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RICHARD MOVE/MOVEOPOLIS! to Open New York Live Arts' LIVE IDEAS 2017 Festival

Richard Move/MoveOpolis! opens New York Live Arts LIVE IDEAS 2017 festival with the world premiere of XXYY, a multilayered work conceived and directed by Move, with costumes by acclaimed theater artist Alba Clemente and an original score by Italian electronic music pioneer Martux_m.

2016 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards Winners Announced!

The 'large theater' productions of ACT Theatre's The Royale and The 5th Avenue Theatre's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying take top honors and the 'small theater' productions of ArtsWest's Death of a Salesman and Washington Ensemble Theatre's The Things Are Against Us take top honors - for most category wins!?

Spectrum Dance Presents Critique Of Racial Profiling, SHOT

In a time when black people fear for their lives when in proximity to those who are empowered to protect them, Spectrum Dance Theater announces their world premiere contemporary dance production, SHOT. The evening-length devised dance and theater performance is the first of their three-part season, AMERICAN - Identity, Race, Or Culture?, where socially relevant themes are stripped from the headlines to be questioned and carefully considered live on stage.

Hot Jazz Opens the New Year with Cannonball Adderley's Best Hits

Antonio Hart has been long recognized as one of the most talented instrumentalists of his generation. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Hart began his music studies with classical training at the Baltimore School for the Arts. His study of Jazz began at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston where in his sophomore year he became a Music Education Major. Afterwards, Hart also worked on a Master's Degree at Queens College, majoring in music, composition and performance. There he had the opportunity to learn from the great Jimmy Heath and Donald Byrd. After 12 years at Queens College Hart was promoted to Full Professor.

New York Live Arts Presents the Premiere of RICHARD MOVE'S XXYY

Richard Move/MoveOpolis! returns to New York Live Arts as the opening performance of Live Ideas 2017 with the world premiere of XXYY, a multilayered work conceived and directed by Move, with costumes by acclaimed theater artist Alba Clemente and an original score by Italian electronic music pioneer Martux_m. The program will also feature Martha@... 20, a special performance marking the 20th anniversary of Move's highly acclaimed performances as Martha Graham in the Martha@... series. Performances are Wednesday, March 8, to Saturday, March 11, at 7:30pm, at New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), in Manhattan.

Spectrum Dance Announces 2017 Season

With the core of its mission at heart, perhaps more than ever before, Spectrum Dance Theater announces its 2017 Season of contemporary dance entitledAMERICAN - Identity, Race, or Culture?. Conceived and choreographed by the award-winning artistic director Donald Byrd and performed by the Spectrum Company, the 2017 Season features three World Premiere productions and the return of the popular Rambunctious series. All three evening-length productions deeply explore socially relevant themes stripped from the headlines to be questioned and carefully considered live on stage. Season tickets are on sale now and single tickets will become available on December 1, 2016. Ticket information can be found online atSpectrumDance.org. (Please note all ticketing is managed through the Seattle Rep box office and the Spectrum website will redirect to SeattleRep.org/Spectrum.)

Seattle Shakespeare Co. Presents A Searing Tragedy of Love - MEDEA

When your love story is built on danger, it can only end badly. Seattle Shakespeare Company will present Medea by Euripides at the Center Theatre at Seattle Center. Kelly Kitchens directs this searing Greek tragedy featuring choreography by Donald Byrd October 18-November 13, 2016.

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