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Ramirez' vision for the Ballet Hispanico Company gave contemporary Hispanic culture its place in American dance, much as Alvin Ailey did for the Black community. [7] During her 39 years as Artistic Director, she invited 50 choreographers from diverse backgrounds to provide a modern-day interpretation of Spanish-speaking cultures, drawing on the versatility of her dancers in ballet, modern ...
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
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.
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]
He began investigating dance on film in the 1970s, and after 1991 choreographed using the computer program LifeForms, a software made by Zella Wolofsky, Tom Calvert, and Thecla Schiphorst. [22] Cunningham explored motion capture technology with digital artists Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar to create Hand-drawn Spaces , a three-screen animation ...
Brenda Dixon Gottschild is an American cultural historian, performer, choreographer, and anti-racist cultural worker. She has used her background as a dance performer and as a professor of dance to create works that bring racism, gender, and societal questions to the forefront of discussions.
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.
Anna Sokolow (February 9, 1910 – March 29, 2000) was an American dancer and choreographer.Sokolow's work is known for its social justice focus and theatricality. Throughout her career, Sokolow supported of the development of modern dance around the world, including in Mexico a