In the Arts: Harlem Dance Group Launches Auditions for Revival
December 22, 2011 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Dance Theater of Harlem, which closed in 2004 amid heavy debts, announced the start of auditions Wednesday to build a troupe for its planned return to performance next year, writes The New York Times.
The organization has raised $2.5-million toward a revival with a stripped-down company of 18 dancers, about 40 percent of its size when it shut down. The theater aims to begin rehearsals in August 2012, go on tour next fall, and return to the New York stage in April 2013, depending on its continued fund-raising success.
In other arts news, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra saw an upsurge in new donors and subscribers last season, allowing it to keep its books balanced for the third straight year, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
The orchestra boosted subscription sales by 300 percent and welcomed more than 1,000 new contributors, resulting in a $3-million increase in donations over the previous fiscal year. An annual draw of more than $3-million from an endowment established by symphony patron Louise Nipper has also helped it bypass the financial woes experienced this year by other major urban orchestras.
