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![]() 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.
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![]() 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 (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. ![]() 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! ![]() New York, NY (September 19, 2024) – New Dance Alliance (NDA) is pleased to announce the resident artists for the 2024-2025 LiftOff Residency program. Now in its 11th year, NDA’s LiftOff Residency provides six movement-based artists with a minimum of 36 hours of rehearsal space at NDA’s studio in Tribeca, a $500 stipend, and two in-person feedback sessions. Facilitated by NDA Executive Director Karen Bernard, feedback sessions are designed for artists to share their creative process and project development and participate in a community exchange. The Fall 2024 LiftOff Resident Artists are Makayla Peterson | Monét Movement Productions: The Collective, Cristina Moya-Palacios, and Emily Kyoto Shari. The Winter 2025 LiftOff Resident Artists are Imani Gaudin, Morgan Gregory, and Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa / binbinFactory. NDA invites artists to apply for the LiftOff Residency through an Open Call. Residency artists are selected by a panel of artists, including past LiftOff recipients. The 2024-2025 panel included Justin Cabrillos, Tal Halevi, Kashia Kancey, Joy Norton, Kimiko Tanabe, and Yolette Yellow-Duke. Read more here ![]() This season's four Fresh Tracks artists, after auditions and representing the 60th cohort artists are (alphabetical by last name): Maxi Hawkeye Canion Kashia Kancey Jade Manns ayo ohs Find out more here The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY campuses, announces the awarded artists for its 2024–25 cycle.
From July 2024 to June 2025, CDI is underwriting residencies for 24 early- to mid-career choreographers. These dynamic NYC-based artists, selected from an open call that drew 245 applicants, work in a wide range of dance styles and forms, from ballet to musical theater to flamenco to contemporary and culturally specific traditions. In addition to providing space and financial support for the development of new and existing projects, all residencies include master classes, guest lectures, or open rehearsals to directly connect artists with CUNY communities. The full roster of awarded artists is listed below, and details on public performances in fall 2024 will be announced in the coming months. Find out more here 2024–25 CUNY Dance Initiative Resident Artists and Host Partners: Baruch College: Baruch Performing Arts Center (Manhattan) BringAbout Development BMCC: Tribeca Performing Arts Center (Manhattan) IMGE Dance / Ishita Mili Jon Lehrer Dance Company Arts & Social Justice Residency at Brooklyn College in partnership with Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Enya Kalia Creations / Enya-Kalia Jordan Brooklyn College: School of Visual Media and Performing Arts (Brooklyn) Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group The City College of New York: City College Center for the Arts (Manhattan) Michael Greenberg Ballet Neo College of Staten Island: Department of Performing and Creative Arts, in partnership with Snug Harbor Cultural Center (Staten Island) Dancers Unlimited Hostos Community College: Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture (Bronx) Juan Usera y La Tribu del Juey Sambuco (The Sambuco Tribe) Stephanie Peña John Jay College: Gerald W. Lynch Theater (Manhattan) NVA & Guests / Nicole von Arx Tabula Rasa Dance Theater LaGuardia Community College: LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (Queens) Arsenal Movement dance project Laura Peralta Lehman College: Department of Dance and Theatre (Bronx) Austin Warren Coats Julia Bengtsson from The New York Baroque Dance Company Medgar Evers College: Department of Mass Communications, Creative and Performing Arts & Speech (Brooklyn) Bianca Leticia Medina Kendra J. Bostock Works Queensborough Community College: Dance Program (Queens) Camryn Stafford onCUE Chronicles / Quilan Arnold Queens College: Kupferberg Center for the Arts and Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance (Queens) CarNYval Dance Nélida Tirado Flamenco / Arte 718 York College, in partnership with Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (Queens) Renegade Performance Group / André M. Zachery sugar vendil Roulette announces this year's cohort of Awarded Artists: Dreamcrusher, Elias Stemeseder, Emilio Modeste, NO LAND, Sylvie Courvoisier, David Leon, Leo Chang, Lester St. Louis, Nava Dunkelman, and Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith.
Each year, Roulette responds directly to artists’ needs for money, space, and support by awarding commissions, residencies, and generous production stipends to extraordinary artists—cumulatively totaling over $2.2M and counting. For our 2024-2025 season, we are proud to present awards to a cohort of eleven incredible and distinctive artists at various stages in their careers, who will be premiering new work or honing ongoing projects in the coming year. Maho Ogawa
Stephanie Acosta Ash Rucker Sofia Engelman & Em Papineau Shira Kagan-Shafman The LEIMAY Incubator Program is a self-directed opportunity offered primarily to a local community of dancers & choreographers, providing resource sharing to aid in their creative development. Hear from the artists and stay tuned to LEIMAY's social media for more spotlights! |
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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." |