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On Sunday, January 16, 2005, members of the Gotham City Improv and Lindsay Gilmour will offer open workshops, in theater and dance disciplines respectively, teaching kids a variety of improvisation techniques and games. Workshops are age specific for children ages 6-18. The fee is $12.00 per person; for more information about workshops and the schedule, please call 718-522-4696.
The opening night Preview Performance, Friday, January 21st, 2005 at 8pm, features the Kids Company premiere performance of excerpts from Sara Pearson + Patrik Widrig’s Ordinary Festivals. Patrik Widrig will be present that evening to discuss the work and to toast Kids Company and Dancewave. The performance will also feature special guest performances by the Middle School 51 Advanced Band, Chorus and Dancers, and will be preceded by a reception and student art show at 7pm.
To make reservations for the Workshops, Festival performances, or the Preview Performance, call 718-522-4769 (After January 5, 2005). Tickets can also be purchased at online by clicking here*. Ticket prices are: $12.00 for children and $16.00 for adults for Festival performances; $30.00 (reception and performance) and $15.00 (performance only) for the Preview Performance. Tickets will be available for purchase after January 5, 2005. (*There is a small surcharge for tickets purchased online).
All Kids Cafe Festival events take place at Middle School 51, 350 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn (Between 4th and 5th Streets). Directions: Train - 4th Avenue (at 9th Street) F, 4th Avenue (at Union Street) N, R; by Bus - B63.
Dancewave’s Kids Company is a dance troupe of teenagers selected by audition from all over New York City. This exceptional company provides a professional environment for young people that both challenges and encourages them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American choreographers on groundbreaking work that expands the horizons of both the kids and the modern dance world. Kids Company repertoire includes works by Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Bill T. Jones, Donald Byrd, Trisha Brown, and Meredith Monk. Company coaches are Jennifer Way-Rawe, Mirielle Radwan-Dana, and Diane Jacobowitz.
Kids Cafe Festival is a program of Dancewave, Inc., a not-for-profit arts and education organization founded in 1979 by Executive and Artistic Director, Diane Jacobowitz. Dancewave’s mission is to produce arts events, festivals, and educational workshops for children and young adults of all ethnicities and economic backgrounds. Through Dancewave’s programming, young people are exposed to a multitude of cultures from their local communities and around the world.
Dancewave receives support from Carnegie Corporation of New York; Independence Community Foundation; Mobil Foundation; Astoria Federal Savings Bank; the Office of State Senator Velmanette Montgomery; New York State Council on the Arts; NYC Department of Cultural Affairs; The Center for Arts Education; The Community Arts Re-Grant Program of the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Con Edison; Puffin Foundation; Partners for Arts Education; local businesses, friends, and patrons.
The Kids Cafe Festival is funded in part through Meet the Composer’s Creative Connections Program with the support of New York State Council on the Arts, Copland Fund, Ford Foundation, Virgil Thomson Foundation, Jerome Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, ASCAP Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Dancewave gratefully acknowledges our Kids Cafe Festival Media Sponsors:
All events take place at Middle School 51, 350 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Improvisation Workshops
12:45pm - 3:15pm
$12.00/person
Friday, January 21, 2005
Kids Cafe Festival Preview Performance & Reception
7pm - Reception
8pm - Performance
$30 - reception and performance; $15 - performance only
Friday, January 21-23, 2005
MS 51 Student Art Show
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Kids Cafe Festival Performance-Program A
3pm
$16/Adults; $12/Children (12 and younger)
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Kids Cafe Festival Performance-Program B
3pm
$16/Adults; $12/Children (12 and younger)
General Information and workshop registration: 718-522-4696
Box Office (after January 5, 2005): 718-522-4769 or
Click here to purchase your tickets online!
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave, a non-profit arts and education organization, presents its popular Summer Dance Intensive for teens to take place at the Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln Place (between 7th and 8th Avenues) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, August 16-27th. The Summer Dance Intensive program presents a unique opportunity for teenage boys and girls (11-18 years) to learn different dance disciplines in an exciting and challenging two-week program of all day classes taught by renowned professional teachers. This year, we will also begin a special Young Dancers Program for boys and girls ages 6-9.
