Summary
A year ago at this time, Columbia Dance was preparing for its spring show in a rented Heights strip mall, with several buckets and rags placed strategically around the studio to catch the rainwater dripping through the leaky roof.
Washington State Ballet was moving its annual production from Portland to Vancouver, only to have a storm blow into town, without the Skyview High School auditorium thermostat being adjusted properly. Since no one on site could figure out how to turn up the heat, the company had to perform in air so cold that much of the audience wore jackets.See the full content of this document
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Dance Companies Bloom
Vancouver Dance Theatre still was trying to decide if it should have a permanent artistic director or just rotate in guest artists, if it should start recycling its story-length ballets or not.
Since then, the fortunes for each group have been solidified and appear much brighter, as Vancouver Dance Theatre opens the spring season this weekend with the first of the three major local shows.Instead of returning to a story ballet that the group already has done ("Swan Lake," "Giselle" or "Coppelia" most recently), Vancouver Dance Theatre wi...See the full content of this document
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