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Written by Barry Gaines
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Saturday, 19 November 2005 |
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“Tartuffe,” the satiric comedy of religious hypocrisy and gullible patrons by the 17th century French comic genius Moliére, is running at the Vortex.
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Written by D.S. Crafts
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Saturday, 19 November 2005 |
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Deborah Voigt is the reigning Wagnerian soprano of our time. With that in mind I was looking forward to hearing her rock the chandeliers at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Friday night (knowing full well there are no chandeliers at the Lensic). Instead she brought to Santa Fe a program highlighting her latest CD recording of American songs, All My Heart, few of which require the vocal power she commands.
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"Thoroughly Modern Millie" at Popejoy Hall |
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Written by ABQjournal staff
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Saturday, 19 November 2005 |
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The last touring Broadway musical that Popejoy Hall presented was the hit "Chicago," which plunged the audience into the free-wheeling 1920s rife with con artists and murderers. The hall's current touring Broadway show, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," is set in 1920s' New York City, but the atmosphere here is decidedly up-beat, though the plot is slow to develop in the first act.
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Dance Review: Yjastros -- American Flamenco Repertory Company |
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Written by Jennifer Noyer
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Saturday, 12 November 2005 |
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Joaquin Encinias, artistic director of Yjastros: American Flamenco Repertory Company, has created Flamenco: En Otra Voz, or In Another Time, a presentation of his new and exciting flamenco works. The other time in the title of this concert must be an allusion to both past and future. The choreography included flamencoís historic Gypsy roots in Spain, seen especially in Alejandro Granados's Bulerias, and its now and future modern aspects as cultures blend and enrich each other. The final dance, Dime quÈ te Pasa, pulsed with energy as jazz saxophonist Jesse Lee Montijoís rich, exotic sound expanded on the rhythmic excitement of guitar and percussion.
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Written by D.S. Crafts
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Saturday, 12 November 2005 |
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British conductor Andrea Quinn took the podium at Popejoy Hall Friday night to lead the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. Billed as “Eddie Daniels Swings” this Classics concert featured the jazz clarinetist in Aaron Copland’s Concerto for Clarinet.
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About Reviewers D.S. Crafts (Website) Composer Daniel Steven Crafts came to New Mexico from San Francisco where he had hosted a classical music radio program on KPFA. His first commission from opera star Jerry Hadley, "The Song & the Slogan" based on texts by Carl Sandburg, was made into a TV program for the PBS network and aired nationally in 2004 and won an Emmy for Best Music. His latest opera La Llorona is a collaboration with novelist Rudolfo Anaya based on his play "The Season of La Llorona." Mr. Crafts is currently working on another commission from Jerry Hadley for a piece about the American Southwest which includes texts by Rudolfo Anaya and V.B. Price. Two CDs of his music, Contemporaries (short, satirical keyboard works) and ARIAS (excerpts from his various operas) have been released on the BACAT label in San Francisco.
David Steinberg David Steinberg has covered state government, the courts, city and county government in Santa Fe for the Albuquerque Journal. He's been an arts writer for the past 20 years, and serves as the book editor, for the Journal. Over the years, he's also acted in plays, sung in choruses and played trumpet.
Jennifer Noyer Jennifer Noyer has been writing dance reviews for the Albuquerque Journal for 17 years, as well as contributing articles for Dance Magazine and other art journals. She trained in dance with Hanya Holm in New York City and Colorado Springs, and studied several dance techniques at the graduate level at the University of Michigan. After teaching dance at Wayne State University she entered and completed a Masters Degree in Humanities there. In New Mexico Ms. Noyer has taught, directed, and choreographed contemporary dance for several years. Her writing on dance includes a monograph accompanying the video of choreographer Bill Evens’ ballet “The Legacy.” An overview of Evans’s world wide career, it was written and published during his tenure at the University of New Mexico. Ms. Noyer’s studies in the humanities, and her studio dance work influence her approach to dance as an integrative art form in the United States.
Barry Gaines Barry Gaines has taught Shakespeare in the University of New Mexico English Department for over twenty-five years and has received two outstanding teaching awards. He has written theater reviews for the Journal since 2000. He has attended theater all over the world including Shakespeare productions in Russia, South Africa, Denmark, and Poland. He has also served as literary advisor for two professional theater companies and written performance reviews for Shakespeare Quarterly. Gaines has taken two years of acting with Paul Ford and appeared in small parts in three plays at the Albuquerque Little Theater. He believes that he is probably a better reviewer than actor.
Joanne Sheehy Hoover Joanne Sheehy Hoover, music critic emeritus of the Albuquerque Journal, has written for NPR, PBS, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Symphony, among others. She has also been a music lecturer for the Smithsonian Associates and a music critic and arts writer for The Washington Post. She was director of the Levine School of Music, one of the country’s largest community music schools, in Washington, D. C. 1980-1993. She and her husband moved to Corrales, New Mexico in July 1993. Also a poet, her fifth collection, “Einstein in New Mexico,” was published in 2002.
Marissa Greenberg Marissa Greenberg is a member of the faculty of the University of New Mexico English Department, where she teaches Shakespeare and early English literature. A prior guest reviewer for the Albuquerque Journal, Greenberg will be reviewing theater while Barry Gaines is out of town. She also composed and edited the program notes for last year’s Albuquerque Shakespeare Festival and has written performance reviews for Shakespeare Bulletin. A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, Greenberg has been performing and studying drama for most of her life. She is thrilled to have this opportunity to review for the Journal.
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