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After three months as acting artistic director of London's Royal Ballet, Monica Mason was appointed to the post permanently in December. Mason's contract runs through mid-2007, the year of her mandatory retirement. A former Royal principal dancer, she was named assistant director to Anthony Dowell in 1991 and has long been associated with the Sir Frederick Ashton and Sir Kenneth MacMillan repertoires. Mason succeeds Ross Stretton, who resigned in September.

In New York, the Martha Graham Dance Company named Terese Capucilli and Christine Dakin as artistic co-directors. Janet Eilber was named to the new post of artistic director of Martha Graham Resources. All three have been dancers in the company.