Archive for July, 2009
Press Release:
Miguel Gutierrez and the Power Peopele
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
presents
MIGUEL GUTIERREZ AND THE POWERFUL PEOPLE
in the New York premiere of
Last Meadow
Sep 15 – 19 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, JULY 29, 2009 – Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, presents Miguel Gutierrez and The Powerful People in Last Meadow, Gutierrez’s first new group work since 2007. [...]
Brooklyn Industries Spotlights DTW!
“For the past forty years, Dance Theatre Workshop (DTW) has taken the stage as one of America’s preeminent performing arts institutions, entertaining its fellow neighbors in Chelsea, as well as New Yorkers and people worldwide. Behind the scenes, DTW is much more than a workshop that puts on shows. They support independent contemporary…” READ MORE [...]
Twitter Community Choreography Challenge #9
How’s this for a challange, “be Gene Kelly starting at 2:18 http://ow.ly/hhIH” (for those of you not jumping to the link, it’s the roller skate tap dancing scene from It’s Always Fair Weather). Not content to make you sit and watch Jillian put roller skates on, we decided that she should do the whole Community [...]
In Memory of Merce Cunningham
The staff at Dance Theater Workshop is sad to learn today of Merce Cunningham’s passing.
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from The New York Times:
“Merce Cunningham, the American choreographer who was among a handful of 20th-century figures to make dance a major art and a major form of theater, died [...]
Recent Press on Several 09-10 Artists!
Hey all,
Here are some great links to information about Raimund Hoghe, Anna Halprin, Anne Collod & guests, and Dance Gang!
Enjoy.
DanceTech Interview with Raimund Hoghe
Roslyn Sulcas in The New York Times on Anna Halprin, Anne Collod & guests
Gia Kourlas in Time Out New York on Dance Gang
Twitter Community Choreography Challenge #8
Jillian Sweeney reverse Irish dances, tells a secret and attempts something she has never tried before in our 8th installment of Twitter Community Choreography.
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Twitter Community Choreography is an ongoing experiment from Dance Theater Workshop. Each week we ask our Twitter followers to send us [...]
MOSAIC July 2009
Featuring news from members Marylloyd Claytor, Nicholas Andre Dance, Young Dacemakers Company, and Wendy Jehlen
Brooklyn a Leading Cradle of Dance
Carrie Stern, in The Brooklyn Eagle, highlights Dance Theater Workshop’s Outer/Space Reheasal Subsidies to studios in Brooklyn.
“What do you do when you’re priced out of Mecca? You build in Brooklyn. It sounds like a joke, but Brooklyn may be the largest center of new dance in the city. Not that other boroughs don’t have experimental [...]
Brooklyn Industries Supports Local Businesses (including DTW!)
Brooklyn Industries (BKI) has launched its GO LOCAL! Summer 2009 Giveaway series in support of the communities around its stores. BKI has partnered with local businesses in the neighborhoods of each BKI store to give shoppers the chance to win books, theatre tickets, music, gift certificates and more. Shoppers can enter to win local prizes [...]
InfiniteBodyBlog: Excited for New DTW Season
In her blog about “dance and whatever!” Eva YaaAsantewaa talks about Dance Theater Workshop’s upcoming 2009-2010 season, expressing that “the savvy dance fan might find him- or herself tempted to set up household at DTW” because of the exciting new season! Read the whole article here. Check our website soon for all the details on [...]
