As we mentioned last month, the Dance Theater Workshop stage is about to go through some structural repairs. In order to make that happen, we needed to empty out the theater. This week, the staff teamed up and created a line leading from the lobby, up the stairs and into one of our studios to move several hundred stage lights.

Evidence that we’re not opposed to physical labor below.

(If you want to watch the video in a higher quality, go straight to YouTube and click the Watch In High Quality link)

Its hard to believe the 2007 - 2008 season is almost over! The next few days will wrap up our Guest Artist Series with Gotham Arts: SummerDANZ presenting Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company and Nicholas Andre Dance Theater.

Soon we will be announcing our Fall 2008 Season so keep checking in.

Featuring news from members Tamar Rogoff, David Wolfson, Christopher Wall, Aynsley Vandenbroucke, Young Dancemakers Company, and Marylloyd Claytor.

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Apollinaire Scherr writes about Neil Greenberg’s June performances on her blog, Foot in Mouth.

“‘It’s so internal!’ my friend Amanda says with admiration about Neil Greenberg’s “Really Queer Dance with Harps,” which premiered a couple of weeks ago at Dance Theater Workshop. One move–a series of changements on half-point–reminded her of a schizophrenic she’d seen outside a hospital in Rome jangling his insides with stiff little jumps.”  Read on.

Do you know you can get 20% off for a coffee at Cafe Grumpy? Do you know that Dance Theater Workshop provides a discount card for our members to local restaurants and businesses? We are currently renewing and expanding our discount partners and we need your help!! Fill out the following survey and the first 30 people can get a pair of tickets for Dance Theater Workshop performances.

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Deborah Jowitt reviews Neil Greenberg’s Really Queer Dance with Harps and Quartet for Three Gay Men.

“…Greenberg queries in poetic, unemphatic ways our habit of defining what’s ‘masculine’ and what’s ‘feminine.’”  Read the full review at The Village Voice online.

In 2001 we built one of the most sophisticated stage floors in the contemporary dance scene, and as is often true with new technology, we have been experiencing technical difficulties. As some of you may know, we will be making necessary structural repairs to our stage floor this summer. While this is challenging, we are looking forward to an even more versatile floor that will allow for expansive sets, weightier scenery, and, of course, happy dancer feet and joints. Below are a few images of us testing new floor samples at Haywood-Berke (the leading installer of sprung theatrical floors in the city) in LIC.

Thank you to Dance New Amsterdam and The Duke on 42nd Street for letting us jump around on your floors as we decided what would be best for us. Thank you to the artists and organizations who have worked with us on scheduling the construction, and finally to the staff here at Dance Theater Workshop who are making it happen.

If Barack Obama wins the presidency the vaunted role that the internet’s played in his campaign will be key to his success. Even if he looses the presidency, Obama’s use of the internet has set a new precedent for how campaigns will be shaped and run (for more details and an interesting read go to the Atlantic Monthly article The Amazing Money Machine by Joshua Green). What I find most exciting about Obama’s internet strategy is that it’s straightforward, can be replicated and has the potential to set a new standard for how other communities of people, movements, industries and institutions can expand their reach like never before.
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Check out images from Cynthia Hopkins’ tour to Eurokaz, supported by Dance Theater Workshop’s Suitcase Fund:

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