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theshed.org. The Shed (formerly known as Culture Shed and Hudson Yards Cultural Shed) is a cultural center in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York City. Opened on April 5, 2019, the Shed commissions, produces, and presents a wide range of activities in performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture. The Shed is located in the Bloomberg Building ...
165 West 57th Street. / 40.765544°N 73.979289°W / 40.765544; -73.979289. 165 West 57th Street, originally the Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing headquarters, is a building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along the northern sidewalk of 57th Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue.
Gibney Dance, founded in 1991 by choreographer Gina Gibney, is a multi-faceted dance organization occupying two locations in New York City: one at 890 Broadway in the Flatiron District and the other at 280 Broadway in Tribeca. The organization's activities are divided into the following three interrelated fields: Center, Company, and Community.
The High School of Music & Art was founded by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in 1936. He wanted to establish a public school in which students could hone their talents in music, art and the performing arts. In 1948, a similar institution – the High School of Performing Arts – was created in an effort to harness students' talents in dance.
Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) [ 1 ] is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. [ 2 ] On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to a principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.
The Joyce Theatre Foundation is a leading presenter of dance in New York City and nationally. It is runs, in part, from the Joyce Theater, a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The Joyce occupies the Elgin Theater, a former movie house that opened in 1941 and was gut-renovated and ...
April 7, 2015. (2015-04-07) (aged 90) New York City, New York. Occupation (s) Dancer, choreographer, teacher. Eugene Louis Faccuito (March 20, 1925 – April 7, 2015), known professionally as Luigi, was an American jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who created the jazz exercise technique. The Luigi Warm Up Technique is a ...
The Lowline, formerly known as the Delancey Underground, [1] is a stalled construction project that would have become the world's first underground park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located under the eastbound roadway of Delancey Street on the Lower East Side , in the former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal adjacent to ...