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 In THE BESSIES ANNOUNCE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2022 NY DANCE AND PERFORMANCE AWARDS The NY Dance and Performance Awards, the Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding…
"The arts can and should be of service to all New Yorkers. The Settlement's mission of providing pathways for opportunity will continue to shape Abrons's curatorial and programmatic vision."…
IMPRESSIONS: "PANORAMA" a Short Film by Gerard & Kelly Dances with Colonialism at Paris' Bourse de Commerce,"Seeing the dancers let loose to music by the late composer Julius Eastman…
DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: David Parker and The Bang Group in NUT/CRACKED at The Flea Theater"Parker's queer-friendly, Pop version made its American debut the following year at Dance Theater …
IMPRESSIONS: Dancing Without Steps: "The Art of Improvisation with Margaret Beals" - A Documentary"Artists of all genres will appreciate Beals's passion for authenticity." Henning Rübsam, N…
 "Mesher knew her goal was to dance for the Rockettes one day. The fact that she was born without a left hand due to a rare congenital condition called Symbrachydactyly did not deter her.…
DANCE FOR PD® AWARDS THE SECOND ANNUAL LUCY BOWEN AWARD FOR INCLUSIVE CHOREOGRAPHY TO CHOREOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR ROBIN DEKKERS  Â
The annual $10,000 Award was developed to suppo…
IMPRESSIONS: HOMAGE! Three Legacy Works from the Repertory of Arthur AvileÌs Typical Theatre Based on Dances by Loïe Fuller, Martha Graham, and JoseÌ LimoÌnÂ
 "Acti…
In IMPRESSIONS: Neil Greenberg's "Betsy" at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club"Although a proper noun, "Betsy" is not a human being, but rather an accumulation of ideas and an analogy for dan…
In IMPRESSIONS: Camille A. Brown's Trilogy "BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play," "Mr. ToL E. RAnCE,"Â and "ink" Dances from The Joyce to The Apollo "How do you define the Black American experien…
In IMPRESSIONS: Garth Fagan Dance at The Joyce Theater Celebrating 52 Years "Garth Fagan Dance rejoices in the human body and spirit. " Cecilia Whalen, New York
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In IMPRESSIONS: Christopher "Unpezverde" Núñez "The Circle or Prophetic Dream" at Danspace Project"When dance blurs the boundary between performance and ritual, artists emerge as embod…
In POSTCARDS: Gloria McLean,President of the American Dance Guild, on Returning, Renewing and Rejoicing -The ADG Performance Festival is back LIVE this Dec. 1 " Dec. 4"Finally, after three y…
In BalletCollective's The Fluidity of Time, "Artistic Director Troy Schumacher's  creation process undeniably unites artistic voices through collaboration. He specifically emphasiz…
"Art and activism merged to resounding effect in "Action Songs/Protest Dances" a powerful celebration of music and movement grounded in collaboration, community, and social justice. The culm…
 In IMPRESSIONS: Kayla Farrish/Decent Structure Arts at Triskelion Arts: "This is the world of Kayla Farrish/Decent Structure Arts. The photos and text dictate: "You are here now, welcome…
In POSTCARDS: A Choreographic Journey During Covid with Cherylyn Lavagnino, Artistic Director of Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance : As CLD reimagines Mythologies, we are excited to share these…
"Council congratulates Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance on their grant award! These grants are from the people of New York State, for the future of New York State." " Katherine Nic…
In IMPRESSIONS: Robert Mark Dance in "SHORT STUFF" and "DAWNED" at the Culture Lab in Long Island City: "He calls the program "Dawning," and choreographer Robert Mark Burke clearly regards h…
In A DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Ladies of Hip-Hop "The Black Dancing Bodies Project" Works & Process at Lincoln Center, Clark Studio Theater: "If I could speak my mind, what would I say?"…
In YOUR DANCE UP CLOSE: Ladies of Hip-Hop: Black Dancing Bodies Project × Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer a video by Works & Process at Lincoln Center: "As the title implies, th…
In IMPRESSIONS "Unavailable Memory: In Conversation with Cunningham & Cage," presented by Baryshnikov Arts Center and co-produced by the Merce Cunningham Trust, was a varied evening of m…
 In IMPRESSIONS: "Being Future Being:Inside/Outwards" by Emily Johnson at New York Live Arts "Johnson has brought us to a different place altogether where each tree, animal, rock, flo…