Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10th at 6:00 pm

Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet  is performing a special New York area engagement on Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at 6:00 pm at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx.
 
Alonzo King has been recognized for his extraordinary vision; San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom presented the 2nd Annual Mayor’s Art Award to him in a year ago, stating a “San Francisco treasure, embodying the best of San Francisco, the creative excellence and diverse culture of this city.” In June 2008, he was honored with the Jacob’s Pillow Creativity Award, in recognition for “moving ballet in a very 21st-century direction,” praised Ella Baff, the Executive Director. In 2006, the newly formed United States Artists organization recognized 50 outstanding living artists in America: Mr. King was honored with one of the four Fellowships in Dance nationwide, and the only one given in California. He received the Bessie Award for Choreographer/Creator in 2005. He has also been the recipient of the NEA Choreographer’s Fellowship, the Irvine Dance Fellowship, 5 Isadora Duncan awards, 2 honorary doctorates, and the 2007 Community Leadership Award.  His works are in the repertories of companies throughout the world: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, Frankfurt Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Swedish Royal Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, and Washington Ballet. He has worked extensively in opera, television, and film and has choreographed works for Natalia Makarova and the late film star Patrick Swayze. Renowned for his skill as teacher, Mr. King has been guest ballet master for numerous companies.
 
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet was founded in San Francisco in 1982, and has developed into a celebrated international touring company.  Collaborating with noted composers, musicians, and visual artists, Alonzo King creates works that draw on a diverse set of deeply rooted cultural traditions and imbue classical ballet with new expressive potential. In 1989, Alonzo King inaugurated the San Francisco Dance Center, which has grown into one of the largest dance facilities on the West Coast, and in 2002 started the LINES Ballet School and Pre-Professional Program. In 2006, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet joined with Dominican University of California to create a unique Joint BFA program in Dance.  The Company is also enjoying tremendous success abroad with sold-out houses in Germany, France, Italy at such venues as the Venice Biennale and the Maison de la Dance in Lyon.  LINES Ballet has been featured at several prestigious festivals, including Montpellier Danse, the Wolfsburg Festival, the Holland Dance Festival, and the 50th anniversary of the Spoleto Festival.  For more information visit www.linesballet.org
 
Tickets for ALONZO KING’S LINES BALLET are $35, $30 & $25 (tickets for all students and seniors are only $10, any seat) and they can be purchased through 24-hour online access at www.LehmanCenter.org or by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 (Mon. through Fri. 10am-5pm; Tues 10am-7pm and beginning at 12 noon on the day of the performancet).  Lehman Center is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd., and is right off several major highways, including the Henry Hudson Parkway, the Saw Mill River Parkway and Major Deegan Expressway.  Free on-site parking is available.

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Topics: Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, Ella Baff, Frankfurt Ballet, Holland Dance Festival, Hong Kong Ballet, Jacob's Pillow Creativity Award, Joffrey Ballet, Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Maison de la Dance in Lyon, Montpellier Danse, Natalia Makarova, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Patrick Swayze, San Francisco Dance Center, Swedish Royal Ballet, Washington Ballet, Wolfsburg Festival

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