Listed below are the newest promotions, appointments, and departures, in addition to notable awards and accomplishments, from Might 2024. Plus, a newly obtainable funding alternative for dance organizations.
Comings & Goings
Nikolaj Hübbe will step down as inventive director of Royal Danish Ballet on the conclusion of his present contract in summer season 2026.
Amanda Ram will function Nationwide Ballet of Canada’s interim govt director after Barry Hughson departs for American Ballet Theatre on July 1.
Lucinda Lent has stepped down as govt director of L.A. Dance Undertaking, with inventive director Benjamin Millepied assuming the extra function.
Dance Umbrella Competition inventive director Freddie Opoku-Addaie and govt director Tania Wilmer have been named joint chief govt officers.
Zack Winokur has been named producing inventive director of New York Metropolis’s Little Island.
Nationwide Ballet of Canada senior répétiteur Peter Ottmann will retire from the corporate on the finish of the present season.
At New York Metropolis Ballet, Emma Von Enck has been promoted to principal, David Gabriel, Jules Mabie, and Alec Knight to soloist.
At Philadelphia Ballet, starting with the 2024–25 season, Sydney Dolan has been promoted to principal, Pau Pujol and So Jung Shin to first soloist, Jacqueline Callahan, Lucia Erickson, Isaac Hollis, and Nicholas Patterson to soloist, and Yuval Cohen and Mine Kusano to demi soloist.
At Miami Metropolis Ballet, Cameron Catazaro has been promoted to principal soloist, Mayumi Enokibara to soloist.
San Francisco Ballet principal Angelo Greco will be a part of Houston Ballet as a principal firstly of the 2024–25 season.
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal James Kirby Rogers will depart on the finish of the present season to hitch Dresden Semperoper Ballet. Soloist Ezra Thomson will retire from efficiency and shift to the function of rehearsal director at PNB firstly of the 2024–25 season.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre principal Yoshiaki Nakano and soloist William Moore have retired. Principal Masahiro Haneji and soloists Jessica McCann and Gustavo Ribeiro will depart the corporate on the finish of the present season.
Massive Muddy Dance Firm has rebranded as Saint Louis Dance Theatre.
Awards & Honors
Rosie Herrera was named the inaugural recipient of the Nationwide Middle for Choreography-Akron’s Knight Choreography Prize, which features a $30,000 unrestricted grant and $20,000 in programmatic assist over two years.
Misty Copeland obtained the George Peabody Medal for Excellent Contributions to Music and Dance in America from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins College.
Justin Peck obtained the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Award for Excellent Choreography (Broadway or off-Broadway) for Illinoise.
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck gained the Lucille Lortel Award for Excellent Choreographer for his or her work on Buena Vista Social Membership.
Winners on the 2024 Chita Rivera Awards included Camille A. Brown (tie, Excellent Choreography in a Broadway Present, Hell’s Kitchen), Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll (tie, Excellent Choreography in a Broadway Present, Water for Elephants), Antoine Boissereau (Excellent Dancer in a Broadway Present, Water for Elephants), Tilly Evans-Krueger (Excellent Dancer in a Broadway Present, The Outsiders), the solid of Illinoise (Excellent Ensemble in a Broadway Present), Jennifer White (Excellent Choreography in a Theatrical Launch, Barbie), and David Petersen (Excellent Path of a Dance Documentary, Elevate). Mayte Natalio obtained the Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics’ Selection Award. Phil LaDuca obtained the Vanguard Award.
New Funding Alternative
Dance/NYC is accepting expressions of curiosity for the fourth iteration of its Dance Development Fund, which is able to award two-year common working assist grants of $6,000 to $40,000, in addition to ongoing skilled growth, starting in September. It’s open to New York Metropolis–based mostly organizations with working budgets between $25,000 and $250,000. Expression of curiosity varieties are due June 18, at 5 pm ET; extra info obtainable right here.
