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Margaret Kaiser, 2023-2024

Letter to the World/Buffalo

May 25, 2023 Curt

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: D. Chase Angier; Markéta Fantová; Evelyne Leblanc Roberge
County: Erie

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Jacqueline Davis, Margaret Kaiser, 2023-2024

Marie Basse-Wiles – Senegalese Dance and Drumming

May 25, 2023 Curt

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Jacquie Davis
Partnering Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artist: Marie Basse-Wiles
Audience: 950
County: Monroe

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James Lemons, 2023-2024

Parsons Dance Company Residency

May 25, 2023 Curt

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: James Lemons
Artists: Rebecca Josue, David Parsons
Community Partner: Lake Placid Center for the Arts
Audience: 478
County: Essex

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Robin Collen, Cynthia Williams, 2023-2024

Passion Fruit Dance

May 25, 2023 Curt
Tatiana Desardouin teaching House Dance at HWS

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Cynthia Williams
Partnering Member: Robin Collen
Artists: Tatiana Desardouin, Lauriane Ogay
Community Partner: Hobart & William Smith Colleges Dance Department, Geneva; Boys and Girls Club, Geneva
Audience: 201
County: Ontario

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Juried Bessies Artists Initiative, Ivan Sygoda, 2023-2024

Passion Fruit Dance in the Hudson Valley

July 10, 2024 Curt

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Partnering DanceForce Members: Elena Mosley, Toni Smith
Artists: Tatiana Desardouin; Lauriane Ogay
Community Partner: Adam Weinert (Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli)
Audience: 61
Counties: Columbia, Dutchess

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Elena Mosley, 2023-2024

Bridge Connection

May 25, 2023 Curt
Alvin Ailey II at Hudson Library. Photo by David McIntyre

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Elena Mosley
Artists: Alvin Ailey II Company; Tatiana Desardouin; Marcus McGregor; Dan Safer; Taganyahu Swaby
Community Partners: CREATE Arts Council, Operation Unite NY, Hudson City Library, JCinetime LLC, Yaad Wellness Center
Audience: 646
County: Columbia

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Nancy Long, 2023-2024

Rennie Harris Puremovement at Hamilton College

May 25, 2023 Curt

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Nancy Long
Artist: Rennie Harris
Community Partners: Hamilton College; JFK Middle School, Utica; Utica Dance
Audience: 578
County: Oneida

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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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