csf launches awards for generative performing artists - 2008 fellows perform nov. 14 at copaken stage
A multi-disciplinary panel of performing arts professionals selected the first recipients of Charlotte Street’s new Awards to Generative Performing Artists earlier this year. Receiving unrestricted cash grants of $5000 each, the 2008 Fellows are choreographer/dancer DeeAnna Hiett; playwright/producer/director/actor Ron Megee; and composer/musician Mark Southerland. A celebration of the Fellows’ work, including live performances, is set for Friday, November 14, 8pm, at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre Copaken Stage, 1 H&R Block Way, in downtown Kansas City. This event is free and open to the public.
Envisioned as an annual program, these Awards intend to recognize outstanding, innovative performing artists in the fields of dance, theater, music, experimental music performance, theater/performance art, and hybrid/interdisciplinary versions thereof. Fellows will be generative artists, meaning that they are actively creating new work in their fields – i.e. they are composers, playwrights, choreographers – in addition to very often being performers as well. As with CSF’s Awards to Visual Artists, these new Awards for Generative Performing Artists seek to support the continued creative and professional development of the selected artists, provide the means for them to further focus on and develop their work, and increase exposure for their accomplishments. Read the full press release.