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Theater - Theater The Joyce
Shopping & Dining - New Time Warner Center |
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Vol. 1, Issue: No. 32 Feb. 2004 Published by The Manhattan Club, 200 West 56th Street New York, 10019
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| Winter in New York City is the perfect time to enjoy all the great indoor activities that
we tend to overlook at other times when warmer weather has us glued to the outdoors. Whether it is theatre, dinning or shopping that you enjoy the most, there is a bountiful array of great venues that continues to flourish in this vibrant city. Here are some recommendations:
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The Joyce
Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street and is known for presenting some of the best dance performances in the city. Their spectacular 2004 winter and spring schedule includes performances by 19 different companies from around the world. For specific times, more details on each program or to order tickets please go to the Joyce Theater’s web site,
www.joyce.org or call their box office at (212) 242.0800. The Joyce Theater is offering a 15% discount to select performances. To find out more and get the discount visit:
www.nycvisit.com/ciotm.
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 February 10 – 15 –
Elisa Monte Dance returns to the Joyce with two breathtaking programs and the world premiere of Shekhina. Inspired by Leonard Nimoy’s controversial photographs from his book of the same name, Shekina explores the concept of the female manifestation of God as told in the ancient texts of the Kabbalah. Other highlights include Monte’s mesmerizing signature work Treading, the revival of 1987’s compelling men’s quartet Dextra Dei and last year’s critically acclaimed homage to artist Josef Albers, Light Lies.
February 17 – 22 – The Sydney Dance Company lights up the stage with the New York premiere of Graeme Murphy’s powerfully theatrical, evening-length Ellipse, a suite of dances inspired by the music of the young Australian composer Matthew Hindson.
 February 24 – 29 – The Compania Maria Page - Acknowledged in her native Spain and abroad as one of the leading innovators in modern flamenco, Maria Pages infuses her creations with modern dance techniques, jazz and classical music. She reaches the epitome of her art in her acclaimed Flamenco Republic. This powerful work represents our internal landscape of sensations and emotions, from the rhythm of the heart beat, through happiness, sadness, strength, charm and grace.
March 2 – 7 - Armitage Gone! Dance is back at The Joyce with a provocative evening-length world premiere, The Five Boroughs of Dance. Using multilingual New York as a creative point of departure, this high velocity work deftly fuses the languages of music and movement - ballet, Kung Fu, yoga, improv and vogueing. An eclectic cast ranging from trained ballet dancers to self-taught virtuosos from the South Bronx, brings this vision of unity, beauty and self-discovery to life, with music of Bela Bartok, Elena Kats-Chernin, Annie Gosfield to Charles Ives.
 March 9 – 14 – BodyVox is freewheeling imagination unbound. This progressive dance company enthralls audiences with breathtaking physicality, striking , wit and whimsy. Artistic Directors Jamey Hampton, once of Pilobolus, and Ashley Roland continue their creative odyssey, having danced together for two decades.
March 16 – 21 - Peter Boal & Company is humility and humanity, elegance and daring in the expansive dancing of celebrated New York City Ballet principal Peter Boal. Peter Boal & Company, composed of three extraordinary dancers from New York City Ballet company, brings these qualities to the fore in innovative works that blur the line between classical and modern dance. This season they perform powerful, intimate works by William Forsythe, Herman Schmerman’s, the pas de deux , Twyla Tharp’s, Pergolosi, and world premieres by Marco Goecke and John Alleyne.
March 23 – 28 - Stephen Petronio Company journeys to The Island of Misfit Toys, a New York premiere selected for the company's 20th anniversary season. This work features music by rock icon, Lou Reed and set design by renowned set designer Cindy Sherman.
 March 30 – April 4 - It Takes Two, a collaboration of the American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company and Alvin Ailey’s, Ailey
II. - The ABT Studio Company, in a centennial salute to Sir Frederick Ashton and George Balanchine, presents extraordinary young dancers in the elegant neo-classic Monotones by Ashton, and in Balanchine's playful and virtuosic Tarantella. The program also offers world premieres by the rising young Brian Reeder and Laura Gorenstein Miller, Artistic Director of the LA-based Helios Dance Theatre. The spirit and energy of Ailey II's dynamic dancers shine in an exhilarating and varied program featuring the choreography of Robert Battle, Igal Perry, Troy Powell and Nathan Trice. Under the artistic direction of Sylvia Waters, the company projects charisma, physical prowess, daring agility and expressiveness.
April 6 – 11 - Compagnie Maguy Marin, the wildly imaginative French choreographer and her company captivate audiences with provocative and visually spectacular dance theater works. In Les applaudissements ne se mangent pas (One Can't Eat Applause) Ms. Marin’s eight-member company performs a searing dance of destiny, illuminating a world where astonishing human warmth coexists with unspeakable exploitation. This kaleidoscopic spectacle of movement, art and energy reaches straight to the heart.
 April 13 – 18 - North Carolina Dance Theatre, inspired by life in the South, perform Shindig, a ballet performed to the live music of North Carolina's hottest bluegrass band, Greasy Beans. The result is not your typical night at the ballet. This stylistically varied program also features Nicolo Fonte's contemporary work, Brave!, set to an original score by Deigo Dall'Osto, and Alvin Ailey's landmark
collaboration with Duke Ellington, The River, performed “en pointe”.
