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National Arts Advocacy Day: What You Can Do
Americans for the Arts has declared today the 23rd Annual National Arts Advocacy Day. More than 500 arts, education, entertainment, and policy leaders have gathered at The National Arts Action Summit in Washington to develop strong public policies and support … Continue reading
A Choreography of Healing in Israel
Daniel Banks and Adam McKinney, the founders of DNAWORKS, recently spent time in Israel working with two young men – both of whom studied dance – left immobile below the ribs after a gunman opened fire last August on a … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Dance, International
Tagged adam mckinney, Dance, dance therapy, daniel banks, DNAWORKS, israel, movement therapy, paralysis, Tel Aviv, The Jewish Forward
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Live Arts Audiences Decline as Online Audiences Grow
Today, the Los Angeles Times culture blog shared some unfortunate findings from a National Endowment for the Arts report: the number of American adults attending arts and cultural events has sunk to its lowest level since 1982. The economic climate … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, ballet, Dance
Tagged arts, arts audiences, culture, los angeles times, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, performing arts, Washington Post
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The Fall Performance A-List
The New York Times dance critic and WNYC Performance Club founder Claudia La Rocco recently invited me and several other performers, critics, and arts enthusiasts to write about what we’re looking forward to seeing this fall in New York City. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Dance, Joyce Theater, New York City, Performance Club
Tagged ada calhoun, Claudia La Rocco, damian woetzel, Dance, ishmael houston-jones, Joyce Theater, Lucinda Childs, Nathaniel Tileston, New York City, New York Times, performance, Performance Club, theater, wendy whelan, WNYC, WNYC Performance Club
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Winners of Dance Films’ What Moves You Challenge
Dance Films Association recently held a competition called “What Moves You? 48 Hour Challenge”. The premise was simple: Create a dance film inspired by the news in forty-eight hours. By setting a time limit, the emphasis was on creativity rather … Continue reading