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Ballet Review

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Ballet Review
Editor and DesignerMarvin Hoshino
CategoriesDance,ballet,modern dance,contemporary dance,criticism,interviews
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherDance Research Foundation, Inc.
Founded1965
Final issue2020
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.balletreview.com
ISSN0522-0653

Ballet Review[1]was a printpublicationwhich covered all aspects ofdance.[2][3]It was published by thenon-profitDance Research Foundation, Inc.[4]

While its name says "ballet,"it also coveredmodern dance,contemporary dance,otherchoreography,and all kinds offolk danceincluding Asian traditions. It was noted for its carefully chosen contemporary and historicalphotographs;in-depthinterviewswith dancers, choreographers, and company directors; criticism and analyses; and reports of recent performances inNew York City,inworld capitals,and from aroundAmerica.

Arlene Croce,[5][6]David Vaughan,and Robert Cornfield foundedBallet Reviewin 1965. Croce served as the publication's first editor.[7]Vaughan continued to write for the magazine until 2016, and Cornfield was the magazine's second editor. In 1970 anonprofit organization,the Dance Research Foundation,[8]was created to oversee the publication ofBallet Review.The Foundation is also involved in research about dance and related arts.[7]Francis Mason,[9]co-author ofBalanchine’s Complete Stories of the Great Ballets[10][11]was editor from 1980 until his death in 2009.

In 2009, Marvin Hoshino,[12]who had been thedesignerofBallet Reviewsince the 1980s, became the editor. Under Mr. Hoshino's leadership,Ballet Reviewexpanded and in 2013 it began publishing its photographs in color.[13]Mr. Hoshino continued to design the publication, and with his technical knowledge, astute eye, and masterful manipulation of color and tone, he firmly establishedBallet Reviewas "ThePremier Dance Journal. "[14]In May 2019,Ballet Reviewannounced that it would be suspending publication, and in November 2019 it announced that it would be ceasing publication.[15]Ballet Review'sfinal (double) issue, Volume 48, Numbers 1 & 2, "Spring-Summer 2020," was published in August 2020.

Dance Research Foundation, Inc.

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The Dance Research Foundation, Inc.[16]is supported in part by funds from National Endowment for the Arts,[17]the New York State Council on the Arts,[18]The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.[19]The current members of the Board of Directors of the Foundation are Hubert Goldschmidt, Alan W. Kornberg, Dawn Lille, Michael Popkin, and David S. Weiss.

References

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  1. ^Ballet review. (Journal, magazine, 1965) [WorldCat.org]
  2. ^Robert Greskovic (October 2005).Ballet 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet.Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 605.ISBN978-0-87910-325-5.
  3. ^Steven Belletto; Daniel Grausam (1 October 2012).American Literature and Culture in an Age of Cold War: A Critical Reassessment.University of Iowa Press. p. 57.ISBN978-1-60938-113-4.
  4. ^"Dance Research Foundation".
  5. ^Robert Gottlieb (2008).Reading Dance: A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras.Pantheon Books. p. 1.ISBN978-0-375-42122-8.
  6. ^James Wolcott (2 October 2012).Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies New York.Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 200.ISBN978-0-7679-3062-8.
  7. ^abSally Banes; Mikhail Baryshnikov (2003).Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything was Possible.Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 165.ISBN978-0-299-18014-0.
  8. ^"Dance Research Foundation".
  9. ^MacAuley, Alastair."Francis Mason, Voice for Dance Over 5 Decades, Dies at 88"
  10. ^"Bibliography.Balanchine
  11. ^Robert Gottlieb (2008).Reading Dance: A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras.Pantheon Books. p. 1.ISBN978-0-375-42122-8.
  12. ^New York Times."Marvin Hoshino Obituary"
  13. ^"Marvin Hoshino (1947-2020)".
  14. ^"Ballet Review -ThePremier Dance Journal ".
  15. ^"Letter to Subscribers".Ballet Review.
  16. ^"Dance Research Foundation".
  17. ^"The National Endowment for the Arts".
  18. ^"The New York State Council on the Arts".
  19. ^"The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation".
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