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Ernest Brown, Last Member of the Original Tapping Copasetics, Dies at 93

Ernest Brown, the last surviving and most diminutive member of the Original Copasetics, an ensemble of tap-dancing stars formed in 1949 that helped to revive the art of tap, died on Friday in Chicago. He was 93 and lived in Chicago. The latest on the ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Gregory Hines,  Bill Robinson,  Billy Strayhorn,  Garbage (musician),  Dorothy Dandridge

Eva Evdokimova; partnered with Nureyev

NEW YORK - Eva Evdokimova-Gregori, an internationally known ballerina who stood out for the delicacy and eloquent purity of her dancing and stage presence, died Friday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 60. The cause was complications of cancer, ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, Boston Globe,  7 Apr 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Rudolf Nureyev,  George Balanchine

Eva Evdokimova, Ballerina, Dies at 60

Eva Evdokimova-Gregori, an internationally known ballerina who stood out for the delicacy and eloquent purity of her dancing and stage presence, died on Friday in Manhattan. She was 60 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was complications of cancer, said ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  6 Apr 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Rudolf Nureyev,  George Balanchine

Daniel Nagrin Dies at 91; Modern Dancer and Choreographer

Daniel Nagrin, a choreographer, performer, teacher and writer who was known for intensely dramatic solos that became modern-dance classics, died on Dec. 29 in Tempe, Ariz. He was 91 and lived in Tempe. His death, at Friendship Village, a hospice, was ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  2 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Anna Kisselgoff

In Berkshires Dance Oasis, Fresh Talents Still Bloom

It was a dark and stormy night at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Thunder and lightning crashed around the slender figure of a choreographer, Joanna Haigood, who had crossed the deserted festival campus to make a call at a pay phone. She was ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Doris Duke,  Bill T. Jones

Dizzying Combinations Mix It Up at Durham Festival

Charles L. Reinhart, left, a director of the dance festival, and Shen Wei, a choreographer. An undated photo of dancers in a Graham formation at Bennington College in Vermont, where the festival began in 1934. It began in 1934 at Bennington College ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  8 Jun 2008
Related Topics: AARP,  Duke University,  Paul Taylor,  David Parsons,  Alvin Ailey

Dance Review: Ailey Fledglings Show How Far They Can Fly

Is it quibbling to say that the Ailey II dancers look way too professional to be members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s junior troupe? Or to be participating in an event, the Joyce Theater’s “1 2 3 Festival,” that showcases dancers at the ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  2 May 2008
Related Topics: Alvin Ailey,  Nina Simone,  Philip Glass,  Robert Schumann

Dance Review: The Ore of Youth, Under Refinement

To see young dancers perform at the start of their careers is to see dance in a poignantly pure or raw state. They have not developed star personas or the practiced look of longtime corps dancers. The world is theirs, or so they hope. And the 123 ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  1 May 2008
Related Topics: Paul Taylor,  Alvin Ailey

Dance Review | Miami City Ballet: Bring It On: Feasting on Bonbons, Then Belting Down Scotch

The Miami City Ballet danced a smartly chosen program on Friday at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Greenvale, N.Y. Three bonbons showed off the company’s precise and joyful way with movement, followed by the dance equivalent of a belt of ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  27 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Twyla Tharp,  George Balanchine,  Edward Villella,  Lincoln Kirstein

Dance Review: Twists and Turns of a Final Phone Call

John Selya stood out from the crowd as a dancer in American Ballet Theater and later in “Movin’ Out,” the Twyla Tharp-Billy Joel Broadway musical. Smart, bold and imaginative, Mr. Selya turned to choreography that tended to be intriguingly oddball but ...

From JENNIFER DUNNING, The New York Times,  25 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Billy Joel,  Twyla Tharp,  Jean Cocteau,  Alvin Ailey,  Jacques Brel

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