SC Arts Commision Grants Awards
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Dance Choreography Fellow Jill Eathorne Bahr Serves on NEA Dance Panel
Charleston Ballet Theatre’s Resident Choreographer Jill Eathorne Bahr was appointed to serve on the dance panel for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. Bahr was selected for this position upon recommendation from Doug Sonntag, Staff Head of the Dance Panel for the NEA based on her national reputation as a respected choreographer and dance advocate.
Check out Dance Choreograhpy Fellow Jill Eathorne Bahr's blog
Bahr's blog,Confessions of a Choreographer, dates back to April 2008 with an entry about Andy Worhol, one of the most influential artists of the late 20th century.Bahr says she shares everything from the laughing and giggling of a rehearsal scene to the heart felt adulation dancers feel about their love of dance. She carries her readers into the world of dance at its most raw moments from the beginning through the building blocks of the creative process.
Charleston Ballet Theatre's 2010 - 2011 Kaleidoscope of Colors season preview is now posted!
Mindy Friddle's Novel "Secret Keepers" is Now Available
Mindy Friddle's novel, "Secret Keepers," published by St. Martin's Press, is available. The novel is set in a small Southern town—a land of neglected Confederate monuments, faith-based shopping centers, and overgrown, seedy estates—where a once-grand heirloom garden is covertly rescued, revealing a divided family's secret lives of turmoil and yearning. Read an excerpt from the novel.
More information and a schedule of Friddle's book signings are available on her Web site.
Rogers' "Once Removed" is Release by Innova Recordings
"Once Removed" is a collection of chamber music by John Fitz Rogers.
Including “Blue River Variations” (2003), “Sonata Lunaris” (2005), "Once Removed" (2003, and "Memoria Domi" (2004), the CD is available directly from Innova or at retailers such as Amazon, or in downloadable format from iTunes, etc.
Visit Rogers' Web site to hear excerpts of his works.