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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.

Highlights the performance of singer Farida Mohammed Ali at the Symphony Space in New York, New York on May 5, 2001.

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 that Senegalese Singer Youssou N'Dour will perform at the Hammerstein Ballroom Theatre in New York City.

Reports on the performance of Hanson at the Hammerstein Ballroom Theater in New York City on September 11, 2000. Information on the album being promoted by Hanson; Significance of Hanson's musical direction.

Focuses on the performances that will be presented at the 2000-2001 season of Joyce Theater in New York City. Information on the hip hop opera that will be presented by Rennie Harris Pure Movement; Details on the events that will be presented by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; List of foreign troupes that will perform at Joyce.

Looks at the stage concert of Dawn Upshaw entitled `Roundabout,' at the John Jay College Theater in New York City, New York. Highlights of the event; Description on Upshaw's performance.

Reports on the Hammerstein Ballroom's reincarnation into an opera house. Transformation into a postmodern event hall; Word to describe an event like the Smashing Pumpkins concert; Theaters built by the founder, Oscar Hammerstein; Spectacles that added a patchwork feel to the renovation.

Reports that the Trinity Irish Dance Company, the Chicago-based troupe specializing in new and old forms of Irish step dancing is performing at the New Victory Theater in New York City, New York. Background on Mark Howard, who is choreographing most of the offerings; Highlights of the show.

Profiles choreographer Margie Gillis. Details on her performance at the Joyce Theater in New York City, New York; Impact of her health condition on her career; Family background.

Presents information on the performance of Wynton Marsalis and his Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Beijing, China. Details on the plan of Marsalis to open a jazz market in China; Obstacles faced by the orchestra; Capacity of the Century Theater in Beijing where the concert was performed; Information on the music recording of Marsalis `Big Train.'

Presents information on the dance performance presented by Pascal Rioult at the Joyce Theater in the Altogether Different festival in New York City, New York. Information on the dance `Home Front,' and `Tombeau de Couperin'; Implication of the performance of Rioult to Martha Graham Dance Co.; Other dances performed by Rioult.

Focuses on the performance of disc jockey Fatboy Slim at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. Songs in Slim's album `You've Come a Long Way, Baby,' that became instant party anthems; How Slim create his own music.

Evaluates the performance of the Garth Fagan Dance troupe at the Joyce Theater in New York City, New York. Performance of dancers; Dances performed; Musical background.

Presents information on the performance of Jonathan Harvey at Miller Theater in New York City, New York. Pieces played by Harvey with Ensemble 21 and Ircam; Other musicians who performed with Harvey.

Evaluates the performance of music performer Pet Shop Boys at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York on November 11, 1999. Songs performed; Information on the group.

Evaluates the performance of the Baltic Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Gudmundur Emilsson on November 10, 1999 at the Miller Theater in New York City, New York. Songs performed; Members of the orchestra.

Presents information on the performance of Moe band at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York on October 30, 1999. Instruments played by the members of the band; Films that inspire the performance of the band.

Evaluates the performance of pianist Marilyn Nonken at the Miller Theater in New York City, New York. Highlights of her recital `Fists of Fury'; Musical works performed.

Evaluates the concert of the music group, R.E.M. at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York. Information on the musicians; Songs performed.

Focuses on the performance of the Insane Clown Posse, the best-selling rap duo at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. Featured stars at the event; Target audiences of the duo; Shows that influenced the habit of the duo.

Focuses on the performance of the music group Frania All-Stars at the Copacabana in New York City, New York. Singers of the group; Songs rendered by the group.

Focuses on the dance performance of Pilar Rioja at the Gramercy Arts Theater in New York City, New York. Elements that contribute to the flamenco dancing of Rioja; Comments from the audience on the performance of Rioja; Purpose of the dance `La Monja Gitana.'

Focuses on the performance of saxophonist James Moody for the works of Charlie Parker at Symphony Space in New York City, New York. Style used by Moody to inhabit the works of Parker; Presentation of the music.

Evaluates the concert of the Lark Quartet at Miller Theater's Opulent Music in New York City, New York. Performers; Comments on the performances.

Reports on the operatic record that tenor Placido Domingo is expected to make for the most opening nights at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, New York. Other singers that have participated in numerous opening nights at the Met; When Domingo's first opening night occurred; Why he assumed that Enrico Caruso's record would never be topped.

Evaluates the performance of singer Sheryl Crow at the Beacon Theater in New York City, New York in 1999. Highlights of the event; Several pieces she played; How she treated the audience.

Looks at the performance of the 98 Degrees music performers at the Beacon Theater in New York City, New York. Reactions of audience on the performance; Song of the Stylistics performed by the group; Success of the group.

Evaluates the performance of the ballet `Apple Pie,' at the Joyce Theater, New York. Performance of Bette Midler as a ballerina at the gala benefit; Songs; Emphasis on Ball Tech dancers; Guest artists from the American Ballet Theater.

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.

Focuses on the music performance of the group Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York. Background of the group; Types of music performed by the group.

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 the performances of Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater in New York City in February 1999. Highlights of the company's presentation.

Focuses on the performance of Rebecca Evans, a Welsh-born lyric soprano at the Walter Reade Theater in New York City, New York. Illness that has affected the performance of Evans; Programs selected by Evans for her performance.

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 performances of four recipients of the Marilyn Horne Foundation New York Recital at the Juilliard Theater in New York City. Nicole Heaston, soprano; Bejun Mehta, the countertenor; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Brian Leerhuber, baritone.

Evaluates the performances of Sachiyo Ito and Co. at the Joyce Theater in SoHo, New York City on January 15, 1999. Classical and contemporary Japanese dance performed by Sachiyo; Details on their performances.

Looks at the dances that will be performed by Ballet Hispanico at the Joyce Theater in New York City in December 1998. Comments from choreographer Ramon Oller; Level of dancing in Barcelona.

Evaluates the concert performance of the Elsner Quartet and New Music Consort at the Taipei Theater in New York, New York. Characteristics of their music; Yiu-kwong Chung's `Upon the Surging Billows, Flakes of Snow'; Tzyy-sheng Lee's `Two Poems of the Nation's Demise.'

Review the ballet premiere, `Reliquary'. Details of the show which took place in New York City at the New York State Theater; Information on George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.

Presents information from the opening season of The New York Gibert and Sullivan Players performing `Patience,' at the Symphony Space Theater in New York City. Roles outlined; What Payoff included; What company's artistic director and conductor, Albert Bergeret projected.

Focuses on the Barry Harris Jazz Ensemble at the Symphony Space Theater on November 9, 1997. Highlights of the choral singing; Description of the solo of pianist Barry Harris; Evaluation of the performances of other singers and musicians; Winners of the 1997 `Barry Awards for Jazz Mastery'; Information about Barry Harris.