People And Companies In The News - Brief Article

The Drama League in Manhattan honored Chita Rivera in February. Rosemary Clooney, Alan Cummings, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and Sandy Duncan were among the stars who performed in a tribute to the Broadway legend ... American Ballet Theatre corps member Yu Xin will play a dancer targeted by a murderer on the CBS television miniseries Diagnosis Murder.

The episode, called "Red's Shoes," was co-written by ABT alumna Victoria Rowell and was to air in late April or early May ... Dancers from the Broadway musical Fosse unveiled Jockey's fall 2001 underwear collection this January in a New York runway show that featured singing, dancing, and all that jazz ... Mavis Staines, artistic director of Canada's National Ballet School, has been appointed artistic president-designate of the Prix de Lausanne ... An Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in dance went to Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker. The French Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu won best new dance production, and Bob Fosse and Ann Reinking won best theater choreography award for Fosse ... Former New York City Ballet star and founder of the National Dance Institute Jacques D'Amboise and Dance Theatre of Harlem creator Arthur Mitchell will share a $250,000 Heinz Award for the work they've done to motivate youth through dance ... Dance Insider Online (www.danceinsider.com) has received a Best of the Net award ... Houston Ballet received $1 million to help it identify and train young dancers ... The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C., has established the Nikolai Morozov Scholarship Fund, which will help deserving students from around the world study at the school ... Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley recently hired five new dancers ... Martin Cohen, executive director of the Washington Ballet, is stepping down after a productive year-long partnership with Artistic Director Septime Webre. Together they tripled the company's subscription base. At press time, development consultant Karen Thomas was serving as interim director ... Benjamin Houk leaves Fort Worth Dallas Ballet this month after three years at the helm. At press time the search was on for a replacement and the company's artistic advisor, Bruce Marks, was filling in ... Leyla Fayyaz, Renata Pavam, Jamar Goodman, and Ricardo Torres have joined ABT's corps de ballet ... At New York City Ballet, corps members Janie Taylor and Jared Angle have been promoted to soloists.