Explore the Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto. It is one of the largest art museums in North America, and holds more than 79,000 works in its collection. As part of an expansion project which completed in 2008, the AGO collaborated with world-renowned architect Frank Gehry and Gehry International Architects, Inc.
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YouTube dance montage to ballet choreography by the award winning, internationally renown choreographers of New York’s Configuration Dance Theatre, voted 2008 and 2009 people’s choice for Artvoice Best Dance Company Award, set to the song, “Circles,” by the Grammy bound, cello rock group, “Break of Reality,” with pas de deux, trio, solo, duet, variation, pointe and ensemble choreography: “What’s the Pointe,” “Tchaicotic,” “Transfiguration” and “Awakenings” by Michael Shannon; “Fascia La Spina” by Sasha Janes; “Cumbling” by Edgar Zendejas; “Levitation” by Yuri Zhukov; and “En Redondo Sombras” by Harrison McEldowney; commissioned by Founder Artistic Director, Joseph Cipolla, and co-Founder, Catherine Batcheller.
ARTVOICE described Configuration Dance Theatre in “Balanchine and Beyond” (9/20/2009): “As their name implies, their emphasis widens the scope of dance and dramatic, a certain noir-ness, they lay bare emotions, startle senses, and make one think,” qualities Dance Magazine experts recognized early, and gave the company its descriptive moniker, “A LIVING ART GALLERY.”
CONFIGURATION choreographers and dancers were featured in “DANCE SPECTACULAR” (9/22/09) by its producer, New York City Ballet star, Daniel Ulbricht, with Boston Ballet and New York City Ballet stars in “Apollo,” “Who Cares, “Diamond,” “Tarantella” authorized by the Balanchine Foundation, and presenting “What’s the Pointe” by Michael Shannon, “Royenne” by Susan Jaffe, “Breathless” by Joseph Cipolla, “whose acclaimed company,” said Ulbricht, “is known for its cutting-edge contemporary choreography.”
CDT premiered 15 new ballets from 2005 to 2009, and The Buffalo News (1/02/09) named Joseph Cipolla, and Michael Shannon, THE DREAM TEAM, both principal stars with illustrious international careers in legendary dance institutions, i.e., BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET under the patronage of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Prince of Wales, Lady Sarah Chatto, and Artistic Director, David Bintley.
Artistic Director Joseph Cipolla was a principal star for Dance Theatre of Harlem co-founders, Arthur Mitchell (New York City Ballet) and Karel Shook (Dutch National Ballet), Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet for Artistic Directors Sir Peter Wright and David Bintley (Royal Ballet of Covent Garden). He was a 1993 Laurence Olivier Award Nominee; 2006 St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute Wall of Honor Awardee; co-founded Configuration School of Dance in 2009. He retired in 2002 but returned to BRB in 2007 to dance Nimrod in “Enigma Variations” and De Guiche in “Cyrano.”
Companies have premiered 40 Michael Shannon dance works, ballets, plays, films, and opera productions since 1995, and 12 works for CDT since 2005, i.e., “Yumeji” and “Madame Bovary” for Catherine Batcheller, principal star for Stuttgart Ballet, Birmingham Royal, and San Francisco Ballet, with Momchil Mladenov, principal star for Suzanne Farrell Ballet, National Ballet of Bulgaria, in their portrayals of Shannon’s Emma Bovary and Léon Dupuis, literature’s most famous illicit lovers.
