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)

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

4th Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series

Thurs, Fri & Sat July 24-26, 2008 & July 31-Aug 2, 2008 at 6pm
(rain dates July 27 & Aug 3 at 6pm)
Solar One, 23rd Street & the East River in Stuyvesant Cove Park
Admission: Free

The Solar-Powered Dance Series features programs by choreographers from an eclectic mix of emerging dance companies that work in a variety of styles, from circus to post-modern to urban contemporary, with audio powered by solar energy. This juried selection features dance that is theatrical, energetic and suitable for all ages.

For more information please visit Solar 1 online

Experience Vocal Dance Company presents
Opera and the Undoing of Women


Thursday and Friday July 17 & 18 at 8 pm
West Side Dance Project, 260 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Tickets: $15; Reservations: 917-423-3863
Use Discount Code CSAY at Ticket Central for $15 tickets!

Opera and the Undoing of Women, Experience Vocal Dance Company’s first full production, redefines opera as physical theatre. It tells the story of the feminine condition through operatic favorites from Carmen, The Magic Flute and others, interwoven with new writing, both sung and danced by the Vocal Dancers of EVDC.

For more information please visit Experience Vocal Dance online

Couldn’t Say by Christopher Wall


July 19, 5 PM (Sold Out!)
July 21, 8:30 PM
July 22, 6:30 PM
July 27, 5:45 PM
July 30, 5:15 PM
Aug 1, 5:30 PM
Aug 3, 3 PM

Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex,
312 West 36th Street, First Floor
Admission: $18 at Ticket Central or through our web site

When Ethan and Liz are stranded on a deserted highway, the past they’ve avoided finally catches up to them. Join Brent Langdon and Elizabeth Rich (Jeff Award, Helen Hayes nomination) in this savage, tender portrait of a marriage in the breakdown lane. Winner, Literary Prize, Washington Theatre Festival.

For more information please visit Couldn’t Say online

Mount Tremper Arts Inaugural Summer Festival
in the Catskill Mountains


Saturday, July 19 - Saturday, August 30, 2008
Mount Tremper Arts, 647 S. Plank Rd., Mt. Tremper, NY 12457
Ticket prices vary; advance tickets highly recommended as seating is limited. SmartTix.com

Performances by Ariane Anthony, Monica Bill Barnes, Jonah Bokaer and Anne Carson, Shani Nwando Ikerioha Collins, Hilary Easton, Magnetic Laboratorium/Marisela La Grave, Elke Rindfleisch, Liz Sargent, jill sigman/thinkdance, Dusan Tynek, Aynsley Vandenbroucke and Enrico Wey. Festival includes photo exhibition, lectures, and workshops, all in an intimate studio in the woods.

For more information please visit Mount Tremper Arts online

City Teens are Dancing Around Town
Young Dancemakers Company - Free Performances

July 21 at Fieldston School, Riverdale, Bronx
July 23 at Flushing Library, Flushing, Queens
July 24 at Stern Auditorium, Mount Sinai Medical Center
July 29 at Abrons Arts Center
July 30 at Kumble Theater, Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
July 31 at Chelsea Art Museum
August 3 at The Ailey Citigroup Theater - Gala Celebration Concert

For reservations for any of the performances throughout the metropolitan area, please call: Susan Dratel at 718-329-7250, or e-mail: aliceteirstein@aol.com

An exciting FREE one-hour concert of original dances created and performed by an ensemble of New York City teens, directed by Alice Teirstein, percussion by William Catanzaro, plus an excerpt of a Merce Cunningham work and post performance lively dance-making with the audience, on-the-spot.

For more information and the full event schedule, please visit www.ecfs.org/ydc.asp

The Schizophrenic / Marylloyd Claytor


Saturday and Sunday July 26 and 27, 2008, 2:00 PM
Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W 19th Street, New York, New York 10011
Admission: Suggested Donation $10.00

Marylloyd Claytor presents a showing of choreographic solos. The Schizophrenic does not she is one not three. The Women of the Water audience sails with The Siren, The Figurehead, The Mermaid, and The Octopus. Other solos include, Hydra Many Faces, Vashti Faceless and Voiceless, and Lyric Solo. Photo: The Schizophrenic Marylloyd Claytor, dancer; Mary Elizabeth Williams photography

For more information email marylloydclaytordanceco@verizon.net

“‘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.

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“…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.

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.

The internet has given Obama cheap, quick, easy access to large numbers of people and he, in turn, provides those same people the necessary organizing tools to access and engage the masses of people at their fingertips, multiplying their contributions and empowering his constituents to own and elevate his campaign. In contrast with traditional and now-outdated campaigns that cater to and are mostly funded by the select wealthy few, Obama offers a place of influence to anyone willing to donate any amount of money and, most importantly, their time to spread the campaign’s message and bring their network of people on board. The result: an energized 50-state campaign that is breaking fundraising records and activating an astounding partnership with the general public. In doing so, he has showcased the potency of an engaging core message mixed with the basic tenets of community organizing and the effective use of a website, email and online social networks. Ultimately, Obama has created a catalyst for previously small, disenfranchised factions to become a powerful critical mass, putting the internet and its’ potential to not just level, but utterly change the playing field in high relief.

So, what exactly can and will the non-profit arts sector do with this information? The arts are also mostly funded by a select wealthy few and have struggled to energize and engage the general public. According to a recent New York Times article, census statistics culled by the National Endowment for the Arts reveal that, “More Americans identify their primary occupation as artist than as lawyer, doctor, police officer or farm worker…nearly two million Americans said their primary employment was in jobs the census defines as artists’ occupations…” Strikingly, though not surprisingly, there’s no talk in this article from NEA Chair Dana Gioia about efforts at the national level to mobilize this mass of artists.

And, let’s not wait.

Can we use Obama’s internet strategy to organize the arts community, raise money, build audience and activate people’s interest, awareness and commitment to the arts? How are we already using Obama’s strategies? And, like Obama, don’t keep your aspirations, successes and challenges to yourself, please share.

Jeff Sugg, with found luggage

Jamie Mccelhiney (sound designer) with Kristin Mueller (drummer)

Cankerjev Dom theatre in Slovenia

Jason Boyd (Lighting Designer)

Cynthia Hopkins and Jeff Sugg enjoying the local foods.

Ljubljana is beautiful.

The company looking at a current art installation.

On the road

Flying to Zagreb, Croatia

The staff of Eurokaz in Zagreb, Croatia