Okwui Okpokwasili on receiving a MacArthur 'genius' Fellowship for AmNews.

Some thoughts on Kyle Abraham's The Runaway for AmNews

DIRECTOR: Fabien Baron

DATES:
Nov 7 : Prep Day, TBC
Nov 8: Shoot Day

CASTING: 1 female dancer or model with strong dance experience, African-American, ideally with shaved head (though not mandatory)

LOCATION: in Studio, NYC
NOTES: campaign will be largely unrecognizable, though model may be seen in profile. The focus is on the movement/motion of the body
All we need right now are headshots and ideally just a video of them dancing. Send headshot and clip to email below.
Compensation with be provided, but the rate is tbc. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you!

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CHOREOGRAPHERS FOR ABT INCUBATOR SELECTED
Kelsey Grills, Sung Woo Han, Gabrielle Lamb, Duncan Lyle and James Whiteside to create new work for workshop

Grills and Lamb, along with American Ballet Theatre dancers Han, Lyle and Whiteside, have been selected to create work for
ABT Incubator, a two-week choreographic workshop providing a focused lab to generate and inspire movement. Directed by ABT Principal Dancer David Hallberg, ABT Incubator will be held October 31 – November 10, 2018 at ABT’s New York studios.

ABT Incubator choreographers were chosen through an audition process with selections made by a panel including ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, ABT Principal Dancer David Hallberg, ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, Danspace Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor and choreographers Jessica Lang and Lar Lubovitch. With lead support from The Howard Hughes Corporation, choreographers will be provided studio space, a stipend and mentoring to create new work on dancers from ABT and ABT Studio Company.

The 25th year the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) will be presented to five risk-taking, mid-career artists who use their talent, vision, and labor to make something that matters within and potentially beyond their field. Okwui Okpokwasili is the recipient in dance.

Since its inception in 1994, the HAAIA has been awarded to 125 artists in the five disciplines of dance, film/video, music, theatre and visual arts. Each artist receives a $75,000 unrestricted prize and a one week residency at the California Institute of the Arts which administers the prize on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation. 
Irene Borger, Executive Director of HAAIA since its inception twenty-five years ago, reflects on the motivation behind the establishment of the awards. “The Herb Alpert Award was born in response to fevered cutbacks in the arts; now, in its 25th year, once more we are finding ourselves in an increasingly doctrinaire and retrograde period of extremity. Herb Alpert Award artists understand the necessity of an inclusive society, the beauty of independent thought and give us, year after year, a vital, expanded notion of the possible.”

Among the 125 past winners are noted artists, Carrie Mae Weems, Vijay Iyer, Taylor Mac, Suzan-Lori Parks, Julia Wolfe, Michelle Dorrance, Tania Bruguera, Kerry James Marshall, Lisa Kron, Sharon Lockhart, Ralph Lemon, Cai Guo-Qiang and Okwui Okpokwasili to name a few. 
The awards are adjudicated by three-member panels of respected artists - including many past winners - and arts professionals in each of the five categories. The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts was conceived by legendary musician, philanthropist and artist Herb Alpert and his wife, Grammy-winning vocalist and author,Lani Hall Alpert, to reward creative experimenters who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society. In addition the awards provide vital financial support to each artist at a key juncture in his or her creative development.

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Liz Gerring Dance Company
Peak Performances
October 18 - 21
Gerring premieres field, the final installment in a trilogy of works commissioned by Peak Performances in Montclair, New Jersey. This third collaboration between Gerring, composer Michael J. Schumacher, and designer Robert Wierzel, follows glacier (2013) and horizon (2015).  “field conceives and creates an atmosphere in which the elements—movement, sound, and light—combine to envelope and engage the audience within the unique space and dimensions of the Alexander Kasser Theater. As in previous work, Gerring tests the physical limitations of her dancers; field begins with an extended quartet for the company's four males, during which each dancer remains fixed to a single point, surveying and testing the boundaries and possibilities of his relation to his colleagues. This structure breaks down as new configurations emerge, with the continuous spatial shifting of restless bodies remaining the one constant. Composer Michael J. Schumacher creates a sonic stagescape wherein the sounds of radios, TVs, and megaphones seem to to emerge from invisible sources while Wierzel’s kinetic lighting design enhances the immersive experience,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
Sankofa Danzafro
The Joyce Theater
October 17 – 21
For their Joyce debut, under artistic director and founder Rafael Palacios, the Company will present Palacios’ The City of Others, an evening length work mixing Afro-Colombian and Afro-contemporary dance. The dancers are joined by live musicians.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
NYU Skirball
October 17 – 28
For the “Karl Marx Festival,” featuring an interactive theater performance with performance artist Ivo Dimchev  and a world premiere by choreographer luciana achugar, the two-week commemoration of Karl Marx’s 200th birthday, will features theater, dance and special events that represent aspects of Marx’s theories.  Find out more here https://nyuskirball.org/events/karl-marx-festival/
 
jill sigman/think dance
Gibney
October 18 – 20
Described as “…part improvised, part choreographed, part movement, part dialogue, Sigman tackles the difficult questions. Without trying to find solutions, agreement, or even closure.” Sigman and performers will explore ideas through movement informed by conversations with practitioners working in racial pharmacology, forest fire, trauma psychology, medicine, domestic violence, and multiple spiritual traditions.  Find out more here
 
277 Dance Project
Triskelion Arts
October 18 – 20
The 277 Dance Project’s newest work, Cardboard Stage, “…a cross-media work featuring dance, video, live music, and spoken word, is a culmination of a two-year collaborative experiment in urban immersion,” according to the release. Find out more here
 
Buck Wanner
Brooklyn Studios for Dance
October 18 – 20
Wanner’s Sempervirens is a dance and music collaboration developed over four years, and promises to include the singing of sacred music heard in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris around the year 1200.  This performance follows his residency, curated by founder and director Pepper Fajans.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
BAAD!
October 19 – 20
In “Respect: A Dance Tribute To Aretha Franklin,” the folks at BAAD! has curated works to honor Franklin's music career in a 2-day tribute featuring 16 choreographers. The roster includes: (Friday) - Janice Tomlinson, Gerard Minaya, Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Havanna Fisher, Italy Bianca, Jason Rodriguez & Dale Ratcliff, Alfred Gallman, Miki Tuesday/International Affair; and (Saturday) - Noele Philips, Vir-Amicus, Jennifer Acosta, Jayden Higgs, Megan Curet, Kiran Rajagopalan, Jessica Danser, Clara Auguste.  Find out more here
 
SurOeste & Armitage Gone!
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center & National Sawdust
October 19 & 20
As part of the “Mexico Now Festival,” Mexico-City based SurOeste presents 11:11, “…a contemporary dance performance reflecting the anguish, frustration and impotence of the current Mexican social, political and economic climate,” and choreographer Karole Armitage and her NYC-based company, Armitage Gone! Dance will present The Art of In-Between, accompanied by live music performed on pre-columbian instruments, notes the release.  Find out more here and here
 
K'Arts Dance Company
New York City Center
October 20 – 21
Song of the Mermaid, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” and choreographed by SunHee Kim, is the evening-length work and U.S. premiere danced by Kimin Kim, principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet. Also featured will be 40 dancers and an original score composed by Hana Ryou.  Song of the Mermaid,  Find out more here