Join Chihiro Shimizu for a free live demonstration of their upcoming Professional Saturday Workshop, DTI Pro Saturday: Effective Promotional Videos with Chihiro Shimizu presented by Gibney Dance's Digital Technology Initiative! Get a sneak peek of the information that will be shared at the workshop, and learn more about the DTI.
Join the Gibney Dance Equity Action Committee for a panel of artists, administrators, and presenters to discuss the complexity and operations of tokenism in the dance field. When, where and how does tokenism operate? What are ways we can recognize and prevent tokenism across our individual and institutional practices? This panel aims to investigate the […]
Showings by Kelsey Rondeau, Olivia Dwyer, and Rebecca Fitton. Discussion facilitated by Angie Pittman. ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress at Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center at 280 Broadway. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting. Artists sign up to […]
Learn the fundamental tools of dance filmmaking in a workshop exploring cinematic and choreographic concepts in dance film. Bring your camera if you have one – if not, cameras can be provided by the DTI. About the Digital Technology Initiative The DTI seeks to empower artists to create high quality digital content and integrate technology […]
Through email marketing, social media and websites, video is the most effective way to communicate with existing and potential audiences. This workshop will focus on creating documentary-style promotional videos, that allow viewers to make visual and emotional connections with you and your work. It will cover general skills and tools for video production, and examine […]
mayfield brooks: IWB: Dancing in the Hold Part of Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Curated by Marýa Wethers Part I: P(a)rLAY April 10 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm Free IWB: Dancing in the Hold is a performance in three parts investigating mayfield brooks’ ongoing project, Improvising While Black (IWB), which uses dance improvisation as a […]
Facilitators: Kathy Westwater, Sydnie Mosley, Nigel Campbell How do you advocate for yourself? What are other creative ways to compensate your collaborators? How do you ask for money? We’ll hear from Kathy Westwater, Sydnie Mosley and Nigel Campbell about how they address these questions. About DEEP: Dancers' Economic Empowerment Program DEEP investigates the points in […]
April 3, 5, 10 & 12 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Fee: $250 This composition workshop focuses on incorporating drag techniques and history into current movement practices, and will include guest speakers and a final performance showcase. An open informal showing will take place with participants on Friday, April 13 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm. […]
mayfield brooks: IWB: Dancing in the Hold Part of Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Curated by Marýa Wethers Part II: DANCING IN THE HOLD April 12 - 13 AT 8:00 PM TICKETS $15 - $20 post-show talk: april 13 Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Series Pass: $45 Purchase a series pass here → IWB: Dancing […]
BALLET HISPÁNICO APRIL 13 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Price: $20 Sharpen your dance technique in this master class when Michelle Manzanales of Ballet Hispánico returns to Gibney! The choreographer, director of education, and former rehearsal director, offers you a taste of classical, Latin, and contemporary dance powered by the theatricality, athleticism, and passion that […]
mayfield brooks: IWB: Dancing in the Hold Part of Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Curated by Marýa Wethers Part III: process(ion) april 14 from 2:00 - 8:00 pm TICKETS $15 IWB: Dancing in the Hold is a performance in three parts investigating mayfield brooks’ ongoing project, Improvising While Black (IWB), which uses dance improvisation as […]
april 14 - 15 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $150 Open yourself to experience how Pilobolus creates and performs. Join us for a two-day intensive designed to reawaken the senses. Participants expand their improvisational skills by connecting to the group with their senses. The workshop examines how dancers can use their senses of touch, sight, […]
Get to know the high-powered, creative video editing program Adobe Premiere Pro. This workshop will take participants through the fundamentals of setting up a video edit: importing multiple file types, sorting clips, different kinds of cuts to working with sound, transitions, and titles. Download a free trial of Premiere Pro to get the most from […]
Join Thomas Kavanaugh for a free live demonstration of the upcoming Professional Saturday Workshop, DTI Pro Saturday: Interactive Video in Performance with Thomas Kavanagh presented by Gibney Dance's Digital Technology Initiative! Get a sneak peek of the information that will be shared at the workshop, and learn more about the DTI.
