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ROEL SEEBERRuping Wang in Anna Sokolow's classic "Rooms, " performed by the Limon Dance Company.

Limon Dance Company. Where: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street, New York. When: 8 Thursday through Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, with matinees at 2 on Saturday and Sunday. How much: $19-$49. Call (212) 242-0800 or visit joyce.org.

Limon couldn't be there in person -- the American master died in 1972 -- but as if to underscore the distance between the present and those halcyon days when he presided in the studio, the choreographer's heir, company director Carla Maxwell, has arranged the first of two programs without a single one of his works.

NEW YORK -- The absence of choreographer Jose Limon was never felt more keenly than on Tuesday night, when his Limon Dance Company opened a week-long engagement at the Joyce Theater without him.

ANGELA JIMENEZ/FOR THE STAR-LEDGERSaxophonist Wayne Shorter, left, performs with John Patitucci on bass at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- Displaying his bountiful artistic gifts at full tilt, saxophonist, composer and arranger Wayne Shorter gave a gem of a performance Tuesday at Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall.

The evening -- billed as "The 75th Birthday Concert"; the Newark native was born Aug. 25, 1933 -- featured Shorter's quartet and the classical-based Imani Winds, which has been performing various pieces with Shorter since 2006.

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Over at Artsjournal, Doug McLennan has assembled a top-notch group of participants -- artists, educators, researchers, advocates -- for a week-long, online discussion about the state of arts education.

FRANZ-PETER TSCHAUNER/EPARoman Polanski on the red capret in Germany last month

Director Roman Polanski, still a fugitive from the U.S. because of an underage sex conviction, has filed a request to dismiss the charges after a recent documentary turned up evidence of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, the Associated Press reports.

Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl he hired as a model for a photo shoot and plied with Quaaludes and champagne, but he fled to France before sentencing and has been living there in exile ever since. A warrant for his arrest is still in effect, though the woman with whom he had sex 30 years ago has said she wants the charge dropped.

Polanski's motion cites heavily from the HBO documentary, which claimed the publicity-hound judge inappropriately conferred with the Los Angeles County district attorney's office about the sentence.

DANNY MOLOSHOK/AP PHOTOKevin Federline and Britney Spears in 2006

Throughout all the mishegoss over Britney Spears' breakdown, Kevin Federline has, to his credit, kept relatively quiet, letting his lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan be his mouthpiece (and not just because Kaplan can form sentences that don't involve the words "yo" and "pimp")

Now Federline talks to People magazine (sharing the cover with sons Preston and Jayden) about his marriage, his ex-wife's breakdown, and how he still, yes, loves her. Before their 2006 split, he says they were having problems, and he was concentrating more on his kids than Spears. "I didn't give her an ultimatum, but I was trying to work stuff out with her, and she didn't even talk to me or anything and went behind my back and filed [for divorce]. [I was] completely blindsided."

ZACH CORDNER/THE WORD MAGAZINEElvis Costello's new, weekly music-and-talk show debuts Dec. 3 on television's Sundance Channel

It has the potential to be one of the most fascinating music shows on television, ever. "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ..." is a series of hour-long shows, featuring the eloquent Costello talking with -- and performing with -- some bona-fide A-list guests.

The debut, featuring Elton John (the show's executive producer), airs Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. on the Sundance Channel. Future guests include:

Dec. 10: Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel

Dec. 17: Bill Clinton

Dec. 24: James Taylor

On Sunday, December 14th, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Branches, 123 Monmouth Road in West Long Branch, will be hosting "Breakfast with Santa." This will feature an outstanding breakfast, complimentary photo with Santa (e-mailed), face painting, and balloon artists... And, for the adults, a complimentary mimosa.

Here's a look at the extensive breakfast menu...