Year: 2015-2016
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artist: Stephen Petronio Company
Community Partners: Dance Alliance, Ballston Spa; Skidmore College; Tang Teaching Museum
Audience: 445
Counties: Rensselaer, Saratoga Continue reading Stephen Petronio Company at The Tang→
Year: 2016-2017
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artist: Stephen Petronio Dance Company
Community Partner: Skidmore College
Audience: 905
Counties: Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington
Nancy Hughes and Phil Wackerfuss in SIMPLE MATTER. Photo by Annette Dragon
Year: 2020-2021 DanceForce Member: Elaine Gardner Artists: Megan Evans-Rakeepile, Nancy Hughes, Gaitrie Subryan Community Partners: Buffalo City Ballet; Center Dance, Buffalo; Elmwood Festival of the Arts; Lisa Taylor Academy of Ballet Audience: 480 County: Erie
Students at Academy of the Holy Names participate in a ribbon dance workshop with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company on 1-23-25. Photo by David Perritano courtesy of Academy of the Holy Names.
Year: 2024-2025
DanceForce Member: Kim Engel
Artists: A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham; Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Community Partners: Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady; Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs; Union College, Schenectady
Audience: 1,235
Counties: Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
Year: 2026-2027
DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada
Artist: Meranda Flachs-Surmanek
Community Partners: Bay Shore Chamber of Commerce; Brentwood School District; En Vivo Radio; La Fiesta Radio; Patchogue School District; Tula Restaurant
Audience: 600
County: Suffolk
Year: 2013-2014
DanceForce Member: Jacqueline Davis
Artists: Heather Cornell, Iréne Hultman, Stephen Koester, Claire Porter, Lisa Race
Community Partner: The College at Brockport
Audience: 732
County: Monroe Continue reading The Duets Concert – An Exploration Of The Duet Form→
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