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By Rachel Straus<\/p>\n
\u2022<\/span> On October 18 the New York Dance and Performance Awards (otherwise known as the Bessies) reprised their ceremony, following a two-year hiatus. Among the 2009 award winners was Kyle Abraham for his full-length work The Radio Show<\/em>. Musical America featured Abraham in June 2010 as the \u201cNew Artist of the Month:\u201d<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/news\/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyID=22933&categoryID=2<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 If you are in New York City later this week and want to see the painterly choreography of Chinese dance artist Mr. Wei and his ten-year-old group <\/span>Shen Wei Dance Company, you can do so for free. The company will be performing excerpts from RE-(III)<\/em> all around Manhattan. Here is the schedule:<\/p>\n Thursday, October 28:<\/p>\n 10am, 12pm & 9pm Duffy Square in Times Square<\/p>\n 11am 42nd Street Subway<\/p>\n 3pm Around Grand Central Station<\/p>\n 7pm Union Square<\/p>\n Friday, October 29:<\/p>\n 11am Columbia University<\/p>\n 12:30pm Wall Street<\/p>\n 2:30pm Battery Park<\/p>\n 4:30pm The Metropolitan Museum<\/p>\n 7:30 DUMBO<\/p>\n For more information go to:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=106720379394156&ref=mf<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Today I\u2019m writing about the late, great choreographer Talley Beatty (c. 1918-1995). The story will be published in the February 2011 issue of Dance Teacher magazine. Beatty\u2019s <\/span>Tres Cantos<\/em> (1975) will be revived by Ballet Hispanico and presented at the Joyce Theater \u00a0<\/span>(November 30-December 12). To get a sense of Beatty\u2019s beauty check out Maya Deren\u2019s 1945 <\/span>A Study in Choreography for Camera<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BTX2LKDXn3o<\/a>.<\/p>\n To understand his artistic impact on the Civil Rights era, check out his masterwork Mourner\u2019s Bench<\/em>, as performed by Jerome Stigler of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zKxytimwUT4<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n