Thursday, April 8, 2010
Trey McIntyre Project this weekend
I got behind on posting, but here's an interview from Cynthia Perry with Trey McIntyre dancer, John Michael Schert. Look for the DanceATL table there and pick up info about all the amazing performances by local dancers happening in two more weeks! (Also, we are tentatively having the next DanceATL meeting on Sunday, Apr. 25, so save the evening to come meet up with your Atlanta dance friends!)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
NY Times: dancers tweet
This article was in the printed edition yesterday of the NY Times (not in the arts section but below the fold on the front page!) Does the backstage aspect make the performances more interesting? They seem to say so. Sort of similar to the tabloid celebrity interviews "what's your favorite food?" Something about humanizing the artist perhaps? I haven't gone to follow these dancers on Twitter yet...I wonder how many new followers they got because of the article??
Monday, March 29, 2010
April 29, International Dance Day
Next month it's Dance Day! Here's the announcement from the International Dance Council (part of UNSECO, with one of the most outdated websites still functioning: www.cid-unseco.org.)
"The United Nations proclaimed 2010 as International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures and designated UNESCO as lead agency in this celebration, having regard to its experience of more than 60 years in advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples.
Irina Bokova, the new Director-General of UNESCO, has proposed a universal vision, which she has called the “new humanism”; a vision open to the entire human community, providing a humanist response to globalization and crisis, aiming at the safeguarding of social cohesion and the preservation of peace.
Dance, being a central part of every culture, constitutes the ideal means for bringing together people from different countries. Festivals promote in the most lively manner reciprocal knowledge and respect of diversity; there are hundreds of millions attending international dance festivals each year. Teachers offering classes in foreign countries provide immediate bridges of understanding ingrained into the bodies of dancers; there are tens of thousands of dance teachers crossing national borders yearly. Congresses and open conferences provide opportunities to showcase one's work to an audience of peers; there are dozens of international meetings of dance researchers, historians and critics in any given year.
Even outside festivals, classes or conferences, simply watching on television a dance from a foreign country offers the most striking, appealing and convincing image of another ethnic group.
For vividly illustrating cultural diversity, for embodying rapprochement, there is no better means than dance."
Prof. Alkis Raftis
President of the International Dance Council CID
UNESCO, Paris
This is similar to Dance/USA's conference theme this year "Dancing Across Borders." I guess it's the hot topic right now? So is anyone doing anything international or crossing cultural boundaries they'd like to share? CORE's going to Guatemala in May and the ABUNDANCE festival in Sweden in June. Or is anyone working with folks here who are from other countries? Good Moves is teaching dance to some refugee girls from an international school in Decatur.
And how are you going to celebrate Dance Day in general? What should DanceATL do??
"The United Nations proclaimed 2010 as International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures and designated UNESCO as lead agency in this celebration, having regard to its experience of more than 60 years in advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples.
Irina Bokova, the new Director-General of UNESCO, has proposed a universal vision, which she has called the “new humanism”; a vision open to the entire human community, providing a humanist response to globalization and crisis, aiming at the safeguarding of social cohesion and the preservation of peace.
Dance, being a central part of every culture, constitutes the ideal means for bringing together people from different countries. Festivals promote in the most lively manner reciprocal knowledge and respect of diversity; there are hundreds of millions attending international dance festivals each year. Teachers offering classes in foreign countries provide immediate bridges of understanding ingrained into the bodies of dancers; there are tens of thousands of dance teachers crossing national borders yearly. Congresses and open conferences provide opportunities to showcase one's work to an audience of peers; there are dozens of international meetings of dance researchers, historians and critics in any given year.
Even outside festivals, classes or conferences, simply watching on television a dance from a foreign country offers the most striking, appealing and convincing image of another ethnic group.
For vividly illustrating cultural diversity, for embodying rapprochement, there is no better means than dance."
Prof. Alkis Raftis
President of the International Dance Council CID
UNESCO, Paris
This is similar to Dance/USA's conference theme this year "Dancing Across Borders." I guess it's the hot topic right now? So is anyone doing anything international or crossing cultural boundaries they'd like to share? CORE's going to Guatemala in May and the ABUNDANCE festival in Sweden in June. Or is anyone working with folks here who are from other countries? Good Moves is teaching dance to some refugee girls from an international school in Decatur.
