Hearts of Men 
Benefit Performance

"intimate Exchanges: Sharing Dance"

Saturday, August 16 
Sunday, August 17

at 

The Martha Graham Studio 
55 Bethune Street
New York, NY
11th Floor

Reservations: [email protected]

Founder & Artistic director - Fredrick Earl Mosley

Dancers to date:- 
Dudley Williams, Clifton Brown, Brian Harlan Brooks, Alenka Cizmesija, Juan Carlos Penuela, Leonides Arpon, 
Deborah Wingert, Solomon Dumas, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Kristina Zaidner, Ryan Houston, Randall Riley, Jeffrey Sousa 
Keon Thoulouis, Lara Spencer, Manuela Sanchez...

...Nathaniel Hunt, Edwin Rodriguez, Anna Noble, Yusaku Komori, Coral Dolphin, Michelle Smith, Lisa Johnson Willingham
Djassi Johnson, Terrence Poplar, Chawnta Van, Julia Discenza, Lauren MacAllister, Sharrod Williams, Ariel Trzaskos
Natalia Cordero, Jennifer Sroka, Brilynn Rakes, Maleek Joseph
Scott Willis
Braian Salinas
Bryan Rodriguez Montoya
Tania Palomeque Guirao
Sara Colomino Guimenez

Movement Classes @ CLASSCLASSCLASS
August 19-21

CLASSCLASSCLASS is a blank slate for movement artists to experiment with their artistic practice in some form of student-teacher relationship. CLASSCLASSCLASS values a willingness to investigate ideas, without the pressure of product. Students, come as you are.  All classes -  $8

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Tumbler of performance of "Benon" with Souleymane Dadolo

Edisa Weeks’ DELIRIOUS Dances
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
August 13
Described as “…a special, mid-summer dance performance,” Weeks’ Enchanted “…is inspired by the textures, patterns and beauty of plants and flowers native to New York, that are being threatened by invasive species and over development,” according to the release.  Find out more here






Naomi Goldberg Haas’ Dances For A Variable Population
West Harlem Piers Park​
August 15
Be part of this free interactive dance workshop and share in the fun!  Find out more here 

Gabriel Misse & Analia Centurion
Dardo Galletto Studios
August 8-17
Buenos Aires tango dancers Gabriel Misse and Analia Centurion will teach seminars, perform share in a Meet & Talk.  Find out more here 

Navatman’s Drive East
La MaMa
August 11- 17
"…accurately subtitled a Journey Through South Asian Music and Dance — is an extraordinary feat, covering more ground than many other festivals. In seven days, it presents 26 performances, none repeated, of music and dance. Six of India’s classical dance forms — Bharata Natyam, Odissi, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and Kathakali — will be represented. The music includes Carnatic and Hindustani vocals and individual performances devoted to the tabla, sitar, flute and other instruments. Few of us in the West know nearly enough about these rich and compelling genres; I hope this festival recurs in years to come," writes The New York Times writer Alastair Macaulay.  Find out more here 

David Dorfman Dance & Korhan Başaran Company
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)
Aug 14—16
DanceMotion USA’s David Dorfman Dance and Turkey’s Korhan Başaran Company come together for a residency performance.  Find out more here 

Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Martha’s Vineyard
August 16
For the second week of their residency at The Yard, Camille A. Brown and Dancers will show excerpts of a new work-in-progress, Black Girl.  Find out more here

The 33rd Annual Downtown Dance Festival
Battery Park City
August 17-21
Battery Dance Company, with Battery Park City Authority, presents performances by The Vanaver Caravan, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company; Mazzini Dance Collective; Nimbus Dance Works; Dorrance Dance / New York; New York Theatre Ballet’s Elena Zahlmann and more.  The Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, curated by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), will be held Wednesday, August 20.  Find out more here

Keigwin + Company
The Pocantico Festival
August 19
Join KEIGWIN + COMPANY for a special, outdoor performance at The Pocantico Center. Find out more here

Aparna Ramaswamy
Martha’s Vineyard
August 21 & 23
Acclaimed Bharatanatyam soloist and choreographer Aparna Ramaswamy will perform Sannidhi (Sacred Space) with an ensemble of musicians. Find out more here 

If you are a community-based dance organization that serves children from low-income communities in New York City through a performing arts program, you may be eligible to participate in The Stars of New York Dance!
  