jumatatu m. poe: terrestrial Part of Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Curated by Marýa Wethers April 19 - 21 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm tickets $15 - $20 pre-show talk: april 21, 4:30 pm Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Series Pass: $45 Purchase a series pass here → Inspired by the hot brown granules in […]
Caitlin Adams + Wesley Ensminger Blank or Tied Tickets: $15 Online, $20 at the Door Caitlin Adams and Wesley Ensminger come together for an evening of dance that exposes the limits and indulgences of human existence while deconstructing absences created by displacement and disassociation. Through the abstraction of musical influence, gender roles, and personal history, […]
LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY April 21 10:00 am – 12:00 PM Price: $20 Nicole M. Corea will lead this master class as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Nicole is currently a dancer at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company.Corea is originally from Palmyra, NY. […]
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, nearly 45,000 Americans take their lives each year. Would you like to be a force in standing for the lives of others? Together Ending Suicide is a community discussion for anyone interested in learning about suicide prevention. Moderated by Heather Robles, the discussion will include artists, individuals, and organizations […]
The creative process tends to operate independently of time and generally without the promise of predictable income. Learn ways to monitor how you manage your time as well as meet your needs for financial well-being as you pursue your creative goals. About DEEP: Dancers' Economic Empowerment Program DEEP investigates the points in an artistic career […]
How has colonization manifest in dance training, making, presenting, critiquing, documenting and theorizing? Who are the colonizers and the colonized? What initiatives could be launched to decolonize these sites of power imbalance? In partnership with Dance/NYC, this Long Table will take up questions first raised at the Dance/NYC Symposium, and will further the conversation with […]
i moving lab: i land 2018 Part of Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Curated by Marýa Wethers April 26 - 28 at 8:00 pm tickets $15 - $20 post-show talk: april 27 pre-show gallery activation: 7:30pm nightly Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) Series Pass: $45 Purchase a series pass here → I Moving Lab is […]
making dance: a monthly cohort monstah black April 21, 22, & 28 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm april 29 from 12:00 - 4:00 pm fee: $100 participants must attend all sessions What are the tools to rock a kick ass entertaining show while balancing on a political activist soap box that allows space for Ecstatic […]
Learn about the fundamentals of lighting for photo and video. Participants will discuss different types of lights and their uses, standard modifiers and accessories for lighting, and basic lighting principles. No experience necessary. About the Digital Technology Initiative The DTI seeks to empower artists to create high quality digital content and integrate technology into their […]
This series of interactive workshops will explore multiple ways to address issues of sexual violence through movement based modalities. This is a unique opportunity to delve into creative process, healing, techniques, and justice through the lens of sexual violence, and to add tools to your own movement practice. Workshops facilitated by Kimberleigh Costanzo, Alixa Garcia, […]
A.I.M Friday, May 4 12:00 – 2:00 pm Price: $20 Kyle Abraham’s master class will emphasize four of the company’s core movement values: exploration, musicality, abandonment, and intuition. The opening warm-up sequence focuses on the fluidity of the spine, articulation, and core body strengthening; and then builds up to challenging, creative and invigorating phrase work. […]
may 3 - 5 at 8:00 pm may 5 at 4:00 pm the theater gibney 280 broadway tickets $15 - $20 Post-Performance Discussion: May 3 GDC’S Spring Season presents new works by Senior Company Director Amy Miller and Guest Choreographer Bryan Arias. Amy Miller: Valence Valence calls on the chemistry term describing the inherent bonding […]
Make responsive video projections with a few mouse clicks. In this workshop, you will use Isadora, a drag-and-drop programming software, to rapidly prototype interactive content. You'll also learn techniques for creating stable, long-term solutions for performance and gallery contexts. In this hands-on intensive – open to all experience levels with video – you’ll be sculpting reactive […]
University of Michigan BFA Class of 2018 Performances May 6 at 5:00 pm gibney 280 broadway As part of our Group Study Program, The University of Michigan Department of Dance presents new and recent solos by the BFA class of 2018. 5:00 - 7:00 pm on Sunday, May 6, followed by a post-performance reception. learn more about […]
Showings by Ana Lejava, Love Muwwakkil, and Raven White. Discussion facilitated by Jessica Pretty. ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress at Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center at 280 Broadway. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting. Artists sign […]