Class offerings this year will include ballet, hip hop, African, jazz, and modern among others. Faculty include Martha Tornay, ballet; Mirielle Radwan-Dana formerly of Mark Morris Dance Group; Alexandra Beller, formerly of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; Kraig Patterson, formerly of Mark Morris Dance Group; Anne-Rene Lawton, Modern Jazz; Matt Williams, ballet; Christopher Williams, modern, Rebecca Good, Yoga; Yah'Ya Kamate, African; Sherry Eyster, Tap; and Jennifer Archibald, hip hop. A full list of teachers will be available in April.
Each day, students in our Teen Program will take up to four technique classes with a break for lunch and an elective period to explore other special options such as pilates, yoga, or repertory classes. At the week’s end, students will have the opportunity to perform dances in an informal setting that they have learned in class or created on their own. Students in our Young Dancer program will take two classes each morning in Technique and Creative Movement. A snack will be provided, and friends and family will be invited to observe their young movers in class during Open Class Fridays. Scholarship opportunities are available via a June audition.
Upcoming Dancewave events include the Kids Company Spring Celebration 2004 to be held on Saturday, June 12, 8pm at the BRIC Studio. At this event, Kids Company will perform the works of renowned artists Trisha Brown, Meredith Monk, David Dorfman, Mark Morris, and Doug Varone. Kids Company will also perform in Draftwork, Danspace Project’s works-in- progress series on Saturday, May 8, 2004 at St. Mark’s Church in Manhattan.
Click here to get the 2004 Summer Dance Intensive Registration Form!
For more information on Summer Dance Intensive registration, faculty,
and locations, or other upcoming events, please call Dancewave, Inc. at
718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DIANE JACOBOWITZ
RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION: 718-522-4696
Dancewave’s Kids Company, under the artistic direction of Diane Jacobowitz, presents its Spring Celebration 2004 on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at 7:30pm at the BRIC Studio, located at 57 Rockwell Place in Downtown Brooklyn. Kids Company will perform its premiere of Trisha Brown’s Spanish and Sololos and Meredith Monk’s vocal compositions Boatman, Calling, Panda Chant II, and Ya-min-na-neya, along with Doug Varone’s Strict Love, Mark Morris’ ‘Polka’ from Grand Duo, David Dorfman’s See Level and members of Kids Company in their own choreography.
Kids Company, is a professional troupe of young people selected by audition from all over New York City. This unique company provides a professional environment for young dancers that both challenges them and encourages them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American choreographers learning a repertory of famous dancers. This special collaboration brings kids and artists together in a creative partnership and process that inspires them both. Kids Company repertoire includes works by Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Bill T. Jones, and Donald Byrd. Company coaches are Hetty King, Mirielle Radwan-Dana, Jennifer Way-Rawe, and Diane Jacobowitz.
Trisha Brown, the most widely acclaimed choreographer to emerge from the postmodern era, first came to public notice when she began showing her work with the Judson Dance Theater in the 1960s. She pushed the limits of what could be considered appropriate movement for choreography and in doing so changed modern dance forever. Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, musical theater works, films and installations. A pioneer in what is now called "extended vocal technique" and "interdisciplinary performance", Monk creates works that thrive at the intersection of music and movement, image and object, light and sound in an effort to discover and weave together new modes of perception.
During the last two weeks of August (August 16-27), Dancewave will once again bring the Summer Dance Intensive program for teens to Brooklyn. The Summer Dance Intensive offers interested teens the opportunity to choose up to four dance technique classes a day from a variety of styles taught by renowned professionals in the field. Auditions for talented young dancers take place in October 2004.
Tickets to Dancewave’s Kids Company Spring Celebration are $16 for Adults; $12 for Kids (12 years and younger). Reservations are required; please call 718-522-4696. BRIC Studio is easily accessible via the 2 and 3 trains at Nevins Street.
