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SFGate: Izzie awards honor local dance, dancers

Jan 26th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Press

Scott Wells, Laura Elaine Ellis and Ramon Moreno Acanda were among those honored Tuesday night at the 24th Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (the Izzies) at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium.[...]



SFGate: Izzie dance awards honor ballerina, aerialist

Mar 25th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Press

The 23rd annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards drew a robust crowd to the Brava Theater on Monday, where a wildly diverse slate of nominees attested to the vitality of Bay Area dance.[...]



AsianWeek recognizes Izzie Award winners

Aug 22nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Danny and Peter Luong received the 22nd annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards April 28 in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum at the 2007 San Francisco Ethnic Dance [...]



Celebrating 20 Years of the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards

Aug 22nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: The Izzies

Celebrating 20 Years of the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards
A Brief History written by Christine Eibel
The Bay Area Dance Coalition, our regional dance service organization from the mid-1970’s to the mid-1990’s, established the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards – the Izzies – in 1986. The board at that time was comprised of over twenty representatives from the [...]



Philippine News Celebrates Izzies Nominee LIKHA-Pilipino Folk Ensemble

Jun 3rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Press

The Likha-Pilipino folk ensemble is nominated for Company Performance for “Kadayawan” presented at the 2007 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Likha, whose name in the Tagalog language means “creativity,”[...]



Contra Costa Times Interviews Ibrahima Diouf, Individual Performance Izzie Winner

Jun 3rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Press

Growing up, he was exposed to the music and culture of Liberia and Senegal through his parents Naomi and Zakarya Diouf, who founded Oakland’s Diamano Coura West African Dance Company in 1975.[...]



Celebrating Bay Area Dance

May 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: The Izzies

The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards recently honored Bay Area dance artists at the Bay Area Dance Awards.

The winners were announced at a free, open-to-the-public ceremony at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Forum on Monday, April 28th, 2008.