Congratulations to Carla Peterson!

Last evening, our dear friend and colleague Carla Peterson (along with Charles Ruas) was presented with the insignia of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in a joyous ceremony.

All photos 

©2015, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Bénédicte de Montlaur,
Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy,
welcomes guests.

Carla Peterson,
Director of the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography,
accepts her insignia from Bénédicte de Montlaur
in recognition of her international work on behalf of dance artists. 

Carla Peterson spoke of her working class upbringing
and how her parents would have been amazed
to see her receive this honor.

Charles Ruas--interviewer,
literary and art critic, and translator--
also became a Chevalier
for his prolific and multifaceted work.

Choreographer Tere O'Connor was one
of a many notable dance community members
 on hand to celebrate this tribute to Peterson.

Carla Peterson to leave New York Live Arts for MANCC post

Carla Peterson
(photo by Eva Yaa Asantewaa)

Artistic Director of New York Live Arts Leaving for Post in Florida
by Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times, March 13, 2014

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography

Check out these brief video visits with dance artists--such as Miguel Gutierrez and Yanira Castro--who have participated in the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography fellowships and international exchange residency programs at Florida State University.

MANCC also has a couple of podcast interviews, downloadable through iTunes: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women, interviewed by UBW dancer and recent Bessie Award winner Nora Chipaumire, and Germaine Acogny, Artistic Director of JANT-BI, interviewed by UBW dancer Catherine Denecy on their companies' collaborative work, Scales of Memory, which will receive its premiere in 2008.

Dancer-choreographer/video artist Dean Moss will be the first artist to receive commissioning and presentational support in MANCC's new partnership initiative with Dance Theater Workshop. Read the full announcement here.