Category: News - Charmaine Warren

PLEASE SUPPORT - People’s Space and Performance Space are now helping the AIRs raise funds to collectively purchase a home outside of NYC,

9/24/2020

During the month of June, in the midst of the BLM protests in New York, Angel, Danyele, Donte, Rj, and Stev – the Artists in Residents (AIRs)—were invited by People’s Space — a group of artists from our 02020 initiative—to work with Performance Space New York. What started as a project to offer refuge for protesters quickly shifted to a mutual aid space for those facing houselessness. After securing temporary housing for the AIRs, it soon became apparent that the five artists needed a more permanent solution.

People’s Space and Performance Space are now helping the AIRs raise funds to collectively purchase a home outside of NYC, and to provide seed funding for their artistic careers. With your support, the AIRs will be able to secure both long-term housing for themselves and eventually other houseless, Black and trans artists.

Help us raise $60,000 by October 15 to lift up impacted communities and most of all, help keep them safe, sustained and supported!

The donation will not go to Performance Space; 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the AIRs.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2020 Doris Duke Artists

9/23/2020

Eight Performing Artists in the Fields of Dance, Jazz and Theater Receive Doris Duke Artist Awards of Up to $275,000 Each, Totaling $2.2 Million in Unrestricted Funding to Performing Artists

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced the names of the 2020 Doris Duke Artists, each receiving an award of $275,000 intended as an investment in and celebration of these artists and their ongoing contributions to the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and theater. A total of $250,000 of the prize is completely unrestricted, and $25,000 is dedicated to encouraging savings for retirement. The awards are not tied to specific projects; rather, they are available to artists to attend to important life needs that can help artists thrive. As one of many ways DDCF is upping its support to individual artists in response to the impacts of Covid-19 on the arts sector, the foundation is expanding the number of artists receiving Doris Duke Artist Awards to a total of eight for 2020, up from six the previous year.

This year’s Doris Duke Artists are:

Find out more here

dance/NYC Announces the second round of recipients of the Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund

9/23/2020

The recipients of the second round of the Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund for Dance Making Organizations, which will each receive one-time awards of $2,500-$5,000, are:

Ajna Dance Company (fiscally sponsored by Pentacle)
Alison Cook Beatty Dance
ALMA NYC
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
Angela's Pulse (fiscally sponsored by Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance [BAAD!])
Antonio Ramos and the gang bangers (fiscally sponsored by Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance [BAAD!])
Ariel Rivka Dance
Art Of Legohn, LLC (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
Artichoke Dance Company
Beth Gill (fiscally sponsored by The Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.)
Company SBB (fiscally sponsored by The Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.)
Contemporary Ballet Theatre/ CBT
Coopdanza, Inc/USA
Dance Visions NY
Dancing Crane Georgian Cultural Center
Diversity in Arts and Nations for Cultural Education, Inc.
DNA (fiscally sponsored by Brooklyn Arts Council)
El Mundo del Flamenco DBA Arts Flamenco
Elizabeth Burr Dance (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
Ephrat Asherie Dance (fiscally sponsored by The Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.)
Eva Dean Dance
Gamelan Dharma Swara
Guilty Pleasures Cabaret (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
HUMA/Arts On Site NYC (fiscally sponsored by Arts On Site NYC)
J CHEN PROJECT, Inc.
Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Kathy Westwater (fiscally sponsored by New York Live Arts)
KowTeff School of African Dance
Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 (fiscally sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts)
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
Mari Meade Dance Collective/MMDC (fiscally sponsored by The Field)
Maureen Fleming Company
Mazarte Dance Company
MBDance (fiscally sponsored by Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance [BAAD!])
MeenMoves/Sameena Mitta (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble
MICHIYAYA Dance

Movement Headquarters Ballet Company (fiscally sponsored by New York Live Arts)
Music From The Sole (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
Netta Yerushalmy (fiscally sponsored by Los Angeles Performance Practice)
Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble (fiscally sponsored by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance)
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
Pioneers Go East Collective, Inc.
Rachel Thorne Germond Performance Collage
Renegade Performance Group, LLC (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
RudduR Dance (fiscally sponsored by Miami Dance Futures
Sachiyo Ito and Company, Inc.
Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre
sleepdance (fiscally sponsored by The Field)
Surati for Performing Arts
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
The Equus Projects
the feath3r theory
The Gloria Eve Performing Arts Foundation, Inc
Torkomada, Inc.
WaxFactory

Announcing Wendy Perron's The Grand Union

9/9/2020

Wesleyan University Press announces the publication of The Grand Union

Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance, 1970–76by Wendy PerronThe Grand Union was a leaderless improvisation group in SoHo in the 1970s that included people who became some of the biggest names in postmodern dance: Yvonne Rainer, Trisha Brown, Steve Paxton, Barbara Dilley, David Gordon, and Douglas Dunn. Together they unleashed a range of improvised forms from peaceful movement explorations to wildly imaginative collective fantasies. This book delves into the “collective genius” of Grand Union and explores their process of deep play—before they became known as pillars of postmodern dance. Drawing on hours of archival videotapes and dozens of interviews, Wendy Perron seeks to understand the ebb and flow of the performances in both physical and emotional terms. What were the elements of their uncanny synergy? To what extent did their performing selves reveal their real, everyday selves? During the period when artists of different disciplines were redefining art, the Grand Union contributed to this experimentation by questioning the conventions of concert dance. The book includes 65 photographs.