In 2007, Susan Jaffe, principal star for American Ballet Theatre, and guest artist for the Kirov, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Royal Swedish Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Ballet of Covent Garden, English National Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Munich State Opera Ballet, La Scala Ballet in Milan, Dance Magazine Awardee, published author, television host, actress, educator, Advisor to ABT Board of Governing Trustees Chairman 2002-2007; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School faculty since 2002; and Duke Corporate Education Lecturer on Excellence, and since 2007, CDT Advisory Board member and Principal Guest Choreographer. (Jaffe and Shannon were SAB Alumni under George Balanchine)
Michael Shannon danced (1979-2002) his last roles for Birmingham Royal Ballet as Lancelot in David Bintley’s “Arthur” and Prince Siegfried in Sir Peter Wright’s “Swan Lake. He was a principal star and competition judge for Bolshoi legend, Artistic Director Yuri Grigorovich; Stars of the Bolshoi for Maya Pliesetskaya, Madame Sophia Golovkina, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ekatrina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev; Vienna State Opera Ballet for Artistic Director Elena Tchernichova (ABT, Kirov); Kremlin Palace Ballet for Director Andrei Petrov, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekatrina Maximova (Bolshoi); and others, i.e., the Royal Ballet of Covent Garden 1979; Los Angeles Ballet 1980, American Ballet Theatre 1981; Boston Ballet 1983; National Ballet of Canada 1984-86; the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet 1986; Hungarian State Opera Ballet 1987 and in the 1990s; Awarded Silver Medals in Paris France 1992 and Budapest Hungary 1993 International Ballet Competitions; honored by Town Hall of California 1986, 1990; President George H. W. Bush 1990, President William J. Clinton 1993; Awarded Best Play of 1995 for “Monday After the Miracle” televised at Moscow Art Theatre; Awarded Professor of Choreography in 1999, Ukrainian State Academy of Ballet.
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American contemporary dance montage presenting ballet photos of live performances by award winning, nationally recognized, CONFIGURATION DANCE THEATRE, voted the people’s choice for the ARTVOICE BEST DANCE COMPANY AWARD in 2008 and 2009, and features the song “Circles” by New York, Grammy bound, cello rock group “Break of Reality.” You can see videos of these dancers performing live on Configuration Dance Theatre Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/maiklusha
ARTVOICE described Configuration Dance Theatre and its choreographers in “Balanchine and Beyond” (9/20/2009): “As their name implies, their emphasis widens the scope of dance and dramatic, a certain noir-ness, they lay bare emotions, startle senses, and make one think,” qualities DANCE MAGAZINE experts saw early, and gave CDT its descriptive moniker, “A LIVING ART GALLERY.”
CDT was featured in “DANCE SPECTACULAR” (9/22/09) by its producer, New York City Ballet star, Daniel Ulbricht, with Boston Ballet and New York City Ballet stars in “Apollo,” “Who Cares, “Diamond,” “Tarantella” authorized by the George Balanchine Foundation, with Michael Shannon’s WHAT’S THE POINTE, Susan Jaffe’s ROYENNE, Joseph Cipolla’s BREATHLESS, “whose acclaimed company,” said Ulbricht, “is known for its cutting-edge contemporary choreography.”
After Configuration premiered over 15 new ballets from 2005 to 2009, THE BUFFALO NEWS (1/02/09) named co-Founder, Artistic Director Joseph Cipolla, and Resident Choreographer Michael Shannon, THE DREAM TEAM, both American stars of ballet with illustrious international careers with legendary dance institutions, both principal stars for England’s BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET under the patronage of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Prince of Wales, Lady Sarah Chatto, and Artistic Director, David Bintley.
JOSEPH CIPOLLA was a principal star for Dance Theatre of Harlem co-founders, Arthur Mitchell (New York City Ballet) and Karel Shook (Dutch National Ballet), Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet for Artistic Directors Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley. He was a 1993 Lawrence Olivier Award Nominee; 2006 St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute Wall of Honor Awardee; 2008 and 2009 Artvoice Best Dance Company Awardee; co-founded the Configuration School of Ballet in 2009. Cipolla retired from BRB in 2002 but returned in 2007 to dance the roles Nimrod in “Enigma Variations” and De Guiche in “Cyrano.”
Forty MICHAEL SHANNON contemporary ballets have been premiered by companies since 1995, in addition to his plays, films and opera in Europe and USA. He has created 11 new works for CDT since 2005, and revised “Yumeji” (2007) and “Madame Bovary” (1996) for CDT co-Founder, Catherine Batcheller, principal star for the Birmingham Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Stuttgart Ballet, who portrayed Emma Bovary with Momchil Mladenov, principal star for Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and National Ballet of Bulgaria, as Léon Dupuis, literature’s most famous illicit lovers.
In 2007, SUSAN JAFFE, principal star for American Ballet Theatre, and guest artist for the Kirov, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Royal Swedish Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Ballet of Covent Garden, English National Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Munich State Opera Ballet, La Scala Ballet in Milan, is a Dance Magazine Awardee, author, actress, television host, educator, Advisor to ABT’s Board of Governing Trustees Chairman from 2002-2007, member of the faculty at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School from 2002 to present, Duke Corporate Education Lecturer on Excellence, member of CDT’s National Advisory Board, and Principal Guest Choreographer.
