatre Seattle, 911 Pine St, 206/682-1414 West Virginia Charleston * Dec 14-15, Charleston Ballet, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, 200 Civic Center Dr, 304/345-7469 Wheeling * Dec 3, Moscow Ballet, Capitol Music Hall, 1015 Main St, 800/624-5456 Wisconsin Milwaukee * Dec 13-29, Milwaukee Ballet, Marcus Center, 929 N Water St, 414/273-7206 Austria Vocklabruck Dec 9, City Contemporary Dance Company, Stadtsaal, Stadtplatz 22, 437 672 255 6672 Canada Manitoba Winnipeg * Dec 18-29, Royal Winnipeg Ballet The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally. , Centennial Concert Hall The Centennial Concert Hall, as part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre, was built as a Canadian Centennial project. It is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at 555 Main Street. The 253,014 square foot concert hall cost $8 million to build in 1968. , 555 Main St, 204 956-2792 Quebec Montreal * Through Jan 3, National Ballet of Canada National Ballet of Canada, the leading Canadian ballet company. Based in Toronto, it was founded (1951) by Celia Franca (1921–2007) and modeled on Sadler's Wells (now the Royal Ballet). , Hummingbird Centre, One Front E, 416 393-7429, 416 393-7525, www.hummingbirdcentre.com * Dec 15-30, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Les Grands Ballets Canadiens is a Canadian ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. In 2000, Gradimir Pankov became Artistic Director. External links
Located in the eastern part of the city's downtown ( , 514 842-2112 Denmark Copenhagen * Through Dec 21, Royal Danish Ballet Royal Danish Ballet, one of the oldest major ballet companies, established at the opening of Denmark's Royal Theater in Copenhagen in 1748. The company was developed over the centuries by three great masters. , The Royal Theatre, Tordenskjoldsgade 8, 45 33 69 65 61 France Lyon * Dec 28-Jan 5, Lyon Opera Ballet, Opera National de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comedie, 33 0472 0045 45, 33 0472 0045 43, www.opera-lyon.org Paris Through Dec 20, Boris Charmatz, Centre Pompidou, Place Georges-Pompidou, 014 478 1233 Dec 9-20, "From East to West," Centre National de la Danse, 42 bd Henri Arnauld, 024 124 1212 Dec 18-Feb. 1, Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official ballet company of the Opéra national de Paris, otherwise known as the Palais Garnier, though known more popularly simply as the Paris Opéra. , Palais Garnier, place Vendome, 33 836 6978 68, www.opera-de-paris.fr Dec 20-Jan. 14, Paris Opera Ballet, Opera Bastille, 34 0836 6978 68 Germany Augsburg Dec 7-8, City Contemporary Dance Company, Parktheater, 49 821 9062 222 Berlin Dec 8-30, Staatsoper Unter Den Linden Unter den Linden ("under the linden trees") is a boulevard in the centre of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is named for its linden (lime in British English) trees that line the grassed pedestrian mall between two carriageways. , Unter den Linden 7, 030 2035 4438, 030 2035 4480 Mainz Dec 4-22, BallettMainz, Staatstheater Mainz, Gutenbergplatz 7, 496 131 285 1171, 496 131 285 1129, www.staatstheater-mainz.de Munich Dec 4-29, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Nationaltheater, Max-Joseph Platz, 49 8921 85 1920, 49 8921 85 1903 Stuttgart Dec 1-31, Stuttgart Ballet, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Oberer Schlossgarten 6, 49 071 120 320, 49 071 120 323 89 Worms Dec 12, City Contemporary Dance Company, Spiel-und Festhaus Worms, Bahnhofstrasse 4, 496 241 883 85 Monaco Monte Carlo Dec 27-Jan 4, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo Les Ballets de Monte Carlo is a classical ballet company established in 1985 by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her mother, Princess Grace of Monaco. It is the official, national company of the Principality of Monaco. , Grimaldi Forum, 10 Ave Princess Grace, 377 9999 2O0O Netherlands Amsterdam Dec 6-8, Leine & Roebana, Theater Bellevue, Leidsekade 90, 310 205 305 301 * Dec 14-Jan 1, Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell (1961-1969), Rudi van Dantzig (1969-1991), Wayne Eagling (1991-2003) and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. , Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, Amstel 3, 312 062 554 55, 312 055 180 70 Hoorn Dec 19, Leine & Roebana, Schouwburg-Het Park, Westdijk 1621, 310 229 212 529 Zwolle Dec 12, Leine & Roebana, Schouwburg Odeon, 310 384 288 299 New Zealand Auckland Dec 4-8, Royal New Zealand Ballet The Royal New Zealand Ballet is based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was originally known as The New Zealand Ballet Company. History New Zealand Ballet was established in 1953 as an independent charitable trust by Royal Danish Ballet Principal Poul Gnatt, Beryl Nettleton, , Aotea Centre, www.nzballet.org.nz Napier Dec 12-14, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Napier Municipal Theatre, 116-119 Tennyson St, 068 351 059 Russia St Petersburg Dec 14, CityDance Ensemble, Mussorgsky Theater, Ploschad Iskusstv 1314 37 58 Switzerland Zug Dec 14, City Contemporary Dance Company, Theater Casino, Artherstrasse 2-4, 041 729 0505 United Kingdom England Birmingham * Through Dec 14, Birmingham Royal Ballet The Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the UK's foremost ballet companies, based at the Birmingham Hippodrome in Birmingham, where it enjoys custom-built facilities such as the Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries and the , Birmingham Hippodrome, Hurst St, 0121 689 3000 London * Through Jan 26, Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker, Sadler's Wells Theatre
Dec 11-Jan 22, The Snowman, Sadler's Wells Theatre Festivals Illinois Chicago Through Dec 1, Dance Chicago 2002, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N Southport, 773/935-6860 New York New York City Dec 5-8, Improvisation Festival/NY, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 131 E 10th St, 212/674-8194 Dec 13-14, Improvisation Festival/NY, The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St, 212/255-5793, www.thekitchen.org Monaco Monte Carlo Dec 10-14, Monaco Dance Forum, Le Casino, Place du Casino, 377 977 065 20 Workshops and Conferences Massachusetts Boston Dec 9, DanceTalks, Boston Ballet, 19 Clarendon St, 617/484-6260 Russia St Petersburg Dec 12-14, International Scientific Practical Conference, Alexandrinsky Theatre, 2 Ostrovskogo Sq, 781 231 115 33, 781 211 041 40 Exhibitions and Showings California San Francisco Through Dec 28, "Sandra Woodall: Designs Beyond the Bay," San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, 401 Van Ness Ave, 4th Fl, 415/255-4800, www.sfpalm.org Massachusetts Andover Through Jan 5, "Trisha Brown: Dance & Art in Dialogue," Addison Gallery of American Art, Philips Academy, www.andover.edu/addison Michigan Detroit Through Jan 12, "Degas and the Dance," Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), originally named the Detroit Museum of Art, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. , 5200 Woodward Ave, 313/833-4005, www.dia.org France Paris Dec 9-20, Documentary Film Weekend, Centre National de la Danse, 42 bd Henri Arnauld, 024 124 1212, 024 124 1200 * Nutcracker performance Note: We list only professional performances. When a theater Is listed more than once, see first listing for address and box-office number, in each category the U.S. is listed first, with other countries following alphabetically. Listing forms for professional events should be sent to: Calendar Editor, Dance Magazine, 111 Myrtle Street, Suite 203, Oakland, CA 94607, faxed to 510/839-6066, emailed to calendar@dancemagazine.com or click on List Your Event on www.dancemagazine.com. Include company or dancer name, exact performance date(s), theater name and address, and box-office telephone or way to obtain tickets. The regular monthly Calendar will appear only on our Web site, www.dancemagazine.com. Deadline is twelve weeks prior to posting. See our Calendar Web site for additional event listings. |
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