Category: News - Charmaine Warren

Anatomy of Change for Dancers workshops - November & December dates

11/1/2018

The Anatomy of Change for Dancers (NY)

FOR DANCERS AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS

Dancers face constant change in their daily performing lives as well as in their future planning. No matter whether by conscious choice or by circumstance, change happens, and it can bewitch, bother and bewilder. It can also destabilize, distract and disorient. This five-session workshop will help you understand your personal change process and offer you effective and creative skills and techniques for managing the myriad of transitions that you may be facing or will face in your personal and professional lives.

RSVP: Interview required via email.
LOCATION:
The Actors Fund
729 Seventh Avenue | 10th Floor
New York, NY 10019

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NEWS: Okwui Okpokwasili receives a MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowship

10/28/2018

Okwui Okpokwasili Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Okwui Okpokwasili on receiving a MacArthur 'genius' Fellowship for AmNews.

AUDITIONS: IABD Announces 5 Auditions @ IABD Conference - January 25 - 27

10/28/2018

PLEASE NOTE: ON SITE REGISTRATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Youth Summer Intensive Scholarship Audition (IABD MEMBERS ONLY)

Ages 10 - 17
Friday, January 25, 2019 | 10am - 1pm
AUDITION FEE: $25

MUST register ONLINE by 10pm, Thursday, January 24, 2019

Ballet Audition for Men of Color

Ages 15+, 5+ years Ballet Training/Experience
Saturday, January 26, 2019 | 10am - 12noon
AUDITION FEE: $35
MUST register ONLINE by 10pm, Friday, January 25, 2019

Artists Summer Intensive Scholarship Audition (IABD MEMBERS ONLY)

Ages 18+
Saturday, January 26, 2019 | 1pm - 4pm
AUDITION FEE: $25
MUST register ONLINE by 10pm, Friday, January 25, 2019

Multi-Dance Company Audition (Modern Dance)

Professional and Pre-professional Experience
Sunday, January 27, 2019 | 1pm - 3pm
AUDITION FEE: $25 Members; $35 Non-Members
MUST register ONLINE by 8am, Saturday, January 26, 2019

Ballet Audition for Women of Color

Ages 15+, 5+ Ballet Training/Experience

Sunday, January 27, 2019 | 4pm - 6pm

AUDITION FEE: $35
MUST register ONLINE by 8am, Saturday, January 26, 2019

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION PROCESS INFORMATION
Before registering for the 2019 IABD Auditions, please note this is a multi-step registration process. To ensure that you are fully eligible for the 2019 IABD Auditions, please complete the following steps:

Log in to your IABD Member or Non-member/Subscriber profile here on our website. ALL Auditionees MUST have a profile here on our website. If you don’t have a log-in you will need to register here and create your member profile.
Complete your user profile.

A completed profile has:
●      An updated profile picture with your headshot
●      A completed personal information section
●      All required fields (indicated by the text *required for auditionees*) completed
●      A full body photo (mandatory for all Ballet auditions) attached
●      [OPTIONAL] attached resume/cv NOTE: this attachment is NOT in lieu of a completed profile page. Incomplete profiles will be considered invalid.
3. Register and Pay
Once you have updated your user profile click the audition below to register and pay. This fee is NON-REFUNDABLE.
PLEASE NOTE: You will need your login to register.

NEWS: IABD 2019 Honorees Announced

10/28/2018

Sheri "Sparkle" Williams

THE 2019 IABD HONOREES - for their contributions to the dance field

Sheri "Sparkle" Williams
Inspirational Artist Award

Richard Lapedes
IABD Distinguished Leadership Award

Halifu Osumare, Ph.D.
Scholar's Award

Reginald Van Lee
Reginald Van Lee Outstanding Philanthropy Award

IABD Gala Awards Dinner - Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 5:30pm / Crowne Plaza Presidential Ballroom / FORMAL ATTIRE

NEWS: ABT Incubator announces 2018 choreographers!

10/28/2018

CHOREOGRAPHERS FOR ABT INCUBATOR SELECTED
Kelsey Grills, Sung Woo Han, Gabrielle Lamb, Duncan Lyle and James Whiteside to create new work for workshop

Grills and Lamb, along with American Ballet Theatre dancers Han, Lyle and Whiteside, have been selected to create work for
ABT Incubator, a two-week choreographic workshop providing a focused lab to generate and inspire movement. Directed by ABT Principal Dancer David Hallberg, ABT Incubator will be held October 31 – November 10, 2018 at ABT’s New York studios.

ABT Incubator choreographers were chosen through an audition process with selections made by a panel including ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, ABT Principal Dancer David Hallberg, ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, Danspace Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor and choreographers Jessica Lang and Lar Lubovitch. With lead support from The Howard Hughes Corporation, choreographers will be provided studio space, a stipend and mentoring to create new work on dancers from ABT and ABT Studio Company.

NEWS: Herb Alpert Award announce 2018 recipients

10/28/2018

Okwui Okpokwasili

The 25th year the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) will be presented to five risk-taking, mid-career artists who use their talent, vision, and labor to make something that matters within and potentially beyond their field. Okwui Okpokwasili is the recipient in dance.

