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16 (1999)
Vol. 16, Number
1
Winter 1999
Sylvia Kargl
The Kirov in Graz
The Kirov Ballet's
New Dancers, New Director
A report on the company's performances in July 1998 in Graz, Austria;
a chat with its new artistic director; and some observations on international
classical style.
Mary Cargill
A Conversation with Judith Fugate
Talking with the recently retired New York City Ballet ballerina about
dancing Balanchine, staging his ballets today, and her plans for the future
Nicole Collins
All Our Tomorrows?
The Stuttgart and Hamburg Ballets in New York
Two story ballets from the 60s and several drama-less ballets from the
1990s present a perplexing view of ballet today, here and in Europe.
Heather Tod
Mitchell
Hagamora Comes to Earth
The Art of Shizumi
Eastern and Western influences and a dash of poetry are combined in the
work of a rare and fascinating artist
Mary Cargill
The Dog That Did Not Bark
San Francisco Ballet at New York's City Center
Jane Simpson
Summer Fare in London
The reopening of the Sadler's Wells Theatre, New Yorkers in London, and
the Royal Ballet's Ashton program
Rita Felciano
San Francisco Report
Dance Festivals, On-Screen and Off, and a Tilt at Windmills
A Bruce Fleming
Commentary
on Fluff
What is it? Who's got it? What distinguishes Fluff from true comedy or
fine light entertainment? And what was it doing in Washington this season?
Volume
16, No.2
Spring 1999
Marc Haegeman
A Conversation with Larissa Lezhnina
The former Kirov ballerina talks about ballet, ballet masters, and dancing
in the West
David Vaughan
La Fille Bien Elevée
Some good news from Britain’s Royal Ballet: a report
on the recent revival of Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée
Mary Cargill
NYCB’s Winter Season: More
is Less
NYCB celebrates its 50th anniversary with a crowded schedule, but young
dancers are finding their feet in Balanchine
Carol Pardo
American Ballet Theatre at City Center
Virtuoso dancing, nuggets from ABT’s treasure chest
and some newer experiments
Pamela Moberg
Portrait of the Master as a Young
Dancer
A selection of letters from Christian Johansson to his teacher, August
Bournonville
Mary Cargill
Report from New York
Eifman Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor, Ballet British Columbia, Toronto
Dance Theatre, Maria Benites, and DanceGalaxy
Jane Simpson
Report from London
English National, Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal,
Pina Bausch, and Pacific Northwest Ballet
Rita Felciano
Report from the Bay Area
Flyaway Productions and Jo Kreiter; Dominique Zeltzman and Kathleen Hermesdorf;
Krissy Keefer; New Shoes, Old Souls; Peter Sellars; ODC/SF
Bruce Fleming
White Tie and Tales
Volume 16,
No. 3
Summer 1999
Mary Cargill
Swan Dives and Celebrations
The New York City Ballet’s Spring Season
Sali Ann
and Alan M. Kriegsman
IDAT99: The Yellow Brick Road
Report on the International Conference on Dance and Technology
Marc Haegeman
A Conversation with Kirill Melnikov
The Kirov-trained danseur noble talks about his former company and dancing
in the West
Carol Pardo
A Month in Paris; POB School spring
performances
Balanchine and Robbins program, new works by William Forsythe
Kaija Pepper
How Does Mark Godden’s Dracula
Dance?
Very nicely, with Lucy and Mina. A look at one of the many Draculas trodding
the ballet boards today
Rita Felciano
Report from San Francisco
Helgi Tomasson’s new Giselle for SFB
Jane Simpson
Report from London
Summer tours, new choreography and Graham
Mary Cargill
Report from New York
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, David Parsons, Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech,
SAB Workshop, Dances...Patrelle
Bruce Fleming
Art and Architecture
The Swedish Ballet’s Ballet Suedois program
Volume 16,
No. 4
David Vaughan
Ondine
Revisited
The Royal Ballet’s recent Ashton revivals
Marc Haegeman
A Conversation with Manuel Legris;
The Paris Opera star talks about his roles, working with Nureyev, and
the state of ballet today
Mary Cargill
Welcome Back, Petipa;
The Kirov's New Sleeping Beauty
George Jackson
Sleeping Beauty,
An Experiment
Nicole Collins
American Ballet Theater, Dancing on
a High
Jane Simpson
Report from London
The Bolshoi and Royal Ballets
Mary Cargill
Report from New York
Zvi Gotheiner & Dancers, Pilobolus, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and Dance
As Ever
Bruce Fleming
On Audience; an afternoon of trapeze artists and modernism in the 1990s
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