The Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) announce the five 2019 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts recipients
Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
“I’ve always loved the artists that travel the road less traveled…those are the artists that touch me.” - Herb Alpert
The Dance panel has selected choreographer Pam Tanowitz for her unwavering commitment to her uncompromising artistic vision, rigorous sense of craft and composition, and for beginning again with each new work. They value her musicality, wit and poetry, her investigation – and disruption – of traditional forms, and her generous, humane and fully collaborative practice.
Dance Panelists:
Lili Chopra, Executive Director, Artistic Programs, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Brooklyn, New York
Joanna Haigood, choreographer, Herb Alpert Award Artist, Bolinas, CA
Stanford Makishi, Vice-President for Programming, New York City Center, New York
Other recipients are:
Film/Video - Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Music - Meshell Ndegeocello
Playwright - Lloyd Suh
Artist, poet and activist - Cecilia Vicuña
Read more about The Herb Alpert Awards here
Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
“I’ve always loved the artists that travel the road less traveled…those are the artists that touch me.” - Herb Alpert
The Dance panel has selected choreographer Pam Tanowitz for her unwavering commitment to her uncompromising artistic vision, rigorous sense of craft and composition, and for beginning again with each new work. They value her musicality, wit and poetry, her investigation – and disruption – of traditional forms, and her generous, humane and fully collaborative practice.
Dance Panelists:
Lili Chopra, Executive Director, Artistic Programs, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Brooklyn, New York
Joanna Haigood, choreographer, Herb Alpert Award Artist, Bolinas, CA
Stanford Makishi, Vice-President for Programming, New York City Center, New York
Other recipients are:
Film/Video - Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Music - Meshell Ndegeocello
Playwright - Lloyd Suh
Artist, poet and activist - Cecilia Vicuña
Read more about The Herb Alpert Awards here
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