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SBDNY 2013 NYC Season by Sidra Bell Dance New York
A boutique dance company that continually takes BIG risks. We need you to produce our upcoming home season. Take a chance with us!
- 68% funded
- $6,805 pledged
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Support SDBNY's New York season. Good luck on Kickstarter, Sidra and dancers!
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EVERGREEN : white road Dance Media's 10th NYC Season! by Marisa Gruneberg
Evergreen is our 10th live dance work, actively investigating cycles of renewal, overwhelming movements & interpersonal momentums.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $3,207 pledged
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Apr 09, 2013
Support white road Dance Media in performing their tenth full length work.
Happy 10, Marisa and dancers!
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Darrah Carr Dance! by Darrah Carr Dance
Bring Irish dance to audiences in NYC and beyond by making a contribution toward our production costs during the month of March!
Successful!- 116% funded
- $1,750 pledged
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Apr 05, 2013
Help Darrah Carr Dance spread the love for Irish dance throughout New York City!
Best of luck, Darrah and dancers!
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Pachamama - Mother World by Anabella Lenzu
A dance theater creation inspired by indigenous tribes of North & South America. Primal impulses: communication, identity, ritual.
Successful!- 107% funded
- $2,682 pledged
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Feb 22, 2013
The work follows the principle ‘Emotion creates Motion / Motion creates Emotion,’ allowing feelings on a subject to inspire movements and gestures.
You did it!
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"grass and jackals" by LeeSaar The Company
A full evening contemporary dance piece and a light show that communicate on a molecular level
Successful!- 101% funded
- $18,258 pledged
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Jan 28, 2013
The work will feature LeeSaar’s seven creating dancers directed by Sher and Harari. "grass and jackals" will be a dance piece and a light spectacle that constantly pushes the physical and emotional boundaries of both the performers and the viewers.
Congrats!
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Help Tiffany Mills Company perform at BAM by Tiffany Mills Company
Help the Tiffany Mills Company perform in the inaugural year at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Fisher!
Successful!- 102% funded
- $8,213 pledged
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Mar 02, 2013
This breakthrough Season marks a turning point for the Tiffany Mills Company, a bold step toward sharing our passion, expression, and human connection with NYC and the world.
Well done, Tiffany Mills and dancers!
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BREAKING SURFACE presented by Airealistic by Bill Mulholland & Gwyneth Larsen
FLYING-DANCE-THEATER OVER WATER ~ Acrobatics, dance & story-telling evoke childhood fantasies of flight, adventure & romance.
Successful!- 115% funded
- $13,805 pledged
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Jan 06, 2013
Breaking Surface is Flying-Dance-Theater over water. Inspired by performance that blurs genres, we swing between romance, adventure & farce. Dynamic physicality & surprising perspectives carry the audience thru a world of childhood fantasy & aquatic longing.
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YAGP's "Ballet's Greatest Hits" Gala by Youth America Grand Prix
Help bring "Ballet's Greatest Hits" to movie theaters across the country.
Successful!- 110% funded
- $38,752 pledged
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Dec 17, 2012
Help Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) bring dance to movie theaters across the country by filming the world’s greatest dance companies performing ballet classics.
Great Job YAGP!
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FLICfest 2013: A festival of independent choreography by Jeramy Zimmerman
FLICfest (Feature-Length Independent Choreography festival) is back for its third year at the Irondale Center!
Successful!- 100% funded
- $6,035 pledged
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Dec 17, 2012
FLICfest strives to cement Brooklyn as a renowned destination for creativity and leadership in modern dance, while simultaneously strengthening the dance community through a platform for sharing ideas and information.
Go FLICfest 2013!
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Seán Curran Company at the Joyce by Seán Curran Company
Join us to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Seán Curran Company with a New York Season at the Joyce Theater.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $10,510 pledged
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Nov 22, 2012
Eccentric, off-centered virtuosic movement is informed by the literary roots of the music and visual art created around its themes, ranging from the lush, vibrant watercolors of William Blake to the grotesque and vivid engravings of Gustave Doré.
Congrats Seán Curran Company!
