DANCE VISIONS

Company news

● Children Dancing will present their annual Nutcracker Story and other dances at their annual Winter concert on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 6:45 at St. Paul's auditorium. 68 Grace Ave, in Great Neck. call 516 482 2621 for more information. This exciting, delightful program of Children Dancing (and adults) is free and open to the public

Dance Visions will present "Your World... in Dance" including dances of Fantasy, Nature and Science at the Locust Valley Library. This fun, informative and creative program for children will take place on Friday, Feb. 19 during winter break with Beth, Chelsea
Koening and Nichole Piacenza. Children performers join the company in some of the works. 2:00 in the library!  170 Buckram Rd., Locust Valley, 11560     516 671 1837

● Dance Visions performed "Isadora Duncan: The Divine Flame" at Hofstra University  Museum. The Divine Flame, Dance Vision's  multidisciplinary program, focuses on the life of the dancer Isadora Duncan featuring Shirley Romaine, and Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm, Chelsea Koenig, Nichole Piacenza and   pianist Mark Fielder. This progam took place on November 12, 2009
For info. on programs offered by the Hofstra University Museum please visit www.hofstra.edu/museum

● Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm and Thea Keats performed Duncan works at the Roosevelt Island "Fall for  Arts" Festival, closing ceremonies, at the RIVA Gallery, 527 Main St.  on Roosevelt Island on Oct. 10, 7:00 PM. with live piano music and soprano.

●  Dance Visions was selected to perform at the HATCH! Beth Jucovy, Chelsea Koenig, Nichole Piacenza  performed Beth's "Sister Story". October 17 at 8:00. Showcase with seven other great pieces created by a variety of choreographers/performance artists. at 8:00 at the Works studio, 131 W. 24 St. NY 10011, 212 691 3803, Tix $10

● The late Julia Levien's privately printed, limited edition hand drawings of the Isadora Duncan dances is available. The book "Images" is available for $50.through dance Visions Proceeds from the book  go toward dance Visions Duncan programs. Please see "Images" for further information. 

We have all your dance attire need available for purchase. Please Inquire. All proceeds go toward Dance Visions and Children Dancing performances.

Recent News

 

● Dance Visions performed "Isadora Duncan: The Divine Flame" at Hofstra University  Museum. The Divine Flame, Dance Vision's  multidisciplinary program, focuses on the life of the dancer Isadora Duncan featuring Shirley Romaine, and Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm, Chelsea Koenig, Nichole Piacenza and   pianist Mark Fielder. This progam took place on November 12, 2009
For info. on programs offered by the Hofstra University Museum  www.hofstra.edu/museum

● Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm and Thea Keats performed Duncan works at the Roosevelt Island "Fall for  Arts" Festival, closing ceremonies, at the RIVA Gallery, 527 Main St.  on Roosevelt Island on Oct. 10, 7:00 PM. with live piano music and soprano.

●  Dance Visions was selected to perform at the HATCH! Beth Jucovy, Chelsea Koenig, Nichole Piacenza  performed Beth's "Sister Story". October 17 at 8:00. Showcase with seven other great pieces created by a variety of choreographers/performance artists. at 8:00 at the Works studio, 131 W. 24 St. NY 10011, 212 691 3803, Tix $10

● Dance Visions performed two 45 minute programs on Saturday, Sept. 25 at Tilles Center. 1:00 at Hillwood Recital Hall and 5:00 in the cinema. Original works of Beth and a solo of Johnny deArden entitled: Dances of Connection and Disconnects, This was a 3 day  festival celebrating the arts in LI.

●  We performed a program at the Waterside Dance festival on Aug. 15. Four groups presented programs outdoors by the East River. We performed 3 short Duncan "nature" solos (Butterfly etude, Waterstudy and Seagull), Day Remembered a duet for Jessie Tomanek and Johnny DeArden, and "Emergence" taking on it's outdoor face. Always an adventure!  www.watersideplaza.com

● Dance Visions presented the last of their series of 2009 programs, Dances of Nature/Dances of Interactions in the auditorium at the Hewlett/Woodmere Library on Monday evening, Aug. 3 at 7:30 PM . It was a beautiful, fun, creative and award winning program that all enjoyed. and Lovely venue. we WILL MISS doing it!!!

● We presented Isadora and the American Jewish Experience for the Workman's Circle, at Circle Lodge, another amazing experience. Perfect venue and audience for this very moving program. Dance Visions wishes to thank Tova, David and Adrienne of Workman's Circle for their very generous reception and hard work. Thanks to Shirley Romaine too!

● We are delighted to have presented an evening of dance celebrating the 50th anniversary of the public opening of Old Westbury Gardens on July 18th. We performed throughout the evening in various beautiful gardens. We danced Isadora Duncan repertory as well a segment to MidSummer Night's Dream, original Jucovy choreography.  Both Dance Visions and children from Children Dancing danced in programs. Live music. It was an absolutely magical night for the performers and audience!  Midsummer's night Eve.

●Dance Visions was selected to present "Emergence" at the ADG festival in collaboration with AOM in Ridgewood NJ on July 18 and "Shades of Blue" for the Silk Arts Festival in Paterson NJ on July 25. Both were wonderful festivals we were proud to be part of.

● Dance Visions has received a grant from the North Shore Community Arts Council supporting our LI programs. Thank you NSCAC for your generous support of Dance Visions!

● Thank you to Dave and Todd Waxman of Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney, Cion and Company and Stuart Danoff DDS for their generous support of Dance Visions and our LI programming. If you are interested in making a contribution, please call 516 482 2621 or email dancevisions.ny@gmail.com. Contributions are greatly appreciated!

● Dance Visions was the recipient of an NGA grant in support of performances in 2009 of Dances of Nature/Dances of Interactions at Nassau County library theaters and the Long Island Children's Museum. Thanks to the Freeport arts council for administration of the grant and to North Shore Community Arts Council for sponsorship.

 ● In July, Beth co-taught along with Patti Dunham (music) and Nancy Schneider (visual art) the 2009 Tilles Center Summer Aesthetic Education  workshop for  teachers and training teaching artists in the school partnership program. It was an extremely successful workshop with exciting insights and learning for all involved. The focus work (dance and music) was the fabulous "Billy Elliot"

● Children Dancing 22nd Annual concert was held at the Landmark Theater in Port Washington, Sunday June 21 at 4:30. The most creative, original, exciting dance school performance in town!

● We were part of the Isadora Duncan Birthday Celebration in Central Park on Wed. May 27  Dancers from Dance Visions as well as from Children Dancing joined other Duncan dance groups outside at Bethesda Fountain, Central Park on 72nd St, mid- park Program arranged by Catherine Gallant.

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