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November 4

New York Times
Must See, NY Times Review of New Ballet Movie “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,”
"To say that the film, sumptuous in its length and graceful in its rhythm, is a feast for ballet lovers is to state the obvious and also to sell Mr. Wiseman’s achievement a bit short. Yes, this is one of the finest dance films ever made, but there’s more to it than that." Must See, NY Times Review of New Ballet Movie “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,”

October 28

thestage.co.uk
Women Choreographers Struggle With Dance Careers and Motherhood
“Women’s biological clocks have a parallel journey that starts to clash horribly with the their creative journey around age 35." Women Choreographers Struggle With Dance Careers and Motherhood

October 27

New York Times
New Documentary of Paris Opera Ballet
“La Danse,” which opens at Film Forum in Manhattan on Nov. 4, is Mr. Wiseman’s second ballet documentary; he observed the American Ballet Theater in rehearsal and on tour for “Ballet” (1995). But he cautioned against thinking of the new movie as a sequel." New Documentary of Paris Opera Ballet

New York Times
Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company May Not Make It
“I intend to give it everything I’ve got,” he said. “But I have to be realistic. I don’t know whether we will make it.” Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company May Not Make It

October 26

Los Angeles Times
Enthusiastic Applause for Pilobolus
"The company sets out to rouse spectators through a program of nonstop visual astonishment, and the biggest affront wouldn’t be boos but the reverential silence of a ballet recital." Enthusiastic Applause for Pilobolus

October 20

New York Times
New York City Ballet Wins Rockefeller Grant
New York City Ballet, the Joyce Theater Foundation and the New School are among the 18 cultural organizations that have won the Rockefeller Foundation’s annual New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition, the foundation said on Wednesday. New York City Ballet Wins Rockefeller Grant

New York Times
Broadway's Grown-Up "Billy" Returns to New York City Ballet
Stephen Hanna, the former New York City Ballet dancer who portrays the role of Billy’s older self in that musical, will rejoin the company of City Ballet as a guest artist for its coming 2009-2010 winter season. Broadway's Grown-Up

Mark Morris Talks About Dance and Its Biggest Threat
" Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today." Mark Morris Talks About Dance and Its Biggest Threat

October 19

San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland Ballet Hanging in There
"The prognosis for the Oakland Ballet Company looked grim in April when founding Artistic Director Ronn Guidi suddenly resigned (for the second time in a decade). " Oakland Ballet Hanging in There

San Francisco Chronicle
Alonzo King Lines Ballet in High Demand, Opens This Week in San Francisco
"There are a lot of dancers who don't think of themselves as artists, so they come prepared to take dictation. But what I want is to give the dancers straw and have them turn it into gold. I want to give them sentences and have them structure it into poetry." Alonzo King Lines Ballet in High Demand, Opens This Week in San Francisco

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