April 20 – May 2 – The gravity-defying dancers and soul-stirring musicians of
DanceBrazil bring their power, precision, passion and electrifying virtuosity to The Joyce. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jelon Vieira, DanceBrazil fuses the best of traditional and contemporary Afro-Brazilian dance, and this season brings the premiere of Street Girls, along with other favorites from the company's repertoire.
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New Time Warner Center Adds More Life to Booming Midtown
 In New York City where dining, shopping and the arts reach a level of quantity, quality and diversity unmatched anywhere else in the world, the constantly growing interest on the part of patrons and industry developers creates a growth and evolution that keeps the City alive. Virtually unknown neighborhoods become meccas and, from time to time, a forgotten corner becomes a bustling center of excitement and development. A vibrant example is the exploding popularity of the Columbus Circle area generated by the introduction of the Time Warner Center.
Once well known as the site of the New York Colosseum exhibit center (since demolished and replaced by the Javits Center) Columbus Circle had retreated into the background and served as little more than a traffic circle connecting midtown Manhattan with uptown and Central Park. Today, Columbus Circle has found a new life. Predictors indicate that it will be a magnet for those seeking luxury, culture and the hottest trends. For Manhattan Club owners and guests, this further establishes the pre-eminence of our location and presents additional opportunities for the enjoyment of New York life.
 In an article, recently published in the New York Times, food and wine columnist, Florence Fabricant notes that “some of New York City’s most anticipated restaurants will soon share a common address.” Ten restaurants, 40 shops and a concert hall each designed with grandeur, opulence and entrepreneurial vision now boast New York City’s most sought-after address, 10 Columbus Circle.
Wander through the 40 retail shops. Chances are that you will be adding one of the ten new restaurants to your list of New York City favorites.
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Per Se
Chef & owner, Thomas Keller Opens February 16, 2004.
Reservations being accepted - (212) 823-9335
Jean-George Vongerichten’s Steak House
Chef & owner, Jean-George Vongerichten, currently
owner of Jean-George and Vong Opens in early March 2004.
Reservations are not yet being accepted
 Masa
Chef & owner, Masa Takayama, known
for Ginza Sushiko in Los Angeles.
Opens in mid-February 2004.
Reservations being accepted -
(212) 823-9800
Masa Bar
Chef & owner, Masa Takayama, known for Ginza Sushiko in Los Angeles.Opens in mid-February 2004.
Reservations being accepted - (212) 823-9800
Cafe Gray
Owner, Gray Kunz formerly of Lespinase.
Operated by famed Chicago chef, Charlie Trotter
Opens in March 2004. Designed by David Rockwell
Reservations being accepted - (212) 823-6338.
Stone Rose
Chef & owner, Rande Gerber.
Opens February 5, 2004.
Reservations being accepted -
(212) 823-9796
 Charlie Trotter’s Seafood Restaurant
(actual name not yet chosen)
Chef & owner, Charlie Trotter of Chicago.
Opens this fall. Reservations are not yet being accepted.
Bouchon Bakery
Chef & owner, Thomas Keller of Per Se.
Opens in mid-March 2004
 Retail
Forty stores including William Sonoma, Aveda, Sephora, J. Crew, Joseph Aboud, Whole Foods, Borders Books and
Tourneau Watches grace this crystal mall that combines exquisite use of internal space with panoramic views of Central Park.
The Arts
Jazz at Lincoln Center under the directorship of Wynton Marsalis will move into a newly built theater.
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Valentine’s Day brings out the romantic in all of us, however, in a fast-paced, grand-scale city such as New York City it can be a daunting task to find just the right place for a warm, intimate and cozy dinner. This February spend a special evening with someone you cherish. Enjoy a romantic fireside dinner setting. Some of New York City’s best include:
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One If By
Land
17 Barrow Street
(212) 228-0822
Continental Cuisine.
This brick brownstone in the West Village was once the home of Aaron Burr. Now it is repeatedly voted New York City’s most romantic restaurant.
 La Grenouille
3 East 52nd Street
(212) 752-1495
Classic French Cuisine
Pierre Au Tunnel
250 West 47th Street
(212) 575-1220
Classic Bistro
This 50 year old legendary French Bistro on New York’s famed Restaurant Row continues to please patrons
 Bouterin
420 East 59th Street (212) 758-0323
(between 1st. Avenue & Sutton Place)
Provencal Cuisine.
Beautiful decor adds
to the charm of this romantic setting.
Ye Waverly Inn
16 Bank Street (at Waverly Place)
(212) 929-4377
Traditional American Fare
This low quaint 19th century town house once welcomed such guests as Robert Frost and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Now you can enjoy lunch or dinner in the same cozy and comforting environment that inspired great poets and writers.
 I Trulli
122 East 27th Street (between Lexington Ave. & Park Ave. So.)
(212) 481-7372
Rustic Italian Trattoria
Nominated for the James Beard
Wine Service Award (2002 & 2003) this family owned and run gem combines the great dishes of Italy’s Puglia region with a great selection of wines from its neighboring
Enoteca.
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