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Christopher d'Amboise
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The prolific and versatile dancer-turned-choreographer talks about creating narratives onstage, the differences between Broadway and ballet, and his latest teaching passion.
In the dance world, you can't get much closer to royalty than Christopher d'Amboise. Yet even with a father like Jacques (the former New York City Ballet superstar) and a sister like Charlotte (most recently, a Tony nominee for A Chorus Line), d'Amboise has had no trouble casting his own shadow as an often category...
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NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S GOOD NEWS
The Boston Globe
; ... through tomorrow. NEW YORK - Jerome Robbins has a new ballet and Suzanne Farrell has a new hip. That's the news from New York City Ballet. It's good news, in both cases. Let the lady go first. Farrell was, of course, the greatest muse of George Balanchine ...
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New York City Ballet Sets Music in Motion
The Washington Post
; Music, it has been said, is the floor on which George Balanchine's ballets are danced. Peter Martins, ballet master in chief of the New York City Ballet, puts it this way: "No matter how cliched it may sound, music is the beginning of everything." Everything, that is, for the New York City Ballet,
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City Ballet, ABT team up for Greatest Hits
The Boston Globe
; STARS OF AMERICAN BALLET At: Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday MANSFIELD -- New York City Ballet seems to be falling apart at the seams, what with artistic director and Balanchine successor Peter Martins arrested for allegedly beating his ballerina wife, Darci Kistler, last
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Royal Ballet music chief to take over at City Ballet
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Royal Ballet music chief to take over at City Ballet By ANNA KISSELGOFF New York Times Tuesday, June 13, 2000 New York -- The New York City Ballet has named Andrea Quinn, music director of the Royal Ballet in London, as its new music director. The appointment of Quinn, 35, a conductor whose
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City Ballet stars are keeping the Balanchine faith
The Boston Globe
; ... artistic and personal grounds. He made headlines in 1992 for allegedly beating his wife, ballerina Darci Kistler, and was in the news again recently for firing Suzanne Farrell, Balanchine's main muse, who sometimes coached the company. Martins' critics accuse ...
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New York City Ballet Orange County performance honors George Balanchine
Redlands Daily Facts
; COSTA MESA Southern California dance fans will have the opportunity to experience the phenomenal contribution to the world of ballet made by legendary choreographer George Balanchine when the Orange County Performing Arts Center and Dance at the Music Center/ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion present New
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MAMBO BALLET EDWARD VILLELLA'S MIAMI CITY BALLET MELDS MODERN POPULAR DANCE STYLES INTO A HISTORICAL LOOK AT FOUR AMERICAN ERAS.(U)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Vicki Smith Paluch Correspondent Just as his mentor George Balanchine took classical ballet and redefined it for the 20th century, Edward Villella, the artistic director of Miami City Ballet, is redefining the way ballet taps the tradition of folk dance. In his latest work, ``The
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Vail fest's new artistic director keeps one foot dancing Woetzel to hold on to City Ballet lead, aim high out West
Rocky Mountain News
; Though Boston-born, Damian Woetzel normally doesn't speak with a Boston accent. But he couldn't help affecting one when fielding a recent phone call congratulating him on his appointment as artistic director of the Vail International Dance Festival. "Right now," the dancer playfully boasted, "I'm
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Lincoln Kirstein Dies at 88; New York City Ballet Founder el 461
The Washington Post
; @DINK: + Lincoln Kirstein, 88, the wealthy dance patron who in 1933 brought choreographer George Balanchine to the United States, transforming American ballet, died Jan. 5 at his home. The cause of death was not reported. With Balanchine, considered the most influential ballet choreographer of the
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Chicago City Ballet st umbles once again
Chicago Sun-Times
; Great ballet companies don't spring up overnight. It takes years of hard work - at the barre and at the board table. But in Chicago, it seems to take more than time. Beset with power struggles, gossip, ego clashes, changing staff, deficits, pie-in-sky goals and the ongoing search for a permanent
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