Dancer and Choreographer Arthur Avilés ’87 Honored with Bessie Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance
Bard College alum, dancer, and choreographer Arthur Avilés ’87 and Charles Rice-González— cofounders of the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance—were honored with 2020 Bessie Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Dance: “For being masterful artists. For transforming the South Bronx and New York City dance and performance by creating the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. For providing an artistic home for women, Latinx, People of Color, Indigenous folx, and the LGBTQ community and for placing these artists, their communities and their arts-making front and center.”
Post Date: 01-17-2021
Post Date: 01-17-2021