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Some Dance This Week(end)~

2/27/2020

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PictureAnnique Roberts of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Photo: Julieta Cervantes
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
The Joyce Theater
February 25-March 1

––celebrates its 35th anniversary with the return of seminal works “High Life” (2000) and “Grace” (1999/2004), plus the newly commissioned “Mercy,” featuring original music by Meshell Ndegeocello, all works exemplify Brown’s contemporary African style. Find out more here 






​Okwui Okpokwasili & Peter Born
Danspace Project
February 28 - March 21

Brooklyn-based writer, performer and choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili partners with Judy Hussie-Taylor, Danspace Executive Director & Chief Curator, in “PLATFORM 2020: Utterances from the Chorus.” The list of participants and events are numerous, so be sure to check Danspace’s website.  Okpokwasili and Born’s durational practice, Sitting On a Man's Head, will have its New York City premiere and will be the focal point of the Platform. This is “A space of restoration and restitution is our concern,” writes Okpokwasili and Born. “We are engaged in a creative practice concerned with the formation of new bonds of kinship around essential questions,” Okpokwasili and Hussie-Taylor used these ideas as a point of departure for the Platform’s curatorial inquiries, conversations, and programs. Find out more here

​NYTB/Chamber Works
Florence Gould Hall
February 29 & March 1

Founder and Artistic Director Diana Byer brings Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty for the Company's "Once Upon a Ballet Series" (suitable for ages 3+). Find out more here 

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My AmNews 2020 March Dance Calendar

2/27/2020

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PictureOkwui Okpokwasili Photo: Peter Born
My AmNews March 2020 Dance Calendar

​Featured:
Okwui Okpokwasili partners with Judy Hussie-Taylor, Danspace executive director and chief curator, in “PLATFORM 2020: Utterances from the Chorus”
Danspace Project
February 22 - March 21
​Find out more here

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Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center's "Open Call for Women Dancemakers"

2/27/2020

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OPEN CALL for Women Dancemakers

As Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center prepares for its 44th season coming in June 2020, we are calling on Women dance makers to submit work to be presented in THPAC's  44th Dance festival season focused on - WOMEN IN DANCE.
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Applications Open - Gibney's DiP Series - Deadline for Proposals - March 24

2/27/2020

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Gibney’s Dance in Process (DiP) is designed to provide extensive, holistic support for mid-career New York-based dance artists who are in the middle stages of work on a new project.Resident Artists will each receive three weeks of exclusive, continuous access to a studio at one of Gibney’s locations, as well as a $7,500 stipend and a $2,000 allowance for artistic consultants.

During their season in residence, participating artists will also receive an additional 40 hours of discounted studio space in designated studios, as well as professional development and administrative support from Gibney staff.
Proposals are due Tuesday, March 24 at 10:00 AM EST. Please join us for two free info sessions to discuss the program and the application process, and review the application guidelines carefully before submitting your proposal.

​Find out more here

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Clive Barnes Awards Nominees Announced

2/27/2020

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The Clive Barnes Foundation announced the finalists and date for the 10th Annual Clive Barnes Awards. Hosted by New York Post columnist and WOR radio personality Michael Riedel, the presentation of the annual awards recognizing excellence in theater and dance will take place on Monday, April 6, 2020 at 3:00pm at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street), in memory of founder Valerie Taylor-Barnes.

In this year’s Theater Artist Award category, three of the four finalists made their Broadway debuts this season in roles that led to their nomination: Andrew Burnap, for his portrayal of Toby Darling in Matthew Lopez’s contemporary gay epic The Inheritance; Celia Rose Gooding as adopted daughter Frankie Healy in the Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill; and Christopher Livingston in the dual roles of James Bevel/Jimmie Lee Jackson in Lincoln Center Theater’s The Great Society. Mr. Livingston is also recognized for his work in Roundabout Underground’s production of Selina Fillinger’s Something Clean. Sophia Anne Caruso, who recently starred in Beetlejuice as Lydia, the young girl who summons the title demon, rounds out the quartet of Theater Artist finalists.
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Some Dance This Week(end)~

