[nggallery id=172] On May 19 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, The Herb Alpert Foundation and CalArts announced the 2011 winners of the 17th Alpert Award in the Arts. …
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Video: Annette Bening, Donald McKayle Receive Honorary Degrees from CalArts
At CalArts graduation last Friday, the Institute conferred two honorary doctorate degrees to stage and screen actress Annette Bening and, dancer, choreographer and educator Donald McKayle. After receiving their degrees,…
Continue reading »Butoh Master Oguri and Mbira Improvise in CalArts’ Colloquium
On April 26, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts welcomed master butoh dancer, Oguri, in a performance with Wadada Leo Smith and his creative orchestra Mbira as part…
Continue reading »The Next Dance Company to Perform at CalArts and REDCAT
[nggallery id=162] Under the artistic direction of Stephan Koplowitz, dean of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts, The Next Dance Company takes to the Lund stage at…
Continue reading »2011 New Works Festival Celebrates Risk-Taking with a Purpose
The School of Theater’s New Works Festival (NWF) kicked off last week with a diverse lineup of projects on the schedule—including a 6 am Psychedelic Ukulele Blues concert, an Architectural…
Continue reading »Talk of the Town: Sleep No More in NYC Features Dance Alumni
Sleep No More, a site-specific, immersive theater production, opened last week in New York City to great reviews. Developed by the British theater company Punchdrunk, the work moves Macbeth to…
Continue reading »On Dance and Social Justice: Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea Lectures at CalArts
Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, who was named a Guggenheim fellow earlier this month, visits CalArts on Tuesday (April 19) as part of the Aesthetics & Politics Lecture Series. In the program,…
Continue reading »CalArtians to Collaborate in the Heart of Europe for the Prague Quadrennial
This June, a group of CalArtians are making a scene in the Czech Republic. The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (June 16-26) has invited the group of CalArtians,…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Students Dance with Alvin Ailey Company at Music Center
Last Friday, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater began a 10-day run at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles as part of the Glorya Kaufman dance series….
Continue reading »Stefan Żeromski of the Nederlands Dans Theater Teaches Master Class at CalArts
The Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is one of Europe’s most prestigious dance companies, founded in 1959, after 22 dancers broke away from the Nederlands Ballet to create a more modern…
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