Mark DeGarmo Dance Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Mark DeGarmo Dance (MDD) is a not-for-profit charity founded in 1987 with a three-part mission: Education, Performance and Intercultural Community. For 30 years, MDD has provided interdisciplinary dance arts education programs to disenfranchised, economically challenged kids, families, and schools across New York City's five boroughs.
Mark DeGarmo Honors Deborah Jowitt In Dance For Dance
Mark DeGarmo Dance will honor dance writer DEBORAH JOWITT with the 2016 'Educational Visionary' Lifetime Achievement Award to celebrate her many accomplishments. Ms. Jowitt danced with notable names such as Jose Limon and Anna Sokolow, choreographed works shown in venues in both the United States and overseas, published articles in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Dance Magazine, among others, and has lectured, taught and conducted workshops at universities in the U.S. and abroad.
Deborah Jowitt to Recieve Educational Visionary Lifetime Achievement Award at DANCE for DANCE
Mark DeGarmo Dance will honor dance writer DEBORAH JOWITT with the 2016 "Educational Visionary" Lifetime Achievement Award to celebrate her many accomplishments. Ms. Jowitt danced with notable names such as Jose Limon and Anna Sokolow, choreographed works shown in venues in both the United States and overseas, published articles in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Dance Magazine, among others, and has lectured, taught and conducted workshops at universities in the U.S. and abroad.
Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane to Receive 2015 Educational Visionary Lifetime Achievement Award from Mark DeGarmo Dance
Ballet luminaries OLEG BRIANSKY and MIREILLE BRIANE will receive the 2015 'Educational Visionary' Lifetime Achievement Award, as 'visionaries who have promoted innovation in education through the arts.' Partners in life and dance for over 50 years, Briansky and Briane are being honored for their distinguished careers as dancers and choreographers, as well as for their exemplary role as founders and teachers at The Briansky Ballet Center for over 45 years. Presenter will be Lori Klinger, Artistic and Executive Director of Rosie's Theater Kids, and host is comedian Nat Towsen, standup comedian and host of Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour. The evening includes hors d'oeuvres and drinks, a silent auction of glamorous goods including gift certificates, dinners and vacations, and dancing to a hip DJ.
NYU's Program in Educational Theatre Spotlights Teaching Artists This Weekend
For this year's arts education forum, The Program in Educational Theatre at New York University is spotlighting the Teaching Artist. Allied professionals from multiple disciplines, newcomers to the field, administrators, and researchers are invited to exchange perspectives and collectively envision our shared future alongside leading arts organizations such as New Victory Theater and Lincoln Center Education.
Lincoln Center Education Launches Summer Forum Learning Labs for Artists & Educators, 7/7-18
Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education (LCE), announced details today ofSummer Forum 2014, a re-envisioned professional development experience which expands on Lincoln Center's unparalleled dedication to professional growth for local, national, and international educators and artists. LCE's Summer Forum, which takes place July 7 through 18 and succeeds the previous Summer Session series, will feature in-depth and hands-on educational workshops based on LCE's core values of engagement, equity, integrity and creativity, and its approach to aesthetic education and focus on "thinking like an artist." Summer Forum is open to educators and artists of all kinds, and LCE-trained teaching artists will lead labs that explore the process of imaginative learning and discovery through works of performance and fine art, helping the participants determine how to apply what they have learned in their own classrooms, whether it be towards science, English, history or the arts. Lab topics throughout Summer Forum will include sessions on aesthetic education practices, teaching artistry to arts and Common Core, creating art in the community, and LCE's pedagogy for engaging students in problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
NYU's Program in Educational Theatre to Spotlight Teaching Artists, 4/25-27
For this year's arts education forum, The Program in Educational Theatre at New York University is spotlighting the Teaching Artist. Allied professionals from multiple disciplines, newcomers to the field, administrators, and researchers are invited to exchange perspectives and collectively envision our shared future alongside leading arts organizations such as New Victory Theater and Lincoln Center Education.
The Barrow Group to Present TRUE HAZARDS OF CHILDHOOD Developmental Workshop, 6/27-29
The Barrow Group announces a developmental workshop today: True Hazards of Childhood by Jean E. Taylor will run at The Barrow Group's Main Stage Theatre (312 West 36th Street, floor 3, NY, NY) with a limited engagement of June 27 thru June 29, 2013. Tickets are $15 and available at:www.Smarttix.com. For more information please visit www.barrowgroup.org/showing.
Hilary Easton + Company Present LIGHT AND SHADE At Baryshnikov Arts Center
Hilary Easton + Company presents the New York premiere of Light and Shade, an evening-length dance performed by Emily Pope-Blackman and Michael Ingle, with original music by Mike Rugnetta, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, and costumes by Madeleine Walach. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, October 14, 15, and 16 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2pm October 17(Sunday).
Hilary Easton + Company Present LIGHT AND SHADE At Baryshnikov Arts Center
Hilary Easton + Company presents the New York premiere of Light and Shade, an evening-length dance performed by Emily Pope-Blackman and Michael Ingle, with original music by Mike Rugnetta, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, and costumes by Madeleine Walach. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, October 14, 15, and 16 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2pm October 17(Sunday).
Hilary Easton + Company Present LIGHT AND SHADE At Baryshnikov Arts Center
Hilary Easton + Company presents the New York premiere of Light and Shade, an evening-length dance performed by Emily Pope-Blackman and Michael Ingle, with original music by Mike Rugnetta, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, and costumes by Madeleine Walach. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, October 14, 15, and 16 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2pm October 17(Sunday).
Hilary Easton + Company Present LIGHT AND SHADE At Baryshnikov Arts Center
Hilary Easton + Company presents the New York premiere of Light and Shade, an evening-length dance performed by Emily Pope-Blackman and Michael Ingle, with original music by Mike Rugnetta, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, and costumes by Madeleine Walach. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, October 14, 15, and 16 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2pm October 17(Sunday).