Blog Archives - Charmaine Warren

Some Dance This Weekend~

1/28/2022

L-R: Pearl Primus in “Hard Time Blues” and New Dance Group Improvisation, courtesy of ADG. Mary Anthony and Louis McKenzie in "The Purification,” by Mary Anthony, courtesy of Dance Fusion/Mary Anthony Archives

NewDance Group
Virtual (American Dance Guild)
January 31 - February 27
New Dance Group: Voices for Change, will feature four programs and will feature works made by artists of the legendary New Dance Group Studio, as produced and recorded by the Guild at The New Dance Group Gala Retrospective Performance on July 11, 1993. New Dance Group was a modern dance collective, inspired by the political movements which seized Manhattan in the early 1930s. Find out more here

Various Artists
(Virtual) Green Space
January 11 – 31
The Exponential Festival with artists/projects will include sharings from Annie Heath, River Donaghey, Joe Hendel and more. Find out more here

Various Artists
(Virtual) Various Venues
January 12-28
The 12th annual Bronx Artist Now series in partnership with BAAD! and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. For one evening of this month of events, feature will be dance artists Alicia Raquel Morales, Kayla Hamilton, Alexander Diaz, Rourou Ye in a conversation facilitated by Fana Fraser and many more offerings. Find out more here

Various Artists
(Virtual) New York Lives Arts
January 13 - January 31
NYLA's Virtual Artery will feature Kenyon Adams, Raja Feather KellyIThe Feath3R Theory, Colleen Thomas, Christopher Williams and Saul Williams. Find out more here

Angie Pittman
(Virtual) Roulette
January 27-29
In I’ll tell you, but please be still, Pittman will offer “…a dance performed by two people dancing together and apart…embodied research into Darkness in the style of Audre Lorde and Piracy in the manner of Nina Simone,” according to the release. Find out more here

Thryn Saxon & Marija Obradovic
Arts on Site
January 29
The evening will feature work by Saxon and Obradovic. Find out more here

Various Artists
(Virtual) Danspace Project
January 29
For the series "Conversations Without Walls," guests will be Jordan Demetrius Lloyd & Gillian Walsh with facilitator David Thomson. A link to the stream will be sent to registrants via email 30 minutes prior to the stream. Registration closes 30 minutes prior to the program. Free with RSVP. Find out more here

"Hangin' with Hank" - Germaine Goodson ~ January 30

1/28/2022

In the fourth episode of my "Hangin'" series I'll be talking with Germaine Goodson, who has a career as dancer, teacher and choreographer. Hear stories about her experiences, which include; performing on Broadway in “Black and Blue” and “Play On, touring with dancer Deborah Mitchell, work in commercials, teaching dance and working with show business icons like, Cab Calloway. Enjoy the history!

The link is below for the premiere on January 30th. But, if you can't see it then, don't fret, it will stay up on my YouTube channel afterwards for you to see any time at your leisure. Tell your friends, and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel!

Peace,
Hank
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Date: January 30, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM EDT

The YouTube Link to "Hangin' with Hank":
https://youtu.be/IaqBFSu8D64

Application Gibney 2022-23 Dance In Process (DiP) Residency Program ~ Deadline March 14

1/28/2022

The application for 2022-23 Dance in Process (DiP) Residencies is now open! Join us for two free informational sessions on February 3 and February 10 to learn more about the program and the application process.

Applications are due Monday, March 14 at 10:00 AM EST!

Find out more here

Position Open: ISO: Dance Education Assistant (DEA)

1/28/2022

Announcing the Open Call for Proposals for the first-ever Governors Island Winter Ice Sculpture Show!

1/28/2022

From the folks at The Trust for Governors Island and LMCC:

On Saturday, February 26, 2022, The Trust for Governors Island and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council present the inaugural Governors Island Winter Ice Sculpture Show!

We are excited to invite artists of all backgrounds and disciplines to submit an idea for an ice sculpture, to be completed in the two-hour public event! Selected artists or teams will receive an award of $2,000 to participate, and will be provided with tools, production materials, and will be matched with a professional ice carver from Okamoto Studio to complete the work on the day of the event.

The deadline to send your proposals is Wednesday, February 9.

Ten projects will be selected by the jury and announced by
Friday, February 18, and winning submissions will be published online. Artists are encouraged to invite friends, fans, colleagues, and family to attend day of as additional fun prizes will be awarded to artists and artist teams on the day of the event through audience participation. Sculptures will remain on view on Governors Island until they melt.

