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Danspace Project (DSP) seeks a motivated Director of Development (DoD) to join the senior staff team in advancing Danspace Project’s commitment to developing and presenting new work, supporting emerging and established artists, and an openness to new artistic ideas. In DSP’s programs and operations, a balance of perspectives is sought across considerations of race, sexuality, gender, class, and ethnicity; aesthetic investigations across dance histories, genres and forms; and relevance to DSP’s institutional history and memory. DSP’s staff and board are guided by these Values (here) in order to continue to fulfill the organization’s Mission (here).
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WOMEN/CREATE! A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE May 20 Armitage Gone! Dance |Sidra Bell Dance New York | Buglisi Dance Theatre | Meagan King | Jennifer Muller/The Works | Passion Fruit Dance Company6 Ft Apart is a dance trio created in collaboration with engineer, Agnes Fury Cameron. The dancers are wired up. Armitage types code into the computer, launching the sound - traveling to you live, in real-time. A talkback hosted by Danni GeeThe evening will remain on demand through Sunday, May 23 . Find out more here Nai-Ni Chen and Dancers Month of May The Maplewood Township, South Orange Village, SOMA Cross Cultural Works and the AAPI Community come together to recognize and celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. These organizations stand in solidarity, the focus is on education, healing and creating joy as we honor the richness and diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures with an exciting lineup of family oriented activities and programs. The South Orange Performing Arts Center will share Chen’s Awakening free on demand throughout the Month of May. Highlights include Chen’s Truth Bound, Introspection, Luminescence, and Shadow Force. Find out more here AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS March 1-June 27 At Performance Space New York, members of AFROFEMONONOMY who have collaborated in different configurations come together for the first time as a group to celebrate each other’s work. This exploratory collaboration happens with Black femme theatermakers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, Kaneza Schaal, and others. Find out more here Ailey All Access March 17 – June 24 Join the Ailey All Access web page and get real-time access to many Ailey classics, favorites and more. Find out more here Various Artists May 12 - 23 The 2021 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival will feature works by Morgan Bullock (US), Gerald Casel (US), Daudi Fayar (Kenya), BamBam Frost (Sweden), and John Scott (Ireland). The two-week festival will also feature works by New York-based artists Hadar Ahuvia and Tatyana Tenenbaum, J. Bouey, Jasmine Hearn, Tiffany Mills, Ricarrdo Valentine, and Sugar Vendil. Performances will be streamed live from La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre and Downstairs Theatre, with additional performances outdoors at Downtown Art for limited, in-person audiences. Find out more here Ballet Hispánico May 20 & 27 A live stream of Ballet Hispánico’s En Familia, a virtual performance narrated by Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro showcasing excerpts from the company’s repertoire – Con Brazos Abiertos and Club Havana. The performance will be followed up by a Q&A featuring some Ballet Hispánico artists and educators. Find out more here. Various Artists May 15 - June 18 & July 1 - August 31 Dancespace Project's The Dream of the Audience, curated by artistic director Judy Hussie-Taylor brings artist to the virtual space to present works built while in-residence at Danspace’s historic venue in St. Mark’s Church, and more. The Dream of the Audience features the premiere of a new film by Ishmael Houston-Jones in collaboration with josé e. abad, Snowflake Calvert, Keith Hennessy, and Kevin O’Connor followed by live conversation with Houston-Jones & Miguel Gutierrez. Also featured will be films by Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake with Joan Jonas, and Reggie Wilson. All films will be available for online viewing July 1-Aug 31. Find out more here Dormeshia, Jason Samuels Smith, and Derick K. Grant May 21 - June 3 Dormeshia, Samuels Smith and Grant come together for the Joyce Theater's presentation the 4th annual Tap Family Reunion featuring the original production: The Mayor of Harlem - Bill “Bojangles” Robinson in a simultaneous celebration of National Tap Dance Day and Robinson’s birthday. Find out more here Lar Lubovitch Dance Company May 21 - 31 The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will broadcast three the duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two, danced by the Lubovitch company; Othello, performed by San Francisco Ballet; and The Planets, created for an ensemble of both ice skaters and non-skating dancers from the US and Canada. Reservations are required at www.lubovitch.org. DANCE PARADE NEW YORK GOES GLOBAL WITH INTERACTIVE ONLINE FESTIVAL SATURDAY, MAY 22ND, 1 PM EST START 1000 DANCERS IN 80+ GENRES OF DANCE WILL CELEBRATE! Dance Parade New York, the annual celebration of dance in all its forms, hosts its interactive online dance festival on Saturday, May 22nd from 1:00 - 4:00 pm EST. One thousand dancers from around the world connect to family-friendly fun and movement joy in DJ-lead dance rooms, free dance classes with top professionals, dance-offs between participants, and free dance classes. Winning videos from the Dare-to-Dance challenge contest will be premiered, which invited house-bound choreographers to submit new work to win cash prizes. Register to participate here Nai-Ni Chen and Dancers Month of May The Maplewood Township, South Orange Village, SOMA Cross Cultural Works and the AAPI Community come together to recognize and celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. These organizations stand in solidarity, the focus is on education, healing and creating joy as we honor the richness and diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures with an exciting lineup of family oriented activities and programs. The South Orange Performing Arts Center will share Chen’s Awakening free on demand throughout the Month of May. Highlights include Chen’s Truth Bound, Introspection, Luminescence, and Shadow Force. Find out more here AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS March 1-June 27 At Performance Space New York, members of AFROFEMONONOMY who have collaborated in different configurations come together for the first time as a group to celebrate each other’s work. This exploratory