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American Ballet Theatre.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: American Ballet Theatre.(Dance review)

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New York City Center, NYC

October 21-November 2, 2008

Reviewed by Joseph Carman

Honoring Antony Tudor this season, ABT stressed the choreographer's influence on the company's artistic philosophy. With five Tudor ballets and one excerpted pas de deux, ABT paid its artistic conscience a thoughtful tribute. But the real feature of the two-week run--one packed with deliciously varied repertory-was the satisfying contrast to their spring season at the Met, which is always stuffed with full-length behemoths.

The one-night Tudor Centennial Celebration on Halloween (a detail that probably would have provoked a wicked snicker from Tudor) was danced with sincerity and technical security. Film tributes showed Tudor in interviews and rehearsals, commentaries by Agnes de Mille and ABT director Kevin McKenzie, and illuminating footage of Tudor ballerinas like Nora Kaye, Sallie Wilson, and Gelsey Kirkland.

Continuo, a short piece originally choreographed for...

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