Steve Pilgrim: Ballet

THE KIROV IN NEW YORK PERFORMING BALANCHINE

The Kirov Sparkles in a New Turn With Balanchine. "Jewels," capped by an astonishingly magical performance by Svetlana Zakharova on Thursday, is the latest work by George Balanchine to be performed by the Kirov Ballet in New York. By Anna Kisselgoff. [New York Times: Arts]

Aldous Huxley. "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

NEWS OF THE KIROV

A Temple Dancer at Once Spare and Voluptuous. The Kirov Ballet featured its youngest stars on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon performances, of "La Bayadère," a balletomane's dream. By Jennifer Dunning. [New York Times: Arts]

Oliver Wendell Holmes. "Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

A DIFFERENT SORT OF "DANCE"

No One Ever Said Friendship Was Easy. The best and the most troubling aspects of the Pilobolus Dance Theater came through clearly on Saturday when the company presented the third program in its summer season. By Jennifer Dunning. [New York Times: Arts]

VIRGINIA IS HOME FROM KANSAS CITY
These next two posts honor her amazing talent

Arranging an Evening of Dance. A program of one-acts requires a chef's touch. One dance should complement the others, not clash with them. By Jack Anderson. [New York Times: Arts]

ANOTHER RUSSIAN STYLE

An Old Ballet Is Made New. A familiar old ballet may look unexpectedly new when the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg comes to the Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday. By Jack Anderson. [New York Times: Arts]

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

Duckling Rescue Service. On the way to work on Wednesday I stopped to help rescue several ducklings who had fallen into a sewer grate, and got my shirt very dirty. The mother duck was walking on the curb, and the ducklings were... [Caveat Lector]

TOP MEDALS WEREN'T AWARDED IN SOME CATEGORIES

Awards in Ballet to China and U.S.. Chinese and American dancers were the top medalists in the 2002 USA International Ballet Competition, which ended on Sunday in Jackson, Miss. [New York Times: Arts]

FYI

Dance Listings. AMERICAN BALLET THEATER Mon., Tue., Thur., Fri., 8; Wed., Sat., 2 and 8: [New York Times: Arts]

WISH YOU WERE HERE?

Within an Enchanted Forest Behind the Everyday World. Happiness is a performance of George Balanchine's "Midsummer Night's Dream" as led with verve and poetry by Darci Kistler's Titania and Peter Boal's Oberon on Tuesday night at the New York State Theater. By Anna Kisselgoff. [New York Times: Arts]

A NEXT STEP?

Juilliard Names Director of Dance Unit. Lawrence Rhodes has been appointed artistic director of the dance division of the Juilliard School. [New York Times: Arts]

APPARENTLY MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL

Two by the Bolshoi, Endings Unfamiliar. The usual happy endings are missing in the new productions of "Swan Lake" and "La Bayadère" by Yuri Grigorovich that the Bolshoi Ballet performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington. By Anna Kisselgoff. [New York Times: Arts]

HEY, VCP, THINGS CHANGE!

Fort Worth Dallas Ballet Picks Director. Ben Stevenson, the artistic director of the Houston Ballet, has been named director of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, effective July 2003. [New York Times: Arts]

Victor Borge. "The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer." [Quotes of the Day]

LIKE A MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GRANT
And you get a tutor!

With the Masters, in Their Element. Rolex S.A., the Swiss watchmaker, has created a novel mentoring program that will link up five up-and-coming artists with five world-class masters in their fields. By Celestine Bohlen. [New York Times: Arts]

ABT IN THE NEWS AGAIN

Giving New York a Glimpse of Ballet Magic From Havana. Ever in search of idols, the international ballet world has rightly found one in Carlos Acosta, the charismatic 29-year-old Cuban who is dancing with American Ballet Theater this season. By Anna Kisselgoff. [New York Times: Arts]

WITH JUST A BIT BETTER MANAGEMENT

and less leadership-by-committee, many of these arts organizations could begin to break even or run a slight surplus. The battle runs continuously between appeasing major donors by making them directors and trustees and having to listen to their notions about how to run the organization once they're "in."

New Report Finds Arts Industry Generates $134 Billion in Economic Activity Annually The report from Americans for the Arts found that arts groups generate 4.85 million full-time jobs. [Foundation Center] [Welcome to NPOToday.com - Presented by Changing Our World, Inc.]

THERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY

for both groups. Neither enhances their standing with those on the outside looking in.

Activists protest Southern Baptist event [USA Today : Front Page]

Ballet Contest in Mississippi. Professional dancers from 25 nations will compete for medals, cash awards and scholarships in the seventh USA International Ballet Competition. [New York Times: Arts]

VCP#4
One more and we build the new category for you!

Ballet Theater: Signs of Promise Amid Struggle. After a financially trying two years, could Ballet Theater be heading for fiscal and spiritual health? Apparently not just yet. By Robin Pogrebin. [New York Times: Arts]

VCP #3
Pretty Soon You'll Rate a Category!

More Than Two of the Pas de Deux. In one way or another, the pas de deux was at the heart of nearly all the dances presented by the New York City Ballet on Tuesday night at the New York State Theater. By Jennifer Dunning. [New York Times: Arts]

VCP, 2 posts in one week!

A Sampler Set to Tchaikovsky. American Ballet Theater reopened its box of choreographic pastries on Monday by once again offering its program of little goodies to music by Tchaikovsky. By Jack Anderson. [New York Times: Arts]

Just for you, VCP!

A Donkey in Toe Shoes and Fairies All Aflutter. American Ballet Theater presented Frederic Ashton's beloved 1964 ballet for the first time with two splendid and very different casts at the Metropolitan Opera House. By Anna Kisselgoff. [New York Times: Arts]