David Raymond

Gibney Company returns to New York City's The Joyce Theater May 17-21 with a powerful program that features two world premieres: one from Yue Yin and the other from duo Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond of Out Innerspace Dance Theatre. The program also includes the return of Johan Inger's Bliss.

Gibney Company's first national tour continues this week with stops in Los Angeles, CA (Jan 20, 2023); Lone Tree, CO (Jan 27, 2023); Provo, UT (Feb 3 & 4, 2023); Des Moines, IA (Feb 24, 2023); Tel Aviv, Israel (Feb 28 – Mar 2); Purchase, NY (Mar 11, 2023); Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (Mar 15, 2023) and Boston, MA (Mar 17-19, 2023).

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the complete calendar of performances from renowned U.S. and international dance companies slated for The Joyce Theater’s Spring 2023 season.

Gibney Company's 2022-23 performance season begins tonight with its debut at New York City Center's annual Fall for Dance Festival, which will feature the Company in the North American and Company premiere of Johan Inger's Bliss (Sept. 21 and 22, 2022).

Alonzo King LINES Ballet has announced it will move its summer programs online for 2020. Designed for aspiring artists ages 11-25, the Summer Program offers a unified approach to training and is rooted in the philosophy of Alonzo King.

Tom Burgoyne, the official Phillie Phanatic and decorated author, will be the keynote speaker for Dine & Dish at The Bercy on Monday, April 22, 2019. Dine & Dish is the Main Line's monthly benefit dinner series presented by Realtor and tastemaker Michelle Leonard. Guests are invited to join Burgoyne for an intimate experience as he shares the seven loving principles that the Phanatic employs to create smiles, laughter and love. If you want to know how to create that love for your company or organization and develop loyalty with your clients, customers and employees, then this is the perfect opportunity to learn from one of the region's top experts. The evening begins at 6:00pm with a "meet and greet" reception, followed by a seated dinner presented by Executive Chef Joseph Monnich. Tickets are on sale now for $50 per person, which includes a glass of sparkling wine, a three-course dinner, special giveaways, tax and gratuity. A portion of the evening's proceeds will be donated to Phillies Charities, Inc. Contact The Bercy's Director of Marketing Brooke Rightnour at 484-680-2358 to reserve tickets, or visit www.thebercy.com/upcomingevents/.

DanceHouse will present the world premiere of Kidd Pivot's Revisor, February 20-23, 2019 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse (now sold out). In their third collaboration, Kidd Pivot Artistic Director Crystal Pite and Electric Company Theatre Co-Founder Jonathon Young join forces to create a wildly innovative dance/theatre hybrid, mixing classic farce and the forces of radical change to craft a fizzing concoction that confounds expectations and inverts the official order. The bold physicality of Pite's choreography for eight dancers embodies the eviscerating wit of Young's script, recorded by some of Canada's finest actors.

DanceHouse will present the world premiere of Kidd Pivot's Revisor, February 20-23, 2019 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse (now sold out). In their third collaboration, Kidd Pivot Artistic Director Crystal Pite and Electric Company Theatre Co-Founder Jonathon Young join forces to create a wildly innovative dance/theatre hybrid, mixing classic farce and the forces of radical change to craft a fizzing concoction that confounds expectations and inverts the official order. The bold physicality of Pite's choreography for eight dancers embodies the eviscerating wit of Young's script, recorded by some of Canada's finest actors.

The LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, announced the winners of the 2018 Festival at the Awards Reception at the W Hotel in Hollywood presided over by Festival Director Jennifer Cochis and Film Independent President Josh Welsh. Cochis and Welsh also took the opportunity to thank the more than 50 generous sponsors, funders and media partners without whom the Festival would not be possible.

With just two weeks left until Opening Night, the LA Film Festival announced its Closing Night film.

Henry Cavill (Mission Impossible - Fallout, Justice League) will lead the cast of The Witcher saga, playing the role of Geralt of Rivia.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage present Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre: Betroffenheit choreographed and directed by Crystal Pite and written by Jonathon Young, for three performances only February 14 through 16. The Standard calls Pite, the most exciting choreographer in the world right now.

As part of its Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present Mascots!: Sports Spectacle in the 21st Century, with nationally recognized mascot performer AJ Mass and mascot performer/builder David Raymond, on Dec. 7, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center. This event coincides with the Ballard Institute's exhibition, Mascots! Mask Performance in the 21st Century, which is on display in the Ballard Museum now through Feb. 11, 2018.

As part of its Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present Mascots!: Sports Spectacle in the 21st Century, with nationally recognized mascot performer AJ Mass and mascot performer/builder David Raymond, on Dec. 7, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center. This event coincides with the Ballard Institute's exhibition, Mascots! Mask Performance in the 21st Century, which is on display in the Ballard Museum now through Feb. 11, 2018.

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, in association with Brian Nitzkin, announces the extension of the world premiere production of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer, and directed by RTE Co-Founder Karen Kessler.

As part of its Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host four free scintillating discussions with puppeteers, producers, scholars, and performers today evenings at 7:00 p.m. September through December at in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center.

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, presents the world premiere of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer, and directed by RTE Co-Founder Karen Kessler. Alias Grace runs now through October 14, 2017, at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge Avenue in Chicago. The press opening is Today, September 13. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, presents the world premiere of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer, and directed by RTE Co-Founder Karen Kessler. Alias Grace runs now through October 14, 2017, at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge Avenue in Chicago. The press opening is Wednesday, September 13. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

As part of its Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host four free scintillating discussions with puppeteers, producers, scholars, and performers on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. September through December at in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center.

Canadian Stage continues its 15.16 season this month with a series of boundary-stretching dance-theatre performances at the Bluma Appel Theatre including a pair of returning audience favourites and a newly commissioned North American premiere.