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Pointe work: NCOP boosts ballet making to the next level.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online - approximately 928 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pointe work: NCOP boosts ballet making to the next level.(New Choreographers on Point)(New York)

Article Excerpt
IF YOU'RE forever asking what's new among other things it's New Choreographers on Point (NCOP), an enterprising nonprofit organization founded in 1990 and devoted to, as its name indicates, the presentation of new works created in the classical technique--works that might otherwise never be seen by the dance-going pubic. Right now Ballet Builders is the only showcase in New York City that is open to all ballet choreographers who would like to audition their work.

Ruth Chester, the executive director, and Michael Kraus, the artistic director, met in 1989 in a grant-writing class. They became friends and colleagues, as they discovered that they were, in their respective ways, devoted to the art of dance. Chester, formerly an advertising executive in the field of market research, had retired from that profession and was interested in a new career in...

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