We're celebrating 40 Years of Fellowships by sharing video interviews with some of the extraordinary artists who have received Artist Fellowships since the program's inception in 1975. Many "perfect match" collaborations have helped Diane Arvanites and Tommy Neblett, aka Prometheus Dance, receive six Artist Fellowships since 1994, making them the most highly awarded artists … [Read more...]
You Can Talk About Dance
Anna Myer is one of the recently named MCC FY10 Choreography Fellowship finalists. The excerpt above is from her piece Street Talk Suite Talk. It is a remarkable example of her artistic vision and commitment to experimentation and collaboration. She definitely walks the walk, and talks the talk. If you are among the many dancers, cultural enthusiasts, arts administrators, … [Read more...]
Alisia Waller’s Dancing Spirit
ArtSake wants to share with you the thoughts of Alisia L. L. Waller (MCC 2008 Choreography Fellow) about the development of her creative process as a choreographer with physical disabilities. Choreography As Benediction or: Creating Dances When You Cannot Dance When I was a child, staring out of the car window on one of our long family trips, I amused myself by watching … [Read more...]
Inching Towards Artists Opportunities
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander... Crawling over to the Boston Center for the Arts one can find the Movement at the Mills proposal deadline approaching fast for local, independent dance companies to showcase complete or in-progress works. A variety of dance styles are encouraged to apply - … [Read more...]