Melissa Riker

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New York, NY

Melissa Riker is a freelance modern dancer, aerialist, choreographer and the Director of Kinesis Project dance theatre. _________________________________ Kinesis Project is a dance theatre company founded by Melissa Riker. The company produces dan... view more

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Project Philippines 2012 by Chelsea Ainsworth

An exciting four week project providing accessible arts education in the Philippines through classes, workshops, and performances.
- Performance Art
- Manila, Philippines
- 144% funded $3,600 pledged
- 108 backers
- Funded May 16, 2012
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Pratfalls by Ground UP Productions

Join us in producing a new comedy about a Brooklyn rooftop, city-wide blackouts, stand up comedy, broken bones & perhaps even love.
- Theater
- Manhattan, NY
- 102% funded $2,550 pledged
- 39 backers
- Funded Apr 28, 2012
Flamenco in the Boros by flamencovivo

We are gearing up for our 4th annual Boros Tour! Help us bring FREE flamenco performances to venues in each of the 5 boroughs of NYC.
- Performance Art
- New York, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (04/21/2012)
Lucious Blake and The Ivory City GRAPHIC NOVEL by Byron Germany

A teen angel begins to transform into a man after he travels to a forbidden city to find answers to his mysterious past.
- Comics
- New York, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (04/18/2012)
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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.
- Dance
- Brooklyn, NY
- 101% funded $5,557 pledged
- 88 backers
- Funded Dec 15, 2010
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Performance Mix Festival 2011 by Karen Bernard dir. New Dance Alliance

New Dance Alliance's Performance Mix Festival is in its 25th year. Funds raised will pay the travel expenses of international artists.
- Dance
- New York, NY
- 100% funded $1,005 pledged
- 27 backers
- Funded Feb 10, 2011
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SUNRISE IN THE QUANTUM REALM by Brian Carey Chung

Help me create SUNRISE IN THE QUANTUM REALM, a contemporary dance project at Baryshnikov Arts Center, Nov 12 and 13, 2010
- Dance
- New York, NY
- 103% funded $4,143 pledged
- 65 backers
- Funded Nov 18, 2010
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Passchendaele: A Story of War and Art in the New York International Fringe Festival by Thesia Arts

Produced by Thesia Arts and Directed by Jonathan Winn, Passchendaele will premiere at the 2010 International Fringe Festival!
- Theater
- New York, NY
- 105% funded $2,630 pledged
- 52 backers
- Funded Aug 07, 2010
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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!
- Dance
- 102% funded $3,385 pledged
- 59 backers
- Funded Feb 06, 2010

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Project Philippines 2012 by Chelsea Ainsworth

Pratfalls by Ground UP Productions

Flamenco in the Boros by flamencovivo

Lucious Blake and The Ivory City GRAPHIC NOVEL by Byron Germany

FLICfest a new festival of Feature-Length Independent Choreography in Brooklyn by Jeramy Zimmerman

Performance Mix Festival 2011 by Karen Bernard dir. New Dance Alliance

SUNRISE IN THE QUANTUM REALM by Brian Carey Chung

Passchendaele: A Story of War and Art in the New York International Fringe Festival by Thesia Arts

homeland (a dance/theatre performance event in brooklyn) - ransom note! by Jeramy Zimmerman

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