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2nd Contemporary Israeli Dance Week in NYC by michal gamily
The 2nd Contemporary Israeli Dance Week brings Israeli choreographers and companies to NYC for a one week festival at La MaMa ETC
Successful!- 100% funded
- $7,502 pledged
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Nov 26, 2012
The Israeli dancers participating in the Contemporary Israeli Dance Week devise their art in a challenging and controversial environment and come up with unique answers to questions that all artists struggle with.
Congrats Israeli Dance Week!
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Anna Sokolow Lyric Suite by Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble
We need you help to support the reconstruction of Anna Sokolow's Lyric Suite for the Ensemble December season!
Successful!- 118% funded
- $5,912 pledged
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Nov 15, 2012
It speaks in abstract and stark simplicity, translating the qualitative moods of the music into penetrating and evocative movement designs. Thoroughly integrated with the music, its lyric beauty has a direct appeal to kinesthetic response.
Great Job Theatre Dance Ensemble!
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MBB and CO.'s Encore Performances! by Monica Bill Barnes
Monica Bill Barnes & Company joins forces with special host Ira Glass for follow-up dance performances after This American Life Live!
Successful!- 103% funded
- $10,353 pledged
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Nov 07, 2012
What to expect: a huge, magical dance show with over 100 pounds of confetti, batons, wind machines, headdresses, live music and a rain curtain! Make this MBB and CO.'s biggest, most mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, spectacular show yet.
Congrats MBB and CO.!
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SYREN invited to be featured in Paris! by Lynn Peterson
SYREN has been invited to present at a colloquium in Paris with the theme: "Art and creativity across cultures".
Successful!- 108% funded
- $4,080 pledged
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Oct 27, 2012
After 10 successfully produced New York Seasons, SYREN is working to take their work to Paris.
Great Job SYREN dance!
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New Touring Version of Cafe Variations by SITI Company
SITI Company is creating a tourable version of Cafe Variations – a compact, high-quality, six person play with music by the Gershwins.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $10,045 pledged
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Nov 02, 2012
Café Variations is a dance/theater/music piece created by SITI Company and Anne Bogart with text by Charles L. Mee and music by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Helped it to be re-imagined and carry on.
Congrats, SITI Company!
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YOUR MOVE - Jersey City's Modern Dance Festival by Your Move
Your Move is a 4-day professionally produced dance festival in Jersey City.
Successful!- 113% funded
- $2,272 pledged
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Sep 21, 2012
Your Move dance festival is a fixture in Jersey City’s arts community, as well as in the larger NYC dance world.
Congrats to the Your Move team!
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THE DANCE GALLERY FESTIVAL 2012 by The Dance Gallery Festival
The Dance Gallery Festival is a national dance festival that offers opportunities to up-and-coming choreographers and dance companies.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $5,000 pledged
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Sep 26, 2012
The Dance Gallery Festival, established by Astrid von Ussar and her sister in 2007, provides a performance opportunity to up-and-coming artists. The Festival has presented 67 choreographers and over 300 dancers!
Amazing! Go Astrid and team!
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WETLANDS creative residency by Karen Harvey
Artistic residency & creation of WETLANDS, an evening length dance performance.
Successful!- 120% funded
- $1,565 pledged
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Sep 21, 2012
Karen Harvey Dances seeks support for a week long, creative residency at Mount Tremper Arts in the Catskill Mountains, to help produce the company's first evening length work.
Congrats, Karen and collaborators!
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LETS PRETEND WE'RE ALL WEARING SUNGLASSES by Brian Carey Chung
COLLECTIVE BODY | DANCE LAB moves to illuminate stories often kept in the dark in the premieres of two new works this season.
Successful!- 102% funded
- $10,200 pledged
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Sep 24, 2012
COLLECTIVE BODY | DANCE LAB is the culminating dream of dance artist, Brian Carey Chung's 25-year career. Let’s Pretend We’re All Wearing Sunglasses performs in New York City at the Manhattan Movement Arts Center, September 21-22.
Congrats, Brian and team!
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Ellis Wood Dance - Flower Fiction by Ellis Wood
Help Ellis Wood Dance create the next section of Flower Fiction...A duet created and performed by Ellis and Marni Wood.
