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| STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION NAMES JAMES BLASZKO THE 2019 THE KURT WEILL FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC FELLOW | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:50 pm EST 02/13/19 | |
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| STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION NAMES JAMES BLASZKO THE 2019 THE KURT WEILL FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC FELLOW BLASZKO WILL ASSIST DIRECTOR JOHN DOYLE ON THE CRADLE WILL ROCK AT CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), announced today that Director James Blaszko has been named the 2019 Kurt Weill Fellowship recipient. With generous support from The Kurt Weill Foundation, Blaszko will serve as Assistant Director to SDC Member, Tony Award-winner, and Classic Stage Company’s (CSC) Artistic Director John Doyle on his upcoming production of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock at CSC, opening on April 3, 2019. “We here at the Kurt Weill Foundation are excited about how our partnership with SDCF can introduce a new generation of stage directors to the work of Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein,” states Brady Sansone, Director of Programs and Business Affairs at The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. “We’re especially pleased that this Fellowship will allow James to further his experience with Blitzstein’s repertoire, having previously worked on a production of Regina.” This year, with an increased focus on midcareer directors, the Fellowship opportunity was open to all SDC Members and Associate Members, as well as SDCF’s 2018-2019 Observership Class. Blaszko was selected from a pool of 54 directors. laszko made his directorial debut with an original adaptation of Cyclops: A Satyr Play, at American Repertory Theatre’s Oberon. Last season, Blaszko staged Puccini’s Il Trittico in South Korea, the opening ceremony of the Harare International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe, and an original dance/theatre work based on the memories of a ballerina before and after her brain hemorrhage in New York City. He has worked as a creative producer for ArtsEmerson, programming assistant at Harlem Stage, and has assisted and supported productions with Beth Morrison Projects, National Black Theatre, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Omaha, Bronx Opera, Concrete Temple Theatre, The Drama League, Elevator Repair Service, City Theatre Company and Jeff Stark. Established in 2013 by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, the Kurt Weill Fellowship offers an opportunity for emerging and mid-career directors to assist a master director on a stage work of Kurt Weill or Marc Blitzstein. Through these Fellowships, directors will gain first-hand experience with the processes and specific approaches of master artists and thereby expand their own artistry, enrich leadership and collaboration skills, and further their knowledge of directing opera and/or musical theater. In addition, the Fellow will acquire greater understanding of Kurt Weill’s and Marc Blitzstein’s theatrical catalogue and an ability to draw on this in future work. Founded in 1965, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation exists to foster, promote and develop the craft and creativity of stage directors and choreographers. SDCF’s goals are to provide opportunities to practice the crafts of directing and choreography; to gather and disseminate craft and career information; to promote the profession to emerging talent; to provide opportunities for exchange of knowledge among directors and choreographers; and to increase the awareness of the value of directors’ and choreographers’ work. www.sdcfoundation.org. The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. administers, promotes, and perpetuates the legacies of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. It encourages broad dissemination and appreciation of Weill's music through support of performances, productions, recordings, and scholarship; it fosters understanding of Weill's and Lenya's lives and work within diverse cultural contexts; and, building upon the legacies of both, it nurtures talent, particularly in the creation, performance, and study of musical theater in its various manifestations and media. http://kwf.org/. |
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