The spectacular Alwin Nikolais Centennial celebration concludes its U.S. performances in
New York City at The Kaye Playhouse with a long look back at Nikolais’s career that features an
unusual showcase of the multimedia master’s rarely seen works, many of which have not been
staged in New York in over a quarter of a century. Sharing the Legacy 2011 participants are Muhlenberg College, Tulane University, Middle Tennessee State University, DeSales University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Southern Utah University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Marymount
Manhattan College and Hunter College. April 15 and 16, 8pm. Tickets: $17/$12 for students and seniors, can be purchased at the box office located at East 68th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) or by calling 212-772-4448. The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College is located at 695 Park Avenue.
GINGER THATCHER will be on the faculty of Ballet Arts, Inc.’s Summer Intensive which will be taking place from June 13-17, 2022 in Jackson, Tennessee. Ms. Thatcher will be teaching musical theater, jazz, and modern dance classes for the participants in this year’s Summer Intensive.
It’s Women’s Month, and National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes is definitely a lady worth recognizing
By Tats Rejante-Manahan
In the ‘70s, the vision of Alice Reyes her dancer’s carriage with turned out feet, her long black whiplash hair, and just her mere presence in the room could prove intim
NEH grant to support digital archive of Black choreographers work
Professor Mason has been working for a number of years to archive the work of Black choreographers.
AUSTIN, TX
.- In December, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded just under $100,000 for a project spearheaded by University of Texas at Austin Associate Professor of Dance Gesel Mason to support her ongoing project to archive the work of Black choreographers.
Mason and co-project director Rebecca Salzer, associate professor of dance and director of the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative at the University of Alabama, received an NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant for their project Prototyping an Extensible Framework for Access to Dance Knowledge.