by Dulce Gomez, Marketing Intern at The Joyce

Internships enhance the classroom experience by bringing to life theories and issues discussed. It is also an opportunity to observe an organization as it lives and functions day by day. As students we seek out those internships that will provide us an opportunity to test theory on practice. That is why I chose The Joyce as my internship site. As a second-year graduate student studying Performing Arts Administration at NYU, I have already interned for a dance company and now I wanted to see what the perspective was for a presenter. What challenges do they face that are both similar and unique to this environment?

I am now in my fourth week and what is it that I have observed so far? Well for one, the great thing about The Joyce is that they have something that most arts organizations would kill to have- their audience. It is incredibly diverse. One could say that most presenting organizations have diverse audiences due to the variety of programming they provide but I believe that it goes beyond that for The Joyce. There are few organizations that pump as much diversity into their programming. Just looking at the performances scheduled from February to the end of March you will find Indian dance, a Mexican ballet company, Flamenco, Classical Ballet, a group from Uganda, and an Israeli dance company. Talk about an international passport! “What do the arts do to enhance our lives and what service do they provide to the community?” That is a question that is often posed when the need for arts is questioned. In relation to The Joyce, one answer is that they are promoting cultural awareness through dance. This is an incredibly important resource as the world around us shrinks and we are forced to interact with more and more people that are different than we are. Rather than fear the unknown, organizations like The Joyce are fostering cultural understanding through a medium that everyone has in common- DANCE!

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More useful information from Christina, Marketing & Audience Development Associate

25. 5X5= 25

24. 25 is the usual minimum age for car rental in most countries.

23. Mark McGwire (Former single season HR record holder in MLB) wore the number 25

22. “Under 25″ provides a common cut-off point for designating youth.

21. February 21 1925- The New Yorker magazine publishes its first issue.

20. 25 is the name of the national card game of Ireland

19. The minimum age of candidates for election to the United States House of Representatives is 25

18. Rapper Tupac Shakur died at age 25

17. 25 years of marriage designates a silver wedding anniversary.

16. The atomic number of manganese is 25.

15. Arkansas was the 25th state to be admitted to the Union

14. 25 is a square number, being 5² = 25

13. Christmas is on the 25th of December

12. William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States

11.It is the smallest square that is also a sum of two squares: 25 = 3² + 4². Hence it often appears in demonstrations of the Pythagorean theorem.

10. The movie 25th Hour was directed by Spike Lee and stars Ed Norton

9. The first United States Quarter Dollars (25 cents) were struck in 1796.

8. 25 is the number of days approximately that takes the sun to do a complete rotation on itself.

7. Year 25 BC was a leap year

6. The 25th Anniversary flower is the Iris.

5. The 25th Top Grossing Film of All time is “Independence Day”

4. Ranger Mark Messier retired from the NHL after 25 seasons

3. In the year 2525 “If man is still alive. If woman can survive, they may find.”(According to Zagar and Evans)

2. Sunday evening tickets at The Joyce are only $25 because. . .

1. The Joyce is in its 25th Season!!

Check out the pretty cool article about Kansas City Ballet, performing here at The Joyce next week, March 11 -16. For more news, articles and reviews about the performances at The Joyce, visit our News Page.

In an effort to reach out into the college dance scene, one post a month will be written by a dance student from one of the many campuses based right here in New York City. Get the fresh perspective of the next generation of dance innovators.

We start the series with New School student, Saifan Shmerer.

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The Last to Know

I walk into my first rehearsal for my Advanced Repertory class, change into my dance clothes, warm up in the corner, and psych myself up for the last Rep class of my college life. When our esteemed guest choreographer peels his Julliard-trained body off the floor where he’s been splayed since I walked in, and slides back into the reality of that particular studio, he doesn’t set any material on us. He doesn’t even pretend like he’s going to.

“What if your whole body, 360 degrees, could perceive time and space, uniquely and originally?”

