Robin Collen, 2020-2021

Create a Space Now Residency

July 23, 2020 Curt

Hettie Barnhill’s CREATE A SPACE NOW performance on Sept. 14, 2019 at the Geva Theater Center in Rochester , N.Y. Photo by J. Wolfe.

Year: 2020/2021
DanceForce Member: Robin Collen
Artists: Hettie Barnhill, Robert Gertler
Community Partners: Community Performance Series, Potsdam; SUNY Potsdam Department of Theatre and Dance
Audience: 221
County: St. Lawrence

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James Lemons, 2020-2021

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

July 23, 2020 Curt

Year: 2020/2021
DanceForce Member: James Lemons
Artist: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Community Partner: Lake Placid Center for the Arts
Audience: 527
County: Essex

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Cynthia Williams, 2020-2021

Jane Comfort’s Unvarnished America

July 23, 2020 Curt

Year: 2020/2021
DanceForce Member: Cynthia Williams
Artist: Jane Comfort and Company
Community Partner: Hobart & William Smith Colleges Dance Department
Audience: 135
County: Ontario

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Juried Bessies Artists Initiative, Jim Self, Ivan Sygoda, 2020-2021

Kinetic Light / Alice Sheppard Residency

July 23, 2020 Curt

Alice Sheppard, balances on her hands, arms straight, and on a pair of silver crutches, lifting her lower body and wheelchair high. Alice’s head is tucked and her short curly hair peeks out from behind her strong arms. She is a coffee-skinned multiracial Black woman, wearing a shimmery gold bodysuit. Set against a black background, light reflects off her costume, chair, and crutches. Photo by Mengwen Cao.

Year: 2020-2021
DanceForce Member: Jim Self
DanceForce Partnering Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artists: Megan Omohundro, Jim Self, Alice Sheppard
Community Partners: CherryArts Space
Audience: 298
County: Tompkins

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Kim Engel, 2020-2021

Moving DanceForce Activity into Warren County

April 13, 2022 Curt

Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company member with John Van Alstine’s sculpture at Opalka Gallery. Photo by Gary Gold.

Year: 2020-2021
DanceForce Member: Kim Engel
Artists: Ellen Sinopoli; John Van Alstine; Maria Zemantauski
Community Partner: The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls NY
Audience: 4,252
County: Warren

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Kim Engel, 2020-2021

Moving DF Activity into Washington County

July 23, 2020 Curt

Flamenco Vivo at Hubbard Hall on 10-3-21. Photo by Kim Engel

Year: 2020/2021
DanceForce Member: Kim Engel
Artist: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Community Partners: Hubbard Hall, Cambridge NY; UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Audience: 35
County: Washington

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D. Chase Angier, 2020-2021

On The Rise: Young Choreographers of Color

February 16, 2020 Curt

Cameron McKinney. Photo by Joseph Lambert/Jazzy Photo

Year: 2020-2021
DanceForce Member: D. Chase Angier
Artist: Cameron McKinney
Community Partners: Alfred University, Alfred University Performing Arts Division, Alfred University School of Art and Design, Marlin Miller Dance Residency Program
County: Allegany
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Nancy Long, 2020-2021

Reminisce: A Love Letter to a Time and Place. A Short Dance and Music Film

July 23, 2020 Curt

Year: 2020-2021
DanceForce Member: Nancy Long
Artist: Caroga Arts Collective, Jake Kruty, Hannah Straney, Elizabeth Szendrody
Community Partners: Caroga Arts Collective; Utica Dance Foundation; Utica Dance, Inc.
Audience: 394
County: Fulton

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Margarita Espada, 2020-2021

Rosa Lina Lima Dance Residency: Embracing What We’ve Got

July 23, 2020 Curt

Year: 2020/2021
DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada
Artists: Ivette Chiclana, Amed Irrizary, Rosa Lina Lima, Gloria Llompart
Community Partners: Firehouse Gallery; Latina Moms; Pronto of Long Island; Radio La Fiesta; Suffolk Community College; Teatro Rodante Hispanico
Audience: 615
County: Suffolk

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Elaine Gardner, 2020-2021

Supporting Buffalo Choreographers and Dancers

July 13, 2021 Curt

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

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NYS DanceForce

Create a Space Now Residency

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Jane Comfort’s Unvarnished America

Kinetic Light / Alice Sheppard Residency

Moving DanceForce Activity into Warren County

Moving DF Activity into Washington County

On The Rise: Young Choreographers of Color

Reminisce: A Love Letter to a Time and Place. A Short Dance and Music Film

Rosa Lina Lima Dance Residency: Embracing What We’ve Got

Supporting Buffalo Choreographers and Dancers

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