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It was very rare and a little strange for so much to be riding on a performance of a Verdi mainstay like ''La Traviata.'' But so it was on Sunday afternoon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when New York City Opera, in its new manifestation as a roving urban company, opened its bare-bones season with the director Jonathan Miller's intelligent and modest production of this audience favorite. For many longtime supporters, City Opera's ability to return, after abandoning its Lincoln Center home, was something to cheer. But other veteran patrons saw it differently: after a crippling financial crisis and a protracted period of internal strife, the company has re-emerged as merely a touring outfit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the need for a midsize theater in New York City to showcase dance performances. Avoidance of the city by troupes such as the Royal Danish Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and others; Linda Shelton, director of Joyce Theater who hopes to meet the need by getting a dance theater in the planned arts complex at the World Trade Center site; What Shelton is hoping for; Dance theaters in the city that are too high priced for troupes; Lack of availability of existing theaters; Efforts by Shelton to get a special place for dance.

Discusses Exploring the Metropolis Inc., a not-for-profit organization which offers free listings of rehearsal and performance spaces around New York City at its Web site, www.nycdanceplaces.org. Comments from director Eugene C. Cowan, who also has a Web site with similar listings for musicians at www.nycmusicplaces.org; Concept and logistics of the site and searches.

Deals with the upcoming performance of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India at the Symphony Space on April 20, 2002.

Discusses a presentation of 'Way Station' by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in New York City. Description of the piece; Thoughts on the show, which also included two older pieces by Cunningham, 'Summerspace' and 'Rainforest'; Reactions to the presentation.

Presents information on the dance performance of the Introdans Ensemble for Youth at the New Victory Theater in New York City.

Presents information on the dance performance of Wendy Rogers in New York City.

Discusses the artistic craftsmanship of choreographer Merce Cunningham, whose Merce Cunningham Dance Co. will perform at New York City's City Center in summer 2001. Inspiration of his work.

Profiles dance choreographer Lar Lubovitch. Professional background; Details on his dance program `Men's Stories,' which will be staged in New York City; Views on dancing and the movement of male dancers.

Focuses on the dance `Air and Other Invisible Forces,' to be performed by the Sydney Dance Company at the Joyce Theater in New York City on November 28, 2000. Factor that has endeared the troupe to United States audiences since its 1981 debut; Information on choreographer Graeme Murphy.

Reports on the performance of Jonathan Hollander's Battery Dance Co. at John Jay College Theater in New York City on October 2000. Highlights of the performance.

Presents views on several dance shows that audiences looks forward to see in Broadway in New York City. Geoffrey Beene, a fashion designer; Richard Move, a Martha Graham interpreter; Irene Diamond, a philanthropist; Doug Varone, a choreographer.

Presents information on the dance `The `L' Word,' presented by Janis Brenner and Dancers at Playhouse 91 in New York City, New York. Choreography made by Brenner for the dance.

Presents information on the performance of the Second Avenue Dance Company at the School of Arts in New York University's Fifth Floor Theater in New York City, New York. Music performer of the dance `Steps in the Street'; Steps used in the dance `Echoes of Acolytes.'

Discusses the dance performance of Creach/Company, Doug Elkins Dance Co. and Paradigm at the program `Triple Play Dance' in New York City, New York. Interpretation of Paradigm for `Gray Study' dance; Other dances performed by the group.

Evaluates the dance performance of Julio Bocca and the Ballet Argentino at the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York City, New York on February 3, 2000. How the program opened; Comment on the `Adagietto' dance of Osar Araiz.

Presents information on the dance performances of the Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects as part of Dixon Place's Mondo Cane series in New York, New York. Impressions presented by the dancers in performing the `Social Dances'; Other dances performed by the group.

Evaluates the performance of the Washington Square Repertory Dance Company at the Frederick Loewe Theater in New York City, New York. Choreographers; Dances performed.

Presents information on `The Next Image,' a program of dances performed by the Wellspring Project at the Theater of the Riverside Church in New York City, New York. Dancers and choreographers who influenced the performers; Details on the dance `Soma.'

Presents news briefs on several dance performances in New York City, New York. Performance of Lisa Townsend for the dance `Seizure Story'; Creator of the dance `A Fuego Lento,' performed by Compagnie Quat'zarts; Implication of Charles Dennis' performance in `Me & My Dad & TV.'

Evaluates the dance performance of Beverly Blossom in her program `Dances in Shabby Black,' at the Context Theater in New York City, New York in 1999. Highlights of the program; Style of dancing of Blossom; Blossom's role in the dance `Dead Monkey.'

