Dance-off takes on a Texas flair
A dance competition with untested artists, celebrity judges, audience voting and prize money: No, it’s not the delirious TV series “Dancing With the Stars” or “So You Think You Can Dance” but Ballet Austin’s very, very similar “New American Talent/Dance” event taking place Feb. 16-19 in Austin’s Paramount Theatre.
Selected from 50 applicants, choreographers Thang Dao, Thaddeus Davis and Sonya Delwaide will each get 40 hours to create a new work on the Austin dancers -- with professional performances, national publicity and a cash award as the potential payoff.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Feb. 5, 2006 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday January 29, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 32 words Type of Material: Correction
Artistic director -- An Arts Note in today’s Calendar describes John Meehan as the new artistic director of the Australian Ballet. He is the new artistic director of the Hong Kong Ballet.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday February 05, 2006 Home Edition Sunday Calendar Part E Page 2 Calendar Desk 0 inches; 31 words Type of Material: Correction
Ballet director -- An Arts Note last Sunday described John Meehan as the new artistic director of the Australian Ballet. He is the new artistic director of the Hong Kong Ballet.
Virginia Johnson (the editor of Pointe magazine), John Meehan (new artistic director of the Australian Ballet) and Dwight Rhoden (the artistic director of Complexions Dance Company) are the judges. But you, YOU, Y-O-U will get to vote, and even deliver TV-style screaming ovations, if you’re deep in the art of Texas three weeks from now.
Lewis Segal
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