http://blog.joyce.org Wed, 14 May 2008 15:18:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Christina Pinnell, Marketing and Audience Development Associate Did you know? A fungus that grows on the dung of herbivores and The Olympic Games have something in common? What? Moses Pendleton, a founding member of the innovative dance group Pilobolus (which is also the name of the aforementioned ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/05/14/christina%e2%80%99s-random-yet-pertinent-fact-of-the-week-5/ by Christina Pinnell, Marketing & Audience Development Associate Did you know? The Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to use numerals to represent numbers, dating back to around 3000 B.C. What? The Egyptians used a distinct hieroglyphic numeral system with a base of 10, like ours, that counted all the way ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/05/07/christina%e2%80%99s-random-yet-pertinent-fact-of-the-week-4/ by Christina Pinnell, Marketing & Audience Development Associate Did you know? April 29th is International Dance Day! What? In 1982, the International Dance Committee, which was part of UNESCO’s International Theater Institute, introduced the holiday. The date was chosen in honor of the birthday of Jean-George Noverre, a French ballet master. The day is ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/28/christina%e2%80%99s-random-yet-pertinent-fact-of-the-week-3/ by Cathy Eilers, Joyce SoHo Program Manager “Hey” from downtown! This is Cathy Eilers, Joyce SoHo’s Program Manager (finally!) joining in the blog fun and filling you in on all you need to know about Joyce SoHo today. You may have noticed that Joyce SoHo looks a little different these days! ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/24/what%e2%80%99s-up-at-joyce-soho/ by Dulce Gomez, Marketing Intern at The Joyce In conducting research for my upcoming Master’s paper, I came across an interesting article in Dance Teacher from October of 2007. It spoke about the empowering force of dance for ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Dance was being ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/21/the-power-of-dance/ by Maureen Cavanaugh, Development Officer for Individual Giving and Events Each spring, The Joyce Theater celebrates another fantastic season with The Joyce Theater Gala. This year, as we are celebrating our 25th Anniversary, this event is going to be more spectacular than ever. And as someone who ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/18/the-joyce-theaters-25th-anniversary-gala/ The next installment of our monthly student-written post, by New School student, Lauren Nixon. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall-Difference in Dance  Disclaimer, attention, big blaring light: I am by no means a slender, sinewy sylph. Really. There’s absolutely nothing dainty about me. I have sturdy thighs, fierce calves and ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/13/students-talks-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-difference-in-dance/ Kathryn sits with Michael Badger and Amanda Wells, dancers with Stephen Petronio Company. http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/01/10-minutes-with-2/   Did you know? April 1st used to be the first day of the New Year. What??? Up until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII, replaced the Julian calendar with his new and improved model, the Gregorian calendar, New Years was celebrated around the time of April 1st following the vernal equinox. ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/04/01/christina%e2%80%99s-random-yet-pertinent-fact-of-the-week-2/ by Maureen E. Cavanaugh, Development Officer for Individual Giving and Events The Joyce Theater is a well known presence in New York City, where theater-goers know to look for dance companies not only from the New York area, but also from around the country and the world. Dance troupes ... http://blog.joyce.org/2008/03/24/celebrating-25-years-in-san-fransisco/