News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in November 2020
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, plus notable awards and accomplishments, from the last month.
Comings & Goings
At Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dylan Wald and Angelica Generosa have been promoted to principal, Cecilia Iliesiu to soloist.
Natascha Mair
has joined English National Ballet as a principal.
Ethan Stiefel
has been appointed artistic director of American Repertory Ballet, effective this July.
Ballet Tech founder and artistic director Eliot Feld will step down at the end of June.
Marion Tait
will step down from her assistant director post at Birmingham Royal Ballet at the end of 2020.
Kellee Edusei
will succeed Amy Fitterer as executive director of Dance/USA, effective January 1.
Awards & Honors
New York Live Arts has named Faye Driscoll its 2021–22 Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist.
Gabe Stone Shayer
received the Levinson Arts Achievement Award, which comes in the form of a $50,000 grant.
Kevin Calixte, Courtesy Désir
Winners of the 2020 Prix de la danse de Montréal include Rhodnie Désir (Grand Prix, $25,000 CAD, and Prix Envol for Cultural Diversity and Inclusive Practices in Dance, $10,000), Ethel Bruneau (the inaugural Prix Ethel Bruneau, $5,000), Chi Long (Prix Interprète, $10,000), Caroline Laurin-Beaucage (Prix du CALQ for Best Choreographic Work 2019–20, $10,000), 7Starr (Prix Découverte, $5,000), Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (Prix Diffusion Internationale, $5,000), Parise Mongrain (Prix Gestionnaire Culturelle, $5,000) and Linda Rabin (Prix Contribution Exceptionnelle).
