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Still Dancing During COVID-19 ~

4/23/2020

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How Thao & The Get Down Stay Down made a music video on Zoom
Read about this on The Verge
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My April Digital access to dance for AmNews

4/23/2020

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My April "Digital access to dance" for AmNews.

Please support these artists!  Also so see my other lists here.

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Some RESOURCES ~ (Updated - 4/24)

4/23/2020

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Gibney Resource Page

MUTUAL AID
  • Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
  • Get Help Give Help Mutual Aid
  • Mutual Aid Hub
  • NYC United Against Coronavirus Mutual Aid
  • Undocu Workers Fund
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
  • Actors Fund Dancers' Resources
  • Brooklyn Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund
  • Financial Assistance for Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
  • Freelancers Relief Fund
  • Hire Artists
  • New York Community Trust
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
  • 4A Arts COVID-19 Resource List
  • Americans for the Arts Webinars (Ongoing)
  • Queer & Trans Resources in the Time of COVID-19
  • Raising Funds in the COVID-19 Era (Apr. 15)
Artist Relief, an initiative that will distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19.

Eligibility requirements:
·      Practicing artists able to demonstrate a sustained commitment to their work, careers, and a public audience;
·      Experiencing dire financial emergencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
·      21 years of age or older;
·      Able to receive taxable income in the U.S. (e.g. citizen, green card holder, and/or permanent resident who can provide a W9 and SSN or ITIN);
·      Residing and working in the U.S. for the last two years;
·      Not a full-time employee, board member, director, officer, or immediate family member of any of the coalition partners;
·      Not previously awarded a relief grant from this fund.
DANCE/NYC

The Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund applications for April support to Freelance Dance Workers will open Friday, April 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. and close on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Freelance dance workers interested in applying for April support can find a blank copy of the application on the Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund Freelance Dance Worker page to help in preparing application materials in advance of the application opening. Please note: applications for April support that were submitted during the March application period cannot be considered, and interested applicants must submit a new application for April. 
Applicants for March Freelance Dance Worker support can expect notification of award status by Monday, April 13, 2020. 

We are also happy to announce that due to the generous support of the Arnhold Foundation, and increased support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund for Freelance Dance Workers has been extended through June 2020. For more information on Freelance Dance Worker applications for future months, please visit our Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund Freelance Dance Worker Page.
New York Community Trust's NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund: New York City arts
and culture 501(c)3 nonprofits with a track record of robust programming and services
for New York City residents. Grants between $10,000 and $250,000 as well as no-interest loans are available.

 
New York Foundation on the Arts (NYFA): COVID-19 Comprehensive Resources

Unemployment Insurance - The Federal CARES Act has provided freelancers $600/week. Contact your state's Department of Labor and file a claim as soon as possible. Phonebanks are overwhelmed. Don't give up!
 
Small Business Adminstration (SBA) $10,000 loans for businesses and non-profits that don't need to be repaid. Info and 15minute application.
DANCE NOW Virtual Happy Hours!

FEATURING  SPECIAL GUESTS

Each one-hour ZOOM mixer will feature a different host artist. Attendees can ask the host questions about their art, their expertise, their career, or simply share how they're doing and hang out. BYOB ;) 
 
To keep the happy hours more intimate, spots will be limited. Make sure to RSVP!
IABD's COVID-19 | Novel Coronavirus Resource Page
 &
The IABD Emergency Fund -
In response to the COVID-19 disruption, The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), with support from the Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation and individual supporters, seek to meet the urgent needs of the Black Dance community through the IABD Emergency Fund. This fund will provide grant awards to those directly impacted by COVID-19.

Applications 
for the Emergency Fund will open to IABD Members Monday, April 6th.
Announcing HireArtists.org, a New Marketplace Built to Support Artists in Response to Unprecedented Economic Crisis in the Cultural Sector

Commission-Free Platform Is a Place for Artists to Sell Services Both Practical and Creative, Earning Income During COVID-19 Pandemic

A direct, entrepreneurial, and creative response to the unprecedented economic crisis facing the cultural sector, HireArtists.org envisions a way to activate and support the myriad talents of a vibrant artistic community currently in isolation with the rest of the world. The commission-free marketplace allows accomplished, dedicated practitioners from across the arts to monetize their knowledge and offer services both creative and practical, including visual art and performances, classes and coaching, and assistance with everyday or professional tasks such as personal organizing, IT help, video editing, and more.

