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Ivan Sygoda, 2016-2017

Souleymane Badolo at The Emelin Theater March 3, 2017

March 28, 2017 Curt
Souleymane Badolo in YIMBEGRE. Photo by Stephanie Berger

Year: 2016-2017
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artists: Souleymane Badolo, Mamadou Konate
Community Partners: Emelin Theater, Mamaroneck NY
Audience: 250
County: Westchester
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Ivan Sygoda, 2014-2015

Darrell Jones in New York

July 19, 2015 Curt
Darrell Jones in FEATHERS Sponsored by DF member Ivan Sygoda
Darrell Jones in FEATHERS

Year: 2014-2015
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Darrell Jones
Community Partner: Danspace Project
Audience: 60
County: New York
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Ivan Sygoda, 2013-2014

Heidi Latsky Dance Upstate

July 22, 2015 Curt
GIMP by Heidi Latsky Photo by Darial Sneed
GIMP by Heidi Latsky
Photo by Darial Sneed

Year: 2013-2014
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Heidi Latsky
Community Partners: Adaptive Sports Foundation (for Wounded Warriors), Catskill Mountain Foundation, The College at Brockport, University of Rochester
Audience: 211
Counties: Greene, Monroe
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Ivan Sygoda, 2012-2013

Heidi Latsky Upstate: Catskill Mountain Foundation

September 10, 2015 Curt
Heidi Latsky Dance - The Gimp Project
Heidi Latsky Dance – The Gimp Project

Year: 2012-2013
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Heidi Latsky
Community Partners: Catskill Mountain Foundation; The Exchange/The Orchard Project
Audience: 24
County: Greene

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Ivan Sygoda, 2011-2012

Heidi Latsky Dance/The Gimp Project Upstate

September 10, 2015 Curt
Heidi Latsky - The Gimp ProjectPhoto by Seth Wenig
Heidi Latsky – The Gimp Project
Photo by Seth Wenig

Year: 2011-2012
DanceForce Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Heidi Latsky
Community Partners: SUNY at Buffalo Office of Accessibility Resources; University of Rochester
Audience: 135
County: Monroe

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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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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:
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NYS DanceForce is in Brooklyn, New York.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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