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Hanaah Bates, 2026-2027

2026 Flamenco Certamen USA

March 2, 2026 Curt

Year: 2026-2027
DanceForce Member: Hanaah Bates
Artists: Karen Lugo, Emilio Ochando, Carlota Santana
Community Partners: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Audience: 435
Counties: New York, Saratoga

Nalanie Molina, Flamenco Certamen USA. Photo by Lisa Greenberg

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Hanaah Bates, 2025-2026

2025 Flamenco Certamen USA

February 24, 2025 Curt

Alice Blumenfeld, 2025 Flamenco Certamen Finalist. Photo by Lisa Greenberg

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Hanaah Bates
Artists: Karen Lugo; Emilio Ochando; Carlota Santana
Audience: 351
Counties: New York; Saratoga

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Advertiser Spotlight: Sukanya Burman Dance

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1 week 6 hours ago

📣 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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1 week 4 days ago

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 8 hours 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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2 weeks 9 hours ago

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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2 weeks 2 days ago

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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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3 weeks 4 days ago

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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 5 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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1 month 1 week ago

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 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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D. Chase Angier
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Gregory Cary
Robin Collen
Jacqueline Davis
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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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NYS DanceForce

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