February is when the University of Florida Performing Arts dance highlights really kick in to high gear. On February 9th we’re treated to the Chinese-American Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, accompanied by the music of none other than of the world-renowned Ahn Trio. The two groups will present their “Temptation of the Muses,” which premiered last [...]
Irene Maslowski of the Bloomfield Hills Patch reports: “Dance is supposed to touch the deepest part of our being.” Carolyn Dorfman has found a way to do exactly that with her profound, emotionally resonant dance company, the Michigan native speaks directly to audiences through movement. So, The Center couldn’t think of a better choice to [...]
One of the most exciting music festivals of the last few years has become the annual collaboration between MIT and the Boston Chamber Music Society, whose director, violist MARCUS THOMPSON, teaches at MIT. This year, the topic of the Forum is “Exiled to Hollywood: Outcast Artists in California,” about the European composers who found refuge [...]
The Prism Saxophone Quartet and Music from China were together previously for their groundbreaking 2009-10 tour and CD release on Antiphony (Innova Records), and were hailed by Chamber Music Magazine for ”shattering expectations” and “pioneering achievements of the highest order.” This time around PRISM and MFC, present Bright Sheng, Fang Man, Huang Ruo, Lei Liang [...]
Laura Kaminsky is one of the composers awarded commissions for new musical works by the Koussevitzky Foundations of the Library of Congress. Laura Kaminsky is artistic director of Symphony Space in New York City and is professor of music at Purchase College, State University of New York. A graduate of Oberlin and the City College [...]
Dickinson, which is in North Dakota, will be immersed in the world of dance when New York’s Elisa Monte Dance presents a week-long residency from January 22 to 27. Elisa Monte Dance was founded in 1981 by choreographer Elisa Monte, who has performed as a professional dancer since age 11. “We travel all over the [...]