Here's to patiently waiting for the studio and the stage to be danced on soon!
Live Performances  Reggie Wilson in "Power" Photo: Christopher Duggan Reggie Wilson of Reggie Wilson's Fist & Heel Performance Group in "Power" @ ICA (Boston) Annique Roberts of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in “Mercy”@ Joyce Nacera Belaza & Meryem Jazouli in "A Shared Evening" @ Danspace Project  Annique Roberts in Brown's Mercy Photo: Julieta Cervantes Streamed Performances Ayodele Casel's "Diary of a Tap Dancer@ New York City Center Melanie Greene on Sapphire @ Gibney's "Living Gallery" Jamar Robert in his Morani/Mungu (Black Warrior/Black God) Natasha M. Diamond-Walker Lamentation by Martha Graham Dormeshia in Lady Swings the Blues Calvin Royal III in Kyle Abraham’s to be seen @ New York City Center's "Fall For Dance" Jared Brown, Lloyd Knight, Sara Mearns, Shamel Pitts, Annique Roberts, Cassandra Trenary and Michael Trusnovec in Molissa Fenley’s 1988 State of Darkness @ The Joyce Holly Bass in Moneymaker @ NYLA (streamed and in-person from the sidewalk) Urban Bush Women’s Artist Journal Raja Feather of The Feath3r Theory in Hysteria @ NYLA (streamed or in-person from the sidewalk)  Holly Bass in "Moneymaker" Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in their first ever virtual season. Among other treasures, there was a re-imagined celebration of the timeless classic, Revelations.  Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre "Revelations" Photo: Travis Magee The Shed Announced 27 New York City Artists for the Second Open Call - Beginning Summer 202112/9/2020  The Shed's second Open Call, a large-scale, commissioning program for early-career artists across performance, visual arts, and popular culture was announced.
Each artist, who lives or works in the five boroughs, was selected by The Shed along with 50 external industry professionals and artists across disciplines to create and present new work at The Shed beginning in summer 2021 and continuing into 2022. The list of dance artists are: Leslie Cuyjet Ana María Agüero Jahannes. Niall Jones Benjamin Akio Kimitch Alice Sheppard & Kinetic Light READ MORE HERE
 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Virtual Season
December 2 – 31 The season will feature a variety of special programs each available online for a one-week period and open to all. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will elevate a legacy of innovation and excellence in artistry with a reimagined season featuring premieres by Ailey’s Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts; and Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing, in partnership with Company member and Assistant to the Rehearsal Director Clifton Brown, and former Company member Yusha-Marie Sorzano; a variety of other special programs; and a series of BattleTalk conversations, moderated by Artistic Director Robert Battle. For further information, visit www.alvinailey.org/virtualseason.  DESCENT FILM PREMIERE
(TICKETED) Performed on a custom-designed architectural ramp installation with hills, curves, and peaks, DESCENT explores the pleasures of wheeled movement and reckless abandon. Premiere Thursday, December 3, 8pm CST (artist conversation to follow, 9:15pm CST) Film available through December 5 Access: Captions + two versions of Audio Description for DESCENT film and CART + ASL for artist conversation Tickets: $18.50 per household/$10 students (if you want to experience DESCENT but finances are a barrier, please reach out info@kineticlight.org) |
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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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