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Birth Place: Harlem, NY, USA

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Carolyn Adams, (Award Winning Costume Designer & Wardrobe Stylist, Costumer, Milliner, Image-Wardrobe-Research Consultant, Hair & Make-Up Artist, Producer, Visionary),
Studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The Black Fashion's Museum's Harlem Institute of Fashion and Forty Acres And A Mule Film Works. Theatre Credits include but not limited to: TWO TRAIN'S RUNNING, By August Wilson, Prod. By Aundrea Fulton, DUTCHMAN By Amiri Baraka, Dir. Woodie King, Jr., BLACK WALL STREET, By Celeste Bedford Walker, WHISTLE IN MISSISSIPPI: The Emmit Til Story by, Daniel Carlton, Nat King Cole, By Verlon Brown, Dir. By, Rome Neal, I Got The Last Laugh!, The Life and Times Of Jackie "Moms" Mabley, LBJ, By Jamal Williams, Produced By, Karen Mobley, Dir. By Jamal Williams & Tomicko Ball, The Price Of The Ticket, By M. Younger Roberts, produced by Garland Lee Thompson & The H.A.D.L.E.Y Players; Sweet Mamma Stringbeans, Dir. Elizabeth Van Dyke, Mr. Hirsch Died Yesterday, Dir. By Woodie King, Jr., Produced By, Jessica Massad & Castillo Theater, If Harlem Could Talk, Written and Directed By, James Gillard.

Carolyn, is also a Fashion Stylist, Costume & Image Consultant, Wardrobe Supervisor & Technician, Image, Wardrobe, Costume & Acessories Research Consultant, Producer, Personal Shopper and a noted Millinery Designer. As a Fashion & Wardrobe Stylist, she is the recipient of the, “American Photo Magazine” and “Elle Girl Magazine's” Fashion, Costume and Wardrobe Stylist Of The Year Award. Television credits: The Essence Awards, The Children's Choice Awards and Uptown Fashion Avenue. Carolyn's, Private Cilents, Film, Video, WebSeries and TV credits include:Actor/comedian, Phyllis Y. Stickney, Recording Artist/Song Writer and music legends; Teddy Riley & Blackstreet, Cuba Gooding, Sr., Chuck Jackson and OC Smith, Dana's Story, The Birth Of Hip Hop, Just to name a few.

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Robert Battle Resigns As Artistic Director Of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

The Board of Trustees of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation today announced that Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Ailey since 2011, has informed them that he needs to focus on his health and has submitted his resignation.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Partners with Police Athletic League to Explore Dance Appreciation Among NYC Teens

This fall, in preparation for its New York Season at Lincoln Center, the Paul Taylor Dance Company is partnering with the Police Athletic League (PAL) for its Polaris Project Outreach Initiative to offer five creative workshops, culminating in an open house community performance, held at PAL’s Harlem Center on November 4th. 
Artists Band Together To Save Arts For Talented High School Students In New York

Performing and visual artists are banding together in Save NYSSSA Now to relaunch arts programming for talented high school students in the 52-year old New York Summer School for the Arts, known as NYSSSA. Despite an even greater need for student expression, the program has not been scheduled for 2024.
CLYMOVE Dance Honors ELISA MONTE

Dancer/choreographer Clymene Aldinger announces her company CLYMOVE's spring season May 26 & 27, presenting Time Signatures, an evening of nine contemporary dance pieces, all choreographed by Aldinger, and consisting of a series of solos, trios, and quartets, performed by four outstanding dancers whose divergent and contrasting life experiences celebrate the Company's individual uniqueness and shared humanity. 
Review: ALVIN AILEY American Dance Theater 2022 Season at New York City Center-Thrilling Programs Through 12/24

The 2022 Season performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center are now on stage to the delight of metro area audiences.
LEAVES by Victor Vauban Jr. to be Presented at Teatro LATEA in December

