Open shop

Article Abstract:

St. Petersburg continues to look to the Maryinsky Ballet as a cornerstone of its identity and civic life that people attend with a kind of fierce hometown partisanship, with other cities reserved for hockey to football. The International Ballet Festival of the Maryinsky has given Petersburg an annual opportunity to open up that tradition to the great companies beyond Russian borders, which is also an important symbolic expression of international goodwill since the fall of Communism made possible a freer flow of commerce and culture between Russia and the rest of the world.

Russia, Fairs and festivals, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Ballet dancing

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Royal gypsies

Article Abstract:

The Royal Ballet of Great Britain came to New York in the summer of 1997, temporarily unable to use Covent Garden's Royal Opera House which is being renovated, a two-year process. The repertory for New York was definitely conservative. The company director, Sir Anthony Dowell, is also staying with conservative works in London. Dowell did show something new in a 7-minute pas de deux by choreographer/dancer Christopher Wheeldon, a recent Royal Ballet graduate. Some attractive new soloists appeared, and twice as many men as women were on the principals list.

Criticism and interpretation, Ballet companies, Royal Ballet (London, England)

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Peeling our eyes

Article Abstract:

The Altogether Different dance festival of 1998 offered professionally polished production values and exciting performances. Kevin O'Day's new troupe O'Day Dances offered a new work, 'And Like That,' that was original without being artistically unified. The highlight of the festival was Mark Dendy's 'Dream Analysis,' an impressive blend of autobiography, clowning, and parody.

Social aspects, New York, New York

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