University of Texas At Austin Dance Company Presents MOMENTUM, 2/15-26
The University of Texas at Austin's award-winning dance company Dance Repertory Theatre returns to the stage in Momentum, February 15-26 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre. An exploration of the influence of African American culture upon contemporary dance in the twenty-first century, Momentum features works by nationally renowned artists, including Gesel Mason, Dr. Lorenzo 'Rennie' Harris, Abby Zbikowski, Adrienne Hurd, Netta Yerushalmy, Ananya Chatterjea and Dance Repertory Theatre Artistic Directors Charles O. Anderson, Jeremy Arnold and Lyn C. Wiltshire.
Faculty for 2016-17 School Year at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Announced
Faculty for the 2016-17 school year at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School was announced today by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and ABT JKO School Artistic Director Cynthia Harvey. Joining the faculty this year as Principal Guest Instructor is former ABT Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel. Also returning to train the next generation of dancers is former ABT and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Robert La Fosse. Both Stiefel and La Fosse will teach students in the ABT JKO Pre-Professional Division.
American Ballet Theatre's NY Summer Intensive Final Performances Scheduled for 7/25
Final performances for American Ballet Theatre's New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 25, 2014 at 12 P.M. and 4 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, New York. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT's 19th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages 12 to 22.
Review - Hooray For What! & Steel Magnolias
You wouldn't expect a 1937 Broadway musical that satirized American profiteering from wartime rumblings in Europe and was written to showcase the unique comedy talents of 'The Perfect Fool' Ed Wynn to be especially playable in the year 2008, but The Medicine Show, on their tiny stage way out west on W. 52nd Street, do a bang-up job with Hooray For What!