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For Eliot Feld, It's All a Matter of Gravity
By JANE RUBINSKY
Ramps and Steve Reich have fascinated Eliot Feld (photo) since the mid-’80s (when his ballets Aurora I and II, set to Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, premiered at the Joyce Theater). Both figure prominently in Feld’s newest work, Sir Isaac’s Apples, which receives its premiere this month by the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, launching a yearlong series of special commissions for Juilliard’s centennial.
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100 Years of History on 4 Walls
How do you convey Juilliard's rich, 100-year history on four walls? Jane Gottlieb and Jeni Dahmus (photo), and Barbara Cohen-Straytner faced just such a challenge when they co-curated a multimedia exhibit, “The Juilliard School, 1905-2005: Celebrating 100 Years,” which opens on September 16 at the N.Y. Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
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Tours, Commissions, and Special Events Add Zest to 2005-06 Season
Juilliard is celebrating its centennial by doing what it does best: producing more than 700 performances of music, dance, and drama, featuring numerous commissions as well as important works of the canon. Among them are a new work by playwright Craig Lucas (photo), and an opera by alumnus Lowell Liebermann based on Nathanael West’s 1933 novel Miss Lonelyhearts.
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On Columbus Circle, Kansas City Boogie-Woogie
By LOREN SCHOENBERG
One of the most intriguing aspects of jazz is that there are still many musicians active who have direct links to the music’s early history. One of those artists is bandleader and saxophonist Bobby Watson, who joins the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra this month for some rollicking boogie-woogie as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Kansas City Boogie-Woogie Festival.
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