Mark Morris’s new dance home opens. “The Morris Dance Center — perhaps the most lavish dance center in New York, created at a cost of $6.2 million — has become something of a symbol. For Mr. Morris and his dancers, it is a place to call home. For other dance companies, it is a place to envy, a place where dancers have their own cubicles, their own physical therapists, their own mailboxes.” The New York Times 09/12/01 (one-time registration required for access)
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A BARBIE BALLET
Barbie is sponsoring the English National Ballet’s production of Nutcracker this year. “Mattel said the £85,000 sponsorship deal, due to be officially announced on Tuesday, was designed to encourage young girls to become more interested in ballet.” BBC 09/10/01