NYS Choreographers Initiative 2023
Awardees Announced

March 31 2023 Deadline
OPEN CALL FOR THREE NEW DANCEFORCE MEMBERS
NYS DanceForce Project Gallery
- Andy de Groat's FAN DANCE (1978)
Sponsored by DF member Judy Hussie-Taylor, New York NY (New York County) - Heather Roffe and Courtney World in Daniel Gwirtzman's TOGETHER
Sponsored by DF member Jacquie Davis, Brockport NY (Monroe County)
Photo by Matt Yeoman - Kile Hotchkiss of KEIGWIN + COMPANY
Sponsored by DF member Nancy Long, Utica NY (Oneida County)
Photo by Matthew Murphy - Abarukas Contemporary Dance Company at Kaatsbaan
Sponsored by DF member Gregory Cary, Tivoli NY (Dutchess County)
Photo by Gregory Cary - Darrell Jones in FEATHERS
Sponsored by DF member Ivan Sygoda, New York NY (New York County) - Brian Brooks Moving Company
Sponsored by DF member Nancy Long, Utica NY (Oneida County)
Photo by Erin Baiano - Bill Evans performing with local jazz musician Duvid Smering at 171 Cedar Arts Center in Corning NY
Sponsored by DF member Lois Welk, Corning NY (Steuben County) - JoAnna Mendel Shaw
Sponsored by DF member Robin Collen, Potsdam NY (St. Lawrence County)
Photo by Kajsa Lindqvist - Nicolette Depass and Norwood Pennewell of Garth Fagan Dance
Sponsored by DF member Lois Welk, Corning NY (Steuben County) - Rioult Dance in SYMPHONY OF PSALMS
Sponsored by DF member Diana Cherryholmes, Huntington LI (Suffolk County) - Mai Lê Hô, Lauryane Ogay, and Tatiana Desardouin at Pregones Theater, Bronx, January 6, 2017
Sponsored by DF member Diana Cherryholmes, Hauppage LI (Suffolk County) - Brian Brooks & Wendy Whelan in FIRST FALL by Brian Brooks
Sponsored by DF member D. Chase Angier, Alfred NY (Allegany County)
Photo by Christopher Duggan - Stefanie Weber
Sponsored by DF member Elena Mosley, Hudson NY (Columbia County) - Katie Dorn in Pick of the Crop Dance's BURNING SPIRITS at Buffalo Canalside
Sponsored by DF member Margaret Kaiser, Buffalo NY (Erie County) - Rebeca Tomas
Sponsored by DF member Cynthia Williams, Geneva NY (Ontario County) - Pick of the Crop Dance's BURNING SPIRITS at Buffalo Canalside
Sponsored by DF member Margaret Kaiser, Buffalo NY (Erie County) - Terra Firma Dance Company
Sponsored by DF member Gregory Cary, Tivoli NY (Dutchess County)
Photo by Gregory Cary - Stephen Petronio Dance Company
Sponsored by DF member Diana Cherryholmes, Huntington LI (Suffolk County)
Photo by Julieta Cervantes
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