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1. Disarray in Service of Deconstruction.

Author

Kourlas, Gia

Subjects
*DANCE, *PERFORMING arts, *CULTURAL activities, *ENTERTAINERS, *CONCERTS
Abstract

At the start of Patricia Hoffbauer's ''Para-dice (Stage 1),'' performed on Thursday night at Danspace Project, the audience stopped chatting as a young woman stood up, intent on making an announcement: ''I'm actually really good friends with Patricia and George and I came to the dress last night and I just feel like if I don't say something I'm going to regret it.'' It's true that the woman, Jodi Melnick -- a dancer herself -- is a close friend of the collaborators Ms. Hoffbauer and George Emilio Sanchez. But the rambling thoughts she recited from a sheet of paper were likely not her own, but those of the artists. The gist: she proposed holding the post-performance discussion before the performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010

2. The Cross-Country Currents in American Ballet.

Author

Macaulay, Alastair

Subjects
*ENTERTAINERS, *DANCE, *BALLET, JOHN F. Kennedy Center Plaza (Washington, D.C.)
Abstract

On paper the Ballet Across America season unfolding this week at the Kennedy Center is exciting, and it causes excitement in the theater too. On three triple-bill programs nine American companies are dancing one work apiece. This, since no choreographer is represented more than once, must have taken quite some planning. Which company gets to dance a Balanchine? A Robbins, Tharp, Tudor, Wheeldon? Once those five are represented, what does that leave for the other four companies? No 19th-century choreography is included. Some troupes are dancing borrowed repertory, others works by their resident choreographers. Since no single ballet includes every company dancer, which performers are to be cast and which left in the wings? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2008