Show be Art gat Ztibune ?5alt & Sunday Morning—June 26 1988 Section E Page 1 Entertainment - I ' - 1 ' i Marks former artistic director of Ballet West has completed his third year as artistic director of the Boston Ballet He says "I like building a company and stirring up excitement" Bruce I I I 1 - I I t ) something about taking a $3 stock and making it IBM because when you take on IBM you can't double it I like this 'save a ballet company' thing" Since Marks took over the top position at the Boston Ballet the company which previously had been led by founder E Virginia Williams and then briefly by Violette Verdy (whose tenure was marked by a bitter battle with the board) has enjoyed three years of excitement and growth — both artistically and fiscally The company's budget in 1985 was $4 million with a $1 deficit today it is $9 million Season subscriptions are up though selling-ou- t the 4200-sea- t Wang Center is a chalMarks has lenge the not been able to meet He has however accomplished many other things He has strengthened the men's corps and established a strong corps of women which he thinks rivals that of Ballet West's at the time he left He hired international dance star Fernando Bujones as permanent guest artist reestablished the Boston Ballet's choreographic competition and assembled an eclectic repertory which in addition to major classical ballets has included works by avant garde choreographers such as Mark Morris Susan Marshall Kenneth Rinker and Jim Self In addition he has been instrumental in the planning of the renovation and expansion of the company's inadequate office and studio space upgraded Boston Ballet's school and has involved himself with Boston's dance community as a whole One Boston publication reports he attends most local dance concerts and has been instrumental in initiating coalitions between the large and small troupes A former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Panel Marks continues to be a major figure in the international dance scene having recently been named chairman of the jury for the IV USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson Miss succeeding the late Robert Joffrey "When I came to Boston the first big job was changing everyone's perception of the ballet and what it was and what it could be" Today when ballet troupes both big and small are struggling for a sense of identity the Boston Ballet is generally perceived as one of the finest regional troupes in the country For the most part the press too has responded favorably if not adoringly to Bruce Marks aria his Boston Ballet heralding his leadership of the company as something akin to the second coming "Judging from the euphoria surrounding him at the Boston Ballet" writes Sharon Basco of The Boston Herald "Marks can look toward the future with satisfac- ' ever-ambitio- By Helen Forsberg Tribune Dance Writer NEW YORK — When artistic director Bruce Marks left Ballet West three years ago to take the same job with the Boston Ballet he had ambitious plans for the and imageless dance troupe At that time he proclaimed in his manner that he was going to turn the company around as he had done with Ballet West and put Boston on BOSTON'S For Ballet West and Bruce Marks the Washington premiere was a shinmoment Less ing yet short-livethan three weeks later Lander Marks' former wife died of lung cancer at the age of 53 and just days following her death Bruce Marks and their three sons resettled in Massachusetts where the newly-nameartistic director immersed himself in transforming the Boston Ballet Since that time he has had little formal contact with Ballet West where his nine years there ranged from controversial to the most triumphant the company had ever had While his resignation from the company had been publicly amicable it was a rift with the administration coupled with the desire to move on that led to his departure Today with the exception of "Abdallah" Marks' conversation focuses on the present e with rather than his Ballet West "I'm a perfect untrained existentialist I always think what I'm doing at the moment is the most exciting thing" What Marks is doing at the moment is continuing to carry out his vision for the Boston Ballet "I think that I'm a builder rather than a maintainer" says Marks who claims to regularly work days "I like the action the growth rate That's why I came to Boston There's d then-struggli- self-asserti- 1 a 0 H ' :: e:' A ' lir :: -- - ::- the ballet map By most accounts including his own he has done all that and then some "1 think you could say what's happened in Boston in the last three years is a 'Cinderella' story in ballet" said Marks during an interview in Manhattan where he was overseeing the Royal Danish Ballet's performances of "Abdallah" at the Met The Bournonville ballet of 1855 which had been reconstructed for Ballet West in 1985 by Toni Lander Marks — with contributions from Bruce Marks and Flemming Ryberg of the RDB — had its New York premiere at the Opera House on June 17 (See related story The week prior the Danish troupe had presented the work at Washington DC's Kennedy Center where in May of 1985 Ballet West had danced "Abdallah" and subsequentiv re- ceived an enormous amount of critical acclaim ' : d -:-- :' near-decad- E-- GIVES BALLET A NEW LIFT full-lengt- h 0--- : p) i - Irl11 ' 1' 47 0' CN? 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