People And Companies In The News - first anniversary fo the Joffrey Ballet/New School, Prime Time Emmy Award for Judith Jamison; these and other dance personalities and highlights are discussed - Brief Article

Dance Magazine, Nov, 1999

The Joffrey Ballet/New School B.F.A. program celebrated its first year with a reception at the Joffrey Ballet School studios on August 30.... Judith Jamison won a Prime Time Emmy Award for outstanding choreography for her work on the PBS Great Performances documentary "A Hymn for Alvin Ailey." ...

Gregory Hines has been named the Ford Freedom Award Scholar in honor of Sammy Davis, Jr., who is the 2000 Ford Freedom Award winner.... Kirk Peterson joins American Ballet Theatre as a ballet master.... Yvan Michaud and Deirdre Carberry have joined Columbia City Ballet as ballet master and ballet mistress.... Sara Rudner has been appointed director of the dance department at Sarah Lawrence College.... Bonnie Brooks has been named chair of the dance department of Columbia College Chicago.... Artistic director Kathy Gosschalk announced her resignation from Rotterdam Dance Company. She will continue as an adviser to the company. Ton Simons became artistic director on October 1.... Eva M. Olson has joined Dance Alloy as executive director and Michael Walsh has joined as a dancer.... Karyn Connell and Christopher Young have joined Diablo Ballet.... Martin Vedel has been hired by Royal Danish Ballet as a soloist.... Toronto choreographer Viv Moore is the recipient of the Paula Citron fFIDA award.