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Some of the company's best dancers, interestingly, have a ballet background. Desmond Rich-ardson, formerly with Alvin Ailey and now a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, tears up the joint in Percussion 4, while Elizabeth Parkinson, an ex-Joffrey ballerina with legs as long as War and Peace, is volcanically sexy in Sing, Sing, Sing. But the Broadway gypsies are just as satisfying, especially Jane Lanier and Scott Wise, who bring welcome warmth to Fosse without compromising its essential tough mindedness...
...self-defense some composers simply write their own hits. Michael Kamen, a Juilliard-trained oboist, founder of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble and composer for Alvin Ailey and the Joffrey Ballet, wrote the music for the No. 1 songs All for Love from The Three Musketeers and Everything I Do from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, both sung by Bryan Adams. Kamen recalls that he had to fight to get his sinuous, elegant main theme into the movie Don Juan de Marco. "The director [Jeremy Leven] hated the tune," he recalls. Yet when Bryan Adams lent his vocals...
...four choreographers of Joffrey Balle's "Billboards" have definitely taken their artistic inspiration from the score's eccentric composer. Newly released on home video, the remarkable ballet is to a compilation of the music of Prince, and the pieces are wrought with intensity, emotion and sexual energy. As is so often the case with Prince's music videos, some things take place on stage which transcend the bounds of appropriate viewing. But then, you won't see the dancers having this much fun performing "Swan Lake...
Gerald Arpino, co-founder and artistic director of The Joffrey Ballet, conceived and directed this ferocious full-length rock ballet. Prince gave permission for the company to use the highly respected troupe perform for the first time. Actively involved in the collaboration, Prince composed a specially extended version of "Thunder" of The Joffrey...
They skip graceful curtsies during the finalapplause: even their highly choreographed bows atthe end have attitude. While The Joffrey Balletwas touring, "Billboards" played to consistentlysold-out audiences and standing ovations. Thiswork is certainly a highlight in their remarkablydiverse repertoire. The perpetual whistling andcheering from the crowd during the performance mayget tedious, but the audience's abundantenthusiasm reflects the excitement of the ballet