Wendy Perron is a former dancer/choreographer and current writer and teacher. A former editor-in-chief of Dance magazine, she is also the author of Through the Eyes of a Dancer: Selected Writings.
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384 pp. 65 B & W photos. 6 x 9”
$27.95 Trade Paperback, 978-0-8195-7966-9
$85 Unjacketed Cloth, 978-0-8195-7932-4
$22.99 Ebook, 978-0-8195-7933-1
Publication Date: September 8, 2020

Mabou Mines Announces New Team of Co-Artistic Directors

9/9/2020

At Mabou Mines .....
MALLORY CATLETT and CARL HANCOCK RUX will join KAREN KANDEL and SHARON ANN FOGARTY as the Company's new team of Co-Artistic Directors.

Read more HERE

The Laura Flanders Show Broadcast Kickoff Q&A

9/1/2020

FROM THE FOLKS AT STREB:

I'd like to invite you to a special event with the award-winning journalist, Laura Flanders - esteemed STREB Board Member, host of STREB's 2019 Action Maverick Awards and RISKY TALKING series, my beloved partner, and most relevantly, host of THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW.

To celebrate and contextualize the kickoff episode of THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW on American Public Television this Sunday, September 6 at 11:30 am Eastern Time, Laura will be hosting a Q&A/Talk Back following the broadcast via Zoom at 12 pm ET. ASL interpretation will be provided. No registration is required, just click appropriate links below to view the broadcast and join the Zoom on Sunday!

If you have any questions or inquiries, please contact info@lauraflanders.org.

CLICK HERE to watch the broadcast on The Laura Flanders Show's YouTube Channel on Sunday, September 6, 11:30 AM ET

CLICK HERE for the Zoom link to Join the Q&A with Laura Flanders on Sunday, September 6, 12 PM ET

New Work by 100 Women Artists on Centennial of 19th Amendment in Digital Portal

8/26/2020

Park Avenue Armory has launched an interactive digital portal that allows audiences to explore new commissions by 100 women artists and cultural creators, including Carrie Mae Weems, Toshi Reagon, Renee Cox, Staceyann Chin, Zoë Buckman, and more. Unveiled on August 18—the date of the Amendment’s ratification—during an online viewing party (watchable here), the archive and artist projects are part of the Armory’s 100 Years | 100 Women initiative, a partnership with lead partner National Black Theatre and nine other New York City cultural institutions including the Met and the Apollo, who together commissioned these artists to respond to the centennial of the 19th Amendment.

QUEER|ART ANNOUNCES JUDGES FOR THIRD ANNUAL EVA YAA ASANTEWAA GRANT FOR QUEER WOMEN(+) DANCE ARTISTS $7K GRANT SUPPORTS CREATION OF NEW WORK

8/26/2020

Queer|Art, NYC’s home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, is pleased to announce the judges for the third annual Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant for Queer Women(+) Dance Artists: creative consultant/strategist, choreographer, and producer Torya Beard, dancer, teacher, and choreographer Leah Wilks, multidisciplinary artist, wound and word worker Ni’Ja Whitson.

The $7,000 grant will be awarded US-based artists for making cutting-edge dance and movement-based performance work. Queer|Art highly encourages self-identified women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary artists to apply for this grant. Named in honor of visionary dance curator, critic, and educator Eva Yaa Asantewaa, the grant is administered through Queer|Art by a panel of queer women and nonbinary judges and seeks to highlight the important contributions queer women and nonbinary artists have made to dance throughout history.

Read more HERE

YARD ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DAVID R. WHITE, RETIRES AFTER 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO FIELD&NEW YARD LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCED

8/26/2020

FROM THE FOLKS AT THE YARD:

David R. White, legendary producer and champion of American contemporary dance, is announcing his retirement after a decade of revitalizing The Yard, the renowned performing arts center in Chilmark, MA on Martha’s Vineyard. His retirement culminates a five-decade career as a leading and lauded mastermind in the field of contemporary dance and performance in the United States.

White came to prominence as Artistic Director and Executive Producer of Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts) from 1975-2003 where he discovered, launched and sustained the careers of scores of renowned artists in dance, theater and performance. White had been asked by the founders of DTW, Jeff Duncan, Arthur Bauman and Jack Moore, to take the helm of DTW when it moved from its original location in Duncan’s loft to 219 West 19th Street. White created The National Performance Network, a national touring circuit, The Suitcase Fund which supports international touring by small dance companies, and “Making It,” a model educational initiative for students from preschool through high school which embeds movement in academic practice. He also established the New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Awards in 1984 and was a principal editor of The Poor Dancer’s Almanac, an essential resource guide for dancers. All have endured. His artistic programming merged aesthetics and ethics through a self-avowed “liberal, multi-cultural lens,” which has long been distinguished by its diversity and inclusivity. His work, as he saw it, was to “set about to organize our wilderness of independent research and experimentation” so that choreographers would have a life beyond the centers that brought them up. Over the last 50 years he’s fulfilled that promise.

Last month, The Yard's Board of Directors appointed Chloe Jones as the new Executive Director. Jones has been with the organization since 2015, through a critical period of growth. She has worked in both development and programs, serving as Director of Development & Associate Producer from 2017-2020. She was most recently in the role of Interim Executive Director, working alongside White on programming and administration, and successfully led The Yard through the early months of COVID-19. Jones brings a lifelong dedication to dance to her work at The Yard.

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New Dance Alliance names Angie Pittman as Residency Director

8/19/2020

FROM THE FOLKS AT NDA: Angie Pittman has been hired as Residency Director. An NDA advisory board member since 2018, Pittman helped conceive of the residency project and will lead it into future iterations.

“While we are honored to offer this residency program, we understand that the ideas around it are not new and not ours,” says Pittman. “As a Black artist working with a white-led organization, I want to make sure we credit the countless Black, femme scholars and activists who have called for the equitable payment of Black folks. I also want to call attention to how Black artists have historically shaped our nation’s imagination, language, and humanity so we want to use this residency as a way to value and amplify that tremendous work.”

Read more in The New York Times!