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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

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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The NYS DanceForce, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA announces the 2027 NY State Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI). NYSCI - now in its 10th year - is designed to support dance artists in the development of their choreographic skills by providing them with resources that are often unavailable or unaffordable. These

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In addition to the CURTAIN UP! event at Torn Space Theater, A Rebel Revisited, we are also offering a master class in the Graham technique at the Lisa Taylor Academy of Ballet & Dance Arts. This is part of a NYSDanceForce collaboration with TST.

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NYS DanceForce is in New York.

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2026 NY State Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient Liv Butowsky (black shirt) with Mentor Hadar Ahuvia (red shirt) at PS21 in Chatham, NY. ✨ Learn more about the 2026 NYSCI awardees at www.danceforce.org 📆 Applications for the 2027 NY State Choreographers Initiative open soon! NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce

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NYS DanceForce is at Torn Space Theater.

6 days 6 hours ago

Presented by Torn Space Theater and NYS DanceForce, a Curtain Up! presentation: a one-night celebration of dance legend Martha Graham, featuring a rare screening of her landmark 1934 film Lamentation — followed by three original variations commissioned especially for this evening. TICKETS: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a-rebel-revisited-movement-variations-inspired-by-martha-graham Choreographers Sukanya Burman, Elaine Gardner, and Paz

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NYS DanceForce is in New York.

1 week 10 hours ago

2026 NY State Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient Teresa Fellion (L) with Mentor Seàn Curran (R) in NYC. ✨ Learn more about the 2026 NYSCI awardees at www.danceforce.com 📆 Applications for the 2027 NY State Choreographers Initiative open soon! NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce in partnership with the New York

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NYS DanceForce is at Union College.

2 weeks 1 day ago

This year, DanceForce Members, 2026 NYS Choreographers Initiative awardees, and guests gathered at Union College in Schenectady hosted by DanceForce Member Kim Engel. Some highlights: “Putting Out the Welcome Mat” by Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company. Performance and discussion of 2024 NYSCI recipient, Sondra Loring’s “Witness” at the Henle Dance Pavilion.

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NYS DanceForce members and the local Capital Region community at a post-performance discussion after "Witness" directed by Sondra Loring in the Henle Dance Pavilion at Union College

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NYS DanceForce members with NYS Choregraphers Initiative awardees and guests at the annual summer meeting held this year at Union College in Schenectady.

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NYS DanceForce members, NYS Choreographers Initiative awardees and guests take in a performance at Jacob's Pillow on July 30

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Mentor Kelly Bartnik (L) with 2026 NYSCI recipient, Maya June Dwyer (R), @lemoyne_college in Syracuse, NY.

Learn more about the 2026 NYSCI awardees at www.danceforce.com ✨

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4 weeks 1 day ago

In the Albany, Schenectady, Union College area July 28, 29?
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NYS DanceForce is at University of Rochester.

1 month 2 weeks ago

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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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 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

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