Vanity Fair honors Gina Gibney Dance

Gina Gibney Dance has been named to Vanity Fair's Hall of Fame. Download the article here. (Click on "View the article.")

Congratulations to Gina Gibney, Body and Soul podcast interviewee, and her stellar troupe! Listen to my interview with her here.

Japanese tea ceremony at the Met

Wednesday, April 2, 2pm
The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Free with museum admission

Japanese tea ceremony demonstration sponsored by the Urasenke Chanoyu Center

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, Manhattan

Met Museum hosts classical music and dance of India

Wednesday, April 2, 3:30pm
The Astor Court
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Free with museum admission

Classical music and dance of India date back thousands of years yet continue to speak to audiences of today. The vibrant North Indian dance form known as Kathak is demonstrated by Parul Shah (dancer), Nitin Mitta (tabla), and Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury (sitar) who illustrate the dynamic rhythmic interactions between dance and drum through the use of vocal recitation.

Presented by the Department of Musical Instruments, this concert/demonstration will take place in the Astor Forecourt outside the Jain Temple.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, Manhattan

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The last shoe drops at The Village Voice

Well, if what I'm hearing is true, the final shoe has dropped at The Village Voice. After 40 years of service to the dance field, dance critic Deborah Jowitt is gone, although some are questioning whether the term "fired" (used in an ArtsJournal post by fledgling blogger and former Voice dance editor Elizabeth Zimmer) is correct. More will be revealed, as my late, great mother-in-law would have said.

As a former Voice dance freelancer, similarly kicked to the curb after decades of hard work and decreasing pay, space and respect, I have to say that dance criticism is a miserable profession. I recommend it to nobody in his or her right mind.