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PARSONS DANCE'S 2008 GALA - APRIL 15, 2008 PARSONS DANCE'S 2008 GALA Con Amore, Parsons! Honoring Barbara Rohdie April 15, 2008
Featuring live performance excerpts from a new evening-length collaborative work with the East Village Opera Company plus Dancing with the Stars of Parsons, The Second Season
David Parsons, Honorary Gala Chair Bebe Neuwirth, and the Board of Directors of Parsons Dance proudly announce Parson Dance's 2008 Gala on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at The Times Center, 242 W. 41st Street, NYC.
The evening will include performance excerpts from a new evening-length collaborative work with the East Village Opera Company plus Dancing with the Stars of Parsons, The Second Season, a unique performance of gala attendees partnered with Parsons dancers for a one-minute ballroom routine, choreographed exclusively for the Gala stage.
Honoree Barbara Rohdie, a member of the Board of Directors of Parsons Dance for more than five eyars, credits her love of dance to her mother who drove her to class for many years starting in second grade. Ms. Rohdie graduated from Bennington College and Bank Street College of Education with a Masters Degree in Elementary Education. She taught in public schools and was then an assistant professor of Educational Psychology and Child Development at Kean College and Montclair State University.
PARSONS DANCE GALA COMMITTEE 2008 Members of the 2008 Gala Committee are Bebe Neuwirth, Honorary Chair, Linda Stocknoff, Gala Chair, Barbara Rohdie, Co-Chair & Honoree, Froma Benerofe, Co-Chair, Richard Kielar, Co-Chair, Vickie Morris, Co-Chair and Fiorenza Scholey, Co-Chair.
Parson Dance's 2008 Gala will be held Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm at The Times Center, 242 W. 41st Street, NYC. Ticket information is available by calling (212) 869-9275 or by emailing gala@parsonsdance.org.
ABOUT PARSONS DANCE PARSONS DANCE is committed to building new audiences for contemporary dance by creating American works of extraordinary artistry that are engaging and uplifting to audiences throughout the world. The company tours regionally, nationally and internationally.
PARSONS DANCE HISTORY Since 1985, Parsons Dance has toured an average of 32 weeks per year, to a total of more than 235 cities, 30 countries, six continents and millions of audience members. Many others have seen Parsons Dance on PBS, Bravo, A&E Network, and the Discovery Channel. Millions watched Parsons Dance perform live in Times Square as part of the internationally broadcast, 24-hour Millennium New Year's Eve celebration. In New York City, Parsons Dance has been featured at The Joyce Theater, City Center, New Victory Theater, Central Park Summerstage, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and The World Trade Center.
The New York Times called David Parsons "one of the great movers of modern dance." New York Magazine referred to him as "one of modern dance's great living dance-makers."
DAVID PARSONS (Artistic Director/Founder) has enjoyed a remarkable career as a performer, choreographer, teacher, director and producer of dance. Mr. Parsons was born in Chicago and raised in Kansas City. He was a leading dancer with The Paul Taylor Dance Company, where Mr. Taylor created many roles for him in works such as Arden Court, Last Look and Roses. He is a recipient of the 2000 Dance Magazine Award, as well as the 2001 American Choreography Award, for his work as a co-producer of AEROS, a production featuring the Romanian Gymnastic Federation that was featured on Bravo. Mr. Parsons has created more than 70 works for Parsons Dance. He has received commissions over the years from The American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow, the Spoleto Festival and Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam, to name a few. His work has been performed by Paris Opera Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Nederlands Danse Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, Hubbard Street Dance and BatSheva Dance Company of Israel, among many others. In June 2007, Mr. Parsons was honored to be the very first contemporary choreographer ever to stage work at the centuries-old Arena di Verona, in Verona Italy, where he choreographed Verdi's Aida. The Arena is one of Italy's most respected operatic venues. In September 2007, he directed and choreographed Gotham Chamber Opera's production of María de Buenos Aires, which made its world premiere at a sold-out engagement in New York, at NYU's Skirball Center for the Arts.
Parsons Dance receives support from Altria Group, Inc.; Condé Nast Publications; Cowles Charitable Trust; Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund of the New York Community Trust; New York Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation; The New York State Council on the Arts; Nina W. Werblow Charitable Trust; Robert Sterling Clark Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
For more information, visit www.parsonsdance.org. > Full Story. [3/24/08]
EVITA AT BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS EVITA At Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
PLEASE JOIN US: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 3pm
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College concludes its 2007-08 Theater Series with Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical, Evita, on Sunday, April 6 at 3pm.
Evita tells the story of Eva Peron, the charismatic, ambitious and often larger-than life wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron. Overcoming her humble beginnings as an aspiring actress, she became the First Lady of Argentina and a saint in the eyes of her people. Winner of seven Tony® Awards including Best Musical, this pop opera includes the songs "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," "Oh What A Circus," "High Flying Adored," and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall."
Beginning its life as a concept album in 1976, Evita first opened in London's West End in 1978. It opened at the Broadway Theatre on September 25, 1979, starring Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. The Broadway production won Tonys for Best Musical, Score, Book, Lighting Design and Director, as well acting awards for both Ms. LuPone and Mr. Patinkin. Both the London and New York productions incorporated the staging of Tony® Award-winning producer/director Harold Prince. The Broadway cast album won a Grammy in 1981.
Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice collaborations also include Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Andrew Lloyd Webber's credits with other lyricists include By Jeeves, Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, and Whistle Down the Wind. Separate from Webber, Tim Rice has written lyrics for Chess, King David, and The Lion King, as well as numerous films. Both Webber and Rice have been honored with multiple Tony, Drama Desk, and Olivier Awards.
About Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Founded in 1954, the mission of Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is to present outstanding performing arts and arts education programs, reflective of Brooklyn's diverse communities, at affordable prices. Brooklyn Center's presentations explore both the classical traditions and the boldest contemporary performances, embracing the world culture that defines Brooklyn. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts welcomes over 70,000 people annually, including 42,000 schoolchildren from over 225 schools, in the 2,400-seat Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College.
Evita at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College 2900 Campus Road, Brooklyn Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 3pm; Tickets $35, $20
Online orders: BrooklynCenterOnline.org Box Office: (718) 951-4500, Tuesday – Saturday, 1PM – 6PM Groups of 15 or more: (718) 951-4600, ext. 22
Brooklyn Center's 2007-08 Theater Series is generously supported, in part, by JPMorgan Chase. > Full Story. [3/17/08]
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