Reader's choice

Dance Magazine, July, 2004

AND THE WINNERS ARE ...

HUNDREDS OF READERS VOTED FOR THEIR FAVORITE BALLETS, COMPANIES, AND DANCERS ON THE BALLOT WE RAN IN OUR MARCH ISSUE. YOU GAVE US MANY THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS WE CAN GUESS HOW HARD IT WAS TO CHOOSE!--AND A FEW SURPRISES. HERE ARE THE TOP THREE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY.

ALL-TIME FAVORITE DANCER

Mikhail Baryshnikov

TRADITIONAL STORY BALLET

Swan Lake Giselle Romeo and Juliet

20th- or 21st-CENTURY BALLET

Serenade by George Balanchine Les Sylphides by Michel Fokine Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins

MODERN DANCE COMPANY

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Mark Morris Dance Group Paul Taylor Dance Company

FEMALE BALLET DANCER

Darci Kistler (above, with Jock Soto in Thou Swell) Sylvie Guillem Kyra Nichols

MALE BALLET DANCER

Angel Corella Jose Manuel Carreno Ethan Stiefel

UNITED STATES BALLET COMPANY

American Ballet Theatre New York City Ballet San Francisco Ballet

FEMALE MODERN DANCER

Carmen de Lavallade Terese Capucilli Natalie Rogers

MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY WORK

Revelations by Alvin Ailey (above) L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato by Mark Morris Appalachian Spring by Martha Graham

MALE MODERN DANCER

Mikhail Baryshnikov Desmond Richardson David Leventhal

BALLET & MODERN CHOREOGRAPHER

Twyla Tharp Mark Morris Paul Taylor

TAP DANCER

Savion Glover Bill Evans Brenda Bufalino

BALLET COMPANY OUTSIDE THE U.S.

Kirov (Maryinsky) Ballet (above, in Giselle) The Royal Ballet Paris Opera Ballet

JAZZ & HIP-HOP

Ann Reinking Chita Rivera Bebe Neuwirth

WORLD DANCE COMPANY

Riverdance Moiseyev Dance Company DanceBrazil

MOVIE

The Turning Point Billy Elliot West Side Story