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DO40 News - Page 6 |
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A Great New Benefit for
Members of Dancers Over 40 and their immediate family members are now eligible to join the Actors Federal Credit Union! DO40 members will now have available to them a full-service financial institution with a true family feeling. It’s service and education over and above profit or income. Interest and dividend rates are competitive with, or better than, commercial and savings banks. Saving here helps build a credit base toward consideration for loans. Deposits are federally insured up to $100,000 by the NCUSIF (National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund). So now that DO40 Membership Card carries some clout! And real benefits! Credit Union members pool their money for the benefit of all. Money deposited in members' "share" accounts is used for loans to other members. Interest received on those loans is used to pay dividends on savings. Services Include:
Actors Federal Credit Union is a cooperatively run, non-profit banking organization char-tered in 1962 for the benefit of the members of Actors' Equity Association. Today, any paid-up member of Equity, SAG, AFTRA, or a member in good standing of any of the approved component organizations are eligible to apply for membership. And Dancers Over 40, Inc. has now been approved and all members are eligible to join! Just present a valid ID … and, of course, your DO40 Membership Card and you’re on your way!
The AFCU has a BETTER Idea! Many of our current members have been part of this organization for a long time, but new members may not have had the opportunity to join a performer’s union, or a credit union that offers so much to the entertainment community. The Credit Union is not part of Equity, SAG, or any of the component organizations. It has its own offices and its own finances. The Credit Union is located at 165 West 46th St., 14th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Phone: 212-869-8926. Contact: Steve Sobotta, Director of Marketing, AFCU at ext. 315. The web address is www.actorsfcu.com. Take a look at the website, decide if this is something that you would like to take advantage of, and give Steven a call!
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Culture Corner Well, if it's over-the-top, bizarre and occasionally original cultural offerings, it must be the annual summer Lincoln Center Festival. The big buzz is about William Forsythe's "Impressing the Czar," created a decade ago for his own Ballett Frankfurt, who had stopped performing it in 1995. The middle section, "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated," has been performed throughout the world since then, but this season is the first time in the 13 years that the whole piece is being given a fresh, new look by the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Running only for four days at the Rose Theater, the piece is long (three acts - and no, it's not one of your familiar three-act ballets your aunt took you to) and complex.
As someone who has danced and reviewed for almost half a century, I tend to be wary of the overly-hyped, overly-busy and uber-alles theatre pieces. They tend to ring of the Emperor's New Clothes syndrome. But if you find yourself intrigued and this gets to print soon enough, I can tell you that "Impressing the Czar" is danced impeccably, choreographed unevenly and wildly (in other words, it's Forsythe) and gives your ears more bang for the buck than you could ever have imagined. Visually, it's certainly a feast, if not a gluttony.
The rotating cast is exemplary in carrying out the choreographer's wildest dreams and imagination. As a plotless ballet with no narrative, it is described in the program as "concerned with nothing less than the history of Western civilization." The music credits go to Beethoven, Leslie Stuck, Thom Willems, and the text is by Kathleen Fitzgerald, Richard Fein and the choreographer. The principal soloists are Ninon Neyt, Claire Pascal, Aki Saito, Alain Honorez, Priit Kripson and Wim Vanlessen. Helen Pickett and Jan Vandeloo are the superb guest artists in exhausting and pyrotechnic roles.
Received with boundless enthusiasm and ovations, the piece gets the Festival off to a rousing start. If you like your summer culture on the understated side (me, too), then the Beckett Season is for you (er, us). Dublin's Gate Theatre and its director Michael Colgan are bringing us Ralph Fiennes, Barry McGovern and Liam Neeson in three of the solo works by the phenomenal and timeless Sam the Man.
The Beckett season runs from 16-27 July.
The Film Society at Lincoln Center is presenting:
Dominque Delouche: Ballet Cineaste (July 23 - 27) Click HERE for info and tickets. We have just launched our very own blog and it is just for you, -our fans, loyal audiences, those new to dance and of course the New York Dance community. Go to it weekly for updates on dance, not only at The Joyce but across the city and beyond. We-ll have behind the scenes footage, blog exclusive videos, artist interviews, insider info, dance reports and your very own back stage pass to all things Joyce and more! Write a comment, share your voice, engage in the conversation about dance! Go there NOW:
Valerie Harper Joins Advisory Board!
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