'LEAVES” by Victor Vauban Jr. will be presented at Teatro LATEA Nov.30th, Dec. 2nd & 4th. The primary themes of this play include assimilation, colorism, the importance of family and mental health.
Works & Process Presents: Alex Katz And Paul Taylor: FOUR DECADES OF COLLABORATIONS

In conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum's Alex Katz retrospective - Alex Katz: Gathering - join Paul Taylor Dance Company Artistic Director Michael Novak and celebrated Taylor alumna and educators Carolyn Adams and Susan McGuire as they discuss the lasting resonance of Alex Katz's collaborations with dancemaker Paul Taylor. Select archival video highlights from their 15 collaborations will be screened, as well as insights into the process, design, and impact of interdisciplinary collaborations.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Presents POLARIS By Alex Katz And Paul Taylor

Artist Alex Katz and choreographer Paul Taylor collaborated on 15 works. In conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum's retrospective Alex Katz: Gathering, Works & Process will present a performance by the Paul Taylor Dance Company in the Guggenheim rotunda. Selected by Michael Novak, Paul Taylor Dance Company Artistic Director, Polaris, a 1976 collaboration between Taylor and Katz will offer audiences a unique and unprecedented opportunity to see the performance-normally shown on a proscenium stage-up close and from 360 degrees.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns To Lincoln Center, November 1- 13

The Paul Taylor Dance Company (PTDC) will return to the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for its highly-anticipated New York City Season from November 1 to November 13, 2022.
Works & Process Announces Fall 2022 Season Featuring the Creators of Broadway's SOME LIKE IT HOT & More

As a process-focused performing arts organization, Works & Process continued to provide opportunities and fees for artists throughout the pandemic, and pioneered the bubble residency model to support their work safely. The fall 2022 season will feature the official world premieres of works created by New York artists.
BWW Review: BETTY BLUE EYES at ARTS Theatre

This is a fun night out. See what BWW's critic thinks about this production.
BETTY BLUE EYES Comes to Therry Theatre This Week

Therry Theatre has announced that its next production is the South Australian premiere of the Cameron Mackintosh musical, Betty Blue Eyes, adapted by Alan Bennett from his screenplay for the film, A Private Function.
Paul Taylor Dance Company to Lead Off Inaugural City Center Dance Festival

Paul Taylor Dance Company will perform at the inaugural City Center Dance Festival from March 24-31, at New York City Center.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Announces Changes to the Organization

The Paul Taylor Dance Company has announced additions to the organization. Jessica Ferretti and Austin Kelly have joined the world-renowned Company, and Michael Apuzzo and alumnus Richard Chen See will join the administrative team.
Theater for the New City Presents Powerful Production Of Victor Vauban Jr.'s LEAVES

Theater for the New City presents Leaves, a powerful drama written and directed by Victor Vauban Jr. about assimilation, colorism, the importance of family, love and mental health.
TNC Presents Victor Vauban Jr.'s LEAVES

Theater for the New City will present Leaves, a powerful drama written and directed by Victor Vauban Jr. about assimilation, colorism, the importance of family, love and mental health.
Photo Flash: Over 100 Black Cultural Leaders And Artists Celebrate Iconic Photo with "A Great Day in New York"

On August 12, 1958, in the midst of this nation’s burgeoning civil rights movement, a legendary group of jazz artists gathered in Harlem to be forever captured in the iconic photo, “A Great Day in Harlem.”
Spring 2020 Programs Announced at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Spring 2020 programs have been announced at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Victor Vauban Jr.'s BROTHER SOY Looks At Trans In Hispanic Community

Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting Brother Soy, Victor Vauban Jr.'s new play, a dramatic meditation about family, immigration and transgenderism in America, through Dec. 15.
Vinie Burrows & Rhonda Hansome Among 2019 ABC FultonOrg Honorees

The Anderson & Bert Cade Fulton Foundation, a Brooklyn-Based non-profit performing arts org founded by veteran playwright & producer, Andrea J. Fulton hosts its second annual Awards Benefit on Saturday, November 9th from 2 to 6pm at Sugarhill Supper Club in Brooklyn.

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