COVID-19 impact surveys from the end of March underscore the current fragility of the artistic ecosystem; as of March 25, a sampling of 33 independent producers projected revenue losses upwards of $5 million; collectively this group employs or provides paid contracts to 1,195 independent artists and 75 cultural workers. As early as March 17, freelance artists were reporting an average of $7,021,88 of canceled freelance work, a sum that has almost certainly risen substantially in recent weeks.

HireArtists.org is the brainchild of producer-curator Vallejo Gantner, creative director Alex Reeves, theater artist and manager Erica Schnitzer, philanthropist Chet Kerr, and IBM Blockchain Chief Storyteller James Dennin.
DANCE UNION'S DANCE RELIEF FUND

  • Share the Relief Fund on social media
Dance Union | Dancers Relief Fund [Donate here]
Application [Apply here]


 Other Funds/Support in our Network:
  • NYC Low-Income Artist/Freelancer Relief Fund
  • The Indie Theater Fund Rapid Relief Emergency Fund
  • Dance/NYC (Coming Soon - Stay Tuned)
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THE SHED: Calling all early-career NYC artists ~ Deadline May 31

4/15/2020

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We’re seeking proposals for the second edition of Open Call, a large-scale commissioning program for early-career NYC-based artists. Please share with your artist friends! The deadline for applications is May 31, 2020.   

During this time of great uncertainty, art endures. In our city and across the globe, people are looking for ways to cope, commune, be heard, reinvigorate and express themselves, and so much more. Despite the upheaval, it’s important that we support the creative spirit of our communities and forge a path forward. 
Born out of The Shed’s commitment to supporting early-career artists and a diverse range of voices and experiences, our Open Call program selects, fosters, and presents new work from NYC artists who have not yet received major support. It embraces NYC’s diversity of emerging talent in its many forms—including artistic medium, race, ethnicity, age, identity, physical ability, and more. 

The Shed will support selected projects with a commissioning fee of up to $15,000 per artist or collective. Participants will be selected this summer by leaders in their fields, including other artists, cultural programmers, academics, and members of The Shed’s staff.  Find out more here

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TONIGHT - 4/16: Tendayi Kuumba with Greg Purness @ Gibney (online)

4/15/2020

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Tendayi Kuumba with Greg Purnell
TONIGHT - April 16
Gibney
(online)

Kuumba and Purnell presents “…a re-imagined digital version of Unidentified Fly Objects (U.F.O.): Stardust Melanin, an investigation of the power we inherently possess as ancestral magical beings. It explores the polarity of the god/goddess consciousness from the inside out,” according to the release.  RSVP and find out more here

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Arts On Site - Virtual Performance Party - April 18th

4/14/2020

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The Arts On Site Performance Party is going virtual. Join us through Zoom for a live artist showcase with music, dance, film and theater. Help us continue to host community art events that support artists. Although we are physically isolated from one another, it's essential to share our artistic inspirations to help bring us together.

Link opens at 7:30pm
Performances start at 8:00pm
$10 suggested donation (Venmo:@artsonsitenyc)

Host: Adrian Rosas
Special Guest: Trudee

Featuring:
Kayla Farrish/Decent Structures Arts (Dance Film)
Philip Sheegog (Music)
Louise Benkelman and Chelsea Ainsworth (Dance)
Gabe Merizalde (Music)
Crossman Dans(c)e/Dyland Crossman (Dance)
Paul Rabinowitz (Spoken Word)
POGO (Contemporary Dance)

Link to the event - here
Facebook Link - here

Please consider making an additional donation to our gofundme campaign - here 


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Thinking about all of us ~ Stay Safe. Be Well.

4/9/2020

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"And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. ANd the people began to think differently. 

And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
 
And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed"

--Kitty O'Meara


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Some CLASSES & Workshops ~ (Updated)

4/9/2020

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Gibney Online Studio
Peridance Online Studio - CONNECT

Peridance invites you to dance with some of our esteemed teachers online! While we are doing our part to practice social distancing during these challenging times, we are dedicated to finding ways to
connect, breathe, and move with you.