Successful!- 135% funded
- $2,025 pledged
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Sep 06, 2012
Continuing her MOM Project, Ellis and her mother, Marni, combine backgrounds in post-modern and Graham, to create a duet that explores the myth of protocol.
Go Ellis and Mom!
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homeland (a dance/theatre performance event in brooklyn) - ransom note! by Jeramy Zimmerman
CatScratch Theatre is working on the Feb 25 premiere of Homeland. Fearing they might not get paid, the dancers have taken things into their own hands!
Successful!- 102% funded
- $3,385 pledged
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Feb 06, 2010
HOMELAND was Jeramy's first full-length production, premiered in February 2010 in the Irondale Arts Center. You can check out their Kickstarter journey on their blog:
www.catscratchtheatre.blogspot.comCongrats!
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CBT's "Orphan Train" at the NYC Fringe Festival by Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn
A historical dance-drama depicting the first placing-out program for orphaned New York youths to the Midwest during the mid-1800s.
Successful!- 104% funded
- $5,200 pledged
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Aug 14, 2012
Hop on board the Orphan Train and bring history alive through dance with your contribution today! We hope to see CBT at the Fringe Festival (Aug 10-26) and appreciate your support!
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A new collaboration: Dwight Rhoden and ELEW by Complexions Contemporary Ballet
A new collaboration between Complexions Co-Artistic Director/Founder and Resident Choreographer and Complexions Resident Composer, ELEW
Successful!- 101% funded
- $7,647 pledged
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Aug 08, 2012
Over half way to their goal in the first 5 days- can't wait to see Complexions continue to impact NYC dance!
Congrats Complexions!
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MARCELO GOMES: Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer by David Barba & James Pellerito
Four continents. Two filmmakers. One dancer. A documentary portrait of ballet star Marcelo Gomes.
Successful!- 139% funded
- $41,915 pledged
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Aug 03, 2012
In 2011, Marcelo received a New York Dance and Performance Award (aka "The Bessies"), produced in partnership with Dance/NYC. Bravo to Marcelo and Congrats to David and James! What a success!
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The Annual Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival by Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival
Each year an elite group of female artists from around the world are selected to exhibit work, teach, and perform.
Successful!- 122% funded
- $6,146 pledged
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Funded
Apr 08, 2012
Festival founder Michele Byrd-McPhee will be speaking at our upcoming Town Hall, "Kickstarting NYC Dance". Come hear her speak about the festival, her successful Kickstarter campaign, and using Kickstarter as a fundraising tool. Congrats to Michele and the Ladies of Hip-Hop!
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David Dorfman Dance performs LIVE with The Family Stone by David Dorfman Dance
DDD will collaborate with The Family Stone and continue developing Prophets of Funk during and after Lincoln Center Out of Doors.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $5,678 pledged
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Jul 01, 2011
Artistic Director David Dorfman will be speaking at our August town hall: Kickstarting NYC Dance. Come hear David speak about his successful Kickstarter campaign. Congrats, David!
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Restless Eye by David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group
The newest work from David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group, premiering at New York Live Arts in New York City: March 24 - April 1, 2012
Successful!- 133% funded
- $4,000 pledged
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Funded
Mar 24, 2012
David Neumann will be speaking at our upcoming town hall, "Kickstarting NYC Dance". Come hear him speak about his successful Kickstarter campaign and about Kickstarter as a fundraising tool. Congrats to the David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group!
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the AOMC is SO CLOSE + SO FULL! by Sarah A.O. Rosner
barrish wants to put it's mouth on your desire. Help the AOMC raise the final $2,000 they need to premiere it at HERE this July!
Successful!- 118% funded
- $2,361 pledged
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Funded
Jun 30, 2012
Sarah Rosner will be speaking at our upcoming town hall, "Kickstarting NYC Dance". Come hear her discuss her successful Kickstarter campaign! Congrats, Sarah!