And how are you going to celebrate Dance Day in general? What should DanceATL do??
Friday, March 26, 2010
About rEVOLUTION
Ivan at KSU sent me this link to an article about the piece in this weekend's Atlanta Ballet show.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Advocacy alert--help pass HB 1049 and support the arts in GA
HB 1049 - Please call TODAY
Friends -the Rules Committee meeting has been pushed to tomorrow, Thursday, 2pm. We have one more day to continue calls & emails! Our lobbyist says KEEP THE HEAT ON!! We are still not on the Rules agenda - HB1049 will die if we do not make it on the Rules agenda this week. If you have not contacted members of the Rules Committee please do so ASAP.
ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: Email/Call members of the RULES Committee asking for SUPPORT of HB1049 (See members & contact information listed below)
The message should be brief-add a personal note on why this is important to you.
Subject: Support HB1049
Message: With strong bi-partisan support, please move HB 1049 to the Rules Committee agenda. Support HB1049 this year because it provides our county with an economic development tool kit that will not only stabilize the cultural industry but will support a range of economic development initiatives so desperately needed in our own community.
Rules Committee:
House Rules Committee (contact list) available here.
To read more about HB1049:
Atlanta Business Chronicle article
Marietta Daily Journal article
Bill status and full text from the Georgia General Assembly website
About economic impact of Arts in Georgia
Friends -the Rules Committee meeting has been pushed to tomorrow, Thursday, 2pm. We have one more day to continue calls & emails! Our lobbyist says KEEP THE HEAT ON!! We are still not on the Rules agenda - HB1049 will die if we do not make it on the Rules agenda this week. If you have not contacted members of the Rules Committee please do so ASAP.
ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: Email/Call members of the RULES Committee asking for SUPPORT of HB1049 (See members & contact information listed below)
The message should be brief-add a personal note on why this is important to you.
Subject: Support HB1049
Message: With strong bi-partisan support, please move HB 1049 to the Rules Committee agenda. Support HB1049 this year because it provides our county with an economic development tool kit that will not only stabilize the cultural industry but will support a range of economic development initiatives so desperately needed in our own community.
Rules Committee:
House Rules Committee (contact list) available here.
To read more about HB1049:
Atlanta Business Chronicle article
Marietta Daily Journal article
Bill status and full text from the Georgia General Assembly website
About economic impact of Arts in Georgia
Atlanta Ballet Four Seasons and Celeste Miller too
Two more previews for all the dance taking place this weekend from Blake Beckham and Creative Loafing--the Atlanta Ballet's Four Seasons and more and Celeste Miller's show at 7 Stages, The Annunciation...Sort of: Mary Says No.
More on dance criticism, a whole institute, actually
Thanks to Douglas Scott, who brought this to my attention:
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and American Dance Festival (ADF) recently announced they are seeking applicants for the 2010 NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism for professional print, online, radio, and television journalists. The Institute will offer journalists immersion in one of the world's premiere modern dance festivals, held on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
The program is designed for professional journalists interested in refining their skills in writing about dance and analyzing choreography. During the program, fellows will write reviews, observe classes, participate in movement sessions, meet with choreographers, funders, and other dance professionals, and analyze the role of today's dance critic.
To apply, applicants must submit the following materials: a letter specifying reasons for wishing to attend the institute, a resume, three samples of dance criticism, and two references with names, addresses, and phone numbers. All applications must be received by Friday, April 16.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and American Dance Festival (ADF) recently announced they are seeking applicants for the 2010 NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism for professional print, online, radio, and television journalists. The Institute will offer journalists immersion in one of the world's premiere modern dance festivals, held on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
The program is designed for professional journalists interested in refining their skills in writing about dance and analyzing choreography. During the program, fellows will write reviews, observe classes, participate in movement sessions, meet with choreographers, funders, and other dance professionals, and analyze the role of today's dance critic.
To apply, applicants must submit the following materials: a letter specifying reasons for wishing to attend the institute, a resume, three samples of dance criticism, and two references with names, addresses, and phone numbers. All applications must be received by Friday, April 16.
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