NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Dance Media
Foundation, (https://www.dancemediafoundation.org/), in conjunction
with Dance Magazine, announced today the honorees for their 62nd
annual Dance Magazine Awards 2019. The esteemed event will take
place in NYC on December 9th, 2019,
from 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm at the Ailey
Citigroup Theater, located at 405 West 55th Street. Tickets are now
on sale starting at $75 for general
admission and go up to $1,000 for the
Visionary ticket, which provides access to an unforgettable evening
filled with a deluxe champagne pre-party at 7 pm, choice of seating, after-party access,
photo opportunities with awardees and more. A tradition dating back
to 1954, the Dance Magazine Awards have long celebrated living
legends who've made a lasting impact on dance. These days, they go
even further with a recently added Chairman's Award for
distinctive leaders behind the scenes and the Harkness Promise
Awards, a grant for innovative young choreographers that is funded
by net proceeds from the Dance Magazine Awards ceremony. Sponsors
for the event include American Express and First National Republic
Bank.
"We are exceptionally excited to award this year's list of
honorees for their historic work and tremendous talents," states
Frederic Seegal, CEO/Chairman of Dance Media. "We love the
fact that in recent years deserving dance names are becoming more
and more mainstream, thus providing a much-needed spotlight on the
arts in general. It has also allowed us to raise the bar for the
Dance Magazine Awards and bring them to a much
wider audience."
Previous award ceremonies have included superstar names such as
2015 awardee Misty Copeland who
provided opening remarks in 2018, along with awardees Ronald K. Brown, Lourdes
Lopez (presented by Darren
Walker), Crystal Pite,
Nigel Redden, Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Tommy Tune, Alvin Ailey, Wendy
Whelan, Ohad Naharin, Philip
Glass, Chita Rivera,
Fred Astaire, Bob Fosse, and more. The 2019 Dance Magazine
Awards will honor:
- Sara Mearns
- David Gordon and Valda Setterfield
- Angel Corella
- Masazumi Chaya
- Linda Shelton with the 2019
Chairman's Award
- Bobbi Jene Smith and
Caleb Teicher with Harkness Promise
Awards
For more information on the Dance Magazine Awards or to purchase
tickets, please visit https://www.dancemediafoundation.org/.
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contact BPM-PR Firm at mtatum@bpm-prfirm.com or call
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ABOUT DANCE MAGAZINE
Dance Magazine was first
published in June 1927 under the name
The American Dancer. Produced by a Hollywood-based team of editors under the
leadership of Ruth Eleanor Howard,
it cost a quarter and was dedicated to readers who "love the
dance." In the 1920s and 30s, the magazine offered monthly news of
the changing dance world in Europe
and America. Today, under editor Jennifer
Stahl, the magazine reaches dance students, dance
professionals and dance lovers around with world with its monthly
print edition and its website. Written by accomplished journalists
and active dancers, Dance Magazine tells the stories
behind the most exciting dance artists working today and keeps
readers up to date with news on the buzziest projects in the field.
Dance Magazine is owned by Dance Media, which also
publishes Dance Spirit, Pointe, Dance Teacher,
The Dance Edit and Dance Business Weekly. For
more information, visit dancemagazine.com.
ABOUT THE HARKNESS FOUNDATION FOR DANCE
The Harkness
Foundation for Dance is a private grant-making foundation dedicated
to invigorating and supporting the dance art-form, predominantly in
New York City. Since 1959, the
Harkness name has been synonymous with dance philanthropy. The
Foundation carries forward the lifelong dedication to the dance art
form of the great American dance patron Rebekah Harkness. Over many decades, this
support has taken the form of funding, rehearsal and theater space,
technical assistance, and guidance—an unrivaled legacy that has
touched countless dance artists and companies in all dance styles
and genres. With a broad focus that spans dance creation,
presentation, education, medicine and other vital services to the
dance field, from 1986 to the present the Harkness Foundation
has contributed over $30 million to
more than 590 organizations across the industry. For more
information: harknessfoundation.org
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