Application Deadline: Dec 5, 5:00 pm EST Monday Dec. 16: Accepted applicants notified Tuesday, Dec. 31: Participant fee due Drop-in: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Drop-in Rate: $25 per session The workshop will start with a 2-hour Countertechnique class, followed by a 1hr Practical Tools session, which will introduce different tools each day. After lunch, […]
Women in Motion 2019/2020: asubtout (Katy Pyle +Eleanor Hullihan), Rebecca Stenn, Same As Sister (S.A.S.)/Briana Brown-Tipley + Hilary Brown-Istrefi Brilliant, challenging and charming, Women in Motion 2019-2020 Commissioned Artists asubtout (Katy Pyle + Eleanor Hullihan), Rebecca Stenn, and Same As Sister (S.A.S.)/Briana Brown-Tipley + Hilary Brown-Istrefi bring their crafted, diverse and ingenuity to the Gibney […]
What are the burning issues facing Latinx dancers and performers today? How do we bridge disciplines and geography to build stronger community? Join guest host Alicia Diaz for conversation and music as we find culturally relevant ways to deepen our discourse. Guest Host: Alicia Diaz Core Participants: Beatrice Capote, Yanira Castro, Mariana Valencia, Larissa Velez-Jackson […]
WITH ANOUK VAN DIJK Countertechnique is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises, the Countertechnique class thoroughly prepares the body for rehearsal and performance, enabling dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while […]
Part of New York City’s ThriveNYC Initiative, Mental Health First Aid trainings provide proven practices that will help you recognize the early signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance misuse. You will learn how to listen without judgment, and respond to and help someone in distress until they can get the professional care they […]
This class is cancelled. THE JOYCE MASTER CLASS SERIES AT GIBNEY: Companhia de Danca Deborah Colker WITH Jaime Bernardes & Jacqeuline MOtta Price: $25 Join dancers from this internationally recognized company for a masterclass in the company’s artistic dance style. Warm up will include alignment exercises, floor work, and center work. The final part of […]
Adjusting My Crown Linda LaBeija presents excerpts from Adjusting My Crown, her first studio project. The performance is set to combine interpretive movement with elements of house, spoken word, hip hop and R&B. Witness her exploration into the reality of black trans mortality as she confronts issues around race, sex, love and gender. May audiences […]
A Celebration of all things Gibney on February 11, 2020! Gibney’s mission is to tap into the vast potential of movement, creativity, and performance to effect social change and personal transformation. This evening of performances showcases Gibney’s vibrant community, presenting works created by our staff, renters, teachers, colleagues, and supporters. I <3 Gibney 2020 will feature […]
Tess Dworman facilitates a conversation alongside Neil Greenberg about improvisation in performance. Using Tess’s recent work as examples, they’ll discuss her process of structuring and directing improvisation as well as some mistakes she made along the way. A screening and discussion series, Sorry I Missed Your Show highlights dance works from the recent past to […]
WITH JENNINE WILLETT Led by Jennine Willett, Third Rail Projects Co-Artistic Director, this 5-day intensive follows the journey taken when crafting a dance performance that begins with a seed idea and culminates in an informal showing. Participants have the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative creative process that includes: mapping out a concept, […]
Get an introduction to Malambo, incorporating the tree main components of this percussive form: bombos (drums), boleadoras (rope with weights attached) and zapateo (the percussive footwork), demonstrating differences between the sureño (southern style of malambo) and norteño (northern style of malambo). Students will learn these original Argentinian competitive dances that exhibit beauty, fluidity, strength, and […]
Join us in studio 5-2 for showings by Catherine Meringolo, RTG Dance, and Nikki Theroux, moderated by Cat Galasso. FREE. No RSVP required. Show/Share is a sharing and feedback series for works-in-progress at Gibney 890 Broadway. The program provides dance artists an opportunity to show ten minutes of unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting. […]
Bewhole and Beheld Through a series of performance vignettes, dance artists Du'Bois A'Keen and Kingsley Ibeneche invite us to see and be seen, to testify and to witness. We will create space to interrogate and celebrate Black masculinity through a montage of memories and manifestos—both performative and interactive. We journey to be whole, in the […]
Peter Stathas Dance In the Garden A new solo piece, In The Garden is the exploration of our life cycle. It dwells on the questions we ask ourselves as we move through this continuum. And it immerses us in the natural, authentic aspects of our creative growth. This is the initial solo of what will evolve into […]
AN EVENING CELEBRATING OVER 20 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP Feb 25, 6:30-8:30PM Gibney 280 Broadway Join us to learn more about Gibney and Sanctuary's collective work in engaging the power of art to uplift the voices of survivors of gender violence. The evening will feature dance performances by Sanctuary for Families' Survivor Leaders. Wine and light […]
Gibney proudly presents an evening of work by Professional Training Students Lindsay Bowman, Henriëtte Robert, Alex Tomassian, and Meitav Vilensky. Experience Lindsay Bowman's You Are Here (And So Am I), Henriëtte Robert's STRENGTH OF SALT, Alex Tomassian's Estuary, and Meitav Vilensky's Three’s A Crowd—in a culminating performance of their time as Gibney Professional Training students. […]
Explore the distinctive style and movement language of the EVIDENCE aesthetic with master choreographer Ronald K. Brown. The class starts with mind-body centering exercises and progresses to alignment, center work, and movement phrases influenced by western modern dance and traditional and social dances from West Africa, the Caribbean, and the U.S. Artistic Director Ronald K. […]
Tai Chi & Movement Awareness Jaclynn Villamil introduces her practice of Tai Chi. Through steady concentration, the Tai Chi practitioner releases muscular tension to access a rapidfire reaction from the nervous system. In dance technique, we usually think of efficient body use and relaxation as positives, but Tai Chi has an entirely different premise. Here, […]
Bobbi Jene's work explores the intersection of physicality, virtuosity, and desire. With a focus on extremes: delicacy and explosiveness, simple and detailed, personal and political, pain and pleasure. She choreographs situations where we are able to see people behave, rather than perform. Asking artists to execute a series of tasks so difficult that it requires […]