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 L - Tap it Out 2018, Times Square. Photo: Amanda Gentile; R – The new U.S. Postal Service stamps in honor of American Tap Dance. Various Artists
Tap City July 5 - 10 This year Tap city, the New York City tap festival is virtual with master classes, performances and community events. The celebration will close with TAP IT OUT, a live performance in the middle of Times Square, where tap dancers on individual portable boards in a structured improvisation, followed by unison choreography and the "Shim Sham." Find out more here Various Artists June 3 – August 1 The Shed Now open to the public with their Open Call, an Exhibition and Performance Series, featured will be works by early-career New York artists including Leslie Cuyhet, Nia O. Witherspoon, Emily Waters, Nazareth Hassan, Rachika Nayar, AnAkA, DonChristian Jones, Troy Anthony, Merche Blasco, Kyle Marshall, Ana María Agüero Jahannes and more. Find out more here Various Artists July 1 - August 31 Dancespace Project The Dream of the Audience, curated by artistic director Judy Hussie-Taylor brings artist to the virtual space to present works built while in-residence at Danspace’s historic venue in St. Mark’s Church, and more. The Dream of the Audience features the premiere of a new film by Ishmael Houston-Jones in collaboration with josé e. abad, Snowflake Calvert, Keith Hennessy, and Kevin O’Connor followed by live conversation with Houston-Jones & Miguel Gutierrez. Also featured will be films by Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake with Joan Jonas, and Reggie Wilson. All films will be available for online viewing July 1-Aug 31. Find out more here  AUDITION ALERT!
STREB EXTREME ACTION invites all dancers, acrobats, athletes, and movers with an appetite for EXTREME ACTION to audition for paid positions starting immediately: Thursdays 10 - 11:15 am July 16th, July 23rd, July 30th Call backs will be on Tuesdays, during company class then at a paid trial rehearsal period. Auditions will be held by appointment only at STREB @ SLAM: 51 North 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249 Questions? Contact Associate Artistic Director Cassandre Joseph: [email protected] Register for an Audition: Contact Company Manager Shannon Reynolds, [email protected] Join the 2021-2024 COHI MOVE COLLECTIVE Cohort
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-- Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Interviews to begin the week of July 5, 2021. The position start date is August 30, 2021. A paid training period for the position will take place between July 15 and August 13, 2021. We will invite 6-8 applicants for individual interviews that will take place virtually over Zoom. After the individual interviews, we anticipate inviting 2-3 individuals for a second round interview, which may take place over Zoom or in-person. For accessibility purposes, if you need accommodations to interview over Zoom, please let us know these in your application.
Read more and apply here  Princess Mhoon. Photo: Patrick Orr. The University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts announces the appointment of Princess Mhoon as the new Strategic Program Manager to lead its Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project, which celebrates the impact of Black dance in the performing arts and provides critical financial and operational support to Chicago-based Black dance makers.
“Princess, a Chicago gem and powerhouse, is returning home! I am grateful the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project will be under Princess’s very capable leadership and excited to witness her mastery at work,” says Regina Perry-Carr, Artistic Director of Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago. Read more here  FROM THE FOLKS AT Pentacle:
Pentacle is very pleased to announce the first generational leadership transition in its 45-year history! On July 1st, 2021 Clarissa Soto Josephs will assume the role of Executive Director of Pentacle, the first BIPOC woman and the first non-founder to hold this top leadership role at the organization. Longtime Director Mara Greenberg will step down as the head of Pentacle, and will be a director of the organization, continuing to have a role in various capacities for the foreseeable future. Find out more here   nora chipmaurie's "Nehanda" Photo: nora chipamaurie & Alla Kovgan Various Artists
June 10 - 27 River To River Festival For the 20th annual edition, with both COVID-safe in-person events as well as opportunities for online interaction, and as always is 100% free and open to the public, featured dance highlights include work by Okwui Okpokwasili, Miguel Gutierrez, The Illustrious Blacks, Mariana Valencia, nora chipaumire, and Maria Hassabi. Find out more here STILL HAPPENING: AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS March 1-June 27 Performance Space New York Members of AFROFEMONONOMY who have collaborated in different configurations come together for the first time as a group to celebrate each other’s work. This exploratory collaboration happens with Black femme theatermakers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, Kaneza Schaal, and others. Find out more here Ailey All Access March 17 – June 24 Join the Ailey All Access web page and get real-time access to many Ailey classics, favorites and more. Find out more here NEW HAPPENINGS**** Various Artists June 3 – August 1 The Shed Now open to the public with their Open Call, an Exhibition and Performance Series, featured will be works by early-career New York artists including Leslie Cuyhet, Nia O. Witherspoon, Emily Waters, Nazareth Hassan, Rachika Nayar, AnAkA, DonChristian Jones, Troy Anthony, Merche Blasco, Kyle Marshall, Ana María Agüero Jahannes and more. Find out more here Various Artists June 10 -27 Various Locations Celebrating 20 years, River To River Festival returns with dance highlights including works by Okwui Okpokwasili, Miguel Gutierrez, The Illustrious Blacks, Mariana Valencia, nora chipaumire, and Maria Hassabi. Find out more here Various Artists June 12 – 26 Rufus King Park The Jamaica Dance Festival returns with performances by Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Alpa Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Kizuna Dance and more. Find out more here Various Artists June 24 -26 Various Locations Dances For A Variable Population, Artistic Director Naomi Goldberg Haas and legendary guest artists offers a five-day hybrid dance festival, Revival 5, with guest choreographers: Shirley Black Brown Coward, George Faison, Goldberg Haas, Ellen Graff, Audrey Hubbard Madison, Myna Majors, Sandra Rivera, and Marnie Thomas Wood. Find out more here Various Artists June 25 Harlem Stage E-Moves Part 2 features Tiffany Rae-Fisher and EMERGE125 who pays homage to the Harlem Renaissance and celebrate three Black, Queer, Female playwrights, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Mary Powell Burrill, and Angelina Weld Grimké in a recent work. A discussion will follow moderated by Pat Cruz, Harlem Stage's Artistic Director and CEO. Find out more here Tere O'Connor & Rashaun Mitchell June 28 Danspace Project O’Connor revisits the new work Rivulets postponed from its scheduled 2021 premiere due to the pandemic, currently in development and set to premiere in 2022, and is joined by Mitchell for a discussion on process. RSVP and find out more here Various Artists July 1 - August 31 Dancespace Project The Dream of the Audience, curated by artistic director Judy Hussie-Taylor brings artist to the virtual space to present works built while in-residence at Danspace’s historic venue in St. Mark’s Church, and more. The Dream of the Audience features the premiere of a new film by Ishmael Houston-Jones in collaboration with josé e. abad, Snowflake Calvert, Keith Hennessy, and Kevin O’Connor followed by live conversation with Houston-Jones & Miguel Gutierrez. Also featured will be films by Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake with Joan Jonas, and Reggie Wilson. All films will be available for online viewing July 1-Aug 31. Find out more here Three internship opportunities with The Bessies:
Each internship begins July 1, 2021. |
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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." |
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