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Korhan Basaran and the Artists' Fall Season / 3 Performances by korhan basaran
KBaAs' Fall Season is very active. 3 exciting performances; end of August, September and October followed by an international tour
Successful!- 102% funded
- $17,102 pledged
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Jul 27, 2012
Korhan is deeply integrated into the NYC dance community, and has had many successful Kickstarter campaigns. The NY Times writes, 'In “I am Korhan, this is my dance!” you want to root for this immigrant artist who is so enamored of the city."
Congrats, KBaAs!
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Then She Fell by Third Rail Projects
An immersive theater experience combining a former hospital space, the writings of Lewis Carroll, & just 15 audience members per show.
Successful!- 197% funded
- $8,902 pledged
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Jul 19, 2012
What a success! Third Rail Projects won two New York Dance and Performance Awards (aka Bessie Awards) in 2008, produced in partnership with Dance/NYC, for their piece "Vanishing Point". This project is also featured in The Daily News: http://nydn.us/O6t1T3 Congrats!
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Book: Unveiling Motion and Emotion by Anabella Lenzu
A book reflecting upon my 20 years of teaching dance, and 5 years of my company Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama. Text in Spanish and English.
Successful!- 124% funded
- $3,110 pledged
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Aug 09, 2011
This book will is an inspiration to dancers and teachers alike, and is the first of its kind as a bilingual text on dance pedagogy. Congrats to Anabella on her devotion to dance performance and education!
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Night Thing: A Dance Turns Into a Film! by Marisa Gruneberg
An intriguing dance piece is transformed from a live performance into a feature length film!
Successful!- 103% funded
- $2,286 pledged
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Mar 27, 2012
Night Thing is white road Dance Media's first foray into the exciting world of filmmaking!
Congrats, wrDM!
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Live, Create, Dance- Moving swiftly into sublime realms!!! by Sublime Dance Company
Multifaceted investigation of the self as a +=1- wanting to discharge its energy !!! Dionysus in search of new feasts.
Successful!- 102% funded
- $2,050 pledged
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Mar 02, 2012
Sublime Dance Company and Director Olsi Gjeci continue to perform their successful Kickstarter campaign performance piece, [+=1] throughout the city- check it out on their website! Congrats!
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DUEL: (public vs private) by Sidra Bell Dance New York
DUEL: (public vs private) 2 weeks, 2 works with Sidra Bell Dance New York 2012 NYC Season @ Baruch Performing Arts Center
Successful!- 100% funded
- $10,020 pledged
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Mar 02, 2012
Presenting sold out performances to audiences since 2011, Sidra Bell Dance New York successfully fundraised their 2011-2012 performance season via Kickstarter. Pieces include STELLA- a series of miniature manifestos and ReVUE. Congrats!
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FLICfest 2012: A Festival of Independent Choreography by Jeramy Zimmerman
FLICfest, now in its second year, is the first Brooklyn festival dedicated solely to the art of the feature-length dance.
Successful!- 111% funded
- $6,126 pledged
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Funded
Nov 10, 2011
Jeramy continues to be involved with Kickstarter and FLICfest successfully- congrats! We are excited to see your work!
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HOMME- World Premiere by Sidra Bell Dance New York by Sidra Bell Dance New York
HOMME, a full length, premieres in July 2011 with a stunning cast of five virtuosic men in a series of signature solos and duets.
Successful!- 173% funded
- $3,472 pledged
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Funded
Jul 17, 2011
Congrats to Sidra Bell and SBDNY, Inc. on another successful Kickstarter campain!
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North Country Goes South! by Marisa Gruneberg
We're taking our new dance work North Country down south to Austin TX, where it will be performed with a live score by Justin Sherburn!
Successful!- 100% funded
- $7,000 pledged
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Funded
Jun 21, 2011
Another successful campaign by white road Dance Media (wrDM)! After their precious Kickstarter campaign in March 2010 for Deer, to Me, wrDM expanded the project. It was Austin or bust for this piece!
Congrats, wrDM!
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Dance #18: The Search Begins by Lynn Peterson
SYREN Modern Dance embarks on the creation of a new dance. An exploration of Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue) by Bach.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $3,500 pledged
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Oct 14, 2011
SYREN was formed in 2003 by Lynn Peterson and Kate St. Amand, has since produced eight New York Seasons, created 17 dances, and performed for thousands of audience members in the tri-state area. Congrats, SYREN!
