Catanach heads dance at Henry Street. (News).The Henry Street Settlement, a longtime hub of New York's Lower East Side artistic community, has appointed Daniel Catanach the new director of dance for its Abrons Art Center. Catanach replaces Louis Johnson Louis Johnson may refer to:
In its early days, the Settlement provided a creative home for modern dance leaders Alwin Nikolais, who worked there in the 1940s and '50s, and Anna Sokolow Anna Sokolow (born February 9, 1910, Hartford, Connecticut; died March 29, 2000 in New York City, New York) was an American dancer and choreographer. She began her dance training with Martha Graham and Louis Horst at the Neighborhood Playhouse. , who began studying there in the '20s. Since its opening in 1975, the Louis Abrons Arts Center, then called the Arts for Living Center, has served as a meeting ground for professional artists and the diverse communities they attract. Through the years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Settlement has drawn dance audiences, students, and performers to the underprivileged neighborhoods of lower Manhattan--a tradition Catanach hopes to continue. Catanach, a choreographer and teacher, has been working on dance and theater projects at Abrons Arts Center for the past ten years. Many of his programs, such as Urban Youth Theater, have provided early dance training for inner-city children, some of whom have graduated into his professional company, Urban Ballet Theater. As director of dance, Catanach plans to bring his classes and company under one roof. Catanach is currently putting the finishing touches on Trouble, which will premiere on October 24 at the Abrons Center. Choreographed to the music of Claude Chalhoub, the new ballet blends jazz and hip-hop with neoclassical ne·o·clas·si·cism also Ne·o·clas·si·cism n. A revival of classical aesthetics and forms, especially: a. A revival in literature in the late 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by a regard for the classical ideals of reason, form, and contemporary traditions. Also on the program is Catanach's Tangoed, a playful study in relationships, danced by Carla Korbes and Amar Ramasar, guest artists from New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. . Ramasar began his training under Catanach at the Abrons Arts Center and has frequently appeared as a guest artist with UBT UBT Ultimate Blackjack Tour UBT Urea Breath Test UBT Universal Bus Transceiver UBT Ubiquitous Blue Tarp UBT Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Airport Code) UBT Unit Business Team UBT User-Based Tracking . See www.catanachdproductions.com. |
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