International Artists News

Burning Coal Theatre Company and NC State Dance Program will present State of Dance, the world premieres of six new dance pieces created by six of the most exciting young, emergent dance makers in North Carolina today, November 6 through November 8, 2014. The works will premiere at Burning Coal Theatre's Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC, tonight, Friday and Saturday, November 6 - 8 at 7:30pm. All tickets are $10 and are available at the door.

La MaMa presents the World Premiere of IF COLORADO HAD AN OCEAN… by Mike Gorman. Directed by David Bennett, previews begin December 4 with opening night slated for Thursday, December 11, 2014.

This November, as we approach the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Natalie Gershtein (Beautiful City Theatre) produces the final workshop production of THE FALL - BERLIN WALL PROJECT, a multimedia theater performance. This workshop is in preparation for the New York Premiere at La MaMa ETC in 2016 and a European Tour in 2015.

The Canadian Opera Company is proud to be invited to present the U.S. premiere of Zhang Huan's theatrically transcendent production of Handel's Semele at the world-renowned Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2015. The COC's presentation of Semele at BAM is directed by Zhang with distinguished British conductor and Baroque opera expertChristopher Moulds leading the critically acclaimed COC Orchestra and COC Chorus.Semele is scheduled at the Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY) for four performances only – March 4, 6, 8 and10, 2015.

Toronto – Today at the Canadian Opera Company's Annual General Meeting, the company reported on its artistic highlights, impressive endowment growth, growing attendance and subscription figures, and a general financial overview of the 2013/2014 season.

Today at the Canadian Opera Company's Annual General Meeting, the company reported on its artistic highlights, impressive endowment growth, growing attendance and subscription figures, and a general financial overview of the 2013/2014 season.

Chortle at this refreshing treatment of this popular Aesop's fable, written in the style of Italian Commedia dell'Arte by the award-winning playwright and author Aurand Harris as the nationally-recognized California Theatre Center returns to Harris Center for the first of its four performances this season. This zany comedy with its delightful songs glows with the warmth of friendship, using authentic staging and stock characters of Commedia plus an endearing Lion for a truly colorful theatrical experience. Suggested for grades K-5

Life is Beautiful Festival unveils another pillar for its 2014 culture festival taking place today, October 24 through Sunday, October 26. The art program is designed to create a live urban gallery that is seamlessly integrated into the festival footprint by employing several mediums of visual art from large-scale murals and instalments to interactive art centers and immersive galleries.

SUQIAN, China, Oct. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Artists and businessmen from across China recently assembled in thecity of Suqian in northern Jiangsu province to witness a gala cultural event on the banks of Luoma Lake. The event, entitled 'Beautiful Suqian', an invitation-only exhibition of works by acclaimed Chinese artists and which took place at Huaxia United Cultural Museum in the city's Yellow River Park, was co-sponsored by the People's Government of Suqian, China International Culture Art Center, the Cultural Industry Chapter of the China Electronic Commerce Association, Asian United Culture and Art Center, Huaxia United Cultural Museum and co-organized by the People's Government of Suqian District, the Suqian Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting, Television, Press and Publication and Suqian Huaxia United Cultural Museum. China Technology Media did a full coverage on this event.

In October, the UW World Series will present the world premiere of Antigona, a new work by Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca. Hailed by critics everywhere for its transcendent and deeply emotional performances, Noche Flamenca is one of the most authentic flamenco companies in the world today, and Soledad Barrio is its star. Now, in a unique creative partnership, this remarkable company joins with acclaimed American theater director Lee Breuer to create a new work, Antigona, based on Sophocles' ancient Greek heroine. Combining live music, song, and dance, Noche Flamenca's Antigona will bring the fiery, expressive nature of flamenco to one of the world's great tragedies in an evening-length work that promises to be both gripping and intensely moving. The work is conceived and directed by Martin Santangelo with choreography by Soledad Barrio, consulting direction by Lee Breuer, and visual and mask design by Mary Frank.

LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) is delighted to announce award-winning producer David Binder will join its team as Artistic Associate. David will work with LIFT to develop international projects and collaborations to be part of future festivals.

NYU SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS will celebrate ten years of NYU Skirball with The Skir-BALL: a festive evening to celebrate the international artists and audiences who have made a decade of NYU Skirball such a great success.

The Canadian Opera Company'sGlencore Ensemble Studio School Tourreturns to elementary and middle schools across Ontario from November 3 – 30, 2014. Two engaging and entertaining operas by Canadian composer Dean Burry headline the tour for 2014: The Bremen Town Musicians and The Scorpions' Sting: An Egyptian Myth. These child-friendly operas expect to reach 16,000 students from Kindergarten to grade eight over the course of the tour.

The Joyce Theater (Linda Shelton, Executive Director), the nation's most prestigious theater devoted to modern dance, announced today the organization's programming for its 2015 Spring/Summer season, featuring a wide array of extraordinary companies, including return engagements of fan favorites and introductions to new companies making their Joyce debuts.

Burning Coal Theatre Company and NC State Dance Program will present State of Dance, the world premieres of six new dance pieces created by six of the most exciting young, emergent dance makers in North Carolina November 6 - 8, 2014. The works will premiere at Burning Coal Theatre's Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 6 - 8 at 7:30pm.

The Cuong Vu Trio will be performing tonight, October 11, 2014 at Meany Studio Theatre on the University of Washington campus at 7:30pm.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Gallery Aferro will partner for Artist Box, a unique initiative that will bring artists from the Newark-based art gallery to NJSO performances in Newark throughout the 2014-15 season and culminate in May with a Gallery Aferro exhibit of works inspired by the artists' concert experiences.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY presents the 2014 PRELUDE FESTIVAL. The annual festival is dedicated to artists at the forefront of contemporary New York City theatre and performance. Following the enormous success of its tenth anniversary in 2013, the eleventh annual PRELUDE festival will be curated by Chloe Bass, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Sarah Rose Leonard, Allison Lyman, and Frank Hentschker.

Multiple Grammy Award-winning violinist Mark O'Connor returns to his hometown of Seattle for an evening of music from his album, An Appalachian Christmas, Dec. 21. In describing this program of music, O'Connor says: 'Appalachia is the original melting pot of our country featuring more diverse styles of American music than just about anywhere. Growing up in the O'Connor musical household, Christmas time was a wondrous mixture of Christmas carols, fiddling, bluegrass and other traditional American music. And that is the spirit of An Appalachian Christmas.'

Families will soon be rocking out at Segerstrom Center for the Arts as Childsplay brings the hit cartoon series Schoolhouse Rock to life on stage.