Sentence examples for dance symphony from inspiring English sources

Isadora Duncan first danced to Beethoven's Seventh in 1904; Fyodor Lopukhov choreographed "Dance Symphony" in 1923; both were controversial.

As Kirstein rightly pointed out, Lopukhov's 1923 "Dance Symphony," to Beethoven's Fourth Symphony (in which Balanchine danced) was a direct precursor to "Serenade".

Like "Les Présages," which Léonide Massine choreographed in 1933 to Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, "Dance Symphony" included an allegory about man's fate.

The orchestra's music director, Leonard Slatkin, builds an ambitious program out of Copland's "Dance Symphony," Ravel's "Valse," the Mendelssohn Fifth Symphony and, with Richard Stoltzman, the Concerto for Clarinet by Einojuhani Rautavaara of Finland.

And each will perform lead roles in George Balanchine's sumptuous pure-dance "Symphony in C" tonight, tomorrow and Friday nights.

(718-636-4100) www.bam.org DANCE AT SYMPHONY SPACE The comfortably renovated Symphony Space theater believes in multi-ingredient dance programs.

ABDOULAYE DIABATE, KOTCHEGNA DANCE COMPANY, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400.

And weekenders have access to high-quality opera, dance and symphony performances nearby.

| May 19 at 2: "Square Dance," "Carousel (A Dance)," and "Symphony in C". (New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center. 212-870-5570. Through June 24).

22 -- Sonia Sanchez will be honored and will be among those performing at an evening of poetry, music and dance at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (95th Street), to raise money for African Voices, a literary quarterly, and the free readings, art exhibitions, concerts and cultural events it sponsors in and around New York.

Through their shared appreciation of music and dance, Booty Symphony was born.