Year: 2022-2023
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artist: Kimberly Bartosik
Community Partner: Torn Space Theatre
Audience: 150
County: Erie
The Encounter: Buffalo + NYC
The Encounter
Year: 2021-2022
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artist: Kimberly Bartosik
Community Partners: Niagara Falls Central School District; Torn Space Theatre
Audience: 197
Counties: Erie, Niagara
The Encounter (Postponed to 2021-2022)
Year: 2020-2021
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artist: Kimberly Bartosik
Community Partner: Torn Space Theatre
County: Erie
Collaboration with Claire Porter
Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Elaine Gardner
DanceForce Partnering Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: Elaine Gardner, Claire Porter
Community Partners: Bill Evans Teachers Institute; Burchfield Penney Art Center; Center Dance, Buffalo; Playwrights Group, NYC
Audience: 265
Counties: Chautauqua, Erie Ontario
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TRUCK
Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: Bridgman/Packer
Community Partners: Canalside; Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation; Torn Space Theatre
Audience: 500
County: Erie
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Buffalo’s Response Festival Features Bastard: The Painted Bird
Year: 2017-2018
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: Pavel Zustiak, Jaro Vinarsky, Christian Frederickson
Community Partners: Torn Space Theatre, Ujima Theatre Company
Audience: 450
County: Erie
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Ferry Street Corridor Wall Project
Year: 2015-2016
DanceForce Members: Margaret Kaiser, Elaine Gardner
Artists: Elaine Gardner, Nancy Hughes, Leanne Rinelli
Community Partners: Buffalo Academy of the Visual & Performing Arts; Buffalo City Ballet; Friends of the Buffalo Story; Hilda Ramos
Audience: 1,120
County: Erie
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Burning Spirits
Year: 2014-2015
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: Elaine Gardner, Dave Ruchs, Curt Steinzor
Community Partners: Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, Friends of the Buffalo Story, Nichols School, SUNY at Buffalo
Audience: 2,050
County: Erie
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American Grain Reimagined
Year: 2012-2013
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: Brian Milbrand, Nimbus Dance, Road Less Traveled Productions, Torn Space Theatre
Audience: 600
Counties: Erie
Inhabiting Memories: Dance in the Ruins, “Sighting Freedom”
Year: 2012-2013
DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artist: Makeda Thomas
Community Partners: Buffalo Place; Buffalo State College; Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation
Audience: 319
County: Erie
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