2/20/2020

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Picture Compagnie Hervé KOUBI Photo: Didier Philispart
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI
The Joyce
February 18-23

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the Company will present the New York premiere of Les nuits barbares ou les premiers matins du monde (The Barborous Nights; or, The First Dawns of the World) by French and Algerian choreographer Koubi exploring the shared history of the Mediterranean basin.  Find out more here
 
Richard Alston Dance
Peak Performances
February 20-23
After 50 years, the Company will close its doors, and a final American performance will offer three U.S. premieres including Shine On, the last by Alston, plus more.  Find out more here
 
Peter Stathas Dance
Gibney
February 20-22
Strathas will present the world premiere of the solo In the Garden described as an exploration of our life cycle.  Find out more here 
 
Sarah Juli
Dixon Place
February 21-22 & 27-28
Dixon Place and American Dance Festival presents Juli’s new comedic dance-theater work, Burnt-Out Wife, “…her latest feminist solo…Taking on such topics as intimacy, loneliness, monogamy, and other marital taboos,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
Florentina Holzinger
NYU Skirball
February 22-23
Holzinger “…combines fin de siècle freak shows with 1960s live art, offering a new perspective on the rupture between high art and entertainment culture…addressing the myth of the supposedly perfect woman, the artist herself,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
HERE
February 23-March 1
For their annual HERE RAW where resident artists get to share their projects, included on this year’s program will include Suzi Takahashi Marie, Gelsey Bell, Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory and many more. Find out more here
 
“Works & Process at the Guggenheim” – Various Artists
Guggenheim Museum
February 23
The performing arts series at the Guggenheim presents Artistic Director Angel Corella’s La Bayadère the 1877 tale of love and godly revenge for Pennsylvania Ballet.  Find out more here
 
“Works & Process at the Guggenheim” – Various Artists
Guggenheim Museum
February 24
The performing arts series at the Guggenheim presents Caleb Teicher and Lindy Hop dancers.  Find out more here
 
Philadanco!
NJPAC
February 25
As part of their 50th anniversary celebration, Philadanco comes to New Jersey with a program of dances that explore social themes.  Find out more here  

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Save the Date - A.I.M 2020 Summer Intensive - August NYC

2/20/2020

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BAIRA - Summer Intensive - June - July - Detroit

2/20/2020

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Commissioned Artists Announced by Park Avenue Armory for 100 Years | 100 Women Initiative

2/20/2020

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Park Avenue Armory, with lead partner National Black Theatre, have announced the lead group of artists they and a cohort of nine additional New York City-based cultural institutions have commissioned as part of 100 Years | 100 Women , a two-part, multidisciplinary initiative marking the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. This group of artists—who self-identify as women or gender non-binary and whose work spans visual arts, music, dance, film, photography, and performance—will create new projects that respond to this anniversary, reflecting on issues including womanhood, citizenship, feminism, and intersectionality. Commissioned artists include: Sama Alshaibi, Murielle Borst-Tarrant/Safe Harbors Indigenous Collective, Zoë Buckman, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Karen Finley, Ebony Noelle Golden, Chanon Judson, L’Rain, Shola Lynch, Meshell Ndegeocello, Toshi Reagon, Jaime Sunwoo, Sahar Ullah, Carrie Mae Weems, Deborah Willis, and many more.

​Read more here

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Gibney Company Summer Intensive - June 2020

2/20/2020

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Hone your technique, develop socially-engaged practices, and learn repertory by Yin Yue, Mark Caserta, and Peter Chu in an intensive led by Gibney Company Artistic Associates!

The Intensive also includes professional enhancement workshops designed to help you develop leadership practices, community action skills, and navigation through your artistic career. 

JUN. 8 - 19
WEEKDAYS, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PMAPPLICATION DEADLINE
MAR. 31, 11:59 PM EST​
TUITION
$1,200; PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

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    I 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."

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