92NY Announces Harkness Dance Center 90th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 28, 2024
The Harkness Dance Center at 92NY celebrates its 90th anniversary with a season of performances, workshops, and events featuring renowned choreographers and dancers, highlighting its rich history and contributions to dance.
Dallas Children's Theater's Longtime Leader To Retire
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2022
As Dallas Children's Theater (DCT) approaches its 40th anniversary season of providing high quality professional theater to children and families in North Texas, its founder, Robyn Flatt, has determined that now is the ideal time to secure new leadership in order to best position DCT for the organization's next chapter.
Kathryn Posin Receives Major Grant and Gives Free NoHo Performance
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2021
Company member Daniel White will perform Touch Me by Gerald Arpino. Company members Claire Mazza and Alejandro Ulloa will present their duet Through You, and Posin will present an excerpt from her latest work Triple Sextet to Steve Reich's Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet.
Honoring History: Repertory Dance Theatre Closes 55th Season With A Digital HOMAGE
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2021
Celebrating 55 years of revolutionary modern dance, America's premiere modern dance repertory company presents a virtual evening of historical modern dance masterpieces. Repertory Dance Theatre presents HOMAGE, featuring choreography by Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Donald McKayle, and Elizabeth Waters. The virtual concert will open with a live-streamed event on April 23.
UN DÍA COMO HOY: MY FAIR LADY se estrenaba en Broadway
by Cristina Martinez - Mar 15, 2021
Un 15 de marzo de 1956, el Mark Hellinger Theatre acogía por primera vez MY FAIR LADY. El musical basado en la obra teatral PIGMALIÓN subía el telón por primera vez con el libreto y las letras de Alan Jay Lerner y la música de Frederic Loewe.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Sets Date For Sixth Annual Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2021
Held on January 29, 2021, this year's Symposium, entitled Dance and Immigration: A Symposium Beyond Boundaries, features the culminating projects from this year's cohort of Dance Research Fellows: Kiri Avelar, Ninotchka Bennahum, Phil Chan, Sergey Konaev, Yusha-Marie Sorzano and Ferne Regis, and Pam Tanowitz.
UN DÍA COMO HOY: KISS ME, KATE se estrenaba en Broadway
by Cristina Martinez - Dec 30, 2020
Un 30 de diciembre de 1948, el New Century Theatre subía el telón por primera vez para escenificar KISS ME, KATE. Este musical sobre la producción de la obra de Shakespeare THE TAMING OF THE SHEW estaba inspirado en las idas y venidas amorosas del matrimonio formado por Alfred Lunt y Lynn Fontanne.
Las Fridas Returns to Mark DeGarmo Dance Studio Theater at the Clemente Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2020
Las Fridas returns for a limited New York engagement in January 2020 after its November 2019 run sold out 5 performances. The 60-minute duet is inspired by the life and work of Mexican painter and revolutionary, Frida Kahlo. This season, the audience has the opportunity to experience the surreal 60-minute work in an intimate setting with limited seating: Mark DeGarmo Dance Studio Theater 310.
Shen Wei To Receive 2020 Scripps ADF Award
by Stephi Wild - Dec 3, 2019
The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the 2020 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement to acclaimed choreographer Shen Wei. Established in 1981 by Samuel H. Scripps, the annual award honors choreographers who have dedicated their lives and talent to the creation of modern dance. Shen Wei will be in residence at ADF during the 2020 season working on his latest ADF commission set on ADF students. ADF Director Emeritus Charles L. Reinhart will present the $50,000 award in a brief ceremony on Thursday, July 23rd at 8:00pm, prior to the Footprints performance in Reynolds Industries Theater.