collaboration happens with Black femme theatermakers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, Kaneza Schaal, and others. Find out more here Ailey All Access March 17 – June 24 Join the Ailey All Access web page and get real-time access to many Ailey classics, favorites and more. Find out more here Stefanie Batten Bland May 3 - 17 Baryshnikov Arts Center continues their digital performance series with Batten Bland’s Kolonial, created in collaboration with installation artist Conrad Quesen and inspired by the colonial exposition parks of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean during the 1810s–1940s. Find out more here Limón Dance Company May 6-19 On demand, at The Joyce, the Limón Dance Company continues to honor the legacy of its co-founder with revivals of his works featuring The Moor’s Pavane (1949) and There Is a Time (1956) plus more. Find out more here Various Artists May 11-15 NYLA’s Live Ideas presents The Motherboard Suite “… a suite of music by musician, poet, actor Saul Williams directed by Bill T. Jones, performed by Williams, his musical collaborators and features six choreographers - Maria Bauman, Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forté-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, and Shamel Pitts. Find out more here Various Artists May 12 - 23 The 2021 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival will feature works by Morgan Bullock (US), Gerald Casel (US), Daudi Fayar (Kenya), BamBam Frost (Sweden), and John Scott (Ireland). The two-week festival will also feature works by New York-based artists Hadar Ahuvia and Tatyana Tenenbaum, J. Bouey, Jasmine Hearn, Tiffany Mills, Ricarrdo Valentine, and Sugar Vendil. Performances will be streamed live from La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre and Downstairs Theatre, with additional performances outdoors at Downtown Art for limited, in-person audiences. Find out more here Ballet Hispánico May 13, 20 & 27 A live stream of Ballet Hispánico’s En Familia, a virtual performance narrated by Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro showcasing excerpts from the company’s repertoire – Con Brazos Abiertos and Club Havana. The performance will be followed up by a Q&A featuring some Ballet Hispánico artists and educators. Find out more here. Various Artists May 15 At BAAD!, the virtual version of the Boogie Down dance compilation will feature performances by Argelia Arreola, Marsi Burns & Tamara Strang, Mira Göksel, Callie Hatchett, Nadia Khayrallah, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Aya Saotome and Bombazo Dance Co.! Find out more here Leslie Cuyjet, Kennis Hawkins, and Alex Rodabaugh May 15 - 16 The Kitchen's 2020 "Dance and Process" recipients will offers an in-person afternoon of dance - This is A Dance - at Queenslab. Find out more here We’re bringing free arts back to our parks and plazas! We are thrilled to announce applications are now open for GREEN / ARTS LIVE NYC. This new fund, created by a coalition of partners, will support NYC artists, arts and cultural groups, and community-based, volunteer organizations by providing micro-grants and subsidized production support to produce local arts events in their communities. Thanks to generous support from the New York Community Trust and Con Edison’s Arts Al Fresco Series, this fund will ensure that New York City’s most under-resourced communities will have access to free live performances in neighborhood parks, plazas, and community gardens this summer and fall. Applications are open now through Friday, May 28th at 12:00PM. For updates on the fund or to attend our digital information session on May 18th, sign up here. Find out more here Stefanie Batten Bland May 3 - 17 Baryshnikov Arts Center continues their digital performance series with Batten Bland’s Kolonial, created in collaboration with installation artist Conrad Quesen and inspired by the colonial exposition parks of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean during the 1810s–1940s. Find out more here AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS March 1-June 27 At Performance Space New York, members of AFROFEMONONOMY who have collaborated in different configurations come together for the first time as a group to celebrate each other’s work. This exploratory collaboration happens with Black femme theatermakers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, Kaneza Schaal, and others. Find out more here Ailey All Access March 17 – June 24 Join the Ailey All Access web page and get real-time access to many Ailey classics, favorites and more. Find out more here Trisha Brown Dance Company April 29 - May 12 At the Joyce, the digital program will feature works Brown’s Geometry of Quiet (2002), the program will also include newly recorded performances of Locus Trio (1980), Watermotor (1978) and The Decoy Project from Glacial Decoy (1979). Dind out more here. Omari Wiles’ Les Ballet Afrik May 4 & 6 Wiles will present a live performance of New York Is Burning to honor the thirtieth anniversary of the film “Paris is Burning,” made during a 2020 Works & Process bubble residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park. Find out more here Limón Dance Company May 6-19 On demand, at The Joyce, the Limón Dance Company continues to honor the legacy of its co-founder with revivals of his works featuring The Moor’s Pavane (1949) and There Is a Time (1956) plus more. Find out more here Various Artists May 6 DanceNow has released Chapter 6 featuring commissioned works by Sarah Chien, Kayla Farrish, and Joshua L. Peugh and archival works by John Heginbotham and Paula Josa-Jones. The Watch Party happens on Zoom. Find out more here Hope Boykin May 7 The Living Gallery at Gibney, curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Senior Curatorial Director of Gibney brings educator, creator, mover, and motivator, Boykin to the virtual space. Find out more here Alice Sheppard/Kinetic Light May 11 ALL ARTS will present the new docu-dance film One + One Make Three created by Sheppard, Kinetic Light’s Artistic Director, and directed by Katherine Helen Fisher of Safety Third Productions during a bubble residency at Z Space in San Francisco. Find out more here Various Artists May 11-15 NYLA’s Live Ideas presents The Motherboard Suite “… a suite of music by musician, poet, actor Saul Williams directed by Bill T. Jones, performed by Williams, his musical collaborators and features six choreographers - Maria Bauman, Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forté-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, and Shamel Pitts. Find out more here |
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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." |