IP MAN 4: THE FINALE Comes to Select Theaters Dec. 25
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 23, 2019 Ip Man's life remains unchanged after his wife's death, but he and his son are slowly drifting apart. To seek a better future for his son, Ip Man decides to travel to the U.S. only to find the stable, peaceful life abroad is only skin deep. Underneath lies a deep rooted racial discrimination that is...
Radcliffe Institute Selects Tap Dancer Ayodele Casel As 2019–2020 Fellow
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2019 Ayodele Casel,a disciplined and brave performer who honors the roots of tap dance while pushing the boundaries of the art form, has been named a 2019-2020 Frances B.Cashin fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Joining more than 50 incoming fellows as they pursu...
Deeply Rooted Hosts Dance Education Showcase May 11-12
by Julie Musbach - April 12, 2019 Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) is putting the spotlight on its cross-generational movement education programs by hosting a Dance Education Showcase May 11 and 12 at St. Benedict the African Parish, 6550 S. Harvard Ave., Chicago....
Broadway Advocacy Coalition Will Host 3-Day Forum- Broadway for Black Lives Matter
by Nicole Rosky - June 05, 2020 On June 10th, 11th, and 12th, the Broadway Advocacy Coalition will host a three-part forum for the Broadway community to heal, listen, and hold itself accountable to its history of white supremacy....
Deeply Rooted Hires Jacquelyn Smiley Robinson as Managing Director
by Julie Musbach - October 15, 2019 Deeply Rooted Productions (DRP), the umbrella organization of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), has appointed Jacquelyn Smiley Robinson as managing director, effective October 7, 2019....
VIDEO: Lincoln Center Presents a New #ConcertsForKids With La Mezcla
by Stephi Wild - October 01, 2020 Tune in and tap your feet to a brand new #ConcertsForKids with La Mezcla! ...
BWW Blog: Reforming American Theatre - Where to Begin as a White Person
by Student Blogger: Sammi Tapper - June 30, 2020 More than ever before, the past few months have made me realize how much work I have to do on my own as a white female, and specifically, a white female in theater, to combat the racial injustices that line our country's past and present....
Myrkur Reveals New Single 'Leaves of Yggdrasil' and Video
by Abigail Charpentier - February 11, 2020 Today Danish composer and multi-instrumentalist, Myrkur has revealed her new video and single, 'Leaves of Yggdrasil'. Amalie Bruuns's delicate and sweeping vocals paired with the violin, piano, lyre and nyckelharpa make for a lullaby-like song which she notes, 'is very dear to my heart.' She continu...
The Joyce Theater Kicks-Off Fall '20 Season of Online Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 17, 2020 Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater Foundation, announced today a slate of companies kicking-off the organization's Fall 2020 season of streaming performances on September 22. ...
Grand Park Presents B-Boy Summit 2020 'Hip Hop 4 Social Change'
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2020 Following the success of the 2019 live B-Boy Summit hosted in the park, Grand Park will present the internationally acclaimed event in a virtual format with Grand Park Presents B-Boy Summit 2020. ...
Metropolitan Playhouse Presents a Reading of SHELL SHOCK
by Stephi Wild - November 03, 2020 The groundbreaking reading series continues as Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free ''screened'' reading: SHELL SHOCK, by Eugene O'Neill, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow, on November 7th, 2020 at 8 PM, EDT. ...
OUR EVIL to Receive U.S. Theatrical Release
by Julie Musbach - May 03, 2019 Uncork'd Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures announce the U.S. theatrical release of Our Evil (Mal Nosso) by Brazil's newest addition to the international horror lineup, Samuel Galli. In his provocative and self-assured debut, Galli pulls from Brazil's religious and folk traditions to produce a spi...
DEEPLY 25: BEYOND DANCE…THE CELEBRATION Begins October 17
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2020 Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), which diversifies the aesthetics of contemporary dance by uniting modern, classical, American, and African-American traditions in dance and storytelling, announces additional details for Deeply 25: Beyond Dancea??The Celebration Begins. Launching the company's 25t...
On Site Opera Announces Forty Additional Performances of TO MY DISTANT LOVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2020 On Site Opera, New York's pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, will extend To My Distant Love, the world's first telephone-based opera experience with forty additional performances through August 23....
Radcliffe Institute Selects Tap Dancer Ayodele Casel As 2019–2020 Fellow
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2019 Ayodele Casel,a disciplined and brave performer who honors the roots of tap dance while pushing the boundaries of the art form, has been named a 2019-2020 Frances B.Cashin fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Joining more than 50 incoming fellows as they pursu...
DEEPLY 25: BEYOND DANCE…THE CELEBRATION Begins October 17
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2020 Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), which diversifies the aesthetics of contemporary dance by uniting modern, classical, American, and African-American traditions in dance and storytelling, announces additional details for Deeply 25: Beyond Dancea??The Celebration Begins. Launching the company's 25t...
Grammy Award-Winning Donald Lawrence and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater to Present World Premiere of GOSHEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 24, 2020 Broadway In Chicago, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and Quiet Water Entertainment have announced that GOSHEN, featuring dancers and singers performing to music by GRAMMY Award winner Donald Lawrence, will play Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.) for a li...
Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Shares Stage at BAM Fisher in September
by Sarah Hookey - August 13, 2019 To celebrate their New York roots and historical connections, Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet (JGCO), celebrating its 25th anniversary, and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) share the stage at BAM Fisher September 13 and 14 for “Legacy.'...
Deeply Rooted Presents July Summer Dance Intensive Performances
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2019 Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) contributes to the future of the field of dance with its annual Summer Dance Intensive, for 70+ national and international students from ages 13 to 70, June 24–July 20 at its home studio, 17 N. State Street in downtown Chicago. The Intensive culminates in performan...
The Joyce Kicks-Off Fall '20 Season of Online Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 22, 2020 The Joyce Theater Foundationwill kick-off its Fall 2020 season of streaming performances today, September 22. The works, by four magnificent troupes - Contra-Tiempo (Los Angeles), Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (Chicago), Ate9 Dance Company (Los Angeles), and Far From the Norm (London) - will be simult...
Olivia Lunny Releases Dreamy Single 'Hold Me'
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2020 Olivia Lunny has released her third single “Hold Me”. ...
Carnegie Hall Citywide Night Heads to Bryant Park
by Julie Musbach - July 30, 2019 Carnegie Hall Citywide Night is the four-hour finale of the Carnegie Hal Citywide series at Bryant Park....
No Peeking Brings Mother Leeds To The FRIGID NYC Festival
by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2020 MOTHER LEEDS is a historical horror story rooted in New Jersey Legend: The Jersey Devil....
On Site Opera Announces Forty Additional Performances of TO MY DISTANT LOVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2020 On Site Opera, New York's pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, will extend To My Distant Love, the world's first telephone-based opera experience with forty additional performances through August 23....
BWW Interview: Choreographer Camille A. Brown of CHOIR BOY at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre
by Tracy Hopkins - March 04, 2019 Currently on tour with her new work 'Ink' -- the final installation of her company's trilogy that follows the Bessie Award-winning 'Mr. TOL E. RAncE' (2012) and Bessie-nominated 'BLACK GIRL:Linguistic Play' (2015) -- we chatted with Camille A. Brown via telephone about her process, and her work with... |