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Vol 9, Issue 42 Aug 27-Sep 2, 2003
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There's plenty of Jewels in Cincinnati's dance scene

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George Balanchine's Jewels, CINCINNATI BALLET's season opener (presented in collaboration with Columbus' BalletMet) dazzles Oct. 10-12 at the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall (600 Walnut St., Downtown). With a cast of over 60, live music by Fauré, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky will be featured. 513-621-5282 ...

At the same venue experience THE PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY, presented by Cincinnati Ballet and Cincinnati Arts Association November 7-8. Taylor has been called "the reigning master of modern dance." We might see "Aureole," "Company B" or something entirely new: At 71, Taylor's still choreographing. Info: 513-621-5282 ...

Contemporary Dance Theater's Guest Artist Series opener, SALIA NI SEYDOU, (Fall's Favorites) appears Oct. 3-4, followed on Nov. 21-22 by GROUNDWORKS DANCE THEATER. Both appear at the Aronoff's tidy Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Info: 513-621-2787 ...

At the College Hill Town Hall (1805 Larch Ave.), CDT hosts MOYAMO DANCE, directed by Anna Sapozhnikov on Sept. 20, with dancers and choreography from Chicago, Champaign, Ill., and Louisville. THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF DIANE GERMAINE, including "Such a Landscape," with familiar Cincinnati performers comes to the same location Dec. 12-14. Info: 513-591-1222. ...

Sept. 12-13 brings BALLETTECH OHIO PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION's Little Prince to the Jarson-Kaplan. It's based on the imaginative fable by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with choreography from guest Brandon Becker and pre-professional dancers. Info: 513-241-2787 ...

Finally, more aspiring dancers mix it up to the original music in WEST SIDE STORY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, starring Tatyana Makaova's Next Generation Dance Company and three professional dancers, Sept. 11-14, at Xavier University's Gallagher Student Center Theatre. Info: 513-745-3939 ...

Special update: On Sept. 25, Cincinnati Ballet is organizing EVERYTHING THAT MOVES, a sampler event from major dance groups around the city (including the Dance Division at CCM and The School for Creative and Performing Arts) at its Downtown studios (1555 Central Pkwy. at Liberty). Info: 513-621-5219. ... Keep tuned for more details!

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Previously in Shake It

Shake It: Basically Dance Cincinnati Ballet students tame Beauty and the Beast By Kathy Valin (May 28, 2003)

Shake It: Basically Dance Ballet Tech's calling all cars for an arresting performance of Coppelia By Kathy Valin (May 14, 2003)

Shake It: Basically Dance Pittsburgh's Dance Alloy gets out of the house with a visit to Cincinnati By Kathy Valin (May 7, 2003)

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Other articles by Kathy Valin

Encore! World-class ballet dancers return to perform in Cincinnati (August 6, 2003)

Between People Local choreographers present varied program (June 4, 2003)

Will You, Won't You, Will You Join the Dance? SCPA dancers interpret Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (May 14, 2003)

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