Programs

Monday, October 8, 2018

The 34th Annual NY Dance & Performance Bessie Awards

 

When: Monday, October 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Where: New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012
Register: Tickets start at $10. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the NYU Box Office website.

Wheelchair accessibility symbol Listen accessibility symbolAccessibility: Accessible and Companion Seating is available on all levels of the theatre. Balcony accessible and companion seating is on the street level. Parterre accessible and companion seating locations are one level below ground, and are accessible via an elevator located in the main street-level lobby. Orchestra accessible and companion seating locations are two levels below ground, and are accessible via the lower lobby by an attended elevator. Transfer chairs are available for all accessible seat locations. Please feel free to inform the Box Office Staff, or add a note to your online ticket order, if a transfer seat is needed. Front of House Staff can also assist upon arrival.

Infrared Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge at the Lobby Café in the lower level lobby. Photo ID is required as a security deposit. Our ALDs are Infrared Stethoset Headphones. Neckloops are available upon request and as our supply permits.

Service Animals are welcome at NYU Skirball Center.

Restrooms are located in the lower lobby of the theater, which is accessible by elevator, one level down from the main entrance. They are located across the lower level lobby, opposite the elevator. All restrooms are gender inclusive and equipped with a baby changing station.

If you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 34th Annual NY Dance & Performance Bessie Awards Producer, Tamia Santana at tamia@brooklyndancefestival.org, or contact the NYU Skirball Center Box Office by phone at 212.998.4941. Accommodation requests can also be made by adding a note to your online ticket order.
 

About: The NY Dance and Performance Bessie Awards is the largest annual gathering of the city's dance makers and dance lovers. Hosted by Ayodele Casel and Shernita Anderson, this year's ceremony will include live dance performances, videos of all nominated work, and presentations of awards for outstanding choreography, performance, visual design, music composition, revival, service to the field of dance and lifetime achievement in dance.

For more on The Bessies and Bessie nominated artists, visit bessies.org.
The awards are produced in partnership with Dance/NYC.

@bessieawards @DanceNYC #theBessies


Photo by Christopher Duggan

 


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