Category: News - Charmaine Warren

Lincoln Center Honors Eleven Rising Talents Nominated by its Resident Organizations

11/20/2019

The 2020 Emerging Artist Awards (to be celebrated on February 26 at Alice Tully Hall), were announced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. They are recognized for their "diverse and exceptional talents from across all disciplines represented on its campus." Each recipient was nominated by the artistic leadership of one of Lincoln Center’s eleven resident organizations.This year’s honorees join more than one hundred extraordinary artists who have been honored over the past three decades. The 2020 winners are:

Director Lileana Blain-Cruz (Lincoln Center Theater)
Violinist Stella Chen (The Juilliard School)
Mezzo-soprano singer Emily D’Angelo (The Metropolitan Opera)
Violinist Tessa Lark (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts)
Dancer Ruby Lister (School of American Ballet)
Clarinetist Sebastian Manz (Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)
Trumpet player Riley Mulherkar (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu (Film at Lincoln Center)
Dancer Unity Phelan (New York City Ballet)
Composer Ellen Reid (New York Philharmonic)
Producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper (The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

Read more here

Dances For Seniors in Brooklyn Nov 20; Harlem Holiday Lights Nov 20; Stuart Hodes/Martha Hill award!!!!

11/20/2019

YOU ARE INVITED!

Park Slope Center for Successful Aging
463A Seventh Street
Brooklyn NY 11215

Wednesday, Nov 20 at 3:00

for full schedule of all

DANCES FOR SENIORS!

Twenty five minutes of Performance by five professional DVP company members followed by a forty five minute interactive workshop for fun and friendship!

Be inspired to move! Wear comfortable clothing and shoes. All Fun. All Welcome!

Free of charge. For adults of all ages and abilities.

Dance/NYC 2020 Symposium - March 20 - March 21, 2020 @ Hunter College - Registration Open!

11/7/2019

Dance/NYC Symposium

Friday, March 20 - Saturday, March 21, 2020
Hunter College
695 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065

Visit Dance.NYC for venue details.
Registration Options:
Individual Rate - $130
Early Bird Rate (ends 1/13/20) - $110
Dance/USA Rate - $100
Artist Rate - $60
IDNYC Card Holder Rate - $50 (Limited Availability)
Justice, Equity & Inclusion Partners Rate - $50 (Limited Availability)
Department of Education Rate - $50 (Limited Availability)
Student Rate - $25 (Limited Availability)

Sponsorships, group rates, and advertising options will be available soon.
For the latest program and speaker information, visit Dance.NYC/dancesymp.

STELLA ABRERA TO GIVE FAREWELL PERFORMANCE WITH ABT - June 2020

10/31/2019

Announcing STREB's New Executive Director - Christine Chen

10/31/2019

Elizabeth Streb & Christine Chen Photo: Cynthia Wang

FROM THE FOLKS AT SLAM (Christine Chen):

Dear STREB Fans, Families and Friends,

I am extremely honored to be taking the reins as STREB's new executive director, a position I started in late August. In many ways, I feel like I've returned home after spending time leading teams and programs at other arts and cultural organizations, most recently the 92nd Street Y.

STREB has been an inspiration and empowering force in my life over the last few decades - as an audience member, Action Hero, educator, former board member, and as a student - with my husband and son - at the trapeze academy. This fall has been an incredibly exciting time for the company, full of premieres and commissions that took us abroad to Paris, Abu Dhabi and New Jersey, and I've loved seeing our home space at SLAM full of energy and action as all of our classes get started for the season.

I hope you'll join us for our special event on October 28 and at our Home Season which kicks off in November. Thank you for being involved in this exciting organization and I look forward to getting to know you all more!

Sincerely
Christine
(Read a Dance Informa Interview with Christine here)

Support Dance Union Podcast!

10/23/2019

Dear All,

I'm writing today to share with you The Dance Union - a podcast that is becoming an increasingly important resource to the dance/performance community. The Dance Union podcast is the brainchild of J Bouey and Melanie Greene. It captures timely and ephemeral conversations circulating within dance communities. It supports transparent discourse about a variety of topics including pay inequality, sexual harassment, abuse of power, and tokenism. The Dance Union podcast was born from the need to unify and amplify marginalized voices within the United States dance communities.

A unique component of the podcast is that hosts J. and Melanie, both Black artists, center Black and marginalized experiences through culturally specific considerations, and first person advocacy. Guests are invited each week to share their experiences, and in addition to clever incorporation of movement into a digital medium, episodes offer History for the Future, a main topic of discussion, and statements envisioning a truly realized Dance Union.

Here is a link to a few of their episodes, I hope you will take the time to listen!

SUPPORT THE DANCE UNION PODCAST

Patreon HERE (monthly subscription)
or
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Thank you for considering,
Charmaine

UBW Announces Third Cohort of Choreographic Fellowship Candidates

10/23/2019

nia love

THE 2019 - 2020 - CCI FELLOWSHIP CANDIDATES!

With support from the Ford Foundation, Urban Bush Women (UBW) is proud to announce the 2019 - 2020 Choreographic Center Initiative Fellowship Candidates:

Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop (Chicago, IL)
nia love (New York, NY)
Kesha McKey (New Orleans, LA)

Beginning this month, these artists begin an 18-month program designed to strengthen their artistic capacity, raise the national visibility of their work and skill sets and expand their networks and available support. Read more here

Announcing The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage's 2019 Grantees

10/23/2019

Dinita Clark

FROM THE FOLKS AT THE PEW CENTER...:

We are delighted to announce our 2019 grants in support of Philadelphia’s artists and cultural organizations whose ambitious work will inspire audiences and further elevate the region’s visibility as a thriving hub for culture. Learn about this year’s exciting funded projects and artists below.

READ THE PRESS RELEASE >>
DOWNLOAD A LIST OF 2019 GRANTS >>
VIEW OUR 2019 PANELISTS >>

Bill T. Jones has been named the associate artist for the 2020 Holland Festival!

10/23/2019

Bill T. Jones Photo: Stephanie Berger

Succeeding dancer + choreographer Faustin Linyekula and visual artist William Kentridge, Bill said about the new role:

“I am curious and breathless at the prospect of being this venerable, essential festival’s Associate Artist for 2020: curious to encounter the audiences for my own work in a European context and breathless at the prospect of representing “the Artist” in this fractious, confusing time in which liberal values and social stability in the USA and in many places around the world are endangered at every turn while a lust for individuality and self-determination drives discourse.”

Alicia Alonso passes at 98

10/23/2019

Alicia Alonso Photo: William Sauro/The New York Times

FROM THE FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CUBA & Jodi Kaplan Booking Dance:

We sadly mourn the passing of Alicia Alonso. It is our great honor to continue working with the esteemed National Ballet of Cuba in bringing Alicia Alonso's artistic vision to the world. We are indebted to her renowned accomplishments and devoted to sharing her legacy.

Alicia Alonso, Artistic Director and Founder of The National Ballet of Cuba, known for her impeccable technique and exuberant stage presence, passed away on October 17 at a hospital in Havana. She was 98.

The National Ballet of Cuba became one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world, and under her guidance, its school became highly successful in producing world-class dancers.

Alonso represented Cuba triumphantly in 65 countries, performing for audiences all over the world, from Helsinki to Buenos Aires, from New York to Tokyo and Melbourne. She is the receipient of 266 international awards and the choreographer of 69 works - romantic, classic, and contemporary - for The National Ballet of Cuba.