The eighteenth annual New York Dance and Performance Awards, known as The Bessies after the late teacher Bessie Schonberg Varley, honored twenty-eight artists in five categories at its September 22 ceremony at The Joyce Theater. (People And Companies In The News).The eighteenth annual New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Dance and Performance Awards, known as The Bessies after the late teacher Bessie Sch0nberg Varley, honored twenty-eight artists in five categories at its September 22 ceremony at The Joyce Theater The Joyce Theater is a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea area of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The Joyce Theater Foundation, the organization founded in 1982 that operates the theater, also owns the Joyce SoHo dance center located in a . Creator-choreographer awards went to Germany's Pina Bausch Philippine "Pina" Bausch (born July 27, 1940 in Solingen, Germany) is a modern dance choreographer and a leading influence in the development of the Tanztheater style of dance. for sustained achievement; Israel's Yasmeen Godder for i feel funny today and Ohad Naharin for Naharin's Virus; The Wooster Group for To You, the Birdie/(Phedre); and Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar and their Big Dance Theater. Sarah Michelson, Donna Uchizono, and Reggie Wilson were among the other winners. The awards, which are administered by Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. (in association with Danspace Project and The Joyce), carry cash awards of $500 to $1,000 ... |
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