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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Spirit in the watching

Watching Performance As Spiritual Practice
by Andy Horwitz, Culturebot, April 6, 2011

Joffrey School benefit for Japan and New Zealand

The Joffrey Ballet School presents two performances of dance, music and film to benefit the victims of the earthquakes of Japan and New Zealand.

Saturday, April 16 (8pm)
Sunday, April 17 (7pm)

Suggested Donation: $10
Reservations/Information: the Joffrey Ballet School, 212-254-8520

The evenings will feature:

  • dancers from the Joffrey Ballet School Choreographic Workshop
  • animation by Lev Polyakov
  • new music by Allan Greene
  • live music by Joshua Davis, PJ Robers, Juliana Boehm, Miho Nozawa and others

Charitable contributions will be evenly distributed between the Japan Society and the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.

Joffrey Ballet School
434 Avenue of the Americas (at 9th Street), Manhattan
(directions)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

May it RESONATE! with you

RESONATE! African America in Sound and Story launches its after-school arts programming today at 4pm with song/spoken word artists Chandra Rule and Somi at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center.

Co-presented by Lincoln Center's Meet the Artist and New York University's Institute of African American Affairs, this series of four free events for high school and college students will also welcome the acclaimed singer/musician Toshi Reagon (April 13), dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire (April 20) and the And Lay Duo--two members of the Ethiopian funk/groove collective Debo Band (April 27).

Each performance, celebrating the rich cultural diversity and innovative artistry of the African diaspora, will be followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Ethiopian singer Meklit Hadero, Artist-in-Residence of NYU's Institute of African American Affairs.

Free! Reservations not required.

Wednesdays, 4pm-5pm
David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets, Manhattan
(directions)

MOMA will host Euzhan Palcy retrospective

See the first US retrospective of the work of Martinique-born filmmaker Euzhan Palcy--the first Black woman to have her work produced by a major Hollywood studio--at the Museum of Modern Art, May 18-30.

For program details, click here.

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan
(directions)

Museums embrace social media

Museums Pursue Engagement With Social Media
by Carol Vogel, The New York Times, March 16, 2011

Is China scared?

MIA: Ai Weiwei -- Is China scared of one of its most fearless artists?
by Alex Pasternack, Slate, April 4, 2011

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

"Atomic Samurai"

Jackie Sheeler's "Atomic Samurai"
A WordRock video about energy consumption & nuclear reactors. Inspired by the workers at Fukushima, who are knowingly forfeiting their lives in order to protect the lives of others. I bow to you all. --Jackie Sheeler

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