See our rotating schedule below and check back each week for updates.


REGISTER FOR CLASSES HERE!
Full Class Schedule is listed below.


Dances For A Variable Population's
Follow this protocol to access classes
1. Go to website page:

2. Click on Instructor's name for enter the Class 
3. CALL OUR TECHNICAL NUMBER IF YOU NEED SUPPORT:  
920-659-5715

All Classes are one hour- the teacher will be present fifteen min before and ten min after for discussion.
The Actors Fund is immersed in responding to emergency grant applications, CTFD and The Career Center continue to engage with dancers nationwide and are connecting them with information and community, largely through virtual programming. Here you can see our weekly offerings.
      
We are pleased to collaborate with Dance Media and Dance Teacher Magazine for a lively webinar presentation on Saturday, April 25. RSVP here:


American Ballet Theatre
- April 11 at 2pm ET on @ABTOfficial Instagram LIVE, A Conversation on Swan Lake with ABT Principal Dancers Devon Teuscher and Cory Stearns.

TUESDAYs and THURSDAYs on @ABTOfficial Instagram, a new episode of #BalletNutsandBolts is posted. In this humorous Instagram series, ABT JKO School faculty
member and former ABT Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel uses garage tools to illustrate technique tips in ballet. 

Every week, MONDAY through THURSDAY, @ABTSchool Instagram and YouTube offers daily virtual classes taught by former ABT dancers, ABT JKO faculty and ABT teaching artists – all certified in the ABT National Training Curriculum.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company invited dancers around the world to join the Company each weekday at noon for a free one-hour Company Class.  Interested dancers can join the class by registering on Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company's website
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The Bessies: An update for artists whose scheduled NYC performances have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis

4/9/2020

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An update for artists whose scheduled NYC performances have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis:

The Bessies recognizes the hardship and disappointment associated with the loss of the opportunity for artists to perform live work in the NYC metropolitan area this season. As such, The Bessies has approved the following one-time change in Bessies eligibility for the 2020 awards:
Any program that was scheduled to be performed live in metropolitan New York that has been cancelled because of the health crisis, but reformatted for LIVE digital presentation can be considered for a Bessie in the category that it would have fallen under had it not been cancelled. This is not an additional award. In short, eligibility requirements for consideration in 2020 are as follows:

  • The live performance must have been announced prior to March 16, 2020, and the performances must have been scheduled to take place in a theater in the New York metropolitan area, in front of an audience, during the period March 16 - June 1, 2020
  • The program must have been presented LIVE in an online format; consideration may be given to digital reproductions of performances that were presented LIVE and recorded
  • Internet-only work is excluded from consideration
  • These performances will be considered under the category of the originally scheduled program (i.e. Outstanding Production, Outstanding Revival, Outstanding Design, etc) 
  • At present, these criteria will only apply to The Bessies the 2019-20 awards year.
To invite the Bessies Selection Committee to view your work held on a live digital platform between March 16 and June 1, 2020, please contact them directly here on our website. If your work was recorded it can be shared with the committee in an unedited recording for viewing. If your work is yet to be performed live, a link may be shared for live viewing with the Selection Committee. 
Wishing you all the best in working through this uncertain and disrupting period. Dance is an art form characterized by strength, resilience, and cooperation. These qualities will serve our community well now and well into the future.

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JOSÉ LIMÓN DANCE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WILL BE DANTE PULEIO

4/9/2020

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The José Limón Dance Foundation announced the appointment of Dante Puleio as its new Artistic Director.  A widely respected former member of the Limón Dance Company for more than a decade, Puleio will succeed Colin Connor on July 1, 2020 to become only the sixth Artistic Director in the Company’s 74-year history.

Puleio trained at the Laban Centre in London, the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, UK and received his BFA from University of the Arts in Philadelphia.  After a diverse performing career with the Limón Dance Company, national and international Broadway tours, television and movie appearances, he received his MFA from University of California, Irvine.  He is currently a Visiting Professor of Dance at the University of Florida, where he teaches and continues to collaborate on a number of projects within the dance community.  He states “I am so excited to return to the Limón Dance Company in this way. I am looking forward to collaborating with the Foundation to continue this historical legacy and reimagining José Limón’s vision to reflect these rapidly changing times.”

Read more here


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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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