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NEWS: New York International Ballet Competion cancels June Event

2/4/2013

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NYIBC CANCELS JUNE 2013 EVENT
 
This year, ballet dancers around the world will not have  the same extraordinary opportunities their forebears have had in the  past several decades as New York International Ballet Competition  (NYIBC) announces the cancellation of its 11th competition, slated on  the organization’s 30th Anniversary this June 1-23, 2013 at Jazz at  Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, New York   City. 
 
NYIBC is first and foremost a world-class training and  educational opportunity focused on the art of the pas de deux and the  contemporary duet. Moreover, NYIBC is a meaningful multi-cultural  exchange for international dancers to showcase their talent. Many of the nearly 500 alumni of the classes of 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009, consider the three-week immersion an  unforgettable experience that
made a lasting impression on their careers as professional dancers. Through an intensive learning and coaching  environment, many NYIBC alumni regard each other as extended family members.  Harald Uwe Kern, originally from Austria, credits NYIBC  as being instrumental to networking and bridging the gap between opportunities available to him in Europe and those in America. Following his participation in 1987 Kern said, “It was a privilege to work with  such wonderful legends of the ballet world, and I will never forget the  camaraderie between all those fantastic dancers!”


From inception, NYIBC has offered full scholarships,  amounting to approximately $10,000 per participating couple. Once in New York, the class of 48 dancers receives coaching, mentoring, housing, food, medical attention when necessary, exposure to cultural activities  and other amenities. 

During the past few years NYIBC’s private donor base has  shrunk, creating sizable decreases in individual contributions.  Ilona  Copen, NYIBC’s founder, long-time leader and face of the organization, passed in early
2010 after a long battle with cancer.  Since, NYIBC has  made ongoing restructuring efforts, but the philanthropic climate from  the time of the most recent competition in 2009, has proven to be a  serious
challenge.

Despite record high submissions from 18 countries generated by the call for applications in the Fall of 2012, critical shortfalls in fundraising, setbacks in public funding, downturns in  global giving1, and the upheaval
surrounding Ms. Copen’s passing, the Board of Directors regretfully cancels NYIBC 2013.

Executive Director, Marcia De La Garza, remarks "It is my sincerest wish that Ilona Copen and Igor  Youskevitch’s dream of  advancing ballet as an art form, providing young dancers with  unparalleled learning
experiences and contributing to their growth as  artists can be carried to the next generation."  Options are
being evaluated with regard to sustaining the organization’s future. 

Read more here: http://www.nyibc.org/2013/

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1 Charities Aid Foundation “World Giving Index 2012” and Grantmaking in the Arts “Public Funding for the Arts:
2012 Update”
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    I 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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