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[samba38]

I'm eager to read views from the dance vets. Will this be the fellow who can shake sense into ABT and salvage their administrative mess?
Here's a repeat of the link:
ABT has a new executive director. Jennifer Dunning reports for the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.c...nce/17APPO.html

[Alexandra]

Samba, I don't know anything about him. A presenter is quite different, and has different problems, from an executive director of a ballet company (the presenter gets the package gift-wrapped, so to speak, and doesn't have to worry about what the company goes through to perform on a tour). But he may well know that    I have a soft spot for anyone who majored in dance at college. I wish him and the company all best -- they deserve some calm.

[liebs]

From my days running a modern dance co. that performed at Hancher, I remember Chappell as a nice guy.  But I do find it curious that ABT couldn't find anyone from NYC who was familiar with the funding and social scene in their last two searches.  NYC is not Iowa.

[LMCtech]

Maybe that's a good thing. It might be good to get some freshness into this rot-ridden organization. I hope he knows what he's getting into.

[ 10-17-2001: Message edited by: LMCtech ]