Irish Arts Center (IAC) announces its eclectic Fall 2018 lineup, offering audiences a characteristically panoramic view of the best of what's happening in Irish Arts. With its wide range of musical, theatrical, dance, literary, visual arts, interdisciplinary, and educational events, the season exemplifies Irish Arts Center's unwavering drive to present a panoply of ideas, approaches and perspectives; its eye for innovative and eye-opening work; and its consistent fostering of collaborations between luminaries from diverse backgrounds and artistic practices. The fall season will coincide with the imminent start of construction of the Center's landmark permanent new home in Hell's Kitchen, scheduled to open in 2020.
Music and dance fill the Lackland Performing Arts Center as the Centenary Stage Company announces its 2018 - 19 full season line up of events. In addition to CSC's professional theatrical productions, the 2018 - 19 season will see the return of the January Thaw Music Festival alongside a plethora of new concerts and dance performances.
In commitment to honoring the differences and commonalities of Brooklyn's global community through arts and sciences, Purelements, an Evolution in Dance founders, Lakai Worrell and Kevin Joseph, issue Dance Brooklyn! A World Celebration as an expression of cultural enlightenment and unification in the borough.Dance Brooklyn!, formerly titled 'East New York in Motion,' is set to return for it's fourth annual year as a platform to create respect, understanding, and appreciation among people of various backgrounds in Brooklyn. Participating dance companies include Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Dance Theater, Something Positive, Ninja Ballet, Allure Latin Dance Company, Purelements, an Evolution in Dance, Darrah Carr Dance company member and TONY award winner, Trent Kowalik, plus a spoken word performance by poet Jaime Lee Lewis. The 2-hour event will feature modern, West African, Afro-Caribbean, salsa, contemporary and ballet x martial arts fusion dance performances.
Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, announces its Spring 2018 lineup, featuring a characteristically wide range of theatrical, musical, dance, literary, podcast, interdisciplinary and educational events.
Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, has announced its fall 2017 season. The lineup epitomizes IAC's commitment to building community with a diversity of arts institutions, artists and audiences - in New York, across America, and abroad.
Today, Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, announces the lineup for its fall 2016 season, September 8 - December 17. IAC takes great pride in showcasing a broad range of some of Ireland's greatest artistic talent, in collaborating with American artists and arts institutions alike, and continuing to strengthen the transatlantic bonds of Irish-American culture. Featuring the works of several frequent IAC collaborators, including Paul Muldoon,Cassandra Wilson, Declan O'Rourke and Christine Tobin, as well as the premiere of several new works, the season epitomizes the dynamic vision IAC has for Irish culture in America at the outset of Ireland's centenary year of independence.
Presenting both emerging and esteemed dance artists from across the U.S., Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out Performance Series will return to the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage at the breathtaking Marcia & Seymour Simon Performance Space today, June 24-August 29.
Presenting both emerging and esteemed dance artists from across the U.S., Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out Performance Series will return to the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage at the breathtaking Marcia & Seymour Simon Performance Space June 24-August 29.
May 26, 2015 - (Becket, MA) Following the critical acclaim and record-breaking attendance of Festival 2014, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival opens its 2015 season in June. Highlights of Festival 2015 include Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host, a special dance and radio stage production starring Ira Glass, host of This American Life; the return of Nederlands Dans Theater 2; the world premiere of American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Daniil Simkin's INTENSIO; Cuban contemporary ensemble Malpaso Dance Company, performing with GRAMMY Award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble; and the launch of Martha Graham Dance Company's 90th Anniversary, including a world premiere by eminent choreographer Mats Ek.
This July, The New Victory will present its second season of Victory Dance, the theater's initiative to provide FREE dance performances to kids in New York City day camps, school and youth programs over the summer. A three-week series from July 8 - 24, 2015, Victory Dance features a cross-section of highly-accomplished and internationally recognized New York companies who perform a range of contemporary dance styles and share in the theater's goal of inspiring young people to embrace the art form.
If you love Irish dancing, you won't want to miss the “Darrah Carr Irish Dance Extravaganza” Sunday, Jan. 25, 3 p.m. at the Ware Center of Millersville University in Lancaster, when the New York-based Darrah Carr Dance company will joyously demonstrate the full range of Irish dance—from traditional Irish duets, to group and step dance, to unique, modern dance fusion works.
Symphony Space presents Stam-Pede, an afternoon of the very best in percussive dance by five celebrated companies. >From lively Irish dance to innovative body percussion and exhilarating tap dance, this impressive collection of companies offers something for everyone who loves the power and precision of percussive dance. Stam-Pede will be presented on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.symphonyspace.org or by phone at 212-864-5400. Appropriate for ages 5 and up.
Lightwire Theater and Corbian Visual Arts bring 'DiNO-Light' to the Symphony Space stage, using electroluminescent wires to create stunning three-dimensional costumes, puppets and sets. Unique and visually dazzling, 'DiNO-Light' has been praised for its cutting edge blend of puppetry, technology, and dance, and has dazzled audiences all over the world.
Lightwire Theater and Corbian Visual Arts bring 'DiNO-Light' to the Symphony Space stage, using electroluminescent wires to create stunning three-dimensional costumes, puppets and sets. Unique and visually dazzling, 'DiNO-Light' has been praised for its cutting edge blend of puppetry, technology, and dance, and has dazzled audiences all over the world.
