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This article by Nicole Plett was prepared for the September 12,
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Dance Preview
Central New Jersey dance audiences are among the most
engaged and knowledgeable to be found anywhere, I’ve come to believe.
Among the points of note in my unscientific survey of last season:
The acclaim that greeted American Repertory Ballet’s all-woman
choreographers
program "Dancing Through the Ceiling" at McCarter Theater,
and how the audience singled out its best work, by Dominique Dumais,
for its most lavish applause. Then there are our tireless audiences
that cheerfully stay out past 11 p.m. on a week night to ask smart
questions of such leading choreographers as Mark Morris and Bill T.
Jones.
The audience was just as discriminating, I noted, when they flocked
to the exits during the second intermission of the David Parsons Dance
Company evening at McCarter, long on overblown production gimmicks
and short on dance ideas. And at State Theater, audiences flock to
movement feasts of dance by diverse cultures, from urban American
tap, to Argentinean tango, to African tribal dance and music.
The coming season offers an array of choices in dance, covering all
of the above and more. And for those who want to know more about
dance-making
in the state, the season begins with the second annual Discover Dance
New Jersey three-day festival at Community Theater, in Morristown.
973-539-8008.
A three-day festival of performances by area dance companies featuring
Randy James Dance Works, Nai-Ni Chen Dance, Acrodanse Theater Company,
New Jersey Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Company, New Jersey Tap Ensemble, Kennedy Dancers, Ramos Dance, Terra
Firma Dance, and Alborada Spanish Dance Theater. October 5 and 6,
at 8 p.m.; October 7, at 3 p.m.
732-246-7469.
presented
by Graham Lustig’s ballet company in collaboration with Carolyn
Dorfman’s
modern dance company. $20, $26, $32. Friday, September 22, 8 p.m.
storytelling
features "Where the Wild Things Are," based on the storybook
by Maurice Sendak, and Graham Lustig’s "Midsummer Night’s
Dream."
$20, $26, $32. Friday, October 19, 7 p.m., and Saturday, October 20,
2 p.m.
production
of the holiday classic, choreographed by Graham Lustig, with decor
and costumes by Emmy Award-winning designer Zack Brown. Tchaikovsky’s
sparkling score performed by a live orchestra. $16 to $32. December
15 and 16.
premiere classical ballet company to benefit the Dance Power, ARB’s
innovative dance in the public schools program. $20, $26, $32. Friday,
November 9, 8 p.m.
War Memorial, West Lafayette Street, Trenton, 609-984-8400.
storytelling
features "Where the Wild Things Are," based on the storybook
by Maurice Sendak, and Graham Lustig’s "Midsummer Night’s
Dream."
$20, $26, $32. Saturday, November 3, 7 p.m.
choreographed by Graham Lustig. $20 to $32. December 22 and 23, 1
p.m.
University Place, 609-258-2787.
production
of the Tchaikovsky holiday classic. $26 to $38. November 21, 23, 24,
25, and 26.
Lustig presents his second showcase for women choreographers featuring
new commissioned works. $20, $26, $32. March 12, 8 p.m.
founded
in 1989 to promote wide knowledge of the Aboriginal and Islander
culture.
Its performers were featured at the opening ceremony of the Sidney
Olympics. $27 & $30. October 2, 8 p.m.
people featuring four top ensembles that hail from Roma homelands
in Rajasthan, India, and from Romania, Macedonia, and Spain. $33 &
$36. October 5, 8 p.m.
New York City Ballet presents the Balanchine Project, a company she
founded to preserve the legacy of her mentor. Program from repertory
that includes "Apollo," "Concerto Barocco,"
"Tzigane,"
and "Divertimento No. 15." $35 & $38. October 23, 8 p.m.
modern dance company, founded in 1992, on tour with "Sitting
Still,"
a hypnotizing group work that draws on Chinese symbolism and
abstraction.
$27 & $30. November 6, 8 p.m.
company of the Philippines performs folk and ritual dances to the
accompaniment of indigenous music. $33 & $36. November 7, 8 p.m.
performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in a program
that includes Jones’s "D-Man in the Waters"to Mendelssohn’s
"Octet for Strings." $35 & $38. January 29, 8 p.m.
veteran
Russian folk dance company under the direction of 95-year-old Igor
Moiseyev. $41 & $44. March 6, 8 p.m.
Irish-American
dance company, founded in Chicago in 1990, presents its innovative
repertoire. $35 & $38. March 13, 8 p.m.
an all-Ravel evening featuring Meryl Tankard’s "Bolero" and
Tero Saarinen’s "Gaspard." $35 & $38. April 16, 8 p.m.
travesty ballet presents its intelligent, and choreographically
correct,
parodies of classic dance works with a repertoire that ranges from
"Swan Lake" to Balanchine to Martha Graham. $29 & $32. April
21, 3 p.m.
six-member
company, founded at Dartmouth College and now celebrating its 30th
anniversary, makes its 16th Princeton appearance with a program of
new works of wit, humor, and drama. $31 & $34. May 21 and 22, 8 p.m.
of the Tchaikovsky classic begins its holiday run featuring a cast
of 100, sets by Michael Anania, with live accompaniment by the Paper
Mill Orchestra. $20 to $44. Performances December 21 through 30.
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 877-782-8311.
features
the story of two brothers who are in love with the same woman. $20
to $45. October 6, 3 p.m.
Cuba’s prima ballerina, Alicia Alonso, in "The Magic of
Dance,"
with excerpts from "Coppelia," "Swan Lake,"
"Giselle,"
and "Don Quixote." $20 to $38. November 15, 8 p.m.
and always popular modern dance company makes its State Theater debut.
$20 to $32. January 11, 8 p.m.
the dynamic troupe performing such flamenco styles as boleros,
zapateados,
and reencuentros. $20 to $32. February 20, 8 p.m.
revision
of the Old Testament Book of Esther. $20 to $38. February 28, 8 p.m.
directed by veteran ballet master and choreographer Yuri Grigorovich,
performs "Swan Lake." $20 to $38. March 15 and 16, 8 p.m.
dance, music, and visual design. $16 to $22. March 20, 8 p.m.
celebrated
dance and vocal troupe celebrate their 10th anniversary tour. $20
to $38. March 21, 8 p.m.
program
includes "Millennium Skiva," "Pleiades," and
"Discman,"
a huge puppet creation. $20 to $32. April 12, 8 p.m.
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