Artsea Dance on tap
Courtney Celeste Spears will bring a guest to New Providence for in-person classes, in addition to livestream classes over the course of the year In this file photo, Courtney Celeste Spears hosts her ArtSea Web Dance Series on Instagram Live.
After canceling ArtSea Dance last year due to COVID-19 safety protocols, program founders Courtney Celeste Spears and Asa Cary say they are delighted they will be hosting the 2021 event, which celebrates its fifth year.
“Though we are still in the midst of a pandemic, the ArtSea team felt it was important to host the core of the program in The Bahamas and continue to support the arts exchange in the community,” said Spears. “The cultural arts exchange is a key component for our programming, and continues to build the arts reputation of the Bahamian community.
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Dance Company Broadcast Live Presented by DANCECleveland, Cuyahoga Community College, The Joyce Theater Foundation & Northrop.
First Look at Ini Archibong’s Pavilion of the African Diaspora for London Design Biennale
February 18, 2021
The Pavilion will provide a much needed space on the global stage centered on the voices and contributions of the African Diaspora. Image by Jori Brown and Maxwell Engelmann for LMNO Creative.
Switzerland-based designer Ini Archibong has revealed his design for the Pavilion of the African Diaspora, a space where past, present, and future will come together at the London Design Biennale under the festival’s 2021 theme of “Resonance.” Designed in partnership with Zena Howard, principal and managing partner at Perkins and Will, and Tamara Houston, founder and managing partner of ICON MANN, the Pavilion celebrates the rich evolution of African heritage and the contributions of Black creators with a series of panels, educational experiences, and social events curated around Black excellence and addressing issues of reparations, repair, representation, and storytelling.
NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY has announced classes for The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of boundary-breaking dance experiences Free One-Hour Company Class on Zoom Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level February 23-26, 2021. Interested dancers can join the class by registering on Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company s website: https://www.nainichen.org/thebridge.
The Bridge Class schedule are as follows:
Week of 2/22/2021
Monday No Class
Wednesday Yuka Notsuka (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
Thursday Potri Ranka Manis (Philippine Dance (Melayu Heritage) at 11am
Friday Greta Campo (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
About Nai-Ni Chen s Kinetic Spiral
Tap into the creative energy of the universe through Kinetic Spiral. Nai-Ni Chen s signature technique is based on the principle of ever-changing universal forces of Yin and Yang. Dance phrases from Nai-Ni Chen s repertory will be taught.