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Last Night of Tony Orrico’s Installation!
Here is the live stream link to watch the finale of Tony’s Install!
Continued news on the blogging front
Wendy Perron addresses the influx of voices regarding her article last week on the Dance Magazine blog. Read her response here.
The Process of Blogging about Blogging Your Process
In a recent blog article on the Dance Magazine website, Wendy Perron considers her frustrations toward younger choreographers who keep running blog entries during the developmental stages of their work. Ms. Perron stresses her concern that blogging one’s creative process ultimately hinders the quality of said process– influencing the way one creates a piece in [...]
World Dance Alliance Concert Review #2
As American as…
By Elizabeth Zimmer
In the middle of North America sits the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a world-class campus that pays admirable attention to dance, having produced some of the earliest pioneers in educational dance (including Margaret H’Doubler and Anna Halprin) and having recently hosted a three-week intensive that sent several pieces to mid-July’s World Dance [...]
Bend It Like Bollywood
Erin Baiano for The New York Times
Published: July 22, 2010
A “Hip-Hop Hungama” class at the Bollywood Funk NYC Dance School is one of many Bollywood classes in the city.
By SHIVANI VORA
IT’S an especially warm summer evening, but the weather is no match for the heat inside a spacious studio at Dance Theater Workshop in Chelsea. [...]
Thierry Thieu Niang workshop at The Invisible Dog
Thierry Thieu Niang, summer workshop!
WORKSHOP
From August 10th to 26th
Monday to Friday from 1pm to 5pm
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
August 27th & 28th
Both young and old, professionals and amateurs, the boldest of the bold and the shyest of the shy are invited to join! All we ask is for curiosity and a willingness to try something new…
About the [...]
Looking For Last-Minute Funding?
Attend an Emergency Grants Information Session in Long Island City -or- Lower Manhattan
Tuesday, August 3
Hosted by HERE Art Center
145 Sixth Avenue (Between Spring and Broome)
C/E to Spring St.; 1 to Houston St.; N/R to Prince St.
6:30-8:00 PM
Tuesday, August 10
Hosted by The Chocolate Factory
5-49 49th Avenue, Long Island City
7 to Vernon/Jackson; G to 21st Street/Van Alst
6:30-8:00 [...]
Denise Jefferson: A loss for the Alvin Ailey Family
Denise Jefferson passed away on Saturday July 17, 2010 of ovarian cancer. The Ailey Family is deeply saddened by this loss. Ms Jefferson was the director and impassioned steward of The Ailey School since 1984. Before being appointed director by Alvin Ailey, she had been teaching at the School for ten years. [...]
International Partner Highlight: The Queer Zagreb Festival
This year was Queer Zagreb Festival’s eighth year which they claim was prepared “under lucky stars”. Queer Zagreb Festival takes place in Zagreb, Croatia showcasing dance, theater, film and music. The festival took place from May 4 to the 14th. Queer Zagreb felt lucky because they were able to grab each artist they hoped [...]
Sawtooth tips their hat to Tere O’Connor’s new blog
Sawtooth “[tipped their] hat (with sweeping, irregular arm circles) to this freshly born blog. It promises to be an evocative, evolving portrait of the creative process..” O’Connor “attempts to tackle this ephemeral unfolding, cleverly presenting it as an ongoing “book” (words not fixed in time)….In his first heady post, he reveals some [...]
