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[MEDIA] Dance/NYC Director Lane Harwell Interviews Backstage at 2010 Bessie Awards

video courtesy of Skynova [vodpod id=Video.4918965&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Lane Harwell Bessies Interview wih Skynova, posted with vodpod…

 

[MEMBER BLOG] Justina: Remembering Denise at the Apollo

7:00pm-Apollo Theater: Tonight I attended A Celebration of the Life of Denise Jefferson. The evening, which included performances and tributes, was a touching commemoration of a woman who was both my boss and my hero. Upon passing most people leave behind a memory - Denise left behind a legacy.            …

 

[MEMBER BLOG] Justina: CTFD Gala Tonight

7:00pm - City Center: I attended the  Career Transitions for Dancers 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee Gala performance featuring many figures and apparitions from corners of the dance world I do and don't frequent. This sea of silver was definitely jubilated ...            

 

[MEDIA] Video: 2010 Bessies Reel

If you missed the show check out this reel of highlights from October's 2010 Bessie Awards presented by Dance/NYC. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kDDUx4tHOo]…

 

[JOURNAL] Interview: Nora Chipaumire and the Bessie Awards

15 minutes with Nora Chipaumire With two Bessie Awards already under her belt (one in 2007 for her performance with Urban Bush Women, the other in 2008 for her choreographic work Chimurenga), Nora Chipaumire could be deemed an expert on groundbreaking dance in New York City. During a quiet morning of her current residency at the University of Minnesota, she was kind enough to share a few words concerning…

 

[MEDIA] Video: 2010 Townhall Invite

Members of the 2010 Dance/NYC Junior Council invite you to participate in our annual townhall. [vodpod id=Video.3595337&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] YAC Townhall, posted with vodpod  …

 

[JOURNAL] Ana Marie Forsythe, Co-Director of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program

Ana Marie Forsythe has been on faculty at The Ailey School since 1972 where she is currently the chairperson of the Horton Department and Co-Director of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in dance. She’s danced with the Garden State Ballet Company, Joyce Trisler Danz and the Sophie MasIow Company. Forsythe is also the co-author of a book, The Dance Technique of Lester Horton, the only written guide to the technique. She has produced 5 instructional DVD’s on the Horton Technique.…

 

[JOURNAL] Nancy Umanoff, Executive Director of Mark Morris Dance Group

AB: The Mark Morris Dance Group spent 1989-1991 as the resident company of the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Would you ever consider moving the company again? NU: In 1987 Mark Morris was invited to become the Director of Dance at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. Several American choreographers have been given the opportunity to move to Europe to take over an existing company or to create a new one but none had relocated their entire company. In an unprecedented move, the Mark Morris Dance Group -dancers and staff- moved to Belgium in 1988. It was truly an offer we couldn't refuse - full year salaries, health insurance, vacation pay, a full time masseuse and production team, access to the beautiful baroque national opera house (and any other Belgian theater of our choosing), live music (all of the time) provided by the Monnaie orchestra and chorus, virtually unlimited production budgets and a home with numerous studios. …

 
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