Category: News - Charmaine Warren

My 2024 "Things I Remember Most"

12/29/2024

Niall Jones Photo: Rachel Keane

Niall Jones
in JohnsonJaxxxonJefferson
at Danspace Project

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Jasmine Hearn, Courtney Henry, Trebien Pollard & J. Bouey
performance at CADD Conference
Duke University

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov in The Goldberg Variations
at NYU Skirball

Alonzo King LINES Ballet
in Deep River
at Rose Theater/Lincoln Center

Trisha Brown Company
in the full program
at The Joyce

Raja Feather Kelly
in The Absolute Future
at Chelsea Factory

Dianne McIntyre Group
in In The Same Tongue
at The Apollo

Ayodele Casel
in Freedom...In Progress
Directed by Casel & Torya Beard
Max Roach Celebration at The Joyce

Rennie Harris'
Jim Crowed
Performed by: Angel Anderson, Joshua Archibald, Constance Harris, Zakhele Grabowski, James Solis,
Gutierrez, Taylor Madgett, Michael Manson, Natasha Markwick, Fyness T. Mason, Roukijah Rooks,
Rachel Snider, Miyeko Urvashi, Marguerite Waller
Max Roach Celebration at The Joyce

nora chipaumire
in ShebeenDub
E-Moves at Harlem Stage

Camille A Brown & Guests
in Black Joy
E-Moves at Harlem Stage

Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
in The Gathering
at The Shed

jess pretty
in call and response
at The Chocolate Factory

Conceived and Directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
SCAT!… The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar
at The Fisher Center

Moor Mother/Irreversible Entanglements
in TO BREATHE IS TRIUMPH
at Issue Project Room

Kayla Hamilton
in How to Bend Down/ How to Pick it Up
at The Shed

Beach Sessions 2024/Faye Driscoll
in Oceanic Feeling
at Rockaway Beach

A.I.M By Kyle Abraham
in CASSETTE VOL. 1
at Peak Performances

Kashia Kancey
in Work In Process
at BA Fall Residency Showing

Meredith Monk
in Indra’s Net
at Park Avenue Armory

The Batsheva Ensemble
in Kamuyot
at 92Y

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
in the full repertory
at The Joyce Theater

Bill T. Jone/Arnie Zane Dance Company
in Still/Here
at BAM

Ismaël Mouaraki
in Le sacre de Lila
at NYLA

Bintou Dembélé's
Palabre/s en mode marron & Rite de passage
performed by Michel “Meech” Onomo
Crossing The Line at Performance Space New York

BIPOC Artists Receive More than $1 Million Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures

12/20/2024

Eleven Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures fellowships totaling $1,185,000 have been awarded to Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous Philadelphia artists and cultural workers. The unrestricted grants recognize remarkably talented artists who make a meaningful difference in Philadelphia’s cultural landscape, using the arts to preserve cultural heritage, shine a light on important community stories, and support other local creatives. The fellowship awards range from $75,000 to $120,000, with the higher amounts awarded to artists whose contributions have made an impact on the region for 20 years or more.

This year’s fellows work in visual art, traditional craft, music, performance, and community-based art forms.

They are:
Naw Doh
Ruth Naomi Floyd
FORTUNE (Andra Palchick, Heidi Ratanavanich, and Connie Yu)
Leo Gadson
Charlyn Magdaline Griffith-Oro
Vaughnda Hilton
Germaine Ingram
Anthony Mendez
Michelle Angela Ortiz
Alex Shaw
Richard J. Watson

Read more here

Announcing the 2024-2026 MR Artists-in-Residence!

12/13/2024

Pictured L-R:

Wendell Gray II
Maho Ogawa
Lu Yim
Kat Sotelo
Alexa West
Jian Yi
Symara Sarai

Find out more here

Apply - WHITE WAVE Dance 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival ~ Deadline 12/23

12/6/2024

WHITE WAVE invites performers and choreographers to submit applications to the 24th Annual DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF), taking place June 26-29, 2025 at the James and Martha Duffy Performance Space at the Mark Morris Dance Center.

Regular Applications are due by December 23, 2024 at 11:30pm. For more information, please visit www.whitewavedance.org.

The 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival is a four-day spectacular presenting over 60 companies from New York and around the world.

Each choreographer/company may submit up to two applications for the 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival. Please note that each application requires a separate form and application fee, which is non-refundable. All applications will be reviewed by a panel of impartial adjudicators. If your work is selected, you will be notified by email by mid-January 2025.

