Dance Magazine Fall Preview Critics' Choice 2002 and calendar: September 1-November 30

Dance Magazine, Sept, 2002

Kansas

Lawrence

Oct 4, Cullberg Ballet, Lied Center, Univ of Kansas West Campus, 1600 Stewart Dr, 785/864-2787, www.ukans.edu/~lied

Oct 12, Ragamala Music & Dance Theater, Lied Center, Univ of Kansas West Campus

Oct 24-25, Urban Tap, Lied Center, Univ of Kansas West Campus

Nov 21-22, Cohan/Suzeau, Lied Center, Univ of Kansas West Campus

Kentucky

Lexington

Oct 4-5, Lexington Ballet, Opera House, 401 W Short, 859/233-3535 Louisville

Oct 11, Ballet Hispanico, Kentucky Center for the Arts, 501 W Main St, 502/562-0152

Louisiana

New Orleans

Oct 11-12, Alley II, Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts, 801 N Rampart St, Armstrong Park, 504/522-0996, www.nobadance.com

Nov 2, Mark Morris Dance Group, Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts

Maryland

College Park

Sept 12-13, Doug Varone & Dancers, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ of Maryland, Rt 193 & Stadium Dr, 301/405-7847, www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

Sept 27-28, Maryland Dance Ensemble Showcase, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ of Maryland

Oct 11-12, David Dorfman & Dan Froot, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ of Maryland

Nov 2, The Crossing with Tim O'Brien & Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ of Maryland

Nov 15-20, Maryland Dance Ensemble, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ of Maryland

Frostburg

Oct 5, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Frostburg State Univ Performing Arts Center, 101 Braddock Rd, 301/687-4145

Rockville

Nov 29-Dec 1, Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee St, 301/279-5301

Massachusetts

Amherst

Oct 17, Mark Morris Dance Group, Univ of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center, 151 Presidents' Dr, 413/545-1945, www.umass.edu/fac

Boston

Sept 19-29, Oct 24-Nov 3, Nov 29-30, Boston Ballet, Wang Center for the Performing Arts, 270 Tremont St, 617/482-6661

Oct 4, Snappy Dance Theater, Copley Theatre, Copley Square, 225 Clarendon St, 617/482-6661

Oct 25-27, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St, 800/447-7400

Nov 14-17, American Ballet Theatre, Wang Center for the Performing Arts

Provincetown

Sept 7-8, Maude Baum & Company, St Mary's of the Harbor, 517 Commercial St, 518/465-9916

Michigan

Ann Arbor

Sept 20-22, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Power Center, 121 Fletcher St, 734/764-2538, 734/995-1742

Houghton

Oct 27, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, 1400 Townsend Dr, 906/487-3200

Kalamazoo

Oct 4, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Miller Auditorium, 1903 W Michigan Ave, 800/228-9858, 616/387-2362, www.millerauditorium.com

Pestosky

Sept 26-27, James Sewell Ballet, Crooked Tree Arts Center, 461 E Mitchell St, 231/347-4337, www.crookedtree.org

Minnesota

St Joseph

Nov 16, Parsons Dance Company, Benedicta Arts Center, 37 S College Ave, Saint John's Univ, 320/363-5777

Asia

Kevin Ng, a Hong Kong-based Asian contributor to Dance Magazine, also writes for The Asian Wall Street Journal.

TWO LEADING BALLET companies have been lined up for this fall by the Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan. First is American Ballet Theatre. The company will dance its spectacular production of Le Corsaire on September 12-14, and The Merry Widow (choreographed by Ronald Hynd) from September 18-21. In between these two full-length ballets, there will be a Stars Gala on September 15 at the NHK Hall in Tokyo.