Creative Capital is thrilled to announce the election of new Officers of the Board of Directors and two new members. At its June 2022 Board of Directors meeting, the following officer appointments were made: Reginald (Reggie) M. Browne as Chair, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack as Vice Chair, Lyda Kuth as Treasurer and Emi Kolawole as Secretary.
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) PEAK Performances at Montclair State University continues to introduce audiences to new work from today’s most exciting dance artists with the world premiere of Movement, in which celebrated choreographer Netta Yerushalmy intricately quilts together quotations from a vast array of sources: folk dances, traditional dances and ceremonies, modern and contemporary concert dance, commercial dance, sports, and contemporary life. The work draws from over 100 existing dances, stretching the idea of pluralism until it almost snaps. Movement features a new score by award-winning composer Paula Matthusen and is performed by dancers hailing from Korea, Senegal, Israel, Taiwan, and across the U.S.
Dancing for many cameras, in the round: It s Muybridge on steroids
In an undated image provided by Steven Sebring, Skylar Brandt, left, with Herman Cornejo. Brandts pirouettes were captured by Steven Sebrings multiple cameras to produce the sensation of watching in 4-D. Steven Sebring via The New York Times.
by Marina Harss
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Midway through 2020, Herman Cornejo, one of the best male dancers of his generation, lost his mojo. The company he dances for, American Ballet Theatre, had to close its studios because of the pandemic. He was tired of training at home, by himself, on a 5-by-7-foot square of vinyl flooring provided by Ballet Theatre. If I do a single grand jeté one of the powerful, spacious jumps he is known for I end up next to the wall, he said at the time.