Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Kim Engel
Partnering DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artist: Tatian Desardouin
Community Partners: The Egg, Albany; UAlbany Foundation & Auxiliary Services; UAlbany Office of Intercultural Student Engagement
Audience: 250
County: Albany
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Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Community Partners: Capital Region Salsa Social; eba Center for Dance and Movement; Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company; Emma Willard School; EMPAC, Troy NY; Hubbard Hall, Cambridge NY; Nacre Dance Company; Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady; Russell Sage College; Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Skidmore College; The Egg, Albany; The Palace Theatre, Troy NY; UAlbany Performing Arts Center; Union College, Schenectady
Counties: Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington
Continue reading 2023/24 Capital Region Dance Season Calendar
Year: 2022-2023
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artists: Urban Bush Women
Community Partners: The Egg, Albany; UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Audience: 351
County: Albany
Year: 2022-2023
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artists: Laura Gray, Gwen Welliver
Community Partners: Baryshnikov Studios; Bogliasco Foundation Study Center; Florida State University Council; Van Cleef & Arpels
Audience: 60
County: New York
Year: 2022-2023
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artists: 20 dance companies
Community Partners: Saratoga Performing Arts Center; The Egg, Albany; UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Audience: 8,000
Counties: Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Partnering Member: Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Kyle Marshall
Community Partners: Arts Westchester; Bethany Arts Community
Audience: 63
County: Westchester
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Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artists: Garth Fagan Dance
Community Partner: Catskill Mountain Foundation
Audience: 475
County: Greene
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Year: 2019-2020
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Community Partners: Dance Alliance – Ballston Spa NY; Skidmore College; The Egg, Albany; UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Audience: 7,000
Counties: Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
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Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Community Partners: Dance Alliance – Ballston Spa NY; Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady; UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Audience: 4,000
Counties: Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
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Year: 2018-2019
DanceForce Member: Toni Smith
Artist: Abby Zbikowski
Community Partners: The Egg, Albany; UAlbany Foundation & Auxiliary Services; UAlbany Performing Arts Center; University Auxiliary Services, UAlbany
Audience: 155
County: Albany
Continue reading Providing an Upstate Residency to the Bessies Juried Award Winner