Ovation TV

Ovation TV (OVTV)-

With a mission to "Make Life Creative," Ovation TV is a multiplatform network focused on entertaining, inspiring and engaging the artist in all of us by offering original and acquired programming focused on art, culture and personal creativity.

Ovation TV's primetime programming features a different theme, or "genre," each night -- performance, people, visual arts, music and film -- with weekends devoted to original and event programming. The network showcases the world's greatest artists in theater, dance, opera, literature, film, visual and fine art, music, design, photography and architecture. In addition to original programming, the schedule also leverages an extensive library of high-caliber programming amassed from major studios, independent producers, leading American performing and cultural arts institutions, arts education organizations and other sources from around the world.

Some of the dance shows slated to show on OVTV are:

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Monday, September 14, 2009 10:00AM 01:00PM
Friday, October 30, 200908:00AM11:00AM

Modern dance owes more to Martha Graham than to any other single figure. As dancer, choreographer and teacher, she conceived and shaped the major dance form of the 20th century. Martha Graham died in 1991, at almost 97, having towered over American and world dance for seven decades. THE DANCER REVEALED is the definitive documentary on her life and work. Includes interviews with leading figures such as Agnes de Mille, Erick Hawkins, Ron Protas and many others.


Tap Dogs
Monday, September 14, 200902:00PM05:00PM

Tap Dogs have taken the world by storm with their unprecedented tap show that combines the strength and power of male workmen with the precision & talent of tap dancing. The show starts with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Award winning choreographer Dean Perry headed the team of designers, directors and composers and created Tap Dogs; a reinvention of tap.