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NDI's Cultural Exchange with the Shanghai Children's Palace
Disparate Cultures Engage in a Youthful Dance Wall Street Journal By PIA CATTON Dance students flock to New York City every summer to take classes and workshops that aren't offered in their hometowns. But for five young Chinese dancers, this summer…
USCIS Promises Major Visa Improvements
July 21, Washington, DC - According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), processing times for regularly-filed artist visa petitions will not exceed 14 days. In a meeting with public stakeholders on July 20, the agency also promised that…
Funding Increase for NEA in House Subcommitte
July 28, Washington, DC - The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee has approved a $2.5 million increase for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), bringing NEA funding to $170 million for FY 2011. Current funding for the agency totals $167.5…
Goodbye from Michelle Burkhart, Director of Dance/NYC
Goodbye from Michelle! 7/23/2010 Dear New York City Dance Community, It is with great sadness that I step down from my post as Director of Dance/NYC. It has been seven years since coming to New York from California and almost four years since I…
To showcase nation's arts, first lady isn't afraid to spotlight the unexpected
By Robin Givhan Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 21, 2010 In a White House where first lady Michelle Obama's relationship to the arts strives to be both rarefied and common, cerebral and pragmatic, the cultural program is dictated by…
Denise Jefferson, Director of the Ailey School passes away
STATEMENT FROM JUDITH JAMISON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER July 19, 2010 New York — The Ailey family is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Denise Jefferson, who, for the past 26 years, was the director…
Ask USCIS to Improve the Artist Visa Process!
Ask USCIS to Improve the Artist Visa Process! Dear Michelle, July 15, Washington, DC - Performing arts organizations experiencing difficulty obtaining artist visas have a new opportunity…
Sorry I Missed Your Show! presents PLATFORMS 2010 with Judy Hussie-Taylor
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Gibney Studios 890 Broadway(between E19th and E20th) New York, NY Sorry I Missed Your Show! is back with PLATFORMS 2010: Highlights of Danspace Project's innovated inaugural series including i…
