You are invited to Bessie Roundtable Discussions! Monday, April 3rd 4-6pm Tuesday, April 4th 6-8pm at Mertz Gilmore Foundation (218 E 18th St) To attend, please join the Bessie League. The League…
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As the country enters a time of change in national leadership, the following dance and performing arts organizations have marked the occasion by posting, or reposting, statements expressing their core…
Bessies Presenter Gathering Tuesday, January 10th 5-7pm La MaMa’s The Downstairs 66 East 4th Street Light refreshments Admission is free RSVP: heather@bessies.org Join The Bessies Steering Committee as we present…
New York, NY The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announced the complete list of the…
Adrienne Truscott to Host 32nd Annual Bessie Awards on October 18 at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House The Bessies to Honor Choreographer Eiko Otake with Special Bessie Award New…
The Bessie Awards Announce 2016 Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance Awards All 2016 Bessie Nominees to Receive Cash Award from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation New…
Full list of 2016 Nominees Announced Click here for the full list of 2016 nominees. Awards for Emerging Choreographer, Outstanding Revival, and Juried Bessie Award Presented at July 13 Press Conference...
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The Bessies Announce 2016 Nominees for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer and Outstanding Revival Awards to be presented at Press Conference on July 13 Outstanding Emerging Choreographer Nominees: John Heginbotham Jillian Peña...
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The Bessies Steering Committee* and the 2016 Bessie Jury: Bill T. Jones, Liz Gerring, and Yoshiko Chuma, invite you to celebrate as we announce this year’s nominees of the 2016…
As a coproduction with Cathy Weis’ Sundays on Broadway, The Bessies Presenter Party will salute the curators and spaces that presented the work and the artists that received 2015 Bessie Awards….