Huh?

Two weeks later, I’m on the train and trying to do my ‘Dance and Theories of Communities’ homework. I’m tired, fading in and out of the literature, when deja-vu hits.
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My interview with Carlota Santana, Artistic Director of Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana.

by Jonathan Krebs, Programming Associate, The Joyce Theater

Ohad Naharin is an Israeli-born choreographer and the artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company. His works have been performed by Lyon Opera Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Frankfurt Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Cedar Lake.

I first experienced Ohad Naharin’s movement in 2001 when I saw Hubbard Street Dance Chicago perform his stunning work Minus 16. Originally created for Nederlands Dans Theater II, (who I also had the pleasure of watching perform the work), Minus 16 is a striking journey through movement, music and emotion notable for its theatrical invention, audience interaction, visceral impact and unique movement vocabulary.

I again experienced Ohad Naharin’s movement when I saw his company, Batsheva, perform the evening-length piece Decadance which is a reconstruction of 10 previous works. Again I admired his unique vocabulary and theatrical ideas but was immediately struck by the power, physicality and individuality of the dancers.
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In 2005, almost 3,000 French Jews immigrated to Israel from France, according to figures from the Jewish Agency for Israel.

WHAT?

The Jewish Agency is a global partnership committed to the Jewish future that has brought 3 million people to Israel to put Israel into the lives of the Jewish world’s next generation.

WHY IS THIS ON THE JOYCE BLOG?

Noted Israeli choreographer, Emanuel Gat, who will be presenting the New York premiere of K626, at The Joyce, on March 25^th - 30^th, recently went against the tide and relocated his company from Israel to Paris for a three year residency hosted by Ouest Provence. K626 will be set to the incomplete version of Mozart’s Requiem and originally premiered at the Festival de Marseilles in June of 2006. For tickets and more information

click here!

by Marlon Barrios Solano of Dance-tech.net

Wonder how it was done? Marlon Barrios Solano interviews Gideon Obarzanek, Artistic Director of Chunky Move, about his work Glow. This NYC premiere was co-presented by The Joyce and The Kitchen Feb 7-10.

Find more videos like this on dance-tech.netLast Thursday [Feb 7] , I interviewed Gideon Obarzanek, Artistic Director of the Australian dance company Chunky Move in occasion of the USA premiere of his choreographic essay”"Glow” at The Kitchen [co-presented by The Joyce Theater].
http://www.thekitchen.org/. He takes us inside the creative process and the impact of interactive technology on his work.
Glow ( in collaboration with Frieder Weiss/
www.frieder-weiss.de) is a brilliant example of dance and new media, and an interesting juxtaposition of shamelessly digital image generation ( an video tracking) with a fleshy expressive body. A digital expressionism.

Hello and Welcome to The Joyce Theater Blog! We are a 472 seat theater located in the heart of Chelsea fully dedicated to the presentation of dance.

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The Oscar winning movie The Last King of Scotland, starring Forrest Whitaker and James McAvoy from Atonement, is NOT about Scotland

What?
Ok, one of the characters is Scottish, but for those of you who haven’t seen it, (and you seriously should) the movie actually takes place in Uganda during the military coup of Idi Amin in 1971. Amin held power for nearly a decade, forcibly removing Indians from the country and costing nearly 300,000 Ugandans their lives.

And this is on The Joyce blog because?
Uganda’s political situation is much more stable today, and the economy is growing but the country is still plagued with social problems, especially regarding the AIDS epidemic. SPIRIT OF UGANDA, a troupe of Ugandan children orphaned by the AIDS virus, who sing and dance to the traditional songs of Uganda will be performing at The Joyce in March. They are touring the US to spread the news about the AIDS crisis and civil war, as well as to serve as ambassadors to the 2.4 million orphans of Uganda.

What do I do now that I have this knowledge?

Rent the movie and buy a ticket. Uganda is really cool!