The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), a university-wide residency program now in its second year, announces its fall 2015 public events. Led by New York City’s public university system, CDI is a new model for collaboration. By facilitating residencies for New York City choreographers and companies on CUNY campuses, CDI aims to support dance artists, enhance college students’ cultural life and education, and build audiences for dance at CUNY performing arts centers.
Eleven CUNY colleges in all five boroughs have been hosting residencies since January 2015, and the residency artists and their projects represent a wide-range of ideas and styles that reflect the diversity of the CUNY communities. CDI directly assists colleges with artist fees, rehearsal expenses, and marketing efforts.
Artists are selected through an annual open application process and each campus chooses its residency companies. The application for 2016 residencies will open September 10 at 10am and close October 1 at 11:59pm. More information can be found at www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative.
Fall 2015 Schedule of Events:
Mark Gindick
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
Open rehearsal: September 25, time TBA
FREE / www.jjay.cuny.edu/gerald-w-lynch-theater
From The Horse’s Mouth: A Celebration of the Legacy of Clark Center
City College Center for the Arts
Performances: October 1–2 at 7pm
Theater B at Aaron Davis Hall
$20; $10 students & seniors
Tickets: www.citycollegecenterforthearts.org
The Clark Center Story: The House that Ailey Built
Part of From The Horse’s Mouth: A Celebration of the Legacy of Clark Center
September 28 at 6pm
Theater B at Aaron Davis Hall
FREE / www.citycollegecenterforthearts.org
Decadancetheatre
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College
Workshop Performances: October 1−3 at 8pm
Rose Nagelberg Theater
$30; $15 students & seniors
Tickets: 646-312-5073 or www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/
Broken Box Mime Theater (BKBX)
City College Center for the Arts
Performance: October 28 at 7pm
Theater B at Aaron Davis Hall
$20 in advance/$25 at the door; $10 students & seniors
Tickets: www.citycollegecenterforthearts.org
Dance in the Making: KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre & Dance to the People
College of Staten Island
Performance: November 6 at 8pm
Williamson Theater
$10 / $5 students
Tickets: 718.982.ARTS / www.cfashows.com
Matychak Dance
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Open rehearsal: December 4 at 3pm
West Quad Building, Room 204
FREE / www.brooklyn.cuny.edu
Other residencies this fall include: Eva Dean Dance at Baruch College, Tree House Shakers at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Ephrat Asherie at Lehman College Department of Dance and Theatre, Jenny Rocha at Lehman College Department of Dance and Theatre, Gabrielle Lamb at Queens College, Dante Brown | Warehouse Dance at Queensborough College, Department of Dance and Physical Education, and Tiffany Mills Company at Queensborough College, Department of Dance and Physical Education. In addition to rehearsing on campus, these artists are presenting lecture-demonstrations and workshops for CUNY students.
ABOUT THE CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE
The CUNY Dance Initiative is a new residency program providing rehearsal and performance space to New York City choreographers and dance companies. CDI was developed in response to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s 2010 report “We Make Do,” which cited the critical need for affordable dance rehearsal space in New York City, and mentioned available performing arts centers and other spaces on CUNY campuses. A successful pilot project in 2013 supporting choreographic residencies and performances on four CUNY campuses prompted CDI to expand its scope, with 10 colleges hosting 19 residencies in 2014 and 11 colleges hosting 26 residencies in 2015. The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College is the administrator of CDI.
For more information about the CUNY Dance Initiative, visit www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative or follow CDI on Facebook or Twitter.
Eleven CUNY colleges in all five boroughs have been hosting residencies since January 2015, and the residency artists and their projects represent a wide-range of ideas and styles that reflect the diversity of the CUNY communities. CDI directly assists colleges with artist fees, rehearsal expenses, and marketing efforts.
Artists are selected through an annual open application process and each campus chooses its residency companies. The application for 2016 residencies will open September 10 at 10am and close October 1 at 11:59pm. More information can be found at www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative.
Fall 2015 Schedule of Events:
Mark Gindick
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
Open rehearsal: September 25, time TBA
FREE / www.jjay.cuny.edu/gerald-w-lynch-theater
From The Horse’s Mouth: A Celebration of the Legacy of Clark Center
City College Center for the Arts
Performances: October 1–2 at 7pm
Theater B at Aaron Davis Hall
$20; $10 students & seniors
Tickets: www.citycollegecenterforthearts.org
The Clark Center Story: The House that Ailey Built
Part of From The Horse’s Mouth: A Celebration of the Legacy of Clark Center
September 28 at 6pm
Theater B at Aaron Davis Hall
FREE / www.citycollegecenterforthearts.org
Decadancetheatre
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College
Workshop Performances: October 1−3 at 8pm
Rose Nagelberg Theater
$30; $15 students & seniors
Tickets: 646-312-5073 or www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/
Broken Box Mime Theater (BKBX)
City College Center for the Arts
Performance: October 28 at 7pm
Theater B at Aaron Davis Hall
$20 in advance/$25 at the door; $10 students & seniors
Tickets: www.citycollegecenterforthearts.org
Dance in the Making: KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre & Dance to the People
College of Staten Island
Performance: November 6 at 8pm
Williamson Theater
$10 / $5 students
Tickets: 718.982.ARTS / www.cfashows.com
Matychak Dance
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Open rehearsal: December 4 at 3pm
West Quad Building, Room 204
FREE / www.brooklyn.cuny.edu
Other residencies this fall include: Eva Dean Dance at Baruch College, Tree House Shakers at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Ephrat Asherie at Lehman College Department of Dance and Theatre, Jenny Rocha at Lehman College Department of Dance and Theatre, Gabrielle Lamb at Queens College, Dante Brown | Warehouse Dance at Queensborough College, Department of Dance and Physical Education, and Tiffany Mills Company at Queensborough College, Department of Dance and Physical Education. In addition to rehearsing on campus, these artists are presenting lecture-demonstrations and workshops for CUNY students.
ABOUT THE CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE
The CUNY Dance Initiative is a new residency program providing rehearsal and performance space to New York City choreographers and dance companies. CDI was developed in response to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s 2010 report “We Make Do,” which cited the critical need for affordable dance rehearsal space in New York City, and mentioned available performing arts centers and other spaces on CUNY campuses. A successful pilot project in 2013 supporting choreographic residencies and performances on four CUNY campuses prompted CDI to expand its scope, with 10 colleges hosting 19 residencies in 2014 and 11 colleges hosting 26 residencies in 2015. The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College is the administrator of CDI.
For more information about the CUNY Dance Initiative, visit www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative or follow CDI on Facebook or Twitter.
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