Leslie Cuyjet @ The Kitchen at Westbeth in With Marion Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater @ BAM in Ronald K. Brown's Dancing Spirit & Kyle Abraham's Are You In Your Feelings nora chipaumire @ Lincoln Center in Nehanda Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dances @ 651ARTS at Mark O’Donnell Theater in RITES: Liberty Gregory Maqoma @ BAM in Broken Chord Trajel Harrell @ BAM in Koln Concert The Black Artists Space to Create (BASC) Residency offers three artists a residency at Modern Accord Depot in Accord, NY. The 2023-24 recipients are Mickey Davidson, Jordan Deal, and Aya Shabu. Each artist will receive a one-week residency with unlimited access to a dance studio, full living space, and a $2,000 stipend. The residency is designed as both retreat and a space to create without the pressure of developing a new project. Additionally, artists have access to complimentary studio space at New Dance Alliance’s loft in Tribeca throughout the season, and are invited to show work at NDA’s annual Performance Mix Festival. Artists were selected by the 2023-24 BASC Curatorial Committee: Davalois Fearon, Ayan Felix, Djassi daCosta Johnson, Miriam Parker, and Majesty Royale-Jackson. Learn more about the BASC program and artists → Greetings Friends,
I ask for your support during this time of giving for Makeda-Lily Love-Roney. Makeda means so much to me and maybe you met her as a Producer on our online series Black Dance Stories. I've known Makeda for many years, her mother (Nia Love) and I are longtime dance sisters and I'm reaching out hoping that each of you will support them on this journey. Please watch the video ~ Please read on ~ Please support ~ Thank you so much! From Nia: Makeda is embarking on a challenging two-year journey of multiple hip surgeries and recovery. We want to fortify our community to stand by her side throughout this process. To provide her with the help she needs, we've set up a GoFundMe campaign. You can learn more about her journey, donate, and share HERE Makeda's determination, resilience, and positive spirit have always inspired those around her. She's facing a difficult road ahead, and we believe that together, we can make this journey easier for her. Every donation, no matter how big or small, will make a meaningful impact on Makeda's life. Whether it's contributing to her medical and living expenses, offering a word of encouragement, or simply sharing the campaign with your network, your support will be deeply appreciated. Thank you for being a part of Makeda's support network. Your generosity and compassion can make a real difference in Makeda's life, for we are stronger together. The 2023-24 Black Artists Space to Create (BASC) recipients are Mickey Davidson, Jordan Deal, and Aya Shabu. Each artist will receive a one-week residency with unlimited access to a dance studio, full living space, and a $2,000 stipend. The residency is designed as both a retreat and a space to create without the pressure of developing a new project. Additionally, artists have access to complimentary studio space at New Dance Alliance’s loft in Tribeca throughout the season, and are invited to show work at NDA’s annual Performance Mix Festival. Artists were selected by the 2023-24 BASC Curatorial Committee: Davalois Fearon, Ayan Felix, Djassi daCosta Johnson, Miriam Parker, and Majesty Royale-Jackson.
The BASC residency project was created in 2020 in response to current movements within the dance community and the movements they are building upon, and was initially led by NDA advisory board member Angie Pittman. As an artist services organization and presenter, NDA has been guided by the core question: What does it mean to center and support Black artists in this field? NDA is working to radically reimagine what it means to serve Black artists right and to do so in the specific spirit of reparations. As part of NDA’s mission, it is committed to continuing to listen, learn, and to push boundaries of what it means to create a more equitable dance field. New Dance Alliance’s 12th round of LiftOff residencies takes place at NDA’s studio in Tribeca and provides six movement-based performance artists with a minimum of 36 hours of rehearsal space, a $500 stipend, and two Work Sessions designed for artists to share their creative process and participate in a community exchange. The 2023-24 LiftOff recipients are Justin Cabrillos, Tal Halevi, Kashia Kancey, Joy Norton, Kimiko Tanabe, and Yolette Yellow-Duke. T The Joffrey Concert Group announce the choreographers chosen for the Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative (CMCI) - Vernard Gilmore and Eryn Renee Young as the two choreographers selected for this extraordinary opportunity.
The Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative search for dance makers of the future and provides a platform for choreographers in contemporary, modern, and contemporary ballet styles. Through the CMCI initiative, the Joffrey Concert group provides each recipient with a $2500 stipend and 40-hours of rehearsal time, spanning over four weeks, culminating in a fully produced work to be presented at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup theater. Each commissioned piece will be between 12 to 17 minutes in length and will feature the full company of the Joffrey Concert Group. The CMCI performance, showcasing new works by Vernard Gilmore, Eryn Renee Young, and Artistic Director Bradley Shelver will take place February 16-18, 2024 at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. Read more here Rachel Calabrese & Sawyer Newsome Dominica Greene Synead Cidney Nichols Nicole Goodwyn Kelsey Rondeau The LEIMAY Incubator Program is a self-directed opportunity offered primarily to a local community of dancers & choreographers, providing resource sharing to aid in their creative development. Read more about the program here Misty Copeland has taken to Change.org to start a petition to promote diversity in the dance community.
A clip from her Master Class detailing how she colors her own ballet shoes to match her skin tone went viral on social media yesterday. This morning, Copeland posted a video directing fans and followers to her new petition asking Apple to introduce a spectrum of shades for the pointe shoe emoji. It's amassed nearly 2K signatures in just a few hours. “Fortunately, ballet shoe companies are beginning to embrace diversity by offering pointe shoes in various shades,” Copeland writes. “Yet, when I use Apple’s pointe shoe emoji, I only see “European Pink.” In an era where Apple showcases diversity across its emoji spectrum, why is the pointe shoe left behind?” Copeland is asking followers to take to social media with #MakeAPointe. “Every signature brings us one step closer to a world where ballet, both on the stage and in digital spaces, reflects all of us,” she writes. The petition and a real-time signature count can be found at Change.org/MakeAPointe. The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, will celebrate the 2023 Angel Award honorees: adrienne maree brown, Lane Harwell, Young Soon Kim, and, in memoriam, Gus Solomons jr, at the 2023 Bessies Angel Party on Wednesday, October 11, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The award honors arts and culture workers whose contributions have had an immense impact on the dance and performance field. Presentations and remarks by nia love, Wendy Perron, Heather Robles, george emilio sanchez, and Lucy Sexton. Fnd out more here Reposting from: Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine for Beckles Dancing Company “Delores Browne is one of our living legends in dance... but first [to me], she was just the teacher who fixed my positions and insisted on carriage. Miss Browne taught me a lot about ballet, and only later did I learn about her significant role in our history. According to Lisa Kraus, who got a grant and studied Miss Browne’s career, “If you were lucky enough to have seen Delores Browne dancing the Bluebird pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty on tour in Europe with the New York Negro Ballet in 1957, or in Louis Johnson’s First Sin (1957), or in parts created for her by Alvin Ailey, Geoffrey Holder, Anthony Tudor, and other eminent choreographers, you wouldn’t need to be told that Delores Browne was a great black ballerina. For the rest of us, though, it might be news. Gifted for dance, Miss Browne today “glows with energy”. She celebrates her fortieth year as a ballet mistress with Philadanco, the Philadelphia Dance Company led by Joan Myers Brown. She was a teacher at the Alvin Ailey School in New York in the early 1980s. When I first met Miss Browne. Always impeccably dressed in leotard, tights, ballet shoes and chiffon skirt, she exuded the elegance we were trying to achieve. There were three things I remember about her. First, she insisted we carry ourselves as though we had high ruffled collars about our necks and upper chests. The second was that when things got really fast, she said, she would put on her pointe shoes! And thirdly, she reminded us that even though we strive to get better every day, there are some plateaus in our development, so we should not be discouraged. Well, these things stayed with me. It was wonderful to have finally caught up with her by phone recently.” (This excerpt is from a feature in the program from the SDDF in 2013 by Loris.) Today as Loris reflects on her passing yesterday morning, he expressed these thoughts: “I always called her Miss. Browne.“ “I received a donation from her for BDC this year. She had the wherewithal to do it early!” “It was indeed an honor that she graced my life!” |
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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." |