The Bessies Announce Recipients of the 2022 NY DANCE AND PERFORMANCE AWARDS
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 17, 2022
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, the Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, have announced the 2022 award recipients at the 38th annual Bessie Awards. Porshia A. Derival, Executive Director of H+ | TOTEM Productions, hosted this year's event, which was held at Chelsea Factory. A complete list of the 2022 awards follows below.
Performers For Ukraine to Present DANCERS FOR UKRAINE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2022
Performers for Ukraine will present Dancers for Ukraine on April 9, 2022 at 8PM at Gibney 280, Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center and on livestream. Dancers for Ukraine is a benefit performance put on by the dance community in NYC to raise awareness and funding for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
Gibney Center Announces Spring 2022 RISING UP! Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2021
Gibney has announced Gibney Center’s spring 2022 season curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Senior Director of Curation and Editorial Director. Continuing the theme “Rising Up” from last fall, the season features performances by acclaimed and emerging artists; discussion and lecture series; and works-in-process programs.
Furloughed Artists Of The Met Announce Upcoming Outdoor NYC Concert
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2021
Dancers of the Met, an independent collective of dancers who have performed with the Metropolitan Opera throughout the seasons, is joining with furloughed members of the Met Orchestra and Met Chorus Artists to produce an outdoor NYC concert on Sunday, May 16.
ODC Starts Summer Early With The WALKING DISTANCE DANCE FEST
by BWW
News Desk - May 15, 2018
Next month ODC Theater provides an early kickoff to the summer with the seventh anniversary of its signature dance festival. Highlights include a West Coast premiere from filmmaker and choreographer Yara Travieso, the Bay Area solo debut of Toronto native Belinda McGuire and a world premiere from Kiandanda Dance Theater.
ODC Starts Summer Early With The WALKING DISTANCE DANCE FEST
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 10, 2018
Next month ODC Theater provides an early kickoff to the summer with the seventh anniversary of its signature dance festival. Highlights include a West Coast premiere from filmmaker and choreographer Yara Travieso, the Bay Area solo debut of Toronto native Belinda McGuire and a world premiere from Kiandanda Dance Theater.
ODC Theater Announces 2018 Season
by Julie Musbach - Dec 21, 2017
ODC, the most active center for contemporary dance on the West Coast, has announced its 2018 Theater Season, a program demonstrating the organization's commitment to fostering new performance and to introducing the work of esteemed artists from across the globe to new audiences.
Periapsis Announces OPEN SERIES 2017
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 30, 2017
Alison Cook Beatty Dance, joined by guest artists of the New York City dance community, musical ensemble group Tenth Intervention, and composer Dorian Wallace, will perform a 20-minute excerpt of the Second Act of MAHAWAY: Spring Eternal within the Periapsis Open Series. Other collaborative artists on the program presenting work are: Julia Bengtsson with composer Charlotte Mundy, Belinda McGuire Dance Projects, and Barbara Gail Montero with composer Dmitri Tymoczko.
LoudHoundMovement to Perform in Two NYC January Dance Festivals
by Sally Henry Fuller - Dec 26, 2015
Brooklyn-based LoudHoundMovement (LHM), directed by Brendan Duggan and Mallory Lynn, has accepted invitations to perform in both the inaugural Excognito Dance Festival as well as the long-established APAP showcase in January 2016. In Excognito the company performs its evening-length In The Plague of Dreams (2013) and recent duet From Crown To Sole (2015).
TOES FOR DANCE to Present Mixed-Program and 2015 Festival This Fall
by BWW
News Desk - Dec 11, 2015
Co-Artistic Directors David Norsworthy and Kristen Carcone of TOES (The Outreach and Exchange Strategy) FOR DANCE proudly present two innovative contemporary dance productions featuring a Mixed-Program of short works and a Festival of full-length works, both showcasing local and international artists.