The strife-torn company, which in February saw seven board members resign at once (leaving the board without a quorum), has assembled a new slate of directors and hired an interim director of artistic operations to begin a four-year plan aimed at stabilizing the company – financially and otherwise.
Tag: 05.08.12
Joffrey Boss Won’t Let Choreographers Ill-Treat His Dancers
Artistic director Ashley Wheater: “Sometimes, I’ve had to sit a talented visitor down, and explain that I’ve worked hard to make a positive environment at the Joffrey, that my dancers and my company aren’t here to be beat up.”
Punk Lives! New Investors Plan To Reopen CBGB
“For the last six years the name CBGB has been little more than a logo on T-shirts for young people in the East Village. Now a group of investors has bought the assets of that famous punk-rock club, which closed in 2006, and plans to establish an ambitious music festival this summer, with an eye toward reopening the club at a new downtown location.”