INTRODUCING THE 2023 MENTORS
 
The accomplished women that comprise Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA)'s mentor cohort for our 2023 Leadership through Mentorship (LTM) Program bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the WOCA community from the WOCA community. It is our privilege to collaborate and learn with and from these dynamic leaders. 

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FACULTY SEARCH:

We are looking to fill TWO Assistant Professor, tenure-track positions in Dance.  A summary of the positions and a link to the full descriptions can be found below.  Please circulate this to whomever you know that might be interested. 

First considerations will go to applications submitted by November 15, 2022.  The start date is August 2023.

Position 1: The successful candidate will teach studio practice/technique courses and dance theory courses related to their creative work/research.  We welcome candidates from a broad spectrum of dance practices.  Desirable teaching interests include dance composition/choreography and related studies, site-performance dance studies, writing and critical analysis in the arts, dance aesthetics and philosophy, and community-based/socially engaged dance practices. The Dance Program seeks a candidate with strong organizational and leadership skills, combined with a keen ability to foster collegiality and collaborative initiatives both within our dance program and the city.

https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC002655&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
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Position 2: The successful candidate will teach studio practice/technique courses and dance theory courses related to choreography and research.  We welcome candidates from a broad spectrum of contemporary dance practices. Desirable teaching interests include community-based/socially engaged dance practices, hip-hop practices and history, dance technology & digital media, dance business skills, and creative dance practices.  The Dance Program maintains a unique focus on both the artistry and business of dance; and seeks a candidate with strong organizational and leadership skills, combined with a keen ability to foster collegiality and collaborative initiatives both within our dance program and city.

https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC002658&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago

Gisèle Vienne
BAM
October 13–15
In the US premiere of CROWD, the French choreographer Gisèle Vienne "...transports audiences to a 1990’s Detroit rave, and a night spent losing oneself in the crowd. The air throbs with pulsing beats from the radical EDM artists of 90s Detroit. Time ebbs and flows, capturing a moment of explosive synchronicity or slowing down to illuminate the tiniest movements, as 15 individual stories emerge and are subsumed by the group," according to the release.  Find out more here 



Anabella Lenzu
Sanctuary Space, The Center at West Park
October 13-15
Lenzu will present the world premiere of The night that you stopped acting/ La noche que dejaste de actuar which "...confronts the absurdity and irony of life, while being an artist and a spectator in today’s world. The work reflects Anabella Lenzu’s experience as a Latina artist living in New York and comes from a deep examination of her motivations as a woman, mother, and immigrant," according to the release. Find out  more here 

Various Artists
October 15
David Dupuy Studios
This group of artists with a shared heritage of Middle Eastern-North African (MENA) backgrounds come together  to create a multi-level performance piece that integrates dance, music, art, spoken word, calligraphy, and more Roses In Sand.  Find out more here

Twyla Tharp
October 19 – 23
New York City Center
Tharp revisits two iconic works, In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs set to music by Frank Sinatra.  Find out more here   
Fouad Boussouf
The Joyce Theater
October18 - 23 
Moroccan choreographer Boussouf offers the New York premiere of Näss (People), inspired by an array of dance traditions and comprised of a corps of seven dancers that respond to beats of percussion and electronic music.  Find out more here

Emily Johnson
New Live Arts
October 20-22
Johnson will present her newest dance performance and process, Being Future Being, which delves into the power of creation, with new stories that seek to sustain a world that must begin again. Find out more here

Dance/NYC Announces Dance Industry Census Roundtable Discussion Series for Dance Workers Across New York City Metropolitan Area

The dance service organization​ Dance/NYC today announced dates for its upcoming Dance Industry Census Roundtable Discussion Series. 

Taking place across NYC’s five boroughs and three regional metropolitan areas, the series will include ten discussion events – eight in-person and two virtual-only – that will invite dance workers and those who lead and work with dance-related businesses and organizations an opportunity to share their personal stories and experiences working within the local dance industry and cultural sector. Registration for the Discussion Series is available at Dance.NYC/CensusRoundtables. There is no cost to attend the discussion events.
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As the second phase of the Dance Industry Census, an effort to count every dance worker and entity in the industry, the roundtable discussions are an opportunity for members of the dance community to have their unique perspectives as dance workers and organizations recognized. With the collection of this qualitative data in conjunction with the quantitative data acquired via the Census, Dance/NYC hopes to gain a better understanding of the size, makeup, health and state of the dance ecosystem in order to address economic inequities in the field through its Dance. Workforce. Resilience. Initiative.
“The Dance Industry Census aims to understand the true story of who makes dance in New York City and how,” said Dance/NYC Executive Director Alejandra Duque Cifuentes. “These Roundtable Discussion events will allow us to do just that — gather experiences directly from workers and organizations in the field who bring their unique lived experiences to further illuminate the findings from the survey. This is imperative especially to ensure that the contributions of dance workers and entities who identity as or are led by disabled, immigrant, Black, Indigenous, and peoples of color are acknowledged despite intentional and historic underinvestment and in doing so enable Dance/NYC to build a more comprehensive picture of the inequities that exist at both the individual and systemic levels.”

​Read more here

Stephanie Dabney
July 11, 1958 - September 28, 2022

​New York Times:
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Stephanie Dabney, a principal dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem who became an international star and a role model for aspiring Black ballerinas, died on Sept. 28 at a nursing home in Manhattan. She was 64.

Her sister, Janine Dabney-Battle, said the cause was cardiopulmonary arrest. Ms. Dabney had been living with H.I.V. since 1990 and had weathered numerous health complications.
Ms. Dabney was just 16 in 1975, when she joined the Harlem company, which was founded in 1969 by Karel Shook and Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at New York City Ballet, to create opportunities for dancers of color.
Mr. Mitchell was a protégé of George Balanchine, and Ms. Dabney was a natural fit for the company’s Balanchine-based neoclassical style. “Stephanie had it all: line, feet, technique, speed, imagination and the most important thing of all, heart,” Virginia Johnson, the company’s artistic director, wrote in an email.

Read entire New York Times article here