Gibney Company Education Residencies

Education Residencies bring Gibney Company, Gibney’s acclaimed resident dance ensemble, to your city to work directly with your students and community.

Residencies are adaptable to support pre-existing community and educational goals. We will work with you to develop a plan that meets your needs and your budget.

Gibney Company has partnered with Adelphi University, Brown University, Connecticut College, Jacksonville University, Marymount Manhattan College, New York University, Texas State University, and others on training residency programs.

SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

Technique & Repertory Classes

Gibney Company offers classes that invite participants to explore the multi-faceted sensibilities of Company dancers and the choreographic model utilized in Gina Gibney’s work. Classes focus on enhancing technical ability, artistry, and contemporary partnering, along with a focus on task-based movement generation strategies.

Performance

Gibney Company offers open studios, informal showings, or full theatrical performances to create a platform for artistic exchange and community engagement.

Artists as Agents of Change Workshop

This workshop empowers artists to define, refine, and activate their creative passions, and to view themselves as agents of change. Exercises employ movement as an opportunity for decision-making and idea exchange.

Self-Empowerment Through Movement Workshop

This workshop shares Gibney’s Community Action model. Since 2000, the Company has been facilitating movement workshops with survivors of intimate partner violence and their children in shelters throughout New York City.

Violence Prevention Workshop

Gibney Company’s violence prevention program, Hands are for Holding®, uses dances to depict elements of healthy and unhealthy relationships. This workshop showcases the program and guides participants through exercises using dance to inspire meaningful conversation.

Panel Dialogues

Gibney Company, experts from NYC, and members of the local community join in conversation about the arts, social justice, and more. Topics include: Arts & Social Justice; Intimate Partner Violence Awareness; and Tools for Financial Empowerment.

PLAN A RESIDENCY

Email Amy Miller, Gibney Director of Engagement, at amy@gibneydance.org to start planning your residency.