Focuses on several dance performances to be presented at the Pace Downtown Theater in New York City, New York. Choreographer of the dance `Armature,' performed by Dance as Ever company; Basis of the dance; Performance of Charles Askegard for the dance `Aubade'; Other dances included in the program.

Features the play `Vers la Flamme' by Martha Clarke which will be staged at Dartmouth College on its premier in New York, New York in April 1999. Details on the making of the play; Previous works of Clarke; Common themes of her stories; Views concerning the distinction between dance and movement.

Focuses on the performance of Sun Ock Lee in the dance `Form Is Emptiness,' presented at the Asia-Pacific Contemporary Dance Festival in New York City, New York. Reason for the delay of the performance of Lee's group; Information on the performers of Lee.

Focuses on the dance performance of Anna Halprin in `The Grandfather Dance,' in New York City, New York, as a tribute to her Odessa-born grandfather. Style of Halprin; Highlights of the event.

Presents information on the dance `In Italian,' developed by Anna Myer to be performed by Anna Myer and Dancers company at Saint Mark's Church in New York City, New York. Styles used by Myer in developing the dance; How Myer started to dance; Companies founded by Myer; Art that inspires the dances of Myer.

Offers information on the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's performances at the 1999 Lincoln Center Festival in New York. Description of `Pond Way'; Use of a backdrop based on `Landscape With Boat,' by Roy Lichtenstein; Fluid atmosphere with the background and the score `New Ikebukuro'; Costume and dance information. INSET: Into Terra Incognita With Merce Cunningham, by Jack Anderson.

Evaluates the dance performance of Ballet Tech's Kids Dance at the Joyce Theater in New York City, New York. Information on the dance `Tarantella'; Members of the Ballet Tech's Kids; Highlights of the show.

Evaluates the dance performance of the Paul Taylor Dance Co. at the City Center in New York City, New York. Information on the dance `Sunset,' performed by the group.

Evaluates the performance of Mia Michaels and her RAW (Reality at Work) jazz-dance company at Playhouse 91 in New York City on February 19, 1999. Highlights of the show; Information on Michaels; Other members of the dance company.

Evaluates the dance performances of the Martha Graham Dance Co. at the Joyce Theater in New York City in February 1999. Description of the dance `Histoire,' performed by Terese Capucilli and Peter Roel of the Martha Graham; Performers of the dance `Appalachian Spring.'

Evaluates several dance performances in New York City. Information on the dance `Hindsight,' performed by Vicky Shick; Details on the performance of Doug Elkin at the New Victory Theater.

Evaluates the performances of Ballet British Columbia at the Joyce Theater in New York City in January 1999. Details on the dance `Conversation Piece' by Mark Godden; Highlights of the show.

Evaluates the dance performances of the Cisne Negro Dance Company at the Joyce Theater in New York City. Information on the group; Choreographic approaches to Ana Maria Mondini's `Bailantas'; Evaluation on the dance `Beyond the Skin'; Other dances performed.

Presents information on the dance performed by Belgian dancer, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in 1981 in Westchester County, New York. Comments from De Keersmaeker; Details on the choreography of the dance; Background information on De Keersmaeker.

Focuses on the Wendy Osserman Dance Company's celebration of its 20th anniversary on Sunday, January 14, 1996 in New York City, with Osserman performing `Xenomania.' Who the celebration was dedicated to; Other performances.

Presents a review of a dance performance called `Thingsezisee'm/Degenerate Art' by David Grenke at Pace University on September 8, 1995. Review of choreography and script.

Informs about the dance performances held on July 27, 1995 at the Dimson Theater at the Vineyard, by companies that presented physically handicapped dancers and musicians. `Dialect and Reason,' performed by the Mobility Junction Dance Company; More.

Features the dance `Ursonate,' performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. at the Joyce Theater in New York, New York. Comments from performance artist Laurie Anderson; Movement with a heightened emotional effect.

Focuses on the performance of the Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance company on December 4, 1997 at the Joyce Theater in New York City, featuring `Venus', a dance created by Louis. Description of the performance and costumes; Other features of the program; Identification of various pieces.

Focuses on the dancer Wendy Houstoun while highlighting her performance in the dance `Haunted, Daunted and Flaunted,' which was presented on November 6, 1997, a feature of the Dancing in the Isles: British Invasion '97 festival of English modern dance, at Performance Space 122 in New York. Description of the performance; Background information on Houstoun.

Focuses on the performance of members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in the dance production `Installation' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, as part of the Next Wave Festival. Description of the image which opens the work; Comments about Cunningham's choreography.

Presents three photographs of Donna Hanover Giuliani, wife of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, during her dance performance with the New York City Opera.