Posts Tagged ‘ nEW Festival ’

THE nEW FESTIVAL’s 7TH Annual Summer Intensive

May 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: Dance Education

The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival celebrates its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from June 1 – 18, 2010.  The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies including daily [...]



The nEW Festival sails into its 7th season!

Dec 18th, 2009 | By | Category: For Immediate Release

The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival sails in to its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from January 4 – 10, 2010.  The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies [...]



2 nEW Festival dance programs witty, stunning

Jun 5th, 2009 | By | Category: Reviews

By Merilyn Jackson, For The Inquirer The nEW Festival’s public stage performances launched Wednesday night at the Drake Theater with two programs, displays of brilliant dancing and a strong array of interpretations of a single work. Share, a witty dance-theater piece loosely based on the notions of truth and falsity by Philadelphia’s Gabrielle Revlock, led [...]



Melanie Stewart’s brainchild turns 6

Jun 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Artist Profiles

By Merilyn Jackson, For The Inquirer “Dance-driven” nEW Festival opens. Good dance just keeps sweeping into Philadelphia – and sweeping us off our feet (or onto them; see below). This week it’s the nEW Festival, Melanie Stewart’s now-six-year-old brainchild. What began as an artists’ cooperative with workshops and classes for dancers at the University of [...]



Interviews with the Artists of nEW Festival

Jun 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Dance Headlines

Special Thanks to: Emaleigh Doley, Canary Promotions Three Interviews  with nEW Artists – Olive Prince Dance, Jeffrey Gunshol, Jen McGinn OLIVE PRINCE DANCE nEW Performance Schedule: Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 PM + Saturday, June 6 at 7:00 PM in a shared program with Charles O. Anderson / Dance Theatre X – $15 Emaleigh – [...]



Sneak Preview of nEW Festival DanceHouse

Jun 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Dance On Film

Photos generously provided by: William Hebert / BH Photos 267-240-5331 or whebert228@aol.com http://bhphotos.net http://www.myspace.com/billhebert_bhphotos nEW Festival: DanceHouse Sunday, June 7, 2009 with Shows at 3pm & 7pm UArts Dance Theater at the Drake, 1512 Spruce Street, Phila Upcoming nEW Artists: Sarah Gladwin Camp, Jen McGinn, Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills, Nora Gibson, Guillermo Ortega Tanus,  and Abigail Zbikowski.  [...]



Olive Prince Dance at the nEW Festival

May 21st, 2009 | By | Category: Archived Articles

What do you present to the OUTside world? Who do you appear to be? What happens if I turn you inside/OUT? Smile, it will all be okay. Olive Prince Dance (ODP) premieres OUT, a dynamic dance montage that combines contemporary physicality with pedestrian realities, blending the lines between reality and make-believe and OUTward appearances and [...]



Coming in June – The nEW Festival 2009′s Sixth Season

Apr 30th, 2009 | By | Category: Archived Articles

Festival Premieres & Previews June 3–7; Classes June 1–19 The dance-driven artist fueled nEW Festival produced by Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre celebrates its 6th season with a series of dance performances and community classes at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from June 1 – 19, 2009. Throughout the year, nEW [...]



An Interview with Melanie Stewart, Artistic Director and Founder of Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre and the producer of nEW

Jan 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Dance Headlines

The following interview was conducted for The Dance Journal by by Dr. Elisabeth Hostetter, Associate Professor of Theatre Rowan University and Board Member, Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre. Dr. Hostetter: One of our first goals with this interview is to make sure that people know what the upcoming 2009 Winter nEW festival scheduled for January 5-11 [...]



2009 Winter nEW Festival

Jan 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Archived Articles

Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre presents the 2009 Winter nEW Festival comprised of community classes, workshops, and an informal showing; DanceHouse: Meet the Artists/See the Work from January 5th through 11th, 2009 at the University of the Arts School of Dance Terra Building, 211 S. Broad Street, 4th floor. Community classes will be held Monday – [...]