Winter 1998-99

Cover: Jamie Phillips photographs Ha-Chi Yu and Jason Jordan of Ballet Tech, Amy Smith of Headlong Dance Theater, and Ishmael Houston-Jones. Print exclusive: Mark Morris on “Fact & Mystery.” Plus: The Post-Modern Mole asks: “What Do Dancers Want, Anyway?” Tara Zahra investigates what ballet companies pay their “Nutcracker” children. Robin Hoffman and Elizabeth Roxas offer Insider perspectives on the legacies of Maria Grandy and Alvin Ailey; and DI editor Paul Ben-Itzak posits: “More and More Dancers are Talking on Stage. WHY?” For the Insider Forum, Veronica Dittman asks choreographers Peter Pucci and Terry Creach and Joyce Theater development director Adrienne Morris: “What Won‘t You Do for Money?”

Spring 1999

Cover: The retiring Cisneros, photographed by Marty Sohl with Anthony Randazzo in the Black Swan pas de deux. Kimberly Glasco sues National Ballet of Canada director James Kudelka. NEA chair William Ivey justifies arts spending; Rachel Berman shares why she's retiring from the Paul Taylor Dance Company; Maina Gielgud explains why she‘s leaving the Royal Danish Ballet; Jill Echo tells why fillmaker Matthew Diamond went too far by airing her firing by Paul Taylor; David Parsons talks about his New Year's party for four billion; and Elizabeth Lenhard mixes it up with Stiefel. Insider Forum looks at presenting outside New York City, and we offer a supplement on how artists and presenters are bringing dance to children. PBI polemicizes: “It‘s the Dancers, Stupid.” Stunning photography by Annie Leibovitz, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Jamie Phillips.

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