Michael Shannon danced (1979-2002) his last roles for Birmingham Royal Ballet as Lancelot in David Bintley’s “Arthur” and Prince Siegfried in Sir Peter Wright’s “Swan Lake. He was a principal star, and ballet competition judge for Bolshoi Ballet legends, Artistic Director Yuri Grigorovich; Stars of the Bolshoi for Maya Pliesetskaya, Madame Sophia Golovkina, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ekatrina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev; star of Vienna State Opera Ballet for Artistic Director Elena Tchernichova (ABT, Kirov); Kremlin Palace Ballet for Director Andrei Petrov, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekatrina Maximova; and others, i.e., Royal Ballet 1979; Los Angeles Ballet 1980, American Ballet Theatre 1981; Boston Ballet 1983; National Ballet of Canada 1984; Royal Swedish Opera Ballet 1986; Hungarian State Opera Ballet; Awarded Silver Medals in Paris France 1992 and Budapest Hungary 1993 International Ballet Competitions; Honored by Town Hall of California 1986, 1990; President George H. W. Bush 1990, President William J. Clinton 1993; Best Play of 1995, “Monday After the Miracle” televised at the Moscow Art Theatre of Anton Chekhov; Awarded Professor of Choreography, Ukrainian State Academy of Ballet 1999; YAGP Outstanding Choreographers Award 2008; Artvoice Best Dance Company Awardee 2008 and 2009.
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One of my daily paintings – a bright, sunny day in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where Dustin Hoffman just happened to casually walk by. See the finished painting at www.karinjurick.com
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This segment profiles the artist known as KAWS, former Graffiti (tag) artist turned painter and designer of limited edition toys and clothing. This segment also features some cool clips of KAWS’ art, displayed in Pharrell Williams’ Miami Home and Kanye West’s latest album cover and billboard.
You can catch his next exhibition,
“KAWS, The Long Way Home,” February 21,— April 04, 2009 at the Honor Fraser Gallery in LA
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“I just started simply through graffiti and drawing on my skateboard and painting on walls and getting that small recognition,” said KAWS, known to his family as Brian Donnelly.
KAWS graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a BFA in illustration in 1996. After graduation, KAWS briefly worked for Disney as a freelance animator painting backgrounds. He also contributed to the animated series 101 Dalmations, Daria and Doug.
He began his career as a graffiti artist growing up in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Later moving to NYC in the 1990s, KAWS started subverting imagery on billboards, bus shelters and phone booth advertisements. These reworked advertisements were at first left alone, lasting for up to several months, but as KAWS’ popularity skyrocketed, the ads became increasingly sought after.
In addition to NY, KAWS has done work in Paris, London, Berlin and Tokyo.
In the late 90s, KAWS began to design and produce limited edition vinyl toys, “an instant hit with the global art toy-collecting community,”especially in Japan, where this genre is well respected and widespread. More toys and later clothing were made for Original Fake, a recent collaborative store with Medicom Toy, in the Aoyama district of Tokyo where an original limited edition product is released each week.
KAWS has also participated in other commercial collaborations with Takahashi for Undercover, snowboard projects with Burton, and sneakers with Nike and Vans.
His most recent collaboration was with Comme des Garçons.
KAWS’ acrylic paintings and sculpture have many repeating images, all meant to be universally understood, surpassing languages and cultures.
One of KAWS’ early series, Package Paintings, was made in 2000. This series, entitled The Kimpsons, subverted the famous American cartoon, The Simpsons. KAWS explains that he “found it weird how infused a cartoon could become in people’s lives; the impact it could have, compared to regular politics.”
In addition, KAWS has reworked other familiar icons such as Mickey Mouse, the Michelin Man and the Smurfs.
Through all of his projects, KAWS has successfully blurred the line between fine art and mass-produced merchandise. He uses his products to allow his imagery to infiltrate a larger audience than that of the fine art world.
The artist is currently an active member in both the commercial and fine art communities.
His work is included in the traveling exhibition “Beautiful Losers,” which started at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and will be traveling through 2009 throughout the US and Europe.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (forthcoming)
Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Great Britain
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Album Cover, 808s and Heartbreak, by Kanye West
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