Live Performances Reggie Wilson of Reggie Wilson's Fist & Heel Performance Group in "Power" @ ICA (Boston) Annique Roberts of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in “Mercy”@ Joyce Nacera Belaza & Meryem Jazouli in "A Shared Evening" @ Danspace Project Streamed Performances Ayodele Casel's "Diary of a Tap Dancer@ New York City Center Melanie Greene on Sapphire @ Gibney's "Living Gallery" Jamar Robert in his Morani/Mungu (Black Warrior/Black God) Natasha M. Diamond-Walker Lamentation by Martha Graham Dormeshia in Lady Swings the Blues Calvin Royal III in Kyle Abraham’s to be seen @ New York City Center's "Fall For Dance" Jared Brown, Lloyd Knight, Sara Mearns, Shamel Pitts, Annique Roberts, Cassandra Trenary and Michael Trusnovec in Molissa Fenley’s 1988 State of Darkness @ The Joyce Holly Bass in Moneymaker @ NYLA (streamed and in-person from the sidewalk) Urban Bush Women’s Artist Journal Raja Feather of The Feath3r Theory in Hysteria @ NYLA (streamed or in-person from the sidewalk) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in their first ever virtual season. Among other treasures, there was a re-imagined celebration of the timeless classic, Revelations.
The Shed Announced 27 New York City Artists for the Second Open Call - Beginning Summer 202112/9/2020 The Shed's second Open Call, a large-scale, commissioning program for early-career artists across performance, visual arts, and popular culture was announced. Each artist, who lives or works in the five boroughs, was selected by The Shed along with 50 external industry professionals and artists across disciplines to create and present new work at The Shed beginning in summer 2021 and continuing into 2022. The list of dance artists are: Leslie Cuyjet Ana María Agüero Jahannes. Niall Jones Benjamin Akio Kimitch Alice Sheppard & Kinetic Light READ MORE HERE Faye Driscoll - New York Live Arts 2021 - 2022 - Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist12/2/2020 Read more HERE
From Audrey Ross: Dear Friends: It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Aileen Passloff, dancer/choreographer/teacher and inspiration to generations of dancers. Aileen passed away Tuesday, November 3rd, at 10:45 PM after a brave five-year battle with breast cancer. Arthur Aviles and Charlotte Hendrickson, two of Aileen's longtime friends and company members, were with her when she died. Born in the Bronx, October 21, 1931, Aileen never remembered a time when she didn't dance. She attended SAB, where she met James Waring, and made her debut in Waring's company in 1945 at the age of 14. The performance took place at the 92nd Street Y, site of Aileen's last performance in January 2019. She danced with Remy Charlip, Katherine Litz, Toby Armour, and acted in the plays of Irene Fornes. She had her own company in NYC for 10 years and headed the dance department at Bard College for 26 years where, among her many remarkable students, were Arthur Aviles, Liz Prince, Dusan Tynek, Anne Bogart, David Parker, and Charlotte Hendrickson. She was awarded a post-doctoral Fulbright in Spanish dance and taught performance at the Conservatory of Dance in Madrid. Because much of her work was shown at Judson Church, she considered that venue her artistic home, and was an artist-in-residence there. All her life, Aileen was passionate about dancing and teaching. Catherine Tharin, Aileen's friend and former student, remarked that "Aileen was truly amazing throughout because she was choreographing and teaching up to a few weeks before succumbing. She never complained. She and I spoke every week during covid - lengthy conversations about art, politics, people. She barely mentioned what she was going through, but remained upbeat and wanted to shift the conversation away from her health. She always spoke about how grateful she was for her life as an artist. She always looked for and acknowledged beauty." A memorial celebration is being planned and will be announced at a later date. The Dance/NYC 2021 Symposium will take place on Wednesday, March 17 - Saturday, March, 20, 2021 and will be fully digital. As the only gathering of its kind for the dance community in the metropolitan New York City area, the Symposium is a meeting place for the dance field to exchange ideas, expand networks, sharpen organizational practices, and deepen the inquiry around New York City’s legacy and trajectory of dance-making. Save the date! Registration opens December 2020.
Introducing the Symposium Programming Committee The Symposium Programming Committee exists to advise Dance/NYC in the programming and direction of Dance/NYC’s yearly Symposium—and, by extension, further the dance field in NYC. For the latest program and registration information, visit Dance.NYC. We are so pleased to introduce our new Kinetic Light Fellows: Shoshana Freund, an emerging lighting designer, and Mel Chua, a hacker, engineer, scholar, and multimodal polyglot. Shoshana and Mel will be mentored by Kinetic Light artists Michael Maag and Laurel Lawson, respectively. This pilot fellowship program is focused on advancing the disability arts and culture movement. It enables disabled artists, designers, technologists, and/or arts administrators to practice their craft alongside Kinetic Light artists, to develop their work in the context of disability art, and to support our groundbreaking work. For the pilot program, Fellows were accepted through a nomination process. Future programs will be open, for application, to a broad range of artistic and technical disciplines. This fellowship is not designed for dancers or actors in an onstage capacity. Stay tuned for future program opportunities and please join us in enthusiastically welcoming Shoshana and Mel! FROM: The Founders of Ecole des Sables - Germaine Acogny et Helmut Vogt Dakar, Sénégal - After 22 years of an extraordinary journey, guided by experience, intuition and under the protection of the ancestors; the Ecole des Sables has an important message to convey. The Founders of this place and the creators of the spirit of the Ecole des Sables have decided to open a new chapter; in order to develop the past with new visions, to set up revised objectives and to let evolve, under their guidance, a new generation, the Future of the Ecole des Sables. A key position for these steps is the Artistic Direction of Ecole des Sables, managed in the past with rigour, proficiency and sensitivity by Germaine Acogny and in recent years by Patrick Acogny, always keeping in mind the objectives and vision of the Founders. Together with motivated teams, we can consider that the history of Ecole des Sables, known, appreciated and respected in Africa and throughout the world, is a "success story" and a dream that has become a reality. With all this wealth of knowledge and all that has been built up to date, the Ecole des Sables wants to open a new page, and to nourish and create new dreams while respecting the foundations of all those who have brought us to this new chapter. After carefully assessing their competences, the Founders Germaine Acogny and Helmut Vogt made the decision to hand over the role of Artistic Direction and custodian of the Ecole des Sables to two of its trusted Alumni. They both know the Ecole des Sables well and are holders of the Acogny Technique Diploma. They are artists who continue to prove themselves in their careers as dancers, choreographers, young artistic leaders who are ready to put their energy, enthusiasm, creativity and commitment into their new mission. To see Ecole des Sables and its entire team even bigger, stronger and driven by excellence. We would like to welcome Alesandra Seutin and Wesley Ruzibiza to the Ecole des Sables team. They will be working in a team with Paul Sagne, who has been working and evolving within Ecole des Sables for the last 15 years and who has now been appointed Administrative Director. Rennie Harris Puremovement Remounts "Rome & Jewels"Commission and restore the award winning masterpiece "Rome & Jewels"- in honor of Rennie Harris Puremovement's 30th Anniversary. KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN |
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AuthorI am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning. I am also a former faculty member at The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program. I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications. Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me." |