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Exotic Isle for Artists, Right in City
From the New York Times By ROBIN POGREBIN Published: June 1, 2010 When New York City artists plan their workdays, they usually don’t have to factor in a ferry boat. Then again, they usually don’t have studio space on Governors Island,…
Kathleen Standford Grant: August 1, 1921�May 27, 2010
Kathleen Standford Grant A former dancer whose background includes Broadway, off Broadway, television, industrials, touring companies, and the concert stage in the U.S.A. and in Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East. Has been assistant…
Dance Legend and Butoh Pioneer, Kazuo Ohno, Dies at 103
June 1, 2010 -- Japan Society laments the loss of renowned butoh dance performer and choreographer Kazuo Ohno, one of the movement's founders and pioneers. Ohno died of respiratory failure June 1, 2010, at 4:38 pm (JST), in Japan at the Yokohama…
Join YAC - Call for New Members
CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS! Dance/NYC’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) is a New York-based community of contemporaries working as dance artists and administrators, who serve as a liaison for our demographic and generate ideas that will serve our common…
Dance/NYC Partners with The Harkness Center for Dance Injuries to Offer Free Health Screens for Dancers
Dance/NYC and the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, on behalf of Dance/USA’s Taskforce on Dancer Health, have combined forces to bring dance medicine screening and services information to independent, freelance and pick-up company dancers. On…
Everyone Else Outsources, So Why Can't the Arts?
Fropm NPR by Elizabeth Blair May 23, 2010 In Columbus, Ohio, a number of arts groups are doing what American businesses started doing a long time ago: outsourcing. The recession hit nonprofits hard, and now these organizations have no choice but to…
Is Congress Ready to Fund Individual Artists?
May 23, 2010; Source: Denver Post | In the same year that we've seen passage of health care reform and the likelihood that a sweeping financial reform package will be approved soon, some say this might be the right time to start seeking Congressional…
YAC Town Hall Live Stream!
Dance/NYC's Youth Advisory Committee hosts a Town Hall featuring distinguished panelists and moderated by Melissa Dibble of EmcArts, to discuss how emerging leaders in the 21st century are inventing innovative models to address old problems such as financial…
