Dance in Saratoga Springs

by Denise Limoli

Overview

Known to aspiring dancers and ballet enthusiasts worldwide, Saratoga Springs is much more than the home of the National Museum of Dance. The arts have always been nurtured in the Spa City, and in 1964, the world-famous founder of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine, decided to make the new Saratoga Performing Arts Center his company's summer home. The company has brought some of the world's most famous dancers and choreographers to Saratoga ever since. Skidmore College offered one of the best dance programs in the nation, and several prestigious academies and summer programs have made Saratoga their home, helping young people from Lake Avenue and around the world achieve that illustrious dream of dancing professionally. Skidmore dance professor Denise Warner Limoli narrates this beautiful history, from turn-of-the-century floral fetes" to today's vibrant dance community."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609491673
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/14/2013
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,090,357
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Denise Limoli danced with the Hartford Ballet & American Ballet Theatre. She was Ballet Master at Minnesota Dance Theatre and Nevada Ballet Theatre, is Senior Ballet Master for Nutmeg Ballet and teacher for American Ballet Theatre's summer intensive. She joined the dance department at Skidmore College in 1992, is on the Saratoga County Arts Council and National Museum of Dance board of directors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 13

1 Entertainment in Nineteenth-Century Saratoga Springs 15

2 Skidmore College Dance Department 25

3 Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the New York City Ballet Come to Town 41

4 Dance Teachers and Dance Schools in Saratoga Springs 69

5 The National Museum of Dance and the Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame 85

6 The Office of Special Programs, Skidmore College 101

7 Modern Dance in Saratoga Springs 107

8 Dance Organizations in Saratoga Springs 115

9 Arts Education at Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the New York City Ballet 121

10 New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) 127

11 Dance Around the City 131

12 The Dance Audience 137

Appendix 1 Skidmore College Department of Dance Faculty and Staff 149

Appendix 2 Skidmore College Dance Faculty Biographies 151

Appendix 3 Skidmore College Department of Dance Guest Artists in Ballet (Partial List) 157

Appendix 4 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Staff 159

Appendix 5 New York City Ballet Staff 161

Appendix 6 Repertoire Performed by the New York City Ballet at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center 163

Appendix 7 Local Dance Schools and Directors 169

Appendix 8 National Museum of Dance Staff 171

Appendix 9 Skidmore College, Office of the Dean of Special Programs Staff 173

Appendix 10 Skidmore College Department of Dance and Office of the Dean of Special Programs: Modern Dance Guest Artists and Companies in Residence 175

Appendix 11 Dance Organizations, Dance Departments, Dance Supplies 177

Notes 179

Bibliography 187

About the Author 189