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The Joyce Ponders New Sites
NYTimes By ROBIN POGREBIN Published: July 27, 2010 The Joyce Theater, the pre-eminent presenter of dance in downtown Manhattan, is facing an uncertain future. With the expiration of its lease in Chelsea approaching and a promised move to ground zero…
The Best Live Arts Sites
Where to go for your online culture fix Leo Benedictus guardian.co.uk, Sunday 25 July 2010 ustream.tv A specialist streaming site (think YouTube for live events) that is mostly rubbish, and hard to search, but still holds many nuggets of the unexpected…
Fall for Dance Programming Announced
2010 FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER WILL FEATURE 20 DANCE COMPANIES FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD TICKET PRICES ONCE AGAIN $10 FOR ALL SEATS WITH SUPPORT FROM NEW SPONSORS BLOOMBERG and METLIFE FOUNDATION Festival…
NDI's Cultural Exchange with the Shanghai Children's Palace
Disparate Cultures Engage in a Youthful Dance Wall Street Journal By PIA CATTON Dance students flock to New York City every summer to take classes and workshops that aren't offered in their hometowns. But for five young Chinese dancers, this summer…
USCIS Promises Major Visa Improvements
July 21, Washington, DC - According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), processing times for regularly-filed artist visa petitions will not exceed 14 days. In a meeting with public stakeholders on July 20, the agency also promised that…
Funding Increase for NEA in House Subcommitte
July 28, Washington, DC - The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee has approved a $2.5 million increase for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), bringing NEA funding to $170 million for FY 2011. Current funding for the agency totals $167.5…
Goodbye from Michelle Burkhart, Director of Dance/NYC
Goodbye from Michelle! 7/23/2010 Dear New York City Dance Community, It is with great sadness that I step down from my post as Director of Dance/NYC. It has been seven years since coming to New York from California and almost four years since I…
To showcase nation's arts, first lady isn't afraid to spotlight the unexpected
By Robin Givhan Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 21, 2010 In a White House where first lady Michelle Obama's relationship to the arts strives to be both rarefied and common, cerebral and pragmatic, the cultural program is dictated by…
