Roslyn Sulcas

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Roslyn Sulcas

Koyo Kouoh, one of the global art world’s most prominent figures, who had been slated to become the first African woman to curate the Venice Biennale, died Saturday in Switzerland. She was 57. Her death was confirmed by the biennale’s organizers. The announcement did not cite a cause or say where in Switzerland she had died. The biennale said that Kouoh’s “sudden and untimely” death came just days before she was scheduled to announce the title and theme of next year’s event.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roslyn Sulcas

She had recently been named to oversee next year's Venice Biennale. She died just days before she was scheduled to announce its theme and title. Koyo Kouoh, one of the global art world's most prominent figures, who had been slated to become the first African woman to curate the Venice Biennale, died on Saturday in Switzerland. She was 57. Her death was confirmed by the biennale's organizers. The announcement did not cite a cause or say where in Switzerland she had died.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Roslyn Sulcas

Her company's program at the Joyce Theater featured two notable works from the early 1980s and a Brown-inflected premiere by Lee Serle. Trisha Brown Dance CompanyNYT Critic's Pick The dances of Trisha Brown slide past the eye. The dancers - molecules in the atom of the dance - are in constant motion, limbs swinging, hips angling, bodies caught in the crosscurrents of motion, propelled ineluctably through space.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Roslyn Sulcas

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, a star dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet and an elegantly refined principal dancer at New York City Ballet who later nurtured generations of dancers as a teacher and as the director of the Charlotte Ballet, died April 13 in Charlotte, N.C. He was 82. His ex-wife, former City Ballet ballerina Patricia McBride, said the cause of his death, at an assisted-living facility, was heart failure.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Roslyn Sulcas

He brought grace and power to his roles before a serious injury encouraged him to try choreography - "maybe the richest part of my life."Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, a star dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet and an elegantly refined principal dancer at New York City Ballet who later nurtured generations of dancers as a teacher and as the director of the Charlotte Ballet, died on April 13 in Charlotte, N.C. He was 82.