Since its inception in 1994, the HAAIA has been awarded to 125 artists in the five disciplines of dance, film/video, music, theatre and visual arts. Each artist receives a $75,000 unrestricted prize and a one week residency at the California Institute of the Arts which administers the prize on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation.
Irene Borger, Executive Director of HAAIA since its inception twenty-five years ago, reflects on the motivation behind the establishment of the awards. “The Herb Alpert Award was born in response to fevered cutbacks in the arts; now, in its 25th year, once more we are finding ourselves in an increasingly doctrinaire and retrograde period of extremity. Herb Alpert Award artists understand the necessity of an inclusive society, the beauty of independent thought and give us, year after year, a vital, expanded notion of the possible.”

Among the 125 past winners are noted artists, Carrie Mae Weems, Vijay Iyer, Taylor Mac, Suzan-Lori Parks, Julia Wolfe, Michelle Dorrance, Tania Bruguera, Kerry James Marshall, Lisa Kron, Sharon Lockhart, Ralph Lemon, Cai Guo-Qiang and Okwui Okpokwasili to name a few.
The awards are adjudicated by three-member panels of respected artists - including many past winners - and arts professionals in each of the five categories. The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts was conceived by legendary musician, philanthropist and artist Herb Alpert and his wife, Grammy-winning vocalist and author,Lani Hall Alpert, to reward creative experimenters who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society. In addition the awards provide vital financial support to each artist at a key juncture in his or her creative development.

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Arthur Mitchell Public Celebration: December 3 - (October 13th is a Private Family Only Service)

10/18/2018

NEWS: 52 Emerging NYC Artists Chosen for Inaugural “Open Call” @ The Shed

10/18/2018

Thirty-two Open Call Participants, with Shed Staff. Top Row, L to R: Avram Finkelstein, Troy Michie, Gabriela María Corretjer-Contreras, Richard Sears, Asif Mian, Phoebe d'Heurle, Onyedika Chuke, Emma Enderby (The Shed), Mohammad (Saint Abdullah), Tamara McCaw (The Shed), Julia Weist, Jesse Bandler Firestone (The Shed), Kyle Marshall, Alessandra Gomez (The Shed), Kiyan Williams, Art Domantay (The Shed), Justin Allen, Hugh Hayden, Rachika Samarth, Maya Lee-Parritz, Tahir Carl Karmali. Middle Row, L to R: Mehdi (Saint Abdullah), Tariq Al-Sabir, Christopher Udemezue (Neon Christina), Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Thanushka Yakupitiyage, Caitlin Blanchfield, Maia Chao, Moko Fukuyama, Nia O. Witherspoon, Analisa Teachworth. Seated On Floor, L to R: nicHi douglas, Fana Fraser, Monstah Black (The Illustrious Blacks), Haley Elizabeth Anderson, Harold "Fyütch" Simmons, Farideh Sakhaeifar. Photo: Scott Rudd Events

Alex Poots, Artistic Director and CEO of The Shed, announced that 52 emerging artists and collectives living or working in New York City have been commissioned to create new work as part of The Shed’s inaugural Open Call program. Developed specifically for New York City artists who have not yet had opportunities to create new work with full support from a large cultural institution, Open Call is integral to The Shed’s vision: to develop and present the full spectrum of performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture, under one roof, for all audiences. Open Call debuts in The Shed’s 2019 season, with works continuing to be presented into 2020.

Each artist will receive a stipend between $7,000 and $15,000, depending on the scope of the proposed project, in addition to support and resources to develop their work.

Work commissioned for Open Call will be presented in The Shed’s black-box Theater, the 12,500-square-foot column-free Gallery I, and the 17,000 square-foot open-air plaza in front of the building (configured when The Shed's movable shell is nested over the base building). Three programs will be presented consecutively beginning in late spring 2019, with a fourth program in 2020. All programs will be free and open to the public (ticketing details to be announced).

Clark Center's Dance Festival Kicks off Sunday, October 13 - FREE Open House Dance Sampler

10/11/2018

Additional FREE classes throughout the week - Complete schedule on clarkcenternyc.org

Paunika Jones has been added to the Showcase and will be performing a tribute to Arthur Mitchell

NEWS: EYE ON DANCE SCREENINGS AND LIVE PANEL DISCUSSION - October 17

10/11/2018

October 17 at 6:30 pm: The Challenges Facing Female Choreographers
Gibney Dance, 280 Broadway (enter 53A Chamber Street)
events are free to the public

EYE ON DANCE EVENT
“The Challenges Facing Female Choreographers”
October 17, 2018 at 6:30pm
Gibney Dance – The Lab (280 Broadway—enter 53A Chambers Street)
Free admission

In an EYE ON DANCE video episode on “The Challenges Facing Female Choreographers,” produced in 1988, EOD moderator Celia Ipiotis investigates the topic with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (founder of Urban Bush Women; Sarah Skaggs, modern dancer/choreographer and Miriam Mahdaviani, former NYC Ballet corps member and first female choreographer at NYCB.
The EOD video conversation focuses on challenges faced by female choreographers in a male dominated choreographic field. This includes available opportunities, support for creating new works, the impact of critics and criticism as well as advantages offered by choreographic workshops. Performance excerpts include: Zollar’s “Anarchy, Wild Women and Dinah” Mahdaviani’s “Adagio for Two” and Skagg’s “Noh Body.”

The screening is followed by a live panel discussion reflecting on the concerns in 1980’s to the realities of today. Curator Celia Ipiotis speaks with Ms. Mahdaviani, Ms. Skaggs and Camille R. Brown, modern dance and theater choreographer. This is followed by a Q & A.

Find out more and RSVP here