By Steve Sucato The Joffrey Ballet, co-founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, is proudly described on the company website as “America’s Company of Firsts.” It was the first dance company to appear on American television, the first to grace the cover of Time magazine, the first to perform at the White House, and
By Ashley Killar When Australian Ballet revived John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet at the end of last year, it looked fresh as paint, though it was 20 years since they had last danced the ballet. I saw the December 1 performance in Sydney — and the next morning realized that December 2 was the 60th
By Michael Crabb Lynn Seymour, in one of many artistic excursions beyond the world of classical ballet, made her debut with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1971 channeling Janis Joplin in Ailey’s Flowers. Seymour arrived onstage smoking an oversized joint — allegedly fake. Not many months later she was back at the Royal Ballet