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Support Korhan Basaran and Dancers at the Ailey.. by korhan basaran
an evening long work by the NY based dance company Korhan Basaran and Dancers.. Including two world premiers..
Successful!- 102% funded
- $2,550 pledged
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Funded
Jun 21, 2011
The NY Times writes, "In “I am Korhan, this is my dance!” you want to root for this immigrant artist who is so enamored of the city." Congrats, Korhan!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/arts/dance/korhan-basarans-dance-at-ailey-citigroup-review.html
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no LIGHT no LIFE: a multi-media portrait of Vincent Van Gogh by Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn
Marla Hirokawa joins with visual artist Eva Flatscher and musician/composer Alan Ferber to “paint” a portrait of the painter Van Gogh.
Successful!- 126% funded
- $3,150 pledged
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Apr 09, 2011
Covenant Ballet Theater also received funding from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs for this work- congrats!
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SYREN Modern Dance 8th New York Season by Lynn Peterson
SYREN is bringing a week of dance to NYC. There are costumes to make, music rights to attain, and an audience to get to the theater!
Successful!- 101% funded
- $5,095 pledged
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Funded
Dec 31, 2010
Congrats to SYREN on another successfuly Kickstarter campaign!
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Support Korhan Basaran's New Contemporary Dance Piece.. by korhan basaran
Korhan Basaran is choreographing a male duet that will be premiered on the 15th of December, at 8:30pm, in the Cunningham Studios...
Successful!- 132% funded
- $927 pledged
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Dec 15, 2010
Another succesful Korhan Basaran campaign from December 2010. Congrats, Korhan!
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FLICfest a new festival of Feature-Length Independent Choreography in Brooklyn by Jeramy Zimmerman
FLICfest is a Brooklyn festival dedicated to feature-length dance. Two weekends. Six nights. Twelve visions reorienting dance theater.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $5,557 pledged
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Funded
Dec 15, 2010
Another successful Jeramy Zimmerman campaign from December 2010. Congrats, Jeramy!
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MAPPING HOME - a dance about you. by Melissa Riker
Mapping Home is about you and us. An indoor & outdoor performance about what makes places feel like Home. We need answers from you to make our dance.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $3,103 pledged
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Funded
Nov 22, 2010
The NY Times writes that the Kinesis Project is "...comically acrobatic, gracefully classical... visually arresting." HOME was completed in November 2010.
Congrats!
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Match Stefanie Batten Bland's Fellowship award from the Baryshnikov Arts Center! by Stefanie Batten Bland
Selected by Mikhail Baryshnikov as a Jerome Robbins NEW Fellow at Baryshnikov Arts Center, we seek to match our $10,000 award to create "Terra Firma".
Successful!- 112% funded
- $5,625 pledged
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Funded
Sep 03, 2010
After becoming a Jerome Robbins NEW Fellow at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in 2010, Stefanie is currently creating a piece on the Alvin Ailey 2nd Company and for Transitions Dance Company of England, Artistic Director David Waring. Congrats, Stefanie!
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Deer, To Me: a new dance show! from white road Dance Media by Marisa Gruneberg
A fantastical landscape of capture and escape, of animal instincts and human desires, and surreal situations, with an original score and projections.
Successful!- 112% funded
- $2,250 pledged
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Mar 13, 2010
"As a non-profit fiscally sponsored artist through Fractured Atlas, wrDM is committed to creating and performing contemporary dance work that is intellectual, accessible, and artistically refined."
Congrats on your successful campaign, wrDM!
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homeland (a dance/theatre performance event in brooklyn) by Jeramy Zimmerman
HOMELAND is an evening-length work for CatScratch Theatre by Jeramy Zimmerman.
Successful!- 124% funded
- $1,233 pledged
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Funded
Oct 30, 2009
HOMELAND was Jeramy's first full-length production, premiered in February 2010 in the Irondale Arts Center. This October 2009 campaign for HOMELAND preceded its premier as a performance event, after several years of hard work.
Congrats!