For more information about other upcoming Dancewave events including
the Summer Dance Intensive, please call the Dancewave office
at 718-522-4696.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave’s Kids Company will once again have the extraordinary opportunity to work with some of modern dance’ most renowned American choreographers. This spring the company will work with Trisha Brown as well as composer/choreographer Meredith Monk. The company will be learning two pieces from Ms. Brown’s repertory, Spanish (1973) and Sololos (1976), and will be learning several vocal works by Meredith Monk: Boatman, Calling, Panda Chant II, and Ya-min-na-neya.
Kids Company is a professional troupe of young people selected by audition from all over New York City. This unique company provides a professional environment for young dancers that both challenges them and encourages them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American choreographers learning a repertory of famous dancers. This special collaboration brings kids and artists together in a creative partnership and process that inspires them both. Kids Company repertoire includes works by Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Bill T. Jones, and Donald Byrd. Company coaches are Hetty King, Mirielle Radwan-Dana, and Diane Jacobowitz.
Trisha Brown, the most widely acclaimed choreographer to emerge from the postmodern era, first came to public notice when she began showing her work with the Judson Dance Theater in the 1960s. She pushed the limits of what could be considered appropriate movement for choreography and in doing so changed modern dance forever. Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, musical theater works, films and installations. A pioneer in what is now called "extended vocal technique" and "interdisciplinary performance", Monk creates works that thrive at the intersection of music and movement, image and object, light and sound in an effort to discover and weave together new modes of perception.
Kids Company will premiere both pieces by Trisha Brown and the vocal piece by Meredith Monk at their annual Spring Celebration Concert, June 12, 2004 at the BRIC Studio in Downtown Brooklyn. The program will also include works by Mark Morris, David Dorfman and Doug Varone, and members of Kids Company in their own choreography. Upcoming performances include Draftwork, Danspace’s work in progress series at St. Mark’s Church, followed by a post performance discussion between audience and performers on Saturday, May 8, 2004.
Dancewave’s popular Summer Dance Intensive for Teens returns to Park Slope this August 16-27, 2004. Boys and girls ages 11-18 take up to four classes per day in Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, African, Jazz, Yoga, and more taught by world-renowned professional faculty. This year we will be offering a special Young Dancers morning session for kids ages 6-9.
Dancewave is a non-profit organization under the artistic direction of
Diane Jacobowitz. In addition to Kids Company and the Summer Dance Intensive,
Dancewave produces the Kids Cafe Festival, and brings its arts-in education
programs D-Wave in Motion, to New York City public schools. For
more information on upcoming performances or other Dancewave programs,
please call 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
A performance festival of dance, music, and theatre hosted
by
The Sandra Cameron Swing Dancers
with Jesse Gelber and The Swing Doctors
Featuring performances by over 150 kids from New York City and beyond
Sunday, January 18th – Swing Dance Workshops
Workshop registration and information: 718-522-4696
Featuring the Kids Company PREMIERE of See Level
by renowned choreographer David Dorfman
Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse
126 St. Felix Street (around the corner from BAM)
Reservations and information: 718-622-2548 (after January 5, 2004)
or online at www.virtuous.com
("NYC Events")
Dancewave, Inc. will present the 10th Anniversary Kids Cafe
Festival, Brooklyn’s premiere family event, Saturday and Sunday,
January 24th and 25th, 2003 at 3pm at the Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse,
126 Felix Street (around the corner from BAM). The Festival includes
a weekend of Swing Dance Workshops taught by on Sunday, January
18th ; a Benefit Concert on Friday, January 23th at 7pm; and Kids
Cafe Festival Performances on Saturday, January 24th, and Sunday,
January 25th at 3pm. The Kids Cafe Festival, under the artistic
direction of Diane Jacobowitz, celebrates its 10th Anniversary
producing work created by and/or for children throughout the New York
City Metropolitan Area, as well as hosting young performers from abroad.
The Festival is a unique event that features participation by the kids
from the many diverse neighborhoods of New York City.
