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Miami City Ballet supporter John Karlton recently pledged a gift of $1 million over a seven-year period to be allocated specifically for orchestra at the Company's performances beginning this season in South Florida...Ballet Theatre Company (BTC) is expanding their Children's Enrichment Program thanks to support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Aetna Foundation and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.
The Leggz Ltd. Dance Ensemble of Rockville Centre, NY were the invited performers for the United Cerebral Palsy Ken "Duckie" Derby National Duck Race at Belmont Lake State Park. Leggz Ltd. Dance were also the featured dancers for the unveiling of the new dance stamp for the United States Post Office. These dancers have been very busy! They were also the invited performers for the Long Island Kids Fest Fun Day.
City Ballet of San Diego performs "Mozart Masterworks," Jan. 20-22. Call 858.272.8663 for information and reservations, or log onto www.cityballet.org ...Jane Franklin Dance presents a day-long festival of workshops culm-inating in an evening performance on Sat., Jan. 7th. The diverse array of workshops, for all ages and levels of experience, are led by the evening's featured choreographers. The festival takes place at Gunston Theater One in Arlington, VA. Call 703.298.3235 for information.
On Sunday, Sept. 25th, the Mitzi & Ed Waring Dance Co., of North Olmstead, Ohio, held their 19th annual dance marathon to benefit Ohio Cancer Research Associates. 75 dancers chor-eographed ballroom dance exhibitions performed one after another by students - non-stop - throughout the afternoon. The dancers raised $6,798 this year. In the 19 years that the marathons have been conducted, the Waring Dancers have collected $102,915.00 for this cause.
Ballet California & Academy have opened their spacious, new, state-of-the-art facility in Santa Rosa, CA. The solar powered, environmentally friendly building houses 4 studios with sprung floors, parent observation rooms, dressing rooms, a physical therapy room, a kitchen for in-house food preparation, a large reception area, two children's playrooms, administrative offices, a staff and student lounge, costume construction and storage rooms and a well-stocked dance shop.
Tina Ramirez, Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Hispanico, has been awarded the National Medal of Arts for her enduring contributions to the field of dance. President George W. and Mrs. Bush presented the award in an Oval Office ceremony at the White House on Thursday, November 10, 2005...The USA International Ballet Competition will be held in Jackson, Mississippi, June 17 - July 2, 2006, and preparations for the event are in full swing. Competition officials have recently announced the involvement of two professional companies as well as a major sponsorship: Garth Fagan Dance (based in Rochester, New York) will be featured in a special two-day residency at the upcoming USA IBC and Ballet Hispanico, widely recognized as America's foremost dance interpreter of Hispanic culture, will perform at the competition's opening ceremonies, scheduled for June 17. Also, the American Harlequin Corporation has signed on as the USA IBC's first official floor sponsor. USA IBC competitors will be dancing on Harlequin's Liberty(TM) Sprung Stage Panels, a modular floor that features a pivot joint system.
National Dance Week and Danceauction.com have announced that award winning Dance Photographer, Rose Eichenbaum, will be functioning as Judge for the National Dance Week 2006 annual Photography Contest. Danceauction.com, sponsor for the annual NDW Photography contest, will be networking with Ms Eichenbaum who is the author of the recently released and highly acclaimed book, Masters of Movement-Portraits of America's Great Choreographers, a publication by Smithsonian Books. The 2006 Contest is being presented with a Theme of "The Spirit of Dance" and all entries will be judged on the following criteria: Appropriateness to Theme - photos will be judged on the basis of their originality and ability to capture the spirit of dance; Technical Merit - sharpness of focus, depth of field, color balance and composition of photograph; General Appeal - photo should impress the viewer and spark the imagination. Prizes will include: First Place: $200.00; Second Place: $50.00, and; Third Place: $25.00. Only hard copies of the photographs will be accepted and only photographic prints or good quality jet laser prints in sizes 8 x 10 or 8 ? x 11 will be judged. Electronic files, photo copies, slides or CDs will not be eligible or accepted. Entries may be in black and white or color. All submissions are to be sent to: NDW 2006 Photography Contest, c/o DanceAuction.com, P.O. Box 724, Kenmore, New York 14217. Entries must be accompanied by an entry form (available from the Danceauction.com website) with name of the photographer, address, phone number, fax and e-mail address, along with the TITLE of the photograph affixed to the back of each image and all entries must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2006. A complete listing of the full Rules and Regulations is available on both the National Dance Week and Danceauction.com websites (www.nationaldanceweek.org or www.danceauction.com/program/photocontest.cfm ) and/or from the NDW national office at 1-877-YES 4 NDW.
Dance Films Association's 34th annual Dance on Camera Festival 2006, co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will be celebrated January 4-7, 10, 13-14, 2006 at Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City; Sunday, January 8, 7-10 at Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; January 10, 6-7:45pm at Donnell Media Center, New York Public Library. Visit DFA's website home page, where you will find both a link for the January schedule and today's Dance on Camera ezine.
Joe Vilane, owner of the Joe Vilane Dance & Theatre School and the Ballroom Dance Center, died in October 2005 at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mr. Vilane was an experienced Broadway dancer who taught his craft for 50 years, starting in Brooklyn in 1955. That Broadway connection is something that always differentiated his studios from others; from the street can be seen the lobby chandelier, Broadway and Hollywood posters and salmon pink walls with mirrors, all of which evoke a particular old-world glamour.
His Connecticut studio has been in place since 1962, so he was something of a local legend. His yearly recitals at the Klein auditorium in Bridgeport were major events. Thousands of students, mostly kids but including adults of all ages, have passed through his studio. The studio remains in operation under the direction of Robert Fleming, the studio's manager for 27 years, also an accomplished dancer steeped in the Broadway tradition.
In Hollywood, FL, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood will present a master class taught by Koresh Dance Company's Assistant Artistic Director Melissa Rector on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006. Appropriate for all skill levels, this jazz technique class will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, 1770 Monroe St. Theater doors open at 10:30 a.m.
Tapestry's acclaimed celebration of the indigenous American art form jazz returns! The incredible improvisational genius of pianist Oscar Peterson threads this concert evening through wonderful collections of groove and swing that only Tapestry Dance Company can offer! Take a syncopated journey through jazz Paramount Theatre, Jan. 20th at 8:00 PM. Contact Acia Gray / 512-695-6560 for more information.