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2012 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise to be Awarded in Dance
2012 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE TO BE AWARDED IN DANCE Celebrating achievement by foreign-born artists in their early careers CALL FOR APPLICATIONS New York, NY—The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce that it has selected…
Read notes from the Dance Space Meeting with Fractured Atlas to discuss the relaunch of space database, NYCDanceSpaces.org
Dance Space Meeting with Fractured Atlas Hosted by: Dance/NYC Location: Mertz Gilmore Foundation Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Leaders: Lane Harwell, Director, Dance/NYC Adam Natale, Director of Partnerships and Business…
Testimony to the New York City Council on the Department of Cultural Affairs Preliminary FY 2012 Budget
I submitted testimony to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations in March, requesting a full restoration of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ (DCA) budget. On behalf of New York City’s dance community—1,200…
Advocacy Alert: Dance for DCA
May 31, 2011 Dear New York City Dance Community, As the leading advocate for dance, Dance/NYC is working to help the City help you during a challenging budgeting process, with significant cuts from the State and a reduction in federal aid. The…
Andrea Snyder to Receive Dance/USA Trustees Award During 2011 Annual Conference
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2011 Rachel Bell Phone: 202.833.1717 Email: rbell@danceusa.org Andrea Snyder to Receive Dance/USA Trustees Award During 2011 Annual Conference Washington, DC – Dance/USA, the national service…
Dance/NYC Announces Award from Rockefeller Brothers Fund to Build Capacity for NYC Dance
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT.....................................................................................FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lacey Althouse—lalthouse@dancenyc.org, (212) 966-4452.......................May 19, 2011 Dance/NYC Announces Award…
New York City Ballet Appoints Ellen Bar Director of Media Projects
New York City Ballet Executive Director Katherine Brown announced today that NYCB Soloist Ellen Bar has been appointed the Company's new Director of Media Projects. Bar, who has been a member of New York City Ballet since 1998, will give her final…
NYSCA Executive Director Heather Hitchens will Depart to Take on New Leadership Opportunity in the Cultural Sector
New York State Council on the Arts Chair Danny Simmons has accepted the resignation of Heather A. Hitchens, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), effective May 23, 2011. Upon leaving State service, Executive Director Hitchens…
