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

Dance Magazine, Sept, 2002

Nov 14-17, Kathy Westwater, Richard Siegal, & Kimberly Bartosik, Dance Theater Workshop, Bessie Schonberg Theater

Nov 15, Dance Galaxy, Annenberg Theatre, 101 Museum Dr, 760/322-3246

Nov 21-23, Faculty Performance Workshop, Tisch School of the Arts, 111 Second Ave, 212/998-1982

Nov 22-23, NYU Distinguished Faculty Concert, Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 W 4th St, 212/998-5865

Nov 26-Dec 1, Jazz Tap Ensemble, Joyce Theater

Purchase

Oct 19, Mark Morris Dance Group, State University of New York/Purchase Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, 914/251-6200, www.purchase.edu

Queens

Oct 24-27, MOMIX, Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, off exit 9E of Grand Central Pkwy, 718/760-0064, 718/760-1972

Nov 14-Dec 15, Andrea Del Conte Danza Espana, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave, 718/729-3880

Valhalla

Sept 21, Kahurangi New Zealand Maori Dance Theatre, Academic Arts Theatre, Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Rd, 914/785-6262

Sept 28, Aman Folk Dance Ensemble, Academic Arts Theatre, Westchester Community College

Oct 5, Flamenco Ole, Academic Arts Theatre, Westchester Community College

Oct 12, LUMA Circus Theatre of Light, Academic Arts Theatre, Westchester Community College

Middle America

Compiled by Dance Magazine Staff Members

OHIO--THE interest stirred by the June 2000 reunion in New Orleans of Ballet Russe dancers continues. On October 18 and 19, Cincinnati Ballet opens its fortieth season with a tribute to Frederic Franklin (recently recovered from coronary bypass surgery), a leading dancer and ballet master with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Artistic director emeritus to CB, Franklin is restaging excerpts from works in which he appeared with Ballet Russe: Seventh Symphony (1938) and Gaite Parisienne (1938) by Leonid Massine; and an early Frederick Ashton ballet, Devil's Holiday (1939); along with the complete Night Shadow (1946) by George Balanchine (now called La Sonnambula). With the ballet company, The Cincinnati Art Museum presents "The Golden Age of Costume and Set Design for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: 1938-1944." From October 10, 2002, to January 12, 2003, the sketches commissioned for new productions during the early years (contributed by ballet patron and Cincinnati industrialist Julius Fleischmann), along with vintage costumes, will be on display. The Public Library of Cincinnati is also organizing a display of related material at its downtown branch and will be offering resource guidance to anyone interested in the history of ballet. CB box office 513/621-5282 or Art Museum 513/621-2787.

Illinois--The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago presents "The Diaghilev Dynasty," an anthology of ballets including Les Noces, Parade, and Le Sacre du printemps. Mark your calendar for February 26 through March 3, 2003.

Oklahoma--Immediately following its tour to Portugal, Tulsa Ballet returns its 2000 evening-length classic production of Lady of the Camellias to the stage on September 27-29. But November 8-10, it shows its contemporary side with Antony Tudor's The Leaves Are Fading, Nacho Duato's Duende, and Val Caniparoli's Prawn Watching. For tickets: 918/ 749-6006 or tickets@tulsaballet.org.