DMI TECH TUESDAY Learn the fundamental settings for camcorders, professional cinema cameras, and DSLRs. Students will learn how each setting affects exposure and how to adjust them based on what they’re looking to achieve. Settings covered include: Shutter Speed, Aperture/Iris, ISO/Gain, and White Balance. Gibney’s Digital Media Initiative seeks to empower artists to create high […]
How do you write about a project when you don't know what you are making? How do you talk about your work, process, collaborators, and engagement with the world in just 500 words? Having been on all sides of the grant application process throughout her career, Lauren Slone is passionate about helping artists articulate their […]
NY Quadrille: John Jasperse Projects THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 The class begins with an anatomy-focused warm-up, drawn from both traditional and recent modern dance techniques, aiming to align and re-pattern the energy flow in the body in order to find support from the floor extending through our connection into […]
In this workshop, led by Will Penrose, artists will have the opportunity to focus on their personal writing for the artist statement and proposal sections of grant applications. Participants will walk away with a clear and very concise description of their work and bullet points that will help to guide how the description can be […]
Do we all agree on a definition of feminism? A dance can take up feminism as its theme, but what does it mean for dance artists to play active, influential roles in the feminist cause? Can dancers bring useful ideas and strategies to feminist practice and struggle for justice? In turn, how have feminist ideas […]
Do we all agree on a definition of feminism? A dance can take up feminism as its theme, but what does it mean for dance artists to play active, influential roles in the feminist cause? Can dancers bring useful ideas and strategies to feminist practice and struggle for justice? In turn, how have feminist ideas […]
Move Beyond Violence, a one-night-only benefit performance, will kick off Gibney's annual Cracks of Light performance series, co-presented by Sanctuary for Families. The evening will include a reception, an inside look at Gibney's decades-long commitment to the arts and social justice community, and special performances by singer/songwriter Morley Kamen (“Morley”), Sanctuary for Families' Survivor Leaders, […]
NY Quadrille: Donna Uchizono Company FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 Making Dances: Dance as your Question and Answer, will explore our relationship to dance as a viewer and a maker through observation, dialogue and making. Known for creating a new vocabulary with each work, choreographer Donna Uchizono delights in ways […]
CRACKS OF LIGHT CO-PRESENTED BY SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES OCT 12 - 13 AT 8:00 PM THE THEATER GIBNEY 280 BROADWAY $15 - $20 Co-presented by Gibney Community Action’s first partner, Sanctuary for Families, Cracks of Light is part of Gibney’s annual observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In this series of performance works created during […]
Join us for showings by Doron Perk, Chia-hui Cheng, & Sara Denise. Moderated by Jess Pretty. ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting, with a feedback session following the performances facilitated by a noted […]
DMI TECH TUESDAY Need to film a work sample for your upcoming residency or grant application? This workshop will cover tips and tricks that will help your work sample stand out. This October, Gibney's Dancers' Economic Empowerment Program and Digital Media Initiative will offer a series of workshops geared towards generative artists. Focusing on the […]
Created by Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush, EYE ON DANCE (EOD) was a television series launched in 1981 to deepen the public’s understanding of the full spectrum of dance forms that intersect to produce American dance. An in-depth interview based series, the socially and historically framed discussions were illuminated through performance excerpts. This educational resource […]
SANKOFA DANZAFRO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 This class will be an “Afro-Contemporary” dance class. Afro-Contemporary is a dance technique created in Senegal at the Mudra-Afrique school, and is an exploration of contemporary dance supported by traditional dance. Class will be accompanied by a percussionist. Rafael Palacios is a Colombian […]
SLIDING SCALE: $5, $10, $15 Gibney Dance Company members will share the foundational structure of Gibney’s Community Action model which is offered at domestic violence shelters. Community Action’s evidence-informed program model draws from artistic practices to address issues of choice, self-care, and self-expression. No dance background necessary! Come wearing comfortable clothing to move in. Photo […]
JILL SIGMAN/THINKDANCE THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. OCT 18 - 20 AT 8:00 PM THE BLACK BOX GIBNEY 280 BROADWAY $15 - $20 In a work part improvised, part choreographed, part movement, part dialogue, Sigman tackles the difficult questions. Without trying to find solutions, agreement, or even closure, she brings together a group of fascinating […]
During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, leaders in the arts and social justice fields will come together to advance the conversation about the #MeToo movement and where it might be headed. We will discuss the diverse roles artists, journalists and lawyers play in this movement as well as ways that different sectors of action can unite […]
DMI Professional Workshop Whether you’re interested in learning code to drive interactive performance elements in your work, or just as a lucrative side-gig, where to begin can be a daunting question. This workshop is a beginners’ introduction to translating “choreographic thinking” into “code thinking.” The workshop will be primarily physical in nature and will help […]
Jonah Bokaer Choreography FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 Experience the unique opportunity to learn material from the most recent repertory works of Jonah Bokaer Choreography. Beginning with a warm-up focused on energetically charging the body, dancers will prepare for movement experimentation incorporating ideas from dance, theater, architecture and media. Special emphasis will be […]
KRISTOPHER K.Q. POURZAL MIX FIX (DICK NO BALLS) OCT 25 - 27 AT 8:00 PM THE BLACK BOX GIBNEY 280 BROADWAY $15 - $20 Concept, choreography, and performance by Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal, in dramaturgical dialogue with Kareem Alexander The moment a castrato utters his first note, he outs himself to his bemused onlookers. His strangely […]
WITH DESPINA SOPHIA STAMOS & ASTEP SLIDING SCALE: $15, $25, $35 Join us for two workshops which will explore ways to address forced migration through movement based modalities. By contextualizing creative physical practice as a civic and social endeavor, this workshop will make connections between dance and world building. Open to any artist looking to expand […]