American Ballet Theatre / Nikolais Dance Theatre

From: The Village Voice | Date: November 5, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Dancers wanted: Strong, skilled, and up for just about anything a choreographer can concoct AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE City Center Through Sunday

NIKOLAIS DANCE THEATRE Joyce Theater Closed

POLISHING UP OLD TREASURES

These days, ballet artists have to be chameleons, sensitive to diverse styles. A ballet master of the 19th century would be astonished by the challenges faced by dancers in American "Ballet Theatre's current 'Master Works" program (one of four this season). Then very bodies have to change. Frederick Ashton's 1946 Symphonic Variations, set to Cesar Franck's eponymous music for piano ...

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