Andrew W. Mellon News

Sundance Institute has revealed the 2024 Merata Mita Fellow and Inaugural Graton Fellows. Learn more here!

The cast and creative team has been revealed for Becoming a Man, an A.R.T.-commissioned world-premiere play about the courage—and the community—we need to become ourselves.

The Westfield Athenaeum and the Springfield Chamber Players (MOSSO: Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra) will present The Springfield Chamber Players String Trio on Thursday, February 22, at 7PM.

PEAK Performances at Montclair State University is producing two opera-in-concert performances of Blind Injustice, composed by Montclair State University College of the Arts faculty member Scott Davenport Richards (A Star Across the Ocean, Charlie Crosses the Nation) with a libretto by David Cote (Three Way, The Scarlet Ibis).

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Diane Ragsdale, Director of Masters of Creative Leadership at MCAD has died at age 57. According to an official statement on the school's website, she 'passed away suddenly.' 

Baryshnikov Arts has received a $2M grant from Mellon Foundation to support the Bloodlines Interwoven Festival, featuring Kaoru Watanabe as Artistic Director.

COLLAGE DANCE COLLECTIVE performs 'RISE' at The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Featuring Kevin Thomas's Ballet Rise set to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final public speech, a world premiere by Hope Boykin, Camille A. Brown's New Second Line, and Amy Hall Garner's Saint Glory. February 3-4, 2024.

The groundbreaking production (Im)migrants of the State, created by and based on the real-life experiences of formerly incarcerated actors, returns to The Actors' Gang for 6 performances. Get more information here!

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with a spectacular Lunar New Year performance by Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company at Omaha Performing Arts.

The CUNY Dance Initiative announces winter 2024 performances and a new call for applications. Details on these performances, including three premieres, are provided in the article.

Ring in the Year of the Dragon with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company at Kupferberg Center for the Arts. Tickets available online or by phone.

The groundbreaking production (Im)migrants of the State, created by and based on the real-life experiences of formerly incarcerated actors, returns to The Actors' Gang for 6 performances.

Theatre Communications Group has announced that Karena Fiorenza and LaTeshia Ellerson have been appointed as interim executive leaders.

Join Sydney Skybetter as he sits down with Dr. Catie Cuan, a pioneer in the field of choreorobotics, in this episode of the Dances with Robots podcast. Discover her personal and professional journey and delve into the question of why dance with a robot. Available now on listening platforms.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) has announced four top-tier early-career musicians have been selected for its Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship, a prestigious program sponsored by LACO in partnership with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) that engages members of historically underrepresented groups in western classical music ensembles.

Dive into the fascinating world of art, technology, and dance with Dances with Robots podcast. Join host Sydney Skybetter, a choreographer and Dean at Brown University, as he explores interdisciplinary practices and the ways artists and technologists navigate the world.

The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora premieres 'This Life: Black Life in the Time of Now' - a captivating documentary and digital exhibition exploring contemporary Black existence. The virtual art exhibit sparks meaningful conversations about the complexities of Black identity. Attendees can join in-person or virtually.

The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) presents Dances with Robots: a podcast exploring the intersection of art, technology, and activism. Hosted by Sydney Skybetter and Ariane Michaud, the podcast premieres on November 14, 2023. Join them as they navigate the world through interdisciplinary practice.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center will present Is It Thursday Yet?, The March, and Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. 

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre is proud to launch Plays for the People: In the Stacks, a program to increase access to dramatic literature for a significant number of individuals by expanding and diversifying drama collections.