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Glenna Yu, 2026-2027

Open Air | Open Movement

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Year: 2026-2027
DanceForce Member: Glenna Yu
Artist: Christy Funsch
Community Partner: Christy Funsch; Pillow Fort Arts Center
Audience: 76
County: Delaware

Christy Funsch and Cam Moreno. Photo by Leighann Kowalsky

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Glenna Yu, 2026-2027

JoAnna Mendl Shaw in Residence

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Year: 2026-2027
DanceForce Member: Glenna Yu
Artist: JoAnna Mendl Shaw
Community Partners: Carol Levine; Pillow Fort Arts Center
Audience: 40
County: Delaware

The Equus Projects. Photo by Arthur Fink

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Glenna Yu, 2025-2026

Open Air | Open Movement

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OPEN MACHINE by Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Riener

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Glenna Yu
Artists: Clyde Fusei Forth; Christy Funsch; Lily Gold; Jeremy Hale; Rashaun Mitchell; Kay Ottinger; Silas Riener; Zay Thurgood; Raven White
Audience: 111
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Glenna Yu, 2025-2026

Movement Artist Working Group

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Photo by Leighann Kowalsky

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Glenna Yu
Artists: Olivia Avanzato; Djahari Clark; Christy Funsch; Zay Thurgood; Glenna Yu
Audience: 25
County: Delaware Continue reading Movement Artist Working Group →

Ivan Sygoda, Glenna Yu, 2025-2026

Eiko Otake in Delaware County

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Woodland Cemetery. Photo by Ty Tamburo

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Glenna Yu
Partnering DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Eiko Otake
Community Partner: Bushel Collective
Audience: 89
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Glenna Yu, 2024-2025

BIRDHOUSE Dance/Movement Workshop & Residency

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BIRDHOUSE. Photo by Leighann Kowalsky

Year: 2024-2025
DanceForce Member: Glenna Yu
Artists: BIRDHOUSE
Community Partner: Bushel Collective
Audience: 65
County: Delaware

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📣 Apply to 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 resources include: * A Minimum of 20 hours of

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Western NY! Monica Bill Barnes & Dance company are performing at Alfred University on Sept 12! Free admission, no tickets, just show up and experience this incredible performace!

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1 week 4 days ago

Join us for our first info session for the 2027 NYS Choreographers Initiative.

Saturday, August 29 at 9am

More info and registration at the link below:
www.danceforce.org/4441-2/

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NYS DanceForce is in Brooklyn, New York.

2 weeks 1 hour ago

2026 NY State Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) recipient Jessy Crist (R) with Mentor Amanda Krische (L) at Kestrels in Brooklyn, NY. ✨ Learn more about the 2026 NYSCI awardees at www.danceforce.org NYSCI is a program of the NYS DanceForce in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA 📆 Applications for

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We're just over two weeks until Curtain Up! and the launch of the Buffalo theater season- Torn Space is excited to host an extraordinary evening of dance to celebrate. Join us for REBEL REVISITED: a one-night celebration of dance legend Martha Graham, featuring a rare screening of her landmark 1934

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NYS DanceForce updated their status.

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3 weeks 1 day ago

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.

3 weeks 4 days ago

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.

3 weeks 4 days 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.

3 weeks 6 days 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.

1 month 4 days 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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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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