Apply now!
Find more information about the Governors Island Winter Ice Sculpture Show here. If you have questions, please contact The Trust’s Arts and Culture team at commissions@govisland.org.

Some Dance This Weekend~

1/20/2022

Oona Doherty Photo: Irish Arts Center

Oona Doherty
(In-person) Irish Arts Center
January 13-23
For the American premiere of Doherty’s Hard to Be Soft, described by The Guardian as “…an homage to Doherty's hometown of Belfast [that captures]…the carapace of swagger and sass, rage and resilience built up by men and women in a place where the conflict seems intractable and horizons are limited by constrictions of class and religion,” featured is Sam Finnegan, John Scott, and the Sugar Army, a locally-cast group of teenagers.” Find out more here

Ayodele Casel
(Virtual) Joyce
January 7 - 23
Created in collaboration with Creative Director Torya Beard, for Chasing Magic, Casel is joined by musical collaborators Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill, singer/songwriter Crystal Monee Hall, music director and composer Annastasia Victory, and percussionist Senfu Stoney. The movement collaborators are: EVIDENCE Artistic Director Ronald K. Brown, Anthony Morigerato, plus tap artists Naomi Funaki, Amanda Castro, and John Manzari, and filmed on The Joyce stage by tap dancer and filmmaker Kurt Csolak. Find out more here

Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith
(Virtual) BAC
January 10 - 24
As part of BAC's digital series, Lieber and Smith will premier gloria rehearsal "...a feminist work continuing Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith’s 15-year choreographic partnership using abstract dance as a means to break down patriarchal systems of degradation," according to the release. Find out more here

Various Artists
(Virtual) Green Space
January 11 – 31
The Exponential Festival with artists/projects will include sharings from Annie Heath, River Donaghey, Joe Hendel and more. Find out more here

Various Artists
(Virtual) Various Venues
January 12-28
The 12th annual Bronx Artist Now series in partnership with BAAD! and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. For one evening of this month of events, feature will be dance artists Alicia Raquel Morales, Kayla Hamilton, Alexander Diaz, Rourou Ye in a conversation facilitated by Fana Fraser and many more offerings. Find out more here

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
(In-Person) Theatre for the New City
January 14 - 23
For its 47th annual performance, Thunderbird American Dancers Pow Wow and Dance Concert will again include dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Find out more here

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
(In-person) Theater for the New City
January 14 – 23
For its 47th annual performance, the Company’s Pow Wow and Dance Concert will again include dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Find out more here

Submissions Open~Black Dance Stories' Young Professional Experience/Journal ~ Deadline ~ 1/31

1/20/2022

We at BDS would like to invite Black dance makers to submit your Black dance story for our "Young Professional Experience'' (YPE) Journal.

Read more about the YPE Journal here, and see how we have been generating this special series here.

Here is an example of what we're hoping to encourage from you and fellow YPE!

We look forward to your submission at this link - by January 31!

Call for Volunteers: The Dance/NYC 2022 Symposium Needs YOU

1/20/2022

This spring, Dance/NYC will host its 2022 Symposium, Life cycles. Livelihoods. Legacies. The Symposium is a hybrid event, convening on a digital conference platform with three in-person offerings at Hunter College. Dance/NYC is currently seeking both in-person and remote volunteers to support the 2022 Symposium. Month-of, week-of, and day-of positions are available!

In exchange for their commitment, all volunteers will receive complimentary access to the event, which includes: panel discussions, advising sessions with arts and legal consultants, training workshops, volunteer t-shirts, and more.

Find out more here

2022 UBW Summer Leadership Institute Applications - NOW OPEN!

1/20/2022

Urban Bush Women’s 2022 Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) in New York City is an intensive 10-day convening where we will learn effective ways to deepen or begin our work as artists who want to connect our art to community organizing and progressive social change strategies.

OUR THEME FOR 2022 IS: ARE WE DEMOCRACY?

LEARN MORE & APPLY

Deeply Rooted - Company Audition!

1/20/2022

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is seeking male dancers with a strong background in modern, ballet, and African-based techniques for its professional company and company apprentice program. The company offers a 35.5-week contract including annual season performances in Chicago and New York as well as national and international touring.

Register for in-person or virtual audition