Blog Posts - Charmaine Warren

Dance/NYC partner Buglisi Dance Theatre: 9/11 Table of Silence Project Open Call for Dancers

8/4/2023

Dance/NYC is pleased to partner with Buglisi Dance Theatre as they seek dancers to participate in the 13th presentation of the 9/11 Table of Silence Project performance ritual for peace. Presented by Lincoln Center in partnership with Buglisi Dance Theatre and A Project of the Arnhold Dance Innovation Fund, The Table of Silence Project is a call to action for peace from the cultural capital of America to the world.

This is a volunteer performance opportunity that invites dancers to participate in a ritual call to action for peace. It provides an outlet to reclaim a tragic moment in our city's history and build community with others through an embodied experience that has become an annual part of how NYC commemorates September 11.

Open call will be held on:
• Friday, August 18, 4:00–6:00 p.m. at New York City Center, 130 W 56th Street Studio 5 and
• Saturday, August 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m. at Steps on Broadway, 2121 Broadway @ 74th Street, 4th floor, loft 3.

Advance registration is required by Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Visit the Table of Silence website to learn more about the performance and how to register for the open call.

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8/4/2023

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New York City Center is now accepting applications for the inauguralAnn Reinking Encores! Choreography Fellowship ~ Deadline August 9

8/4/2023

Applications are open for the inaugural Ann Reinking Encores! Choreography Fellowship.

Announced at the memorial service for the Tony-winning artist in March, the Fellowship honors the legacy of the celebrated choreographer, teacher, mentor, and star of the legendary 1996 Encores! production of Chicago. The Fellowship expands City Center’s current Career Pathways programs (Administrative Apprenticeships, Directing Fellowship, and Youth Externships) by providing one dance professional each season with the opportunity to develop their choreographic and teaching careers as part of the New York City Center team. Specifically supporting career pathways for women, non-binary artists, and artists of color underrepresented in the field, the Ann Reinking Encores! Choreography Fellowship provides access to City Center’s musical theater season, as well as the Education & Community Engagement Department and its programs.

The Fellowship runs from September 2023 through June 2024 and is a full-time paid position. Compensation also includes an artistic stipend allocated for classes and workshops, studio rentals, and other career development efforts.

Applications are due by 6pm on Wednesday, August 9 and can be submitted at NYCityCenter.org/fellowships.

Find out more here For full details, please visit NYCityCenter.org.

Some Dance This Weekend~

7/20/2023

BAAND Artists Photo: Daniel Arnold

Various Artists
Lincoln Center's
Damrosch Park
July 25-29
The BAAND Together Dance Festival returns for the second annual Summer for the City. For the third year, Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem come together on one stage as the companies in BAAND. Each night, audiences will be offered different programs that are collaboratively curated by the artistic directors of the companies which includes repertory works plus the world premiere of Pas de O’Farill by Pedro Ruiz, a new duet featuring dancers from Ballet Hispánico and New York City Ballet. Find out more here

Various Artists
Arts Brookfield
July 5 - 26
At Arts Brookfield, as part of the Works & Process free performances at Manhattan West titled Gather Round, street dance and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop will be celebrated showcasing The Missing Element with The Beatbox House, LayeRhythm, Ladies of Hip-Hop, KR3TS dancers with DJ FrancoTh3Artist, and Ephrat Asherie Dance's culminating in a dance party led by DJ Bravo LaFortune! Find out more here

Pilobolus
The Joyce
July 11 - 30
Big Five-OH!, a remixed retrospective of the company's work, closes their 50th anniversary tour and will feature three New York premieres with collaborators Darlene Kascak, Jad Abumrad, Madison Olandt, and former Pilobolus dancers Derion Loman and Gaspard Louis. Find out more here

Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theatre
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
July 20-22
The Company will present One Dance, a contemporary reinterpretation of ceremonial Korean traditional dance, as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City. Find out more here

Korean KTMDC Dance Company
Hess Grand Promenade, David Geffen Hall
July 22
Under the director Yusun Kang, the Company will perform traditional Korean and modern interpretations as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City. Find out more here

Some Dance This Weekend~

7/14/2023

Ballet Hispánico Photo by Paula Lobo

Ballet Hispánico
The MET
July13-15
Ballet Hispánico, under artistic director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro will perform Vilaro's Buscando a Juan ("Looking for Juan") as part of the Summer 2023 MetLiveArts season at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vilaro reacts to the ideas presented in the exhibit "Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter" and "...explores the "sancocho"—literally, mixed soup—of cultures and diasporas. Through the exoticized body and fixation on gesture and sensuality, Buscando a Juan will consider the assumptions experienced when witnessing people of color in traditionally white spaces," according to the release. Find out more here

Various Artists
Arts Brookfield
July 5 - 26
At Arts Brookfield, as part of the Works & Process free performances at Manhattan West titled Gather Round, street dance and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop will be celebrated showcasing The Missing Element with The Beatbox House, LayeRhythm, Ladies of Hip-Hop, KR3TS dancers with DJ FrancoTh3Artist, and Ephrat Asherie Dance's culminating in a dance party led by DJ Bravo LaFortune! Find out more here

Pilobolus
The Joyce
July 11 - 18
Big Five-OH!, a remixed retrospective of the company's work, closes their 50th anniversary tour and will feature three New York premieres with collaborators Darlene Kascak, Jad Abumrad, Madison Olandt, and former Pilobolus dancers Derion Loman and Gaspard Louis. Find out more here

Cynthia Berkshire
Tibet House
July 14 - 15
In VEIL: Two Sisters, a multimedia performance, Berkshire reveals two sisters lured into a link between the earthly and heavenly realms...and is in part inspired by the Celtic notion of "thin places", where heaven and earth meet, considering this meeting as a connection to oneself and to another," according to the release. Find out more here

Danielle Russo & Christopher-Rasheem McMillan
Arts on Site
July 14 - 15
Russo's Since Thou Wast Precious In My Sight, Vol. 2 and The Pew, plus other works by McMillan will be presented on this shared evening. Find out more here

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: Fresh Tracks 59th Year ~ Deadline - August 20

7/14/2023

New York Live Arts’ Fresh Tracks Residency & Performance program is a season-long residency for emerging movement-based artists in support of new work creation and professional development. This season marks the 59th year of Fresh Tracks, which was a signature program of Dance Theater Workshop created in 1965 to bring new choreographic artistry to the forefront.