Apply HERE

CPR: Announcing the 2025 Artists-in-Residence

12/6/2024

Announcing the CPR 2025 Artists-in-Residence!

CPR – Center for Performance Research is thrilled to announce the ten artists selected for the 2025 Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Program – Latif Askia Ba, CRACKHEAD BARNEY, chameckilerner, DANIRO, Diovanna Frazier, Tushrik Fredericks, Kyle b. co., Yiwei Lu, Funto Omojola, and Kat Sotelo.

Read more here

THE FLEA ANNOUNCES NEW RESIDENT COMPANIES FOR THE 2025-2027 SEASONS

12/6/2024

Shamel Pitts/TRIBE Photo: Itai Zwecker

The Flea has announced their new Resident Companies for the 2025, 2026, and 2027 seasons: viBe Theater Experience and TRIBE.

Since its refounding in 2021, the Flea’s new relationship with artists, born out of its reinvigorated mission and vision, includes this Resident Companies Program. Through this program, The Flea will provide a home for these two companies to create and present – as well as resources to support – their boundary-breaking work throughout the multi-year season.

TRIBE is a multidisciplinary arts collective that was founded by MacArthur Fellow Shamel Pitts in December 2019 as a non-profit arts organization based in Brooklyn. TRIBE’s mission is cultivating space to create a platform for artists with huge inspiration from the Afrofuturism movement.

Read more here

Recipients of 2024–2026 Dance/NYC's Dance Advancement Fund

11/1/2024

Dance/NYC is pleased to announce the 25 grantees and 3 runners-up of the fourth iteration of the Dance Advancement Fund, made possible by the generous support of the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the funding initiative is to address the inequitable distribution of resources in the dance field and advance its resilience and ability to thrive by supporting dance makers in the metropolitan New York City area with operating budgets between $25,000 and $250,000.

Read more about the grantees.

Van Lier Artist of Color Fellowship 2025 ~ Deadline 10/29

10/11/2024

The MR Van Lier Emerging Artists of Color Fellowship provides year-long creative research support, rehearsal space, mentorship, performance and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of movement-based artists. Artists must apply as individuals and are selected through an open application and panel process.The Fellowship program is supported by New York Community Trust through the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund.

The Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellowship program supports the professional development of young artists demonstrating the following:

An interest in dance-making and the progressive, movement-based arts community;
Commitment to the field, and to establishing a professional career;
Between 22 and 30 years of age;
Identifies as an artist of color from a community underrepresented in the professional New York dance community, such as, but not limited to, Immigrant, Black, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latine/Latinx, Afro-Caribbean and African-American cultures;
Will not be enrolled in an academic, conservatory, college, or degree-granting program during the Fellowship period.
This program is funded by organizations that specifically support artists who are residents of New York City. Resident means that your primary residence is in one of the 5 Boroughs of New York City;
Artists must apply as individuals, and only one individual artist will be granted each residency.

APPLY

THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND ANNOUNCES ALEX DUBÉ SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

10/11/2024

The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), the national human services organization supporting the needs of those working in performing arts and entertainment, is proud to announce five recipients of the 2024 Alex Dubé Scholarship Program. This year, the Entertainment Community Fund will distribute $10,000 scholarships to J. Bouey, Tenile Pritchard. Sonya Rio-Glick, Carrie Strother and Macy Sullivan.

Through The Alex Dubé Scholarship Program, Career Transition For Dancers supports the education of dancers to build their next professional platforms. These one-time awards of up to $10,000 are distributed annually to dancers enrolled in accredited graduate degree programs to assist in tuition payment. For more information on the Alex Dubé Scholarship Program, please visit Alex Dubé Scholarship Program.

Career Transition For Dancers offers career counseling, educational scholarships and panel discussions to assist dancers in navigating life changes and exploring new opportunities.

Movement Research 2024 Gala! - October 1st

9/27/2024

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2024 Movement Research Gala, honoring AUNTS, Justine Simons, and Lucien Zayan!

We've also extended our Ad Deadline to Wednesday September 25th, so you can submit your congratulations to the honorees in our event program! Classified ads, text only, are available at the following levels: $50 for 50 words or $25 for 25 words. Respond to this email if you'd like to send along a congratulatory message!

Purchase tickets at the link below!

To avoid a credit card processing fee, Movement Research is able to accept checks or payments through

Zelle or ACH by emailing [email protected].

Please make checks payable to:

"Movement Research, 150 1st Ave., New York, NY 10009, Attn. Gala"

Please reach out to our Development Manager, Elle Cherry with any questions!

We hope you'll join us!

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!