Dancer Silas Riener is currently on tour with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Legacy Tour, a Knight Arts granteee. Today he checks in with a report about the tour’s recent stop in Mexico City. By Silas Riener, Merce Cunningham Dance Company Hello all, I’m writing from Berlin, where we are currently on tour performing at the […]
Article · September 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
This fall, The Light Factory will launch a distinguished lecture series called Luminaries: Artists Behind the Viewfinder, which will recognize masters in the fields of photography and filmmaking. The series will not only celebrate the individual artist, but will use that artist to expose the Charlotte community to the aesthetic excellence of fine art. This […]
Article · September 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Beverly Blake, Knight Foundation Program Director/Macon On Monday, Sept 19, the ultra-talented young people of the Sphinx Virtuosi gave a concert that was more than I could have imagined at Macon’s beautiful and historic Grand Opera House. This group of string musicians performed at the top of their game and gave the people of […]
Article · September 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jane Hart, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood was excited to kick off its “Hot Topics” discussion series, with Shamim M. Momin on Saturday September 17th. Over one hundred and fifty attendees from as far as Key West to Palm Beach County came to the Center for […]
Article · September 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lindsay Dickson, Minnesota State Fair Foundation Visitors to the 2011 Minnesota State Fair were invited to enjoy the magic of singing together in the first-ever Giant Sing Along. A field of microphones welcomed everyone to sing their lungs out to this year’s voted hits, karaoke style. A large screen featured the lyrics of modern […]
Article · September 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Megan Nachtwey, Dance Cleveland Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. MOMIX will present the extraordinary evening-length work Botanica, a spectacular piece that follows the rhythms of the seasons, the evolution of the world and the passing of […]
Article · September 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Emma Gibson, Tiny Dynamite Productions Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia winner Tiny Dynamite Productions was awarded $25,000 to broaden theater audiences by producing a Play, a Pie and a Pint, a U.K. performance phenomenon where residents can stop by after work to enjoy a one-act play, a pie and a beverage for a low ticket […]
Article · September 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By the Charlotte Symphony This is not your grandmother’s symphony. Well, grandma can still attend, but these concerts are geared to a younger, more diverse audience- one that may have never stepped into a concert hall. It’s not a concert hall either. The concerts are held at the Knight Theater, which inspired the name of the […]
Article · September 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Karim Olaechea, Philadelphia Cultural Alliance National surveys such as the National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and American for the Arts’ National Arts Index indicate attendance trending downward during the recession. This was not the case in the Philadelphia region according the 2011 Portfolio, a report just released by […]
Article · September 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Miami City Ballet Gary Sheldon, principal conductor for Miami City Ballet, will begin his second season with the Company in October. He came to Florida from San Francisco where he conducted for the San Francisco Ballet in numerous performances from 2004-2009. This summer, Maestro Sheldon traveled with MCB to Paris for the troupe’s Parisian […]
Article · September 20, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Debby Samples, Cleveland International Film Festival The 2011 – 2012 Film (and other ARTS) Feasts series is just around the corner and we have something for everyone’s arts appetite! From visual arts, to sport stories, to culinary delights we cover the spectrum of unique events that will leave you with a smile. Join us […]
Article · September 20, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad