I just received this and thought it might be of interest to those who were not able to attend. Ilene Fox >From: Paul Ben-Itzak <danceinsider@mindspring.com> >Subject: Flash Reviews 2, 5-23: Saving the Dance & Strasberg Swan Song >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Good Morning, Dance Insider! > >Still drizzly here in Gotham on May 23, 2000, but last night moi took a >trip back in time, to 1940, when a few very special women founded a very >special, dance-preserving organization, the Dance Notation Bureau. See my >Flash Report on last night's Lincoln Center gala for the full story! > >Meanwhile, our Far-Flung Flasher, Tara Zahra, hied herself to Boston for >the swan song of local legend Kyra Strasberg. > >Speaking of legends, 80-something Frederic Franklin reportedly returns to >the stage tonight to dance a featured role in "La Sylphide" with American >Ballet Theatre. I say reportedly because, unfortunately, ABT does not seem >that interested in having us report to you on them and never sends us press >releases (not to mention flowers) any more. But just because I don't feel >welcome at the Metropolitan Opera House when ABT's in the house is no >reason you shouldn't hie yourself there for what promises to be a very >special evening, if you're in NYC. Mr. Franklin has been dancing >professionally since before FDR was elected to his FIRST term and, natch, >partnered most of the greats: Markova, Danilova, Slavenska, Toumanova, >Baronova, and Chauvire among them. You might want to call ABT at >212-477-3030 to confirm the performance. > >Oh, and if any of you DO go, we'd be happy to publish your Flash Review! >Deadline is 7 a.m., and you can just send it to me. > >If something more intimate is more your speed, I suggest the final "Dance >on a Shoestring" of the season, from New York Theatre Ballet. Curtain at 7 >p.m. Theater at 30 East 31st Street, 5th Floor. Info: 212-679-0401. > >To read the complete Flash Reviews, please go to or paste into your browser >the following url: http://www.danceinsider.com/. > >Cheers, > >Paul > > >Flash Report, 5-23: Saving the Dance >Celebrating 60 Years of Preserving the Art > >By Paul Ben-Itzak >Copyright 2000 The Dance Insider > >When Ann Hutchinson Guest first sent her notated score of "Symphony in C" >to the U.S. copyright office, it was returned. "No story" was the written >explanation for why the ballet created by George Balanchine in 1952 was not >deemed copyrightable material. Guest, who had co-founded the Dance Notation >Bureau in 1940 with a mission to record and preserve classic dances, took >the problem to Balanchine. "So, make up a story," he suggested. Guest >regaled an audience of fellow dance industry leaders with this and other >recollections last night at Lincoln Center, where the DNB, one of dance's >great unsung heroes, celebrated sixty years of preserving dances. > >Flash Review, 5-23: A Regal Farewell >Strasberg Goes Out on Top > >By Tara Zahra >Copyright 2000 Tara Zahra > >BOSTON -- Kyra Strasberg performed for the last time with the Boston Ballet >Sunday afternoon, ending a fifteen-year career with the company. It was the >first time I've seen a dancer's final performance, and for me watching >Strasberg's family and friends and teachers and fans pay tribute to her on >stage was by far the most moving moment of the afternoon. It felt almost >inappropriate to be watching something that seemed so intimate, like spying >on a stranger's family. But Strasberg's final performance was stunning, and >left me wishing I had known her work better and sooner. > ____________________________________________________ Ilene Fox, Executive Director Dance Notation Bureau 151 West 30th Street, Suite 202 New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212/564-0985; Fax: 212/904-1426 notation@mindspring.com www.dancenotation.org
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