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Dance Season Planner
Compiled and edited by Richard Finkelstein (Reprint
if credited)
Available online at: http://www.artslynx.org/danmile.htm
Comments / corrections graciously
accepted
Growing your audience has a lot to do with
finding the right things to celebrate! This resource is here to help! We've
provided loads of things to celebrate. Bold, highlights, color, and blinking
should help to point out those events that might attract the most attention.
2006
| Jan 5 |
75th Anniversary of the birth of Alvin
Ailey |
| Jan 21 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Igor Moiseyev
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| Jan 23 |
150th Anniversary of the premiere of Le Corsaire
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| Jan 23 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Lester Horton
75th Anniversary of the Death of Pavlova
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| Jan 27 |
250th Anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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| Feb 1 |
75th Anniversary of Doris Humphrey's, The Shakers |
| Feb 14 |
200th Anniversary of the death of Jean Dauberval
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| May 3 |
150th Anniversary of the death of Adolph-Charles Adam
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| May 14 |
100th Anniversary of the debut of Coppelia in Britain
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| May 16 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Beriozoff
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| June 3 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Josephine Baker |
| June 21 |
100th Anniversary the birth of Ruth Pryor Swanson, the first American Prima Ballerina to dance Swan Lake
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| July 27 |
250th Anniversary of the death of French ballet dancer/choreographer, Marie Sallé, the first woman to choreograph ballet for her own dance performances. In a number of ways, here innovations anticipated developments decades or centuries later.
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| August 20 |
150th anniversary of the opening of the current Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
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| Sept 17 |
200th Anniversary of the birth of Madame Augusta (Fuchs)
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| Sept 25 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Dmitri Shostakovich
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| Dec 7 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Phyllis Winifred Bill Manchester |
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2007
| Feb 10 |
100th Anniversary of the premiere of Chopiniana (which later became Les Sylphides)
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| May 4 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Lincoln Kirstein
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| July 3 |
75th Anniversary of the premiere of The Green Table
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| Aug 5 |
50th Anniversary of the debut of the TV show, American Bandstand
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| Sept 4 |
100th Anniversary of the death of composer Edvard Grieg
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| Sept 26 |
50th Anniversary of the premiere of West Side Story
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| Dec 1 |
50th Anniversary of the premiere of Balanchine's Agon
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| Dec 22 |
100th Anniversary of The Dying Swan as a ballet piece
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| Dec 27 |
75th Anniversary of the debut performance at Radio City Music Hall. Included that night was
the work of Martha Graham |
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2008
| Jan 12 |
200th Anniversary of the birth of Paul Taglioni
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| Jan 17 |
50th Anniversary of the premiere of Balanchine's Stars & Stripes
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| July 1 |
50th Anniversary of the Death of Rudolph Laban
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| July 3 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Heinz Rosen
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| Aug 3 |
100th Anniversary of the birth of Brigit Cullberg
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| Aug 4 |
75th Anniversary of the birth of Rudi Van Dantzig
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| Aug 27 |
100th anniversary of the birth of Bolshoi ballerina, Sulamith Messerer
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| Dec 1 |
75th Anniversary of the birth of French ballerina, Violette Verdy
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| Dec2 |
75th Anniversary of the release of Fred Astaire's 1st film, Dancing Lady
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| Dec 19 |
150th Anniversary of the premiere of Flower Festival at Genzano
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| Dec 29 |
50th Anniversary of the Death of Doris Humphrey |
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ARCHIVES
2004
- January 2, 2004
- 100th anniversary of the birth of Sally Rand
- January 3, 2004
- 100th &anniv of the birth of ballet librettist Boris Kochno
- January 10, 2004
- 100th &anniv of the birth of Ray Bolger
- January 14, 2004
- 100th anniversary of the birth of designer, Cecil Beaton
- January 15, 2004
- 225th anniversary of the birth of Jean Coralli
- January 20, 2004
- 125th anniversary of the birth of Ruth St Dennis
- January 22, 2004
- 100th anniversary of the birth of George Balanchine
- February 2, 2004
- 50th &anniv of the premiere of Balanchine's NYCB
production of The Nutcracker
- March 11, 2004
- 100th &anniv of the birth of Salvador Dali
- March 15, 2004
- 25th &anniv of the death of Leonid Massine
- April 23, 2004
- 200th anniversary of the birth of Marie Taglioni
- May 1, 2004
- 100th anniversary of the death of composer, Antonin
Dvorak
- June 18, 2004
- 25th &anniv of the debut session of The USA International
Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi
- June 21, 2004
- 150th &anniv of Fanny Elssler's farewell performance ( Faust
in Vienna)
- July 26, 2004
- 75th &anniv of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes final
performance at Covent Garden Theatre in London
- July 27, 2004
- 1 anniversary of the birth of Anton Dolin
(Patrick Healey-Kay)
- September 17, 2004
- 1 anniversary of the birth of Frederick Ashton
- October 29, 2004
- 10th &anniv of the death of
Pearl Primus
2005
- January 13, 2005
- 100th anniversary of the birth of designer, Oliver Messel
- February 25, 2005
- 100th anniversary of the birth of Harold Lander
- September 18, 2005
- 100th Anniversary of the birth of choreographer, Agnes DeMille
- April 2, 2005
- 200th &anniv of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen
100th anniversary of the birth of Serge Lifar
- April 11, 2005
- 75th anniversary of the first presentation of The Rite of
Spring in The US. Choreography was by Massine
- April 24, 2005
- 100th anniversary of the birth of Helen Tamiris
- May 18, 2005
- 10th &anniv of the death of Alexander Godonov
- August 21, 2005
- 2 of the birth of August Bournonville
- August 28th 2005
- 25th &anniv of the death of Gower Champion
- November 1, 2005
- 100th anniversary of the death of Sergei Legat
- November 12, 2005
- 75th &anniv of the premiere of The Shakers
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