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26 January 2012

Robert Joffrey’s protegees remember him … on film and in person

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Tom Mossbrucker, artistic director of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, considers the influence of Robert Joffrey on his current career. A new documentary on the company screens in Los Angeles next week, and in movie theaters this weekend, Saturday Jan 28. [...]

25 January 2012

Dance preservationist Norton Owen honored with ‘Dance in Focus’ film award

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Dance preservationist Norton Owen honored with ‘Dance in Focus’ film award [...]

12 August 2011

What friendship hath wrought: Jodi Melnick & David Neumann’s “July” premieres at Jacob’s Pillow

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Downtown choreographers Jodi Melnick and David Neumann have a winner on their hands, a touching, intimate portrayal of a couple made on commission at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. It’s called “July.” [...]

4 August 2011

Pillowtalk.2011 release

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One of my most pleasurable duties as a resident scholar at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival over the next two weeks is participating in the “Online Dancing” Pillow Talk Saturday, August 13. It will feature four tweeting, facebooking, blogging internet ladies who will chat, chew and masticate on the state of dance on the internet. [...]

23 July 2011

Dance photog Christopher Duggan shoots Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

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New York based dance photographer Christopher Duggan snapped these amazing rehearsal photos of Lar Lubovitch Dance Company performing this weekend at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. [...]

30 June 2011

Seen at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

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artsmeme thanks the joffrey ballet for the funny foto

7 May 2011

Mark Morris loves the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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Choreographer Mark Morris, whose troupe opens a four-day run at the Music Center, shared his affection for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion when I interviewed him in 2007. [...]

2 March 2011

Honoring America’s greats: National Medal of Arts

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The National Medal of the Arts for 2010 were awarded today, March 2, 2011, in a ceremony at the White House. [...]

1 March 2011

Congratulations, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival!

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President Barack Obama will tomorrow honor Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with a National Medal of Arts, the highest arts award given by the United States Government on March 2, 2011. [...]

7 February 2011

Sydney Skybetter: from living room to living art

Whether in the family living room, or in the living beauty of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, dance maker Sydney Skybetter brings focus and authenticity to his task. [...]