International Artists News

The Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company proudly presents Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold, a provocative and captivating evening of flamenco dance and music that reflects tradition and change in some of Spain's unique customs.

The Latin Recording Academy® today announced the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award. João Donato, Armando Manzanero, Las Hermanas Marquez, Joseito Mateo, Jorge Oñate, and Susana Rinaldi will receive The Latin Recording Academy's prestigeous Lifetime Achievement Award, while Manuel Bonilla, Juan Carlos Calderon, and Hebe Camargo will be honored with The Latin Recording Academy esteemed Trustees Award.

Cirque du Soleil's 'Banana Shpeel' opens on September 19th for a limited engagement at Toronto's Canon Theatre. A new style production for Cirque, 'Banana Shpeel' features a colourful combination of slapstick comedy, eclectic dance and unique acrobatic acts. BWW brings you photos from the lavish production.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County proudly announces new and ongoing partnerships for the 2010 2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON, featuring four dynamic programming initiatives: THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS - all presented in the Carnival Studio Theater in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. This diverse new season highlights world-class theater, dance, and music that breaks boundaries, cross-pollinates artistic genres, and expands the future of the performing arts.

Canadian Stage unveiled its highly anticipated 2010-2011 season today, marking the first season programmed by Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn. The season heralds a bold, new direction for the company. Jocelyn seeks to redefine Canadian Stage as a centre for national and international multi-disciplinary theatre that pushes boundaries, adopts a 21st-century perspective and reflects Toronto's cultural diversity. The work will be driven by directors and auteurs at the forefront of contemporary theatre and audiences will have the opportunity to discover a new generation of story-tellers who challenge and entertain.

Since 2007, many of Erik Spehn's paintings have involved applying strips of masking tape to the surface of his canvases; then painting over them, peeling them off, and taping and repainting again and again. Over time, Spehn recognized that the discarded tape might offer a new avenue of formal investigation, so he began to make works on paper by applying the used tape to matboard. Each piece echoed the specific paintings on which he was working, but visually these 'drawings' became a distinct and separate body of work.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society's Theatre For Young Audiences is thrilled to present the Louisiana premiere of Mike Artell's PETITE ROUGE: A CAJUN RED RIDING HOOD (Book, Music and Lyrics by Joan Cushing, Based on the book by Mike Artell with Illustrations by Jim Harris).

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is pleased to announce that Abby McCormick O'Neil was elected Chairman of the Harris Theater Board of Trustees today at the Theater's annual meeting. Ms. O'Neil succeeds Joan Harris, who served as Chairman for the past six years.

EVENT LISTINGS for October 2010 Harlem Stage has music, film, and family-friendly events this month. Below is a full listing of activities.

The Gallery at REDCAT is pleased to present the first Los Angeles presentation of two influential contemporary artists who pioneered the field of video art in China: Hangzhou-based artist Zhang Peili and Beijing-based artist Zhu Jia. Coming out of a generation that witnessed the ramifications of the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre and the infamous 1989 China/Avant-Garde exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary Art and its subsequent closing by state authorities, Zhang and Zhu use video to navigate the complex and shifting terrain that characterizes contemporary China.

Theatre Without Borders and the Coexistence Program at Brandeis University launches a year of gathering and distributing information about ongoing theatre work - research, performance, workshops, and artists' exchanges - centered on the relationship between the arts and peace building.

This October, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance presents an exciting collection of culturally diverse performances featuring the Chicago premieres of exciting new works and internationally renowned young artists.

Cirque du Soleil announced today that it will debut a major new acrobatic spectacle next summer at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York

Cirque du Soleil announced today that it will debut a major new acrobatic spectacle next summer at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York. Proudly presented by iShares®, the new show, whose name will be announced in the coming weeks, will be directed by acclaimed film and theatre director François Girard (The Red Violin, Silk). Created especially for the landmark theater, previews will begin for the new production in June 2011, with the premiere date to be confirmed shortly.

Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC announces its 2010 MusiCoal Summer Season of musical performances at Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School.

Are you a Theatre Kid? JPAS will hold auditions for the musical HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD (By Delia Ephron.

Dancing Earth, which Rulan Tangen founded in 2004, reflects both the cultural heritage and the contemporary identity of native peoples. The company boasts an entirely indigenous creative team of nine dancers and more than a dozen composers, costumers, filmmakers, visual artists and stage crew.

Founded by artists in 1928, SculptureCenter is a not-for-profit arts institution dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture. SculptureCenter commissions new work and presents exhibits by emerging and established, national and international artists.

Burning Coal Theatre Company will open its 2010/2011 season in Raleigh with a stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic To Kill A Mockingbird. The production is written by Christopher Sergel and directed by Randolph Curtis Rand. It runs September 9 - 26, 2010 at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All tickets are $20 or $15 for students, seniors and active military. All Thursday night tickets are $10. The first Sunday of the run is audio described for the visually impaired and is also our 'Pay What You Can' performance. For tickets and information, please call 919-834-4001 or visit us online at www.burningcoal.org.

An exciting range of performances, including, Behind-the-Scenes at Harlem's famed Apollo theater, a New York Film Festival Sneak Preview, the U.S. Premiere of La Gruta de Baba, a multimedia work by leading contemporary Mexican composer/singer Juan Pablo Villa, the Fish Police, South London funk-punk-hip hop band in its U.S. debut, new works by Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, and Christmas in Balthrop Alabama, a down-home style, off-beat holiday celebration, are on the schedule for the new fall season of Target®Free Thursdays at the David Rubenstein Atrium.