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SAFEhouse Arts to Celebrate Founder Joe Landini This December

SAFEhouse Arts, a ten-year-old artist cooperative working to incubate new dance and theater artists through residencies, workshops and performance opportunities, has announced its December program in honor of SAFEhouse Arts Founder and Executive Director Joe Landini, celebrating 25 years of dance making in San Francisco.

SAFEhouse Arts to Celebrate Founder Joe Landini This December

SAFEhouse Arts, a ten-year-old artist cooperative working to incubate new dance and theater artists through residencies, workshops and performance opportunities, has announced its December program in honor of SAFEhouse Arts Founder and Executive Director Joe Landini, celebrating 25 years of dance making in San Francisco.

Maximum Velocity Summer Festivals 2017 Announced

A world-class summer immersion bringing together Strictly Seattle summer dance intensive and the International Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI). Maximum Velocity is the premiere west coast summer dance festival.

BWW Interview: Nancy Maier and OPEN A NEW WINDOW: THE SONGS OF JERRY HERMAN by The Musical Theater Project

Nancy Maier left New York and a budding career to move to Cleveland. Yes, she traded the Big Apple for Cle!

Sharon Byrne's New Play GUTTED Set for The Marlowe Studio

The Marlowe Theatre continues to support local talent by making a Whitstable playwright its first 'supported artist'.

Sharon Byrne's New Play GUTTED Set for The Marlowe Studio

The Marlowe Theatre continues to support local talent by making a Whitstable playwright its first 'supported artist'.

2015 Bessie Award Winners Announced!

The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announced the complete list of 2015 award recipients tonight at the 31st Annual Bessie Awards ceremony. Produced in partnership with Dance/NYC, The Bessies were held at the legendary Apollo Theater at 7:30pm. The full list of Bessie Award recipients follows!

Jock Soto & Carmelita Tropicana to Host 31st Annual Bessie Awards

The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announce the lineup of special guests for the 2015 ceremony. Acclaimed former New York City Ballet principal Jock Soto and performance artist and playwright Carmelita Tropicana will host the event. The 31st Annual Bessie Awards will be held on Monday, October 19, at 7:30pm, at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City. Doors open at 6:30pm for red carpet and pre-show celebrations.

Check Out Velocity's International SFDI 2015 Line-Up

The international Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI) is the leading convening of dance improvisers in the country, and a leading international festival.

Velocity Presents DANCE INNOVATORS IN PERFORMANCE at Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation Tonight

Part of the world class 20th Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, for one evening only, Dance Innovators in Performance features a critical mass of exciting artists who have been dancing everywhere but in the mainstream. The evening features all-star SFDI faculty John Jasperse, Sara Shelton Mann, Chris Aiken, Heidi Henderson, Stephanie Skura, Shelley Senter, Michael Schumacher, Karen Nelson, Louis Gervais, Jill Sigman, Salt Horse, Tonya Lockyer, John Dixon, Andrew Wass, Eric Nordstrom and Michal Lahav at Broadway Performance Hall.

20th Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation Presents 'Lightning Talks' Today

Seven innovators on the all-star faculty of the 20th Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation have seven minutes each to speak to what they are most passionate about and what currently drives their research and practice. Immediately following the lighting talks, the community gets a chance to join in on the conversation.

Velocity Celebrates 20th Annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Now thru 8/4

Velocity celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Seattle Festival of Improvisation (SFDI) with an all-star faculty line-up, performances by world-class innovators, and daily community events. One of the world's leading festivals of dance and improvisation, SFDI brings together renowned dance artists and teachers to perform, collaborate and share their creative processes. SFDI is a week of intensives, classes, jams, somatic workshops, performances and discussions focused on fostering the study, practice and appreciation of dance improvisation.

20th Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation Presents 'Lightning Talks', 7/31

Seven innovators on the all-star faculty of the 20th Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation have seven minutes each to speak to what they are most passionate about and what currently drives their research and practice. Immediately following the lighting talks, the community gets a chance to join in on the conversation.

Velocity to Present DANCE INNOVATORS IN PERFORMANCE at Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, 8/1

Part of the world class 20th Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, for one evening only, Dance Innovators in Performance features a critical mass of exciting artists who have been dancing everywhere but in the mainstream. The evening features all-star SFDI faculty John Jasperse, Sara Shelton Mann, Chris Aiken, Heidi Henderson, Stephanie Skura, Shelley Senter, Michael Schumacher, Karen Nelson, Louis Gervais, Jill Sigman, Salt Horse, Tonya Lockyer, John Dixon, Andrew Wass, Eric Nordstrom and Michal Lahav at Broadway Performance Hall.

Velocity to Celebrate 20th Annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, 7/28-8/4

Velocity celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Seattle Festival of Improvisation (SFDI) with an all-star faculty line-up, performances by world-class innovators, and daily community events. One of the world's leading festivals of dance and improvisation, SFDI brings together renowned dance artists and teachers to perform, collaborate and share their creative processes. SFDI is a week of intensives, classes, jams, somatic workshops, performances and discussions focused on fostering the study, practice and appreciation of dance improvisation.

Canadian Dance Icons Peter Bingham and Denise Fujiwara Headline International Line-Up at MOonhORsE Dance Theatre

Older & Reckless, MOonhORsE Dance Theatre's celebrated series curated by Artistic Director Claudia Moore, continues its 2012/13 season with 2 SOLOS | A DUET | AN ENSEMBLE featuring ten dance artists from around the globe in works by Canadian choreographers Peter Bingham, Denise Fujiwara, Peter Chin and Nancy Latoszewski (Greyeyes). Edition #28 of Older and Reckless runs March 8 to 10 at Dancemakers Centre for Creation.

Dance New Amsterdam Welcomes Back Neal Beasley and Bradley Teal Ellis to 2012-2013 DNA PRESENTS Season

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) welcomes back two of its veteran artists, Neal Beasley and Bradley Teal Ellis, to the 2012-2013 DNA PRESENTS season for the second installment of the SPLICE series. This set of performances matches unique artists that share a common thread into a performance setting that offers insightful perspectives into the breadth of contemporary dance. Beasley's every adam belonging to me and Ellis's (american)guilt both deal with personal, gender-centric journeys of interrogation en route to a more nuanced definition of identity. Performances are February 6-9. All shows are at 7:30 p.m., with an additional matinee performance on Saturday, February 8 at 3:00 p.m. A corresponding gallery exhibit will also be on view during the run.

A.D. Productions Opens Interactive Comedy VANISHED Tonight, 7/28

A.D. Productions presents the world premiere of Carlsbad playwright Steven Oberman's new audience interactive comedy 'Vanished,' a play that separates the sexes into parallel worlds to see how they get on without their "better" halves. The comedy runs now through August 18 and will take place at Swedenborg Hall, located at 1531 Tyler Ave., San Diego.

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