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Jacqueline Davis, 2018-2019

Tricia Brown Dance Company Residency

March 15, 2018 Curt

Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Jacquie Davis
Artists: Tricia Brown Dance Company
Community Partner: The College at Brockport
Audience: 978
Counties: Monroe
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Margaret Kaiser, 2018-2019

TRUCK

March 15, 2018 Curt
Bridgman/Packer in VOYEUR. Photo by Tyler Silver

Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: Bridgman/Packer
Community Partners: Canalside; Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation; Torn Space Theatre
Audience: 500
County: Erie
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Lois Welk, 2018-2019

TRUCKing Dance to the Southern Tier with Bridgman/Packer

March 15, 2018 Curt

Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Lois Welk
Artists: Bridgman/Packer
Community Partners: Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes; Rockwell Museum – a Smithsonian Affiliate, Johnson City; Schorr Family Firehouse Stage, Johnson City
Audience: 360
Counties: Broome, Steuben
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Paz Tanjuaquio, 2018-2019

World Series Dance

March 15, 2018 Curt
Edisa Weeks. Photo by Rebecca Fitton.

Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Paz Tanjuaquio
Artists: Guanglei Hui, Mina Nishimura, Nicky Paraiso, Edisa Weeks
Community Partners: LaMaMa Theater, NYC; NYU Skirball Center; Queens Museum of Art
Audience: 1,000
County: Queens
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NYS DanceForce is at University of Rochester.

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2026 NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient, George Mechalke (R) with mentors, Bridgman Packer Dance (Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer on the L) in process at the University of Rochester. With collaborators Grace Myers Rachel Best Laura D’Amico NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce in partnership with @nyscouncilonthearts 📣

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NYS DanceForce is at NYC.

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2026 NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient, Kaley Pruitt (R) with mentor, Monica Bill Barnes (L) in process in NYC. With collaborators Jenna Purcell Shiloh Hodges Laura Coe NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce in partnership with @nyscouncilonthearts 📣 Established in 2018, the NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) is designed

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📣 Exciting news for Downtown Jamestown! Over the past year, the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation (JRC) has undertaken a strategic evolution of its mission, governance structure, and priorities to strengthen its role as a catalyst for downtown revitalization and economic development. Building on nearly two decades of work implementing Jamestown's Urban

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June Dance 2026 returns to Ithaca’s The Cherry Arts Friday-Saturday, June 5th-6th! NYSDanceForce Member and Project Director (and performer!) Jim Self gives us a preview! literock973.com/mornings-with-dave-and-jen/the-cherrys-june-dance/?cn-reloaded=1 Tickets available here: thecherry.org/cherry-events/june-dance6/ New York State Council on the Arts Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County @followers

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“June Dance 2026” returns to the Cherry Arts in Ithaca next weekend

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NYS DanceForce is with Thomas Talawa Prestø at Skidmore College.

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2026 NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient, Kieron Sargeant (R) with mentor, Thomas Talawa Prestø (L) in process at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.  NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce in partnership with @nyscouncilonthearts 📣 Established in 2018, the NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) is designed to support dance

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Brava! Elena Mosley, founding DanceForce member and co-founder of Operation Unite NY, was recently honored at the Hudson Hall Gala for her profound impact, “generosity, collaborative energy and dedication to the arts.”

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NYS DanceForce is with Mark D. Schmidt at The Cherry Arts.

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📢 JUNE DANCE 2026 at The Cherry Arts! 📆 Friday, June 5 + Saturday, June 6, 2026, 7:30 PM  Featuring works by Rik Daniels | @danielsrik Mark Schmidt | @mark.the.movement.maker Jim Self | @jimboself Danielle Russo w/performance by Jason Collins | @drpp.nyc @jjcolls @ms_russo Queer Culture, physical intensity, stories of

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Pope Leo XIV called for AI to be "disarmed" during the presentation of his first encyclical document, "Magnifica Humanitas." Read more at the link in our bio.

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Brava! Elena Mosley, founding DanceForce member and co-founder of Operation Unite NY, was recently honored at the Hudson Hall Gala for her profound impact, “generosity, collaborative energy and dedication to the arts.”

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NYS DanceForce is with Lois Welk and 2 others in New York.

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2026 NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient, Mark Schmidt (L) with mentor, David Dorfman (R) in process in Corning, NY. With collaborators Kelly Johnson Katrina Kiklowicz Rosita Adamo Wright Grace Myers Ethan Beckwith-Cohen Remi Harris NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce in partnership with @nyscouncilonthearts 📣 Established in 2018,

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NYS DanceForce is with Mark D. Schmidt at The Cherry Arts.

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📣 JUNE DANCE 2026 at The Cherry Arts! 📣 📆 Friday, June 5 + Saturday, June 6, 2026, 7:30 PM  Featuring works by Rik Daniels | @danielsrik Mark Schmidt | @mark.the.movement.maker Jim Self | @jimboself Danielle Russo w/performance by Jason Collins | @drpp.nyc @jjcolls @ms_russo Queer Culture, physical intensity, stories

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Happy International Dance Day! Dance can’t solve all the conflicts of the world. It can’t resolve global wars. It can’t cure illness, or fix poverty, homelessness, or food insecurity. But what it can do or what it has always done is bring us back to what it means to be

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A network of dance activists working to increase the quality and quantity of dance throughout upstate New York.

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NYS DanceForce programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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PROJECTS BY YEAR

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
  • 2024-2025
  • 2023-2024
  • 2022-2023
  • 2021-2022
  • 2020-2021
  • 2019-2020
  • 2018-2019
  • 2017-2018
  • 2016-2017
  • 2015-2016
  • 2014-2015
  • 2013-2014
  • 2012-2013
  • 2011-2012
  • 2010-2011

PROJECTS BY MEMBER

  • D. Chase Angier
  • Jenise Akilah Anthony
  • Hanaah Bates
  • Sukanya Burman
  • Gregory Cary
  • Robin Collen
  • Jacqueline Davis
  • Kim Engel
  • Margarita Espada
  • Elaine Gardner
  • Judy Hussie-Taylor
  • Margaret Kaiser
  • James Lemons
  • Nancy Long
  • Elena Mosley
  • Carlota Santana
  • Jim Self
  • Missy Pfohl Smith
  • Toni Smith
  • Ivan Sygoda
  • Paz Tanjuaquio
  • Lois Welk
  • Cynthia Williams
  • Glenna Yu

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

  • Juried Bessies Artists Initiative
  • NYSCI 2026 Awardees
  • NYSCI 2025 Awardees
  • NYSCI 2024 Awardees
  • NYSCI 2023 Awardees
  • NYSCI 2022 Awardees
  • WNYCI 2021 Awardees
  • WNYCI 2020 Awardees
  • WNYCI 2019 Awardees
  • WNYCI 2018 Awardees

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