Even Nicki Minaj sees the 18th Century as a time of Beauty and Grace (Photo by Francesco Vexxoli for W Magazine).
Don’t miss the Sarabande at the Dance of the Month this Saturday, April 13, MMDC. Ani Udovicki will be teaching the Sarabande and Leah Gale Nelson will bring her expertise on the Baroque violin and accompany the class. Come to the Mark Morris Dance Center this Saturday, 3 to 4:30pm, only $15 for this rare experience.
Have an early dinner after the class and then catch the world premieres of Mark Morris at his performance space in the MMDC. Don’t miss this rare appearance of Baryshnikov dancing!
Join us the first Saturday in May and learn excerpts from the Sarabande Tancrede taught by Gregory Youdan.
This Week ‘s News with the NYBDC, very interesting…
1. Our office received a call from the Radio City Hall Rockettes wanting to know if we would like to sign up for a workshop with them.
2. Catherine Turocy’s “Spinning Spheres” is Chapter 2 in the newly published book,
Creating Dance: A Traveler’s Guide published by Hampton Press. http://www.hamptonpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1-61289-112-5
3. Beatrice Massin’s beautiful choreography for Que ma joie demeure http://vimeo.com/17284780 includes the talented dancer, Bruno Benne, who will be joining us at the Santa Barbara Historical Dance Workshop this June. Benne is a young up-and -coming- choreographer in his own right and will be demonstrating some of his neo-Baroque works for us. Dorm rooms are available on a first come first serve basis so please register today!