This year’s Kids Cafe Festival performances are hosted by
The Sandra Cameron Swing Dancers with The Swing Doctors
music of composer and musician Jesse Gelber. Other festival highlights
include the Kids Company premiere performance of See Level,
the latest work by renowned choreographer David Dorfman, Creative Outlet
Dance Theatre, and the School at STEPS on Broadway. The programs
are as follows:
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Program A-Saturday, January 24, 2004 |
Program B-Sunday, January 25, 2004 |
Kids Cafe Festival is a program of Dancewave, Inc., a not-for-profit
arts and education organization founded in 1979 by Executive and Artistic
Director, Diane Jacobowitz. Dancewave’s mission is to produce
arts events, festivals, and educational workshops for children and young
adults of all ethnicities and economic backgrounds. Through Dancewave’s
programming, young people are exposed to a multitude of cultures from
their local communities and around the world.
On Sunday, January 18, 2003, members of the Sandra Cameron Swing Dancers
will offer open workshops, teaching kids a variety of Swing Dance forms,
such as the Lindy Hop and Big Apple. Workshops are age specific for
children ages 6-18. The fee is $12.00 per person; for more information
about workshops and the schedule, please call 718-522-4696.
The opening night Gala Benefit Concert, Friday, January 24, 2003
at 7pm, features the Kids Company premiere performance of David
Dorfman’s See Level, accompanied live by Chris Peck,
composer of the original commissioned score. Mr. Dorfman will be present
that evening to discuss the work and to toast Kids Company and
Dancewave. The performance will also feature special guest performers
and will be followed by a Swing Dance Party and silent auction for all
attendees at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
Dancewave’s Kids Company is a dance troupe of teenagers selected
by audition from all over New York City. This exceptional company provides
a professional environment for young people that both challenges and encourages
them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American
choreographers on groundbreaking work that expands the horizons of both
the kids and the modern dance world. Kids Company repertoire includes
works by Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Bill
T. Jones, and Donald Byrd. This past fall, Kids Company
also had the opportunity to work with Trisha Brown, performing
at the New Museum’s retrospective of her work. Company coaches
are Jennifer Way-Rawe, Mirielle Radwan-Dana, Hetty King, and Diane Jacobowitz.
To make reservations for the Workshops, Festival performances,
or the Benefit Concert, call 718-622-2548. Tickets can also
be purchased at online at www.virtuous.com
(NYC events). Ticket prices are: $12.00 for children and $16.00 for adults
for Festival performances; $100.00 a ticket for the Gala Benefit
Concert. Tickets will be available for purchase after January 5, 2004.
All Kids Cafe Festival events take place at the Brooklyn Music
School and Playhouse, 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn (around the corner
from BAM).
The Swing Dance Party and Reception following the Gala Benefit
Concert will take place at the Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette
Avenue, Brooklyn
Directions: Train – Atlantic Avenue 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, N, R, M; by Bus
- 41, 45, 63, 25, 26, 67.
Dancewave receives support from, Independence Community Foundation,
Mobil Foundation, Astoria Federal Savings Bank, The Community Arts Re-Grant
Program of the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc., which is made possible by
public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Office of
State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs,
Independence Community Bank, Harkness Dance Foundation, Con Edison, Community
Capital Bank, local businesses, friends, and patrons.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave’s Kids Company, a unique troupe for boys and girls
11-18 years of age, is holding auditions for new members on Saturday,
October 11, 2003 from 3pm-5pm at the Mark Morris Dance Group Building,
3 Lafayette Avenue in downtown Brooklyn and Wednesday, October 15,
2003 from 4:30pm-6:30pm at the Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln
Place (btw 7th and 8th Avenues) in Park Slope.
Kids Company’s challenging program provides young dancers with the
opportunity to work with renowned choreographers such as Twyla Tharp,
Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Donald
Byrd, and Bill T. Jones. The Kids Company program is a full
year commitment, with rehearsals each Wednesday and Saturday afternoons
following a modern or ballet technique class. Prior dance experience is
preferred; boys with a sports or gymnastics background are encouraged
to audition. A burning desire to dance and the willingness to work hard
are key. Kids Company performs regularly throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan,
and has performed at such prestigious venues as Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Festival.
