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He directed and choreographed the show The Apollo - Just Like Magic (1981) at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. (which re-created the golden age of the Apollo Theater) [5] and choreographed the world premiere of Harry Partch's Revelation in the Courthouse Park (staged by Jiri Zizka) for the American Music Theater Festival in 1987. [6]
The Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Choreography is presented each year at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina. The award and its cash prize, currently $50,000, is given to modern dance choreographers in order to recognize their influence on the art form.
Feather Award: Dance Action magazine: All dances and styles (defunct) United States: Flo-Bert Award: New York Foundation for the Arts: Outstanding figures in the field of tap dance United States: Isadora Duncan Dance Awards: Bay Area National Dance Week: San Francisco Bay Area dance artists United States: Youth America Grand Prix: United States
Abdel R. Salaam was born in Harlem, New York City.He is a choreographer, director, producer, mentor, and educator. He has been active in the arts since 1955. [1] [2] He is the co-founder and director of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre located in New York City.
At age nineteen, Blunden became the director of dance classes at the Linden Center. Blunden made sure her students were able to gain a broad range of experiences, including summer opportunities and scholarships to attend schools such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (later Ailey School), Dance Theatre of Harlem, and the American Dance Festival.
Davis founded the Chuck Davis Dance Company in New York City in 1968, DanceAfrica in 1977, and the African American Dance Ensemble in Durham, North Carolina in 1983. [5] [6] [7] While living in New York, he was an instructor at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In 1974, he joined the faculty of the American Dance Festival. [8]
In 2005 he received the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. [6] In 2012, Fagan was named one of America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition. In 2021, Fagan was awarded the Eastman Luminary Award from the Eastman School of Music for his achievements in modern Dance Awards
Virginia Tanner [1] began teaching children at the McCune School of Music and Art in Salt Lake City in 1941, where she was director of the dance program. She went on to establish her own school within the University of Utah's continuing education program, which survives today under the direction of Mary Ann Lee as an auxiliary of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. [2]