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 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. Creator-choreographer awards went to Germany's Pina Bausch 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 (in association with Danspace Project and The Joyce), carry cash awards of $500 to $1,000 ...
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