The New England Foundation for the Arts has made grants to the Aquinnah Cultural Center and the Yard through the United States Arts Resilience Fund.
The Yard is bringing the heat on Friday to the Chilmark Community Center with Red Baraat.
The Chilmark dance colony founded by the late Patricia Nanon 46 years ago has been awarded a prestigious $350,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, both organizations announced today.
The Yard maintained the intimacy of its summer Chilmark performances on Saturday by creating a dance floor on the Performing Arts Center stage for two shows by Amirah Sackett.
Muslim hip-hop dancer Amirah Sackett brings her skills and passion to the Vineyard on Saturday as part of the Yard's winter series. Ms. Sackett said audiences can expect a “mystical” show inspired by the poetry of Rumi.
The Yard is on a mission to help Vineyarders beat the winter doldrums with dance.
Leah Crosby has spent the last three years asking Islanders to consider how their bodies move.
