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Jayson Douglas of the Syracuse City Ballet on George Kilpatrick Inspiration for the Nation Join us this week on ⁠George Kilpatrick Inspiration for the Nation⁠ to meet Jayson Douglas! He is the new Artistic Director of the ⁠Syracuse City Ballet⁠: Ce...

Emergence‼️Not your mama’s Syracuse City Ballet. There are two performances remaining at the Everson tomorrow. Go see Jayson Douglas do his thing. With a ballet premiere by Destini Rogers that will blow you away. It’s a Happening and contemporary dance at its best. Tickets are only $35.00. Don’t miss this. It’s Excellent!

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Katherine Dunham revolutionized Black dance in the U.S., blending African and Caribbean influences with modern dance. As an anthropologist and choreographer, she inspired a generation of Black dancers, including Alvin Ailey who first saw the Katherine Dunham Dance Company in 1945 at the Biltmore Theater in Los Angeles.

In 1972, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater commissioned Dunham’s work 'Choros,' a dance based on a Brazilian Quadrille, first performed in 1943. In 1987, the Company premiered the evening length work 'The Magic of Katherine Dunham.'

To learn more about Katherine Dunham's impact: https://bit.ly/3urabWC

In 1930, Katherine Dunham formed Ballet Negre, which was one of just a few ballet companies available to black students at the time. Shortly thereafter, struggling with a lack of financial support, the company disbanded. In 1933, she opened her first dance school in Chicago (the Negro Dance Group) for young black dancers. In 1934, she revived Ballet Negre with performers from her dance school. In 1939, she became the dance director of the New York Labor Stage, and six years later she opened the Dunham School of Dance in New York.
Miss Dunham was an international personality. She used bodies in motion to create ties among peoples of the African diaspora. During a tour in the late 1940s, one critic called Dunham an “ambassador with hips.” Miss Dunham said about her dance company: “Without Europe, we couldn’t have survived” (Aschenbrenner, conversation with the author, 1978). The Dunham Company toured to enthusiastic reviews from the 1930s through the 1950s, including venues in Mexico, London, Paris, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia and throughout the United States.
Katherine Dunham, circa 1940s..” Photo: Corbis.
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The inimitable dancer, actress, and singer Chita Rivera died today at the age of 91, her daughter Lisa Mordente announced.

Rivera was a Broadway legend who inspired generations of performers. She first appeared on the cover of Dance Magazine as a break-out star in November 1957. “Here is a performer of enormous individuality with a dance approach quite uniquely her own," wrote Leo Lerman. "She has made the transition from chorus to star with seemingly no effort, shedding irritating mannerisms and replacing them with the superbly assured manner of, with luck, a future great lady of the American musical theatre.”

As we plan a larger tribute to this deeply influential performer, read more about Rivera’s 1957 cover story here: https://www.dancemagazine.com/chita-rivera-tbt/

This image appeared on the cover of the August 1984 issue of Dance Magazine—Chita Rivera’s third time gracing the cover. Photo by Kenn Duncan, courtesy DM Archives.

What Neuroaesthetics, a New Field of Research, Can Tell Us About What Dance Does to Our Brains and Bodies With its unique brain–body connection, dance is at the very center of neuroaesthetics, or the science of how the arts affect our brains, and therefore our bodies. Early findings of this still-emerging field are confirming what dancers and dance lovers have long known implicitly: that experiencing ...

📸Come to the Everson October 13-15 for a weekend of free fun brought to you by the Family Pictures Syracuse Project! Enjoy a film screening of Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographer and the Emergence of a People, photo-sharing activities, and a live multi-media event where the Syracuse community's family photos will be brought to life in an onstage presentation. Visit everson.org/events for a schedule of events.

Ailey mourns the passing of Delores Browne, a pioneer of Blacks in Ballet and long time friend, supporter, and collaborator of the organization.

Delores had an illustrious dance career and notably appeared in the same Ailey performance in which 'Revelations' first premiered in 1960.

As a sixteen year old at the Judimar School in Philadelphia, she taught a young Judith Jamison. Later in New York in 1974, Browne became the first director of The Ailey School’s scholarship program.

We’re so thankful for Delores’ contribution to both our organization and the dance community as a whole.

Rediscover your inner artist. Take yourself on an artist date this weekend and discover the Syracuse City Ballet, anew. Purchase Tickets Here: https://syracuse-city-ballet.ticketleap.com/rhythm--ballet/?fbclid=IwAR1kQ3KMAWI4tdOmbaQYsJib18PPCCLdhwSAnnWmIUThdBWW66cDZDzFAxo

🧘‍♀️One week away! Join Sky Yoga Studio () as they close out the summer and welcome in the fall with their annual tradition of outdoor yoga on the Everson’s Plaza. This event, part of Third Thursday, is free to attend but registration is required. September 21st ! Visit everson.org/events to register now.

🎉CALLING CNY TEENS! We are now looking for our next group for Everson Teen Arts Council (ETAC)! ETAC is a partnership between the Everson and teens from Central New York offering a safe platform for teens to share their voice, work with their peers and engage with the greater community. The Teen Council provides teens with dynamic leadership opportunities to create meaningful and relevant programs and exhibitions, while giving teens space to explore identity, build skills and prepare for college and careers. The Everson is looking for enthusiastic, creative, and thoughtful juniors and seniors to serve on ETAC. ETAC will meet biweekly throughout the school year to plan and execute programs for area teens and more. Applications are due by September 29th. Visit below for more information.

https://everson.org/classes/youth-and-teen-classes/everson-teen-arts-council/

Cinderella Ballet in CNY! Buy Syracuse City Ballet tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. Find Syracuse City Ballet schedule, reviews and photos.

Announcing the 2022 Dance Magazine Award Honorees!

Please join us in congratulating Kyle Abraham; Lucinda Childs; Herman Cornejo; Brenda Dixon Gottschild, PhD and Dianne McIntyre.

In addition, Johnnie Cruise Mercer and Kayla Farrish will receive the The Harkness Promise Award, and Jim Herbert of First Republic Bank will be given the Chairman’s Award.

The 2022 ceremony, featuring performances and tributes to the honorees, will take place Dec 5, at 7 pm at New York City’s Chelsea Factory. Proceeds support the Harkness Promise Awards. For 🎟 → dancemediafoundation.org

Shown: (Clockwise from top left) Kyle Abraham by Steven Schreiber; Lucinda Childs by Rita Antonioli Photography; Herman Cornejo by Gene Schiavone; Brenda Dixon Gottschild, PhD by Ryan Collerd; Jim Herbert by Jamey Stillings; Johnnie Cruise Mercer by Tony Turner; Kayla Farrish by Sarah Annie Navarette; Dianne McIntyre by McKinley Wiley

SAVE THE DATE: The Community Folk Art Center is excited to announce our 50 Anniversary Celebration event with Ailey II The performance will take place on October 26 at the Landmark Theatre in the heart of downtown Syracuse, NY.

*Ticket sales are launching soon, keep an eye on CFAC’s website and social media to get info. about VIP and GA tickets.*

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Akeem danced with our organization some years ago. Please consider supporting his family at this time if you can.

Akeem Cotton, organized by Mecca Robertson Hi my name is Morris Cotton the father of Akeem Cotton, I am trying to raise money to bring my son home … Mecca Robertson needs your support for Akeem Cotton

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