December 9, 2020
Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Dancer’s Reflections on Dancing through COVID-19
Flashbulb memories. These are the moments in history that everyone crystalizes in time and place- the moon landing, JFK’s assassination, 9/11- And perhaps now, COVID-19. However,…
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November 22, 2020
The Crayons of the Company
As a collective, we are like a rainbow of colorful crayons, which is way more interesting than a box full of the same color. I ran with this idea and started to imagine each of…
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November 10, 2020
Letter from the Editor: The Resilience of Dancers, The State of Enthusiasm, and a New Initiative: Moving Visions
Jacqulyn Buglisi’s annual pageant for peace, Table of Silence, went from a ritual including hundreds of dancers to ten. But those ten moved with mountains of force, and artists…
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October 3, 2020
Alison Cook Beatty Dance Steps Up to the Plate (Medium)
A New York-based modern company gathers New York spirits in Central Park.
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September 21, 2020
Manhattan Dancers Perform on a Diamond (NY1)
Members of the Alison Cook Beatty Dance Company have been rehearsing on baseball diamonds.
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July 23, 2020
Updated Virtual Class Schedule with Alison Cook Beatty Dance
We are so excited to be able to offer FREE half-hour virtual classes open to dancers and non-dancers alike. Classes will be offered on our Instagram account via Instagram LIVE.…
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July 1, 2020
Alison Cook Beatty On Creating Window Dances & Rehearsing On Baseball Fields
the company’s expansive and emotionally-driven movement explores new approaches to finding unique creative expression—recently, this has included rehearsing dances in Central…
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June 16, 2020
Ballet dancers perform on empty ballfields during COVID-19
Lauren Glassberg from abc7ny reports on Alison Cook-Beatty, who came up with the idea of teaching ballet on baseball fields in Central Park.
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April 10, 2020
Dance Process Gallery: From My Window to Yours
From My Window to Yours is a working title of a Work In Progress based around the COVID-19 pandemic. I gathered the dancers for their first virtual rehearsal. We discussed a…
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