
Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Robin Collen
Artist: Randy James
Community Partners: SUNY Potsdam
Audience: 380
County: St. Lawrence
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Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Robin Collen
Artist: Randy James
Community Partners: SUNY Potsdam
Audience: 380
County: St. Lawrence
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Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Carlota Santana
Artists: Leslie Roybal, Carlota Santana
Community Partners: Elaine Gardner; La Colora Flamenco Costumes, NYC; Sally Lesser Designs
Audience: 1,120
Counties: Erie, New York
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Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Carlota Santana
Artists: Leslie Roybal, Carlota Santana
Community Partner: Kaatsbaan Cultural Park for Dance
Audience: 790
Counties: Dutchess, New York
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Year: 2022-2023
DanceForce Member: Carlota Santana
Artists: Leslie Roybal; Carlota Santana
Community Partners: Emilio Ochando; Lake Placid Center for the Arts
Audience: 312
Counties: Essex; New York
Year: 2014-2015
DanceForce Member: Lois Welk
Artists: William Evans, Philadanco, Gabrielle Revlock, Beth Hesch
Community Partners: 171 Cedar Arts Center, Alfred University Dance Department, Elmira College Theatre Department
Audience: 227
Counties: Allegany, Chemung, Steuben
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Year: 2021-2022
DanceForce Member: Kim Engel
Artists: Michelle Y. Lee (visual artist) , Kris Seto (choreographer/dancer)
Community Partners: UAlbany Art Museum; UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Audience: 5,787
County: Albany
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Year: 2014-2015
DanceForce Member: Cynthia Williams
Artist: Rebeca Tomas
Community Partners: Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Audience: 408
County: Ontario
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Year: 2022-2023
DanceForce Member: Paz Tanjuaquio
Artists: Zhang Huiwang; Jaclyn Reyes
Audience: 500
County: Queens
Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Abby Zbikowski
Community Partner: Emelin Theater, Mamaroneck NY
Audience: 124
County: Westchester
The project supported the participation of 2017 juried Bessie artist Abby Zbikowski and her New Utility dance company in the spring 2019 edition of The Emelin Theater’s annual Dance Off The Grid series in Mamaroneck, NY. Specifically, Abby and three other company members occupied the middle third of the April program. DOTG Curator Andrea Snyder summarizes and provides a mini-review: “Abby Z and the New Utility performed a 20-minute work in progress – Radioactive Practice – to resounding applause and appreciation for the dancers’ extraordinary physical abilities and the stimulating choreography. The audience was ‘wowed’ by the work. Unintentionally and serendipitously, Abby’s choreography and the company’s performance aligned with the other two artists on the program – Caleb Teicher and Malini Srinivasan – through the association of rhythm, which turned out to be the noted ‘theme’ of the evening.”
The endeavor sustains the commitment the DanceForce made several years ago to support touring beyond New York City by each year’s juried Bessie artist, selected by a rotating panel of distinguished dance-makers convened by Bessie Director Lucy Sexton. Bessie artists who have toured with Dance Force support include Pam Tanowitz, Pavel Zustiak (Palissimo), Beth Gill, Gerard & Kelly and Darrell Jones. This project continued in particular the Dance Force’s fruitful collaboration with The Emelin Theater in Westchester and with Andrea Snyder, who curates their Dance Off The Grid Series.
Each DOTG program presents three different dance artists/companies and culminates in an informal audience-performer dialogue moderated by Andrea. She has built a faithful audience for the series, one comprised mainly of adults, who have developed an appetite for the eclectic nature of the dance on display and a willingness to be surprised and even challenged by unexpected idioms. The houses (the theater seats 265) are usually gratifying—between 150-200 patrons. The participating artists appreciate the evident curiosity and attention of the public and the liveliness of the post-performance discussion. With the exception of Fall for Dance, an eclectic dance sampler of this sort is simply not to be found in New York City. It thus offers participating artists the experience of sharing their work with a truly “new” audience. They value this.
Year: 2017-2018
DanceForce Member: Nancy Long
Artist: Adam Weinert
Community Partners: Cooperstown Central School; Paul Nigra Center for the Arts, Gloversville, NY; Utica Dance Foundation
Audience: 90
Counties: Fulton, Oneida, Otsego
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