Ross Stretton bows out - News - quits contract with Royal Ballet - Calendar

Dance Magazine, Dec, 2002 by Allan Ulrich

United States

Alabama

Montgomery

Dec 5-7, Huntingdon Dancers, Huntingdon College, 1500 E Fairview Ave, 334/833-4538

Tuscaloosa

* Dec 11-12, Moscow Ballet, Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave, 334/242-4076

Alaska

Anchorage

Through Dec 1, Cincinnati Ballet, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Atwood Concert Hall, 621 W Sixth Ave, 800/GR8-SEAT

Arizona

Phoenix

* Dec 12-27, Ballet Arizona, Symphony Hall, 225 E Adams, 602/381-1096, 602/381-0189

Scottsdale

Dec 5-6, Instinct Dancecorps, Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, 480/423-6600

Arkansas

El Dorado

* Dec 16, Moscow Ballet, El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W 8th St, 800/792-0521

Fayetteville

Dec 21-22, James Sewell Ballet, Walton Arts Center, 229 S School St, 501/443-5600

Fort Smith

Dec 14, Western Arkansas Ballet, Arkansas Best Performing Arts Center, 55 South 77, 479/785-0152

California

Claremont

* Dec 7-22, Inland Pacific Ballet, Bridges Auditorium, Claremont Colleges, 450 N College Way, 909/607-1139

Costa Mesa

Through Dec 1, Bolshoi Ballet, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, 605 Town Center Dr, 714/556-ARTS

* Dec 18-22, American Ballet Theatre, Orange County Performing Arts Center

Davis

Dec 10, Urban Tap, Mondavi Center, 200 B St, 530/752-1915, www.mondaviarts.org

Dec 13-14, Rent, Mondavi Center

El Cajon

* Dec 28, San Diego Ballet, East County Performing Arts Center, 210 E Main St, 619/440-0395

Irvine

Dec 13-24, Ballet Pacifica, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Univ of California, 4242 Campus Dr, 949/854-4646, 949/854-8490

Los Angeles

Dec 24, 43rd Annual Los Angeles Holiday Celebration, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N Grand Ave, 213/365-3500, www.musiccenter.org

Dec 30, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State Univ, 5151 State Univ Dr, 323/343-6600

Oakland

* Dec 11-24, Oakland Ballet, Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, 510/465-6400

Palos Verdes

Dec 14-15, Palos Verdes Ballet, Norris Theatre, 27570 Crossfield Rd, 310/544-0403

Sacramento

* Dec 5-22, Sacramento Ballet, Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St, 916/264-5181

San Diego

* Dec 19-22, California Ballet, San Diego Civic Theatre, 202 C St, 619/570-1100

* Dec 20-22, San Diego Ballet, Mandeville Auditorium, Univ of California, 9500 Gilman Dr, 858/534-4559

San Francisco

Dec 5-14, Janice Garrett & Dancers, ODC Theater, 3153 17th St, 415/863-9834, 415/863-9833, www.odcdance.org

* Dec 10-29, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave, 415/865-2000

Dec 13-15, The Lively Foundation, Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, 415/255-4800

Dec 15, Cafe Flamenco, ODC Theater

San Jose

* Dec 11-23, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, 408/288-2800

Santa Clara

* Dec 14-15, Santa Clara Ballet Company, Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, 408/881-0879

Connecticut

New London

* Dec 20-21, Eastern Connecticut Ballet, Garde Arts Center, 325 State St, 860/739-7899

Wallingford

Dec 14, James Sewell Ballet, Paul Mellon Art Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, 333 Christian St, 203/697-2488

Watertown

* Dec 13-15, Connecticut Dance Theatre, Taft School, 101 Woodbury Rd, 203/274-0004

Delaware

Newark

* Dec 21-22, Mid-Atlantic Ballet, Mitchell Hall, Univ of Delaware, S College & Amstel Aves, 302/266-6362, www.midatlanticballet.org

District of Columbia

Washington

Through Dec 1, San Francisco Ballet, Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St NW, 202/467-4600

Dec 3-7, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Terrace Theater, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Dec 4-9, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

* Dec 6-22, Washington Ballet, Warner Theatre, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 202/362-3606

Dec 10-15, Bolshoi Ballet, Opera House, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Dec 16-29, The Nightingale, Terrace Theater, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Dec 20-22, Spirit of Kwanzaa, Concert Hall, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Florida

Ft Lauderdale

* Dec 20-22, Miami City Ballet, Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave, 954/462-0222

Melbourne

* Dec 6-7, Moscow Ballet, King Center, 3865 Wickham Rd, 407/242-2219

Miami

Dec 8, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, North Miami Beach Performing Arts Center, 17011 NE Nineteenth Ave, 305/935-3232

* Dec. 13-15, Miami City Ballet, Jackie Gleason Theater, 1700 Washington Ave, 305/673-7300

Orlando

* Dec 13-22, Orlando Ballet, Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, 401 W Livingston St, 407/849-2577

Panama City

* Dec. 8, Moscow Ballet, Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Ave, 850/763-4696, 850/785-5165

Punta Gorda

* Dec 5, Moscow Ballet, Charlotte County Memorial Hall, 75 Taylor St, 941/639-1976

Sarasota

* Dec 20-23, Sarasota Ballet, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N Tamiami Trail, 941/955-7332

Georgia

Atlanta

* Through Dec 29, Atlanta Ballet, Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St NE, 404/249-6400

Dec 13-14, Full Radius Dance, 7 Stages Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave, 404/523-7647

Augusta

* Dec 6-15, Augusta Ballet, Imperial Theater, 745 Broad St, 706/261-0555

Jonesboro