Kennedy Center cuts dance programming team : NPR
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The Kennedy Center pulled its dance programming team. “Three individuals were dismissed,” Read a declaration by the spokesperson for Kennedy Center Roma Daravi. “We will have an exciting announcement on the new management of dance programming soon.”
Programming staff help organize and manage the performance planned for the season. The Kennedy Center did not identify the three people who were dismissed, but Jane Raleigh is listed as Director of Dance Programming On the Kennedy Center website. NPR contacted Raleigh to comment.
It does not seem that layoffs interrupt the Kennedy Center dance offers for an immediate future. Kaimana Chee was contracted to be conservative at the Kennedy Center and direct free dance lessons for the public, including three Saturdays. Chee said in an interview that these courses will occur as planned. But he added that since President Trump resumed the center earlier this yearMany of his conservative colleagues have chosen to leave their contracts.
After appointing the president of Kennedy CenterPresident Trump has taken major measures to reshape the cultural center. Last week, Trump surprised Kennedy Center staff When he announced his choices for the honors of this year Kennedy Center, including actor Sylvester Stallone, the star of the disco Gloria Gaynor and the rock group Kiss.
The change of leadership in Kennedy Center also came with a bump. The president’s “Big Beautiful Bill” came with an influx of $ 257 million for the center, six times What he usually gets from Congress each year.
Simultaneously, the Trump administration leads an audit of the Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC, After declaring on social truth That museums from all over the country “are essentially the last remaining segment of” awake “.”