To be considered or for more information,
please contact Cheryl Todmann,
Executive Producer of The Stars of New York Dance,
at [email protected]  or visit us at: www.thestarsofnewyorkdance.com

RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, will host auditions August 18-21, 2014 at 890 Broadway 4th Floor (at 19th Street), NYC.  The schedule follows:Auditions for female dancers will be held on August 18, 2014 from 12-6pm with callbacks on August 20.  Auditions for male dancers will be held on August 19, 2014 from 12-6pm with callbacks on August 21. Registration is $10 and is payable by cash or check.  Students in Rioult's Summer Intensive Program are not required to pay the registration fee.  To make an appointment, email [email protected].

Rehearsals for chosen dancers will begin on September 8, 2014.  All hired dancers will receive salary and benefits, and will have opportunities to tour domestically and internationally.  Strong Modern Dance and Ballet Technique is required and only US Citizens or those with a green card are eligible to be a part of the company.

GOOD NEWS! 
 
Denise Saunders Thompson, alumna, administrator and professor at Howard University's Department of Theatre Arts, has been elected to the board of trustees of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance. She is one of eight new members who serve three-year terms that began July 1, 2014. "I am interested in nurturing dialogue about diversity, equity and inclusion," Thompson said. "It is my hope that we can explore opportunities for joint ventures with other dance professionals which will help to support the artistic work presented in dance communities around the world."

Thompson will hold the board position in her capacity as chairperson for the International Association of Blacks in Dance (www.iabdassociation.org). IABD preserves and promotes dance by people of African ancestry and origin and assists and increases opportunities for artists in networking, funding, performance, education, audience development, philosophical dialogue, touring and advocacy.

The significance of this appointment is extremely important for the dance community of African ancestry or origin having a voice 'at the table' with this national dance service organization," Thompson said. "Our population has been underrepresented for so long in ballet, modern dance and so many other genres. It is time have more meaningful dialogue with results attached."

Brown Girls Burlesque
Joe’s Pub
August 9
Brown Girls Burlesque presents Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Vol.3 LoveSexy, a “A stripping, shimmying stiletto filled fete celebrating His Royal Badness, Prince,” according to the release.  The event and performers are described as follows: “Lovely DJ Lady Natasha Diggs, of Mobile Mondays, is on the royal decks slinging sexy tracks dripping in paisley for all to keep the house quaking. Chicava HoneyChild, burlesque queen Perle Noire, BGB ALL-STARS Jazabel Jade and Sophie Sucre, lead a cast of Burlesque’s sexiest danseurs on a hot summer nights ride through Prince’s mighty musical court.  The BGB Lovelies want to Take U with them. Won’t U join them 4 the ride?”  Find out more here 

Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG)
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
August 7-9
For his 12th opera, director/choreographer Mark Morris returns to the Mostly Mozart Festival with the premiere Acis and Galatea, a new, fully-staged opera ballet to Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s “Acis And Galatea.”  The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale will perform under Nicholas McGegan, conductor.  Find out more here

Ragamala Dance with Rudresh Mahanthappa
Aparna Ramaswamy and Ranee Ramaswamy
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers
Chinese American Arts Council Dancers
Lincoln Center out of Doors/Damrosch Park Bandshell
August 7
See contemporary and traditional works from three companies in one evening.   Find out  more here

Six Degrees Dance Company
Speyer Hall at University Settlement
August 8 – 9
Cecly Placenti's Six Degrees Dance presents six companies from New York, New Jersey, and Boston including: Inclined Dance Project, Crooked Mouth, the Kennedy Dancers, Angie Moon Dance Theatre, 1000 Virtues Dance, and Six Degrees Dance.  Find out more here 

LiftOff Workshop Fall/Winter Facilitation by Karen Bernard, Founder and Director of New Dance Alliance and Guest Feedback Givers:

• Brian Rogers, Director, Video and Sound artist, Co-founder and Artistic Director of The Chocolate Factory Theater
• RoseAnne Spradlin, Choreographer
• Mihoko Suzuki, Composer

Tuesdays 6-9 PM
October 21-December 30
10 Sessions
$250
Limited space available

To register, email [email protected] and to secure your place, mail check made payable to New Dance Alliance at 182 Duane Street, New York, NY 10013.

LiftOff is an NDA program offering residencies and workshops in which performing artists develop creative and business aspects of their work.

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