Ballet Hispanico's Tina Ramirez Looks Back Over 40 Years Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:14:35 -0800 "Tina Ramirez, the artistic director of Ballet Hispanico, is stepping down from her position after almost 40 years, but she doesn't want to call it retirement: 'I've been in the theater my whole life, how can you retire?'" Nonetheless, this is the beginning of her last season at the company's helm.... Slowly, Modern Dance Takes Root in Egypt Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:26:51 -0800 Despite 15 years' struggle with conservative clerics, nervous officials, small audiences (who sometimes boo) and an uncomprehending society, the Egyptian Modern Dance Theater Company and its school have firmly established themselves in Cairo's arts scene.... Kirov Relishes Its 'Lowbrow' Don Quixote Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:23:53 -0800 "Among the surviving 19th century ballets, Don Quixote… doesn't get much respect. It wears its lowbrow intentions a mite too proudly… But let's face it: Don Q is about keeping the audience entertained, and high art is often perceived as tainted when it entertains. The Kirov Ballet, not surprisingly, approaches it with no such hang-ups."... Rebirthing A Theater, Part XXXVI Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:56:48 -0800 It's been ten years since Minneapolis's decrepit Shubert Theatre was moved to a new location and slated for renovation as a major regional dance hub. But the project has repeatedly fallen short of funding targets and the renovation has never begun. Now, a new $1.5m challenge grant offers new hope, but the Shubert must raise an additional $6.5m to get the money.... It's Not Dancing About Architecture, Exactly… Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:37:37 -0800 … it's dancing about aviation. This weekend at "Breaking Ground: A Dance Charrette," five choreographers presented site-specific works made for Floyd Bennett Field, New York's first municipal airport.... Paul Taylor Company Loses Long-Term Lease On Its Home Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:06:42 -0800 "The company is scrambling to find new space that a nonprofit organization can afford. The search is complicated by the special needs of a dance company. Dance studios need to have wide-open areas without columns, and the ceilings must be at least 14 feet high, to preserve the foreheads of dancers being lifted into the air."...
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