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MERCE CUNNINGHAM TRUST EXPANDS BOARD TO BROADEN THE DIRECTION AND REACH OF CUNNINGHAM’S LEGACY10/14/2020 FROM THE FOLKS AT THE CUNNINGHAM TRUST:
Dancer/educator Shayla-Vie Jenkins and arts administrator/consultant Georgiana Pickett have joined the Merce Cunningham Trust, bringing the number of Trustees to nine. The expansion adds new voices and expertise to leading the pioneering choreographer’s legacy into the future. Jenkins, who performed in Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event at BAM, danced professionally with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, for which she also stages work. She has also performed with artists including Susan Marshall and Yara Travieso and has presented her own work in numerous New York venues. Jenkins is an Assistant Professor in the School of Dance at the University of the Arts and regularly teaches at the American Dance Festival and NYU’s Summer Dance intensive. She is a graduate of the Fordham Ailey Dance program. Jenkins said of her appointment to the Board of Trustees, I was fortunate to be asked to perform in the Merce Cunningham Night of 100 Solos, which gave me the opportunity to inhabit and witness up-close the remarkable movement. As a new trust member, I am excited to bring an outside perspective and Black female voice to an ongoing conversation of how to imagine the Cunningham legacy into the future.” The arts consultant Georgiana Pickett was Executive Director of Baryshnikov Arts Center for eight years (2011-2019), during which time she oversaw major initiatives at including the establishment of the Cage-Cunningham Award and the Cage-Cunningham Studio. Pickett has extensive leadership experience, having previously served as Artistic Director of Miami-Dade College’s Cultural Affairs Department and Executive Director of 651 Arts in Brooklyn. She has been a panelist and/or consultant for many organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations, and the New York State Council for the Arts. Pickett said, “I am looking forward to digging into this dynamic phase of the Cunningham Trust’s work that will continue its already impeccable record of carrying the Cunningham legacy forward, while now broadening its programs to include new students, scholars, dancers and communities.” The Trust also announces today that Trevor Carlson, a Trustee since 2011 and, previously, the final executive director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, has stepped down. While at the helm of the company, Carlson was the driving force behind the design and implementation of its groundbreaking legacy plan. Over the past decade, he played an active role in building the Trust’s activities, culminating in his pivotal role as producer of last year’s Cunningham Centennial and as creative producer of its centerpiece, Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event. With that production, staged in London, New York, and Los Angeles on Cunningham’s 100th birthday (April 16, 2019), the Trust set out to broaden the performance of Cunningham choreography to include dancers from a wide range of backgrounds, practices, and companies. Read more here Join us for Open Space SEASON 2 Episode 1: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 | 5:30pm-7:00pm ET Host: Toran X. Moore, The International Association of Blacks in Dance Guests: Kristopher McDowell (KMP Artists), Denise Saunders Thompson (The International Association of Blacks in Dance), Francine Sheffield (Sheffield Global Arts Management) Open Space, our Artist Connectivity Series. The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), in partnership with Francine Sheffield (Sheffield Global Arts Management) and Kristopher McDowell (KMP Artists), presents Open Space, an episodic series devoted to addressing pressing issues in the field of dance. Open Space uplifts, highlights, and engages artists of African Ancestry or Origin. This casual, virtual platform welcomes Black artists and allies at all stages in their careers. Open Space exists for meaningful dialogue, discourse, and debate about matters affecting the field. Past topics have included disparities and opportunities in funding, activism in the arts, health and well-being. Each unique and collaborative episode includes three to four Artists, a Host, and Co-Host. Online participants from the community are welcomed and encouraged to submit questions in real-time. Episodes are 90 minutes with loose programming parameters to keep it engaging and fun. JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE My monthly "Digital Access to Dance" for AmNews Featured: The American Dance Guild’s (ADG) “10 Years Over 10 Weeks,” a collection of video performances featuring 25 honorees and guest artists over the last ten years (2009-2019) beginning October 12. Co-directed by Anne Bogart and Elizabeth Streb, adapted from the plays of Charles Mee, and created and performed by SITI Company & STREB Extreme Action, FALLING & LOVING premiered at The Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University on September 24-30, 2019. In FALLING & LOVING, six actors from Bogart’s company and six of Streb’s action heroes storm the stage and launch into the air with the aid of a GUCK Machine, an enormous contraption conceived by Streb that features rotating rings and buckets armed to continually release materials into the stratosphere. If you missed it, or want to see it again, you can experience the production—breathtakingly captured with twelve robotic video cameras, on the ALL ARTS Broadcast Channel and Digital Platform featuring PEAK HD Programming. A launch video featuring Elizabeth Streb will air directly before the premiere. Click the above links for more information and viewing options. SOLO SUITES @theAO Saturday & Sunday October 10 & 11 at 5PM Enter at 70 East 4th Street, NYC Tickets $20 TICKETS Enjoy the outdoors along with live music and dance performances @theAO. SOLO SUITES is a live performance in our adjacent gravel rock garden for small audiences. This is the third and final performance of the series for the season. Come support this platform for artists to express themselves at a time when we all could use some healing ...and a night out. Reservations must be made in advance. Limited capacity for distancing. Screening and masks required. The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) has awarded $2,030,000 through the National Dance Project (NDP) to support the creation of 20 new dance works that will be shared across the United States.
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2020 NDP Finalist Awardees
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