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Three Local Artists will be Honored at 2007 Pell Awards
By: Randy Rice May. 12, 2007
The 2007 Pell Awards Gala will take place at Trinity Rep on Saturday evening, June 2, 2007.
Actor/Director Bob Colonna and Musician Duke Robillard will receive the Rhode Island Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts and Festival Ballet Providence's Artistic Director Mihailo "Misha" Djuric will be awarded the Pell Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts.
The Pell Awards honor Senator Claiborne Pell and recognize artistic excellence in Rhode Island and on the national level. Throughout his career, Senator Pell worked to support the arts and provide new opportunities for artists. He sponsored the landmark legislation that established the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in 1965, and chaired the Senate Education and Arts subcommittee. He also served a four-year term on the board of Trinity Repertory Company.Bob Colonna has been an actor, director, narrator, announcer and performer professionally for fifty years, beginning on the British Variety stage with his father, comedian Jerry Colonna. Most recently he has worked at 2nd Story Theater in Warren, Rhode Island as Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman and Vladimir in Waiting For Godot, among other roles.Duke Robillard's successful musical career spans over three decades and has earned him numerous awards and accolades. At fifty-eight he is enjoying continued creative and critical success with the anticipated release of a double CD set Duke Robillard's World Full of Blues. Duke started on his professional musical journey at seventeen with the formation of the now legendary Roomful of Blues. He recorded eighteen solo albums and appeared as guitarist and/or producer on albums by artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Ruth Brown, John Hammond and more.
Mihailo " Misha" Djuric, artistic director of Festival Ballet Providence, has created over 38 original works and has introduced the art and joy of dance to thousands of school children with performances, lecture demonstrations, workshops, master classes, and school residency programs. He is a former first soloist with the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. His training and experience encompass ballet, jazz, modern, folk dance and musical theater. As a choreographer, he has been recognized with numerous awards.
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