The 29th Bessie Awards! Congrats to each Herb Alpert Award Artist nominee.

A congratulations to the following Alpert Artists for their nominations in:

Outstanding Revived Work: Donna Uchizono  ('05) for "State of Heads"

Outstanding Musical Composition/Sound Design: Nora Chipaumire's ('12) choreography for "Miriam"

Outstanding Productions (of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form): Joanna Haigood ( '98 ) for "Paseo" and Marc Bamuthi Joseph ( '11) for "red, black, & GREEN: a blues"

The 29th Annual Bessie Awards took place October 7, 2013 at 8:00pm at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City.