Four artists will be selected for the program and receive a 50-hour studio residency, $3500 fee, guidance from Artistic Advisor nia love, professional development workshops led by renowned professionals from the field, exclusive access to Live Arts’ Communications, Development, Production and Programming staff, a Live Core Artist Membership and a fully-produced shared program in the New York Live Arts theater.

SUBMIT HERE
Be sure to check out the Residency Guidelines & FAQ's for more info!

Application Deadline: Sunday, August 20, 2023 by 11:59pm EST
no exceptions.

Audition Notification: Monday, August 28, 2023 via email

Auditions: Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Applications Open ~The Joffrey Ballet Concert Group and the Joffrey Ballet Center Announce Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative 2024 - Deadline - July 28

7/14/2023

The Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative is a search for the dance makers of the future. Two New York and Tristate-area choreographers will be awarded the creative time and space to produce a new work for the 20 member Joffrey Ballet Concert Group, to be included in the program of the Group's February, 2024 NYC performances.

Deadline to apply is July 28, 2023. Recipients will be notified by August 4th, 2023.

Choreographers in contemporary dance and contemporary ballet styles, between the ages of 19-35, are encouraged to apply. Recipients will receive a $2500 stipend for a 40-hour rehearsal process, to take place over a four week period. Works must be between 12-17 minutes in length and should include the full company.

First session:
October 9- November 2, 2023
Monday- Thursday (rehearsal will begin no earlier than 4pm- 2.5hrs a day- TBC)

Second session:
November 8- December 7, 2023 (no rehearsal November 22 and 23)
Monday-Thursday (rehearsal will begin no earlier than 4pm- 2.5hrs a day- TBC)

The Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative (CMCI) debuted last year, and resulted in the creation of outstanding ballets by young dancemakers Eric Trope and Lindsay Grimes. With the creation of CMCI, the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group remains committed to providing encouragement and opportunities for talented choreographers.
To apply click here:
https://www.joffreyballetcenter.org/choreographic-initiative

Applications are now open - Fertile Ground ~ Deadline - August 20!

7/14/2023

Fertile Ground is a NON CURATED showcase for emerging and/or established artists. The evening consists of work shown by six choreographers, followed by a moderated discussion that integrates the choreographers, dancers, and audience members. Participation by choreographer is required.

2. https://www.greenspacestudio.org/for-artists Fertile Ground: Digging In Group Artist Residency D.I.G. will provide 7 choreographers an excellent opportunity to develop and share new work during 8 mentor sessions, ending in a culminating Fertile Ground performance in March. Applications Close August 20th

3. https://www.danceentropy.org/somatic-healing-group Somatic Healing Group In this facilitated group, we find ways of supporting the unique needs of each member, while also learning to more effectively relate to others. We learn to be seen for who we really are – and to others as they really are. We find healing where before we may have felt pain or disconnection from the self. We find insight, awareness and courage to break and move past old patterns that no longer serve us. The sessions utilize Core Energetics an approach that engages group members through body, dialogue and awareness. Group sessions include shared movement and expressive work and opportunities for members to process individual issues and struggles they want support in working through. This group provides a safe and therapeutic environment, where you can express your feelings, take risks, connect to others and further your emotional growth process.

Some Dance This Weekend~

7/7/2023

Ephrat Asherie Dance Photo: Photo: Robert Altman

Various Artists
Arts Brookfield
July 5 - 26
At Arts Brookfield, as part of the Works & Process free performances at Manhattan West titled Gather Round, street dance and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop will be celebrated showcasing The Missing Element with The Beatbox House, LayeRhythm, Ladies of Hip-Hop, KR3TS dancers with DJ FrancoTh3Artist, and Ephrat Asherie Dance's culminating in a dance party led by DJ Bravo LaFortune! Find out more here

Pilobolus
The Joyce
July 11 - 18
Big Five-OH!, a remixed retrospective of the company's work, closes their 50th anniversary tour and will feature three New York premieres with collaborators Darlene Kascak, Jad Abumrad, Madison Olandt, and former Pilobolus dancers Derion Loman and Gaspard Louis. Find out more here

Masterz at Work
Summerstage
July 13
The Works & Process series will present ballroom icon Courtney Washington and the Masterz at Work Dance Family as part of our season-long partnership with independent performing arts organizations. Find out more here

Kyle Marshall Company - Summer Workshop ~ July 17-20

7/7/2023

Kyle Marshall Company Photo: Christopher Duggan

July 17th-20th 12:30-3:30p l KMC summer workshop l The Floor l 310 ATLANTIC AVE, BROOKLYN

We will hold a 4-day workshop moving through KMC’s current process and repertory with Kyle and KMC company members. Movers of all experience are welcome.

$25 suggested donation per session // $100 for the entire 4 days. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Space is limited so please RSVP ahead of time by replying to this email or Madalyn Rupprecht KMC Company Manager // kmchoreostaff@gmail.com