"The company provides a unique opportunity for kids to become familiar
on a first hand basis with today’s foremost choreographers, and to
learn via diverse choreographic styles," states Kids Company artistic
director Diane Jacobowitz. Kids Company dancers are directed by
the renowned choreographers and their company members. Kids are given
the chance to watch a professional rehearsal of the same work they are
learning. This fall, Kids Company is honored to be able to participate
in a retrospective of the work of choreographer Trisha Brown at
the New Museum in Manhattan, as well as working once more with David
Dorfman Dance.
Dancewave is a non-profit organization under the artistic direction of
Diane Jacobowitz. In addition to Kids Company, Dancewave produces the
Kids Cafe Festival, Summer Dance Intensive for teens, offers after school
dance classes in residence at the Berkeley Carroll School, and brings
its arts-in-education program, D-wave in Motion, to New York City public
schools.
To register for the audition, to inquire about Kids Company Fall tuition
fees, or any other Dancewave program, please call Dancewave at 718-522-4696
or 718-622-1810. Need-based financial assistance is available.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
This fall, Dancewave’s popular After School Dance Program
expands to offer classes five days a week. The full schedule is as follows:
Monday:
4:30-5:30-Ballet I
(A basic ballet technique class for beginners and a good rudimentary
class for intermediate level dancers)
Tuesday:
4:30-5:30- Boy Movers
(A dance class for boys with a yen to move, create, and perform)
Wednesday:
3:45-4:45- Creative Modern
(For young movers who want to explore new ways of moving and develop
stronger dancemaking and performance skills)
4:45-5:45- Ballet II
(A Kids Company intermediate level ballet class open to more advanced
dancers)
Thursday:
4:30-5:30-Modern and Jazz Technique
(Offers a rotating teaching roster of renowned professionals)
Friday:
4:00-5:00- Rhythm Tap
(Discover the percussive art of ryhthm tap and learn to make music
with your feet)
5:00-6:00- Hip Hop Dance
(A fast moving and exhilarating dance class)
Classes begin Tuesday, October 14, 2003; all classes take place at the
Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln Place(between 7th and 8th
Avenues) in Park Slope. Registration is currently underway, call for a
copy of our registration form.
The faculty of renowned professionals includes Mirielle Radwan-Dana,
former member of the Mark Morris Dance Group, Sherry Eyster,
artistic director of the boys’ tap company Feets of Fury,
and Jennifer Archibald, of Dance Space Center. The Thursday
Modern and Jazz Technique class will be taught by a series of master teaching
artists in both modern and jazz. This class is designed for intermediate
and advanced dancers 11-18 years old; faculty for this class will include
professionals from the Mark Morris Dance Group and Dance Space Center,
among others.
Dancewave’s Kids Company, a unique troupe for boys and girls
11-18 years of age, is holding auditions for new members on Saturday,
October 11, 2003 from 3pm-5pm at the Mark Morris Dance Group Building,
3 Lafayette Avenue in downtown Brooklyn and Wednesday, October 15, 2003
from 4:30pm-6:30pm at the Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln Place.
Dancewave is a non-profit organization under the artistic direction of
Diane Jacobowitz. In addition to the After School Dance program, Dancewave
produces Kids Company, the Kids Cafe Festival, Summer Dance Intensive
for teens, and brings its arts-in-education program,
To register for classes and to inquire about Kids Company auditions or
any Dancewave program, please call Dancewave at 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave invites submissions for its upcoming Kids Cafe Festival, January
24 and 25, 2004. We seek fun, innovative, and entertaining dance, theater,
performance art, and musical works by children, teens, and adult artists.
All submissions must be a maximum length of eight minutes.
To apply, individuals, schools, and performing groups must submit an application
form, VHS videotape of work to be performed, and a SASE* (with $3 postage)
by November 14, 2003 to:
PLEASE NOTE: Works submitted without SASE will not be returned.
