Longtime Nashville Ballet Artistic Director Paul Vasterling To Retire
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 25, 2022
Nashville Ballet has announced Artistic Director Paul Vasterling will retire at the end of the 2022–2023 season, concluding 33 years with the organization. As he is the longest-serving artistic director in Nashville Ballet history, the board of directors has voted to name him artistic director emeritus upon his retirement in recognition of his contributions.
Chris McCarrell & Elizabeth Parkinson Join SUPERYOU Carnegie Hall Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 29, 2022
The anthemic rock musical SuperYou by Lourds Lane has announced full casting for the viral sensation’s Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall concert debut on July 20 and 21, 2022. Chris McCarrell (The Lightning Thief) and Tony Award nominee and Astaire Award winner Elizabeth Parkinson (Movin’ Out) complete the cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway stars.
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater Announce July 2022 Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 28, 2022
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Jay Leonhardt and John Weber Duo, Remy LeBeouf Assembly of Shadows Orchestra and more. Birdland Theater will present Tony DeSare, Maurizio Spista Organ Trio and more.
Blue Note Records Announces 'Blue Note Re:imagined II'
by Michael Major
- Jun 8, 2022
The first track to be released is South London vocalist Ego Ella May’s reimagining of visionary drummer Chico Hamilton’s “The Morning Side Of Love,” which first appeared on Hamilton’s 1975 Blue Note album Peregrinations. Mirroring the understated, laid-back groove of the original while showcasing Ella May’s arresting vocals.
Nashville Ballet Announces 2022-23 Season
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 7, 2022
Featuring star-studded collaborations and blockbuster fan-favorites, the robust repertoire includes the return of the magical production that inspired the Emmy Award-winning film, Nashville’s Nutcracker, Paul Vasterling’s sparkling rendition of Cinderella, world-premiere works by Tony and Emmy award-winning choreographers, plus brand-new live musical collaborations with the Nashville Symphony, Nashville locals Morgxn and Allison Russell, and international violin prodigy Yvette Kraft.
South Chicago Dance Theatre Announces Five World Premieres Celebrating Five Year Anniversary
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 20, 2022
South Chicago Dance Theatre, a multicultural organization that fuses classical and contemporary dance styles while preserving historic dance work, has announced An Evening with the South Chicago Dance Theatre: Celebrating Five Years, featuring five world premieres by five dynamic choreographers— Ron De Jesús, Stephanie Martinez, Crystal Michelle, Wade Schaaf and Kia S. Smith.
New Season Of Bronx Music Hall Plaza Performances Starts This Weekend
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 19, 2022
The Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC) will kick off its 2022 season of performances on the plaza outside the Bronx Music Hall (438 East 163rd Street) with a special event called “Bronx Rising!: Be-Bop, Mambo and the Beat Poets” on Sunday, April 24 at 4:00 PM.
PEAK Performances to Present US Debut of Familie Flöz's HOTEL PARADISO
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 8, 2022
PEAK Performances at Montclair State University will present Familie Flöz’s Hotel Paradiso, May 5–8, rescheduled from 2020 and, for the first time ever, bringing the Berlin-based mask theater company’s gorgeously peculiar and awe-inspiring vision to U.S. audiences.
PEAK Performances to Present US Premiere of SMASHED2
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 7, 2022
In Gandini Juggling’s hit Smashed, which made its US Premiere at PEAK Performances, the manipulation of forbidden fruit shrewdly explored the strained relations between seven men and two women—and kindly flayed traditions of juggling and circus.
Kennedy Center to Present REFRAMING THE NARRATIVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 31, 2022
In the spirit of Sankofa, in order to understand our present and ensure our future, we must know our past. Through Reframing the Narrative, June 14–19 with seven performances on the Opera House stage, the weeklong programming highlights and recognizes the extensive contribution of Black voices in ballet.
PEAK Performances to Present Netta Yerushalmy's MOVEMENT
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 23, 2022
PEAK Performances at Montclair State University continues to introduce audiences to new work from today’s most exciting dance artists with the world premiere of Movement, in which celebrated choreographer Netta Yerushalmy intricately quilts together quotations from a vast array of sources.
George Clinton 80th Birthday Bash Concert Announced At NJPAC
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 15, 2022
Newark Get Ready!!! The funkmaster himself, George Clinton returns home to New Jersey to celebrate his 80th birthday on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. See George Clinton and & Parliament-Funkadelic perform their timeless classics often sampled in countless hip hop songs. George Clinton will be joined with special guests Vernon Reid and Nona Hendryx.
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Vernard J. Gilmore
by Elliot Lanes
- Feb 1, 2022
There is almost nothing consistent anymore in life with the current state of affairs but when Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater comes to town, things almost feel normal again. The company will be performing in the Kennedy Center Opera House starting tonight through February 6th with four different programs to choose from.
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