Bringing Barkha Patel Back to the Capital Region

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Kim Engel
Partnering DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Barkha Patel
Community Partners: Cohoes School District; Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company; Russell Sage College Dance Program; Schenectady City School District; Skidmore College Department of Dance; Union College Department of Theatre and Dance, Schenectady
Audience: 780
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Jamestown Dance Festival

Les Ballet Afrik – New York Is Burning

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Sukanya Burman
Partnering DanceForce Members: Margaret Kaiser, Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Les Ballet Afrik
Community Partners: Arts Services Initiative, Buffalo; Chautauqua Region Community Foundation; Cullen Foundation; Jamestown Community College; Jamestown Pride; Jamestown Public Market; New Neighbors Coalition; Reg Lenna Center for the Arts; Sheldon Foundation; Torn Space Theatre; Wegmans; YWCA Jamestown
Audience: 800
Counties: Chautauqua, Erie

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Jamestown Dance Festival

 

Barkha Patel in RAMTI AAVE or Her Playful Arrival. Photo by Joseph Sinott

Year: 2024-2025
DanceForce Member: Sukanya Burman
Partnering DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Barkha Patel
Community Partners:  Chautauqua Regional Community Foundation; Sheldon Foundation; Reg Lenna Center for the Arts;  National Comedy Center; Jamestown Community College;  Wegmans Jamestown
Audience: 658
Counties: Chautauqua, Steuben

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DANCE-WISE, GROOVE, and GROVE

VISCERAL, 2020 performers Amanda Morretti, Kathy Lucas, Lauren Cranidiotis, Megan Nicloe, and Indira White. Photo from videos by Mee Ae and Marilyn Rivchin.
VISCERAL, 2020 performers Amanda Morretti, Kathy Lucas, Lauren Cranidiotis, Megan Nicloe, and Indira White. Photo from videos by Mee Ae and Marilyn Rivchin.

Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Jim Self
Partnering Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Tatiana Desardouin, Jim Self
Community Partner: Cherry Arts Space
Audience: 536
County: Tompkins

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Alice Sheppard Kinetic Light HWS Residency 2022

Laurel Lawson leading Disability & Technology workshop Sep. 2, 2022. Photo by Kevin Colton.

Year: 2021-2022
DanceForce Member: Cynthia Williams
DanceForce Partnering Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artists: Alice Sheppard, Laurel Lawson
Community Partners: Hobart & William Smith Colleges Dance Department; Hobart & William Smith Colleges Education Department
Audience: 251
County: Ontario

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