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Orlando Ballet appointed Bruce Marks, internationally acclaim-ed artist and director, as Artistic Director for three years beginning July 1, 2006. The appointment follows Marks initial appointment as Interim Artistic Director following the unexpected death of late Orlando Ballet Artistic Director, Fernando Bujones... Standing O Productions presents Embracing the Dream, a 5-day dance education conference, July 24-28, 2006 at the Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. R.S.V.P. 630-879-0244; www.standingoproductions.net
The UCLA Library has acquired the largest private collection ever assembled of rare materials by and
about modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan (1877/78-1927). Built by Los Angeles attorney Howard Holtzman over a 30- year period, the collection of some 1500 items includes manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, artwork, contracts and box office statements and ephemera. It is housed in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.
Among the collection's highlights are numerous manuscripts in Duncan's hand, many unpublished, about
dance, life, her artistic philosophy, teaching and her husband; numerous writings including a diary by Edward Gordon Craig about his collaborations and relationship with Duncan; 19 letters by Duncan's adopted daughter Irma about her mother; 75 original contracts for appearances in Moscow, St. Petersburg and many locations in Germany; and 39 box office statements.
The collection contains more than 300 sculptures, sketches, watercolors and other artworks by 13 artists, including Antoine Bourdelle, Gordon Craig, Jules Grandjouan, Robert Henri, Dame Laura Knight and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. It also includes such unique items as Duncan's personal guestbook, featuring the signatures of Gabriel d'Annunzio, Auguste Rodin, Preston Sturges and Oscar Wilde; and silk scarves designed and printed by her brother Raymond.
Jenny Siu-Khan Chiang, former principal ballerina of Northern Ballet Theatre and formerly on the faculty of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School and the North Carolina School of the Arts, and Yves de Bouteiller, former principal dancer of Ballet du Nord and the Milwaukee Ballet, and former artistic director of the Channel Islands Ballet, will be members of the faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive. Mr. de Bouteiller will be on the faculty from July 24-28, 2006 and Miss Chiang will be on the faculty from July 31-August, 2006. For more information about the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive, contact: Shreveport Dance Academy at 318-865-8242.
World-renowned artistic director and choreographer Ben Stevenson has signed a five-year contract to remain as artistic director with Texas Ballet Theater. The contract will be effective July 1, 2006 and will run through June 30, 2011...Andrea Dillenburg has joined Nashville Ballet as the new Executive Director...Kris Cangelosi from Baton Rouge, LA received the 2006 overall choreographic award of $1000.00 for her work "Poison," performed by the Cangelosi Dance Project at the 25th Panoply Arts Festival sponsored by The Arts Council held in Huntsville, AL.
The Glenda Brown Choreography Project will take place at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, July 24-Aug. 6th. For online information and registration, visit www.allegroballet.org... Luigi's Summer 2006 Intensive Jazz Dance Workshop is July 10-22 (two sessions--take either week or both weeks). For information, call 212.874.6215...The American Dance Festival (ADF) will hold a four-day conference on the current state of screendance around the glove. Conference will be July 6-9. for more info, visit www.americandancefestival.org.
Tony Waag's Tap City Festival will be held July 8-22. For a complete line-up of events, go to www.atdf.org...Robert Battle's Battleworks and PARADIGM both perform at The Joyce Theater, July 5-9. Company C Contemporary Ballet is also at The Joyce, July 20-23.