By Walter Rutledge
Due to circumstances beyond our control we were unable to list our Weekend Picks on Thursday. One of our staffers came up with the brilliant idea to do a weekday listing of upcoming events. In the words of Napoleon Banaparte “A good general knows how to his battle plan in the heat of battle”. So on that note here are some of the events taking place around the city and around our community.
A special master class/improvisation series will conducted by Choreographer, teacher, and former Hamburg Ballet principal dancer Francesca Harper and special guest teacher Jean Emile (formerly with Netherlands Dance Theater). The workshop will take place August 20 through August 30 at The Ailey Studios in The Joan Weill Center for Dance, 405 West 55th Street at 9thAvenue. This eight class series will include a daily warm up; Forsythe based technologies, improvisation and a collaborative choreographic lab, where you can share your work.
The workshop will culminate with a performance at The Ailey Citigroup Theater on Friday August 30 at 7:30pm. The series performance will include the class participants and guest performers. The guest performers scheduled to perform are; Desmond Richardson, Aubrey Lynch, Francesca Harper, Jean Emile, Jamal Story, Nejla Yakin, and The Francesca Harper Project.
The full series of eight classes is $180 the full series student discount rate is $100. The single class prices are $25 per person, professional single rate of $22.50 per person with professional ID; student single rate is $15 per person with student ID. Only full series student are eligible to perform. For more information and to register visit www.alvinailey.org/masterclass-serie-improvisation-lab-francesca-harper.
Forces Of Nature Dance Theatre presents Summer Moves on Thursday August 23 and Friday August 24, 7:30 pm at the Theater of the Riverside Church. The concert will present six works from the company repertoire including, B’Flowin…B’Smoove, Axis: Temple Of Ice, Padnahs, Seven, E.R., and Fallen Idols, a new work in progress. General Admission is $30 there is also a special VIP Ticket priced at $100, which includes reception, gift bag and priority seating. For Ticket and more information contact Forces of Nature at 212-722-3320, the Riverside Box Office 212-870-6784 or you can visit www.forcesofnature.org and marta@forcesofnature.org.
The Sensational Josephine Baker, is a musical portrait of the one and one iconic Jazz Age legend, Josephine Baker. The musical opens backstage at Bakers triumphant 1975 comeback performance Joséphine à Bobino. The musical then takes the audience on a retrospective of her amazing life and career. Written and performed by Cheryl Howard and directed by Ian Streicher, this one women show features several of Baker’s signature songs as it journeys from conservative St. Louis, Missouri to the risqué cabarets of the Rue Pigalle, France. Howard delivers this tale through an array of fascinating female characters: Josephine’s domineering mother, Carrie McDonald; fellow chorus girl Lydia Jones; Ada “Bricktop” Smith, owner of the infamous nightclub Bricktop’s in Montmarte.
The production runs through Saturday, September 8,2012 at The Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street Show times are: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $69.25 and can be purchased by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or online at www.Telecharge.com. For all discount offers visit www.broadwayoffers.com or call 212-947-8844. Special $20 Rush Tickets are offered for every show to any ticket buyer for available seats 20 minutes before show.
The Essie Green Galleries will offer Art Fair an End of Summer Exhibition from August 18 through September 18, 2012. The exhibition will feature works by Alston, Bearden, Blayton-Taylor,Bullock, Carter, Dial, Gunter, Hardrick,, Holland, Lam, Lewis, Mitchell, Neal, Sebree, and Stringfellow. The gallery is located at 491A Convent Avenue in the historical Sugar hill district of Harlem. For gallery hours and more information about this exhibition call 212-368-9635 or visit www.essiegreengalleries.com.
As always thank you for letting me share my world with you.
In Photo: 1) Forces of Nature 2) Francesca Harper 3) Forces of Nature 4) Cheryl Howard
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