Kids Cafe Festival
Dancewave, Inc.
494 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Dancewave celebrates 10 years of the Kids Cafe Festival, hosted by professional
dance and music artists, at the Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse, January
24 and 25 at 3pm. The Kids Cafe Festival, under the artistic direction
of Diane Jacobowitz, produces the work of children/teens throughout
the New York City metropolitan area as well as hosting young performers
from abroad. Groups that incorporate the swing dancing theme are encouraged
to participate. The Festival includes, for participating performers, a
free day of swing dance workshops taught by the professional host performers
a week prior to the event, on Sunday, January 18, 2003. The 10th Anniversary
festivities will also include a swing dance party on Friday, January 23,
2004, following our Benefit Concert, and will feature live big band music,
and a free demonstration of swing dance basics.
The Kids Cafe Festival presents a wonderful opportunity for teachers,
schools, and performing troupes to network, develop new audiences, and
draw community interest. Dancewave covers all production and publicity
costs for the Festival. All selected performing groups pay a $10 participation
fee.
In addition to the Kids Cafe Festival, Dancewave produces the performing
Kids Company, the Summer Dance Intensive for teens, and brings its arts-in-education
programs,
For more information about the Festival, applications, or our other programs,
please call Dancewave at 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810. Click
here for Kids Cafe Festival applications.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DIANE JACOBOWITZ
Dancewave’s Kids Company, under the artistic direction of
Diane Jacobowitz, presents its Spring Celebration 2003 on
Thursday, May 22, 2003, 7:30pm at the Prospect Park Picnic House.
Kids Company will perform its premiere of Mark Morris’
"Polka" from Grand Duo, along with Doug Varone’s
Strict Love, Donald Byrd's Memories of Bittersweet Lives,
and excerpts from Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso
ed il Moderato.
"Polka" becomes the third work of choreography by Mark
Morris that has been staged on Kids Company. An excerpt from the larger
work, Grand Duo, the piece is set to music by Lou Harrison, and premiered
in February 1993. "Polka" is fast-paced, extremely musical,
and full of challenging rhythms and formations. The kids were taught the
work by Mark Morris Dance Group member Matthew Rose, with
coaching assistance from former MMDG member Mirielle Radwan-Dana,
and Mark Morris himself.
Donald Byrd’s work, Memories of Bittersweet Lives,
is the first original commissioned work choreographed specifically for
Kids Company, who performed the world premiere this past January
at the Kids Cafe Festival. The commission was made possible by
a generous grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Challenge Grant Program.
Kids Company, a unique dance ensemble for kids 11-18 years old,
provides a professional environment for young people that both challenges
and encourages them to excel. It provides exposure to world-renowned artists
in dance, and gives kids the opportunity, through education, to learn
a broad range of artistic processes and viewpoints. Talented boys and
girls from diverse backgrounds are accepted into the program by audition.
Dancewave is proud to announce that Kids Company has been invited to perform
in the Inside/Out performance series at the prestigious Jacob’s
Pillow Dance Festival, Friday, June 27, 2003. During the last two
weeks of August (August 18-29), Dancewave will once again bring
the Summer Dance Intensive program for teens to Brooklyn. The Summer
Dance Intensive offers interested teens the opportunity to choose
up to four dance technique classes a day from a variety of styles taught
by renowned professionals in the field.
Tickets to Dancewave’s Kids Company Spring Celebration are
$16 for Adults; $12 for Kids (12 years and younger). Reservations are
required; please call 718-522-4696. The Prospect Park Picnic House
is easily accessible via the 3rd Street entrance to Prospect Park (3rd
and Prospect Park West). The 2 and 3 trains stop at Grand Army Plaza;
the Q stops at 7th Avenue; and the F stops at 9th Street and 8th Avenue.
For more information about other upcoming Dancewave events including
the Summer Dance Intensive, please call the Dancewave office
at 718-522-4696.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi
718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave, a non-profit arts and education organization, presents
its popular Summer Dance Intensive for teens to take place at the
Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln Place (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
in Park Slope, Brooklyn, August 18-29th. The Summer Dance Intensive
program presents a unique opportunity for teenage boys and girls (11-18
years) to learn different dance disciplines in an exciting and challenging
two-week program of all day classes taught by renowned professional teachers.
Class offerings this year will be ballet, hip hop, African, jazz, and
modern among others. Faculty will include Martha Tornay, ballet;
Paul Matteson and Jennifer Nugent of David Dorfman Dance; David
Leventhal of Mark Morris Dance Group; Christina Briggs, partnering;
Yah'Ya Kamate, African; and Jennifer Archibald, hip hop.
A full list of teachers will be available in April.
Each day, kids will take up to four technique classes with a break for
lunch and an elective period to explore other special options such as
pilates, yoga, choreography, improvisation or partnering classes. At the
week’s end, students will have the opportunity to perform dances
in an informal setting that they have learned in class or created on their
own. Scholarship opportunities will be available via an April scholarship
audition.
Upcoming Dancewave events include the Kids Company Spring Celebration
2003 to be held on Thursday, May 22, 7:30pm at the Prospect Park
Picnic House. At this event, Kids Company will perform the
works of renowned artists Mark Morris, Doug Varone, and
Donald Byrd. Kids Company will also perform in the special Open
Kitchen family series Saturday, March 22, 2003 at The Kitchen theater,
1pm and 4pm in Manhattan, and Friday, June 27, 2003 at the Jacob’s
Pillow Summer Dance Festival in Lee, Massachusetts.
For more information on Summer Dance Intensive registration, faculty,
and locations, or other upcoming events, please call Dancewave, Inc.
at 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi
718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave, Inc., a non-profit organization under the artistic
direction of Diane Jacobowitz, is pleased to announce it has been selected
to be among a group of diverse artistic and cultural institutions within
New York City to receive a contribution from Carnegie Corporation of New
York. Dancewave will receive a one-time contribution of $25,000, made
possible through a gift to the Corporation.
Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie
in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and
understanding." As a grantmaking foundation, the Corporation seeks
to carry out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim
"to do real and permanent good in this world."
Dancewave’s mission is to produce arts events, festivals,
and educational workshops for New York City children and young adults
of all ethnicities and economic backgrounds. Through Dancewave’s
programming, young people are exposed to a multitude of cultures from
their local communities and around the world. Our programs include Kids
Company and the Kids Cafe Festival, the Summer Dance Intensive
for teens and our arts-in-education programs offered to New York City
public schools, D-Wave in Motion. For more information on upcoming
Kids Company, Kids Cafe Festival performances, or other Dancewave programs,
please call 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Nicole Scheller 718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
A Celebration of
Dance and Sport
Saturday, January 25th and Sunday, January 26th at 3pm
A performance festival of dance, music, and theatre hosted by
PETER PUCCI PLUS DANCERS
Featuring performances by over 150 kids from New York
City and beyond
Sunday, January 19th – Pucci:Sport Workshops
Friday, January 24th at 8pm - Kids Cafe Festival Benefit Night
Featuring the Kids Company WORLD PREMIERE of new work
by renowned choreographer Donald Byrd
Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse
126 St. Felix Street (around the corner from BAM)
Reservations and information: 718-622-2548
Dancewave, Inc. will present its 9th annual Kids Cafe Festival,
Brooklyn’s premiere family event, Saturday and Sunday, January 25th
and 26th, 2003 at 3pm at Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse, 126 Felix
Street (around the corner from BAM). The Festival includes a weekend
of Dance and Sport Workshops taught by Peter Pucci Plus Dancers
on Sunday, January 19th ; a Gala Benefit Night Concert on Friday,
January 24th at 8pm; and Kids Cafe Festival Performances on Saturday,
January 25th, and Sunday, January 26th at 3pm. The Kids Cafe Festival,
under the artistic direction of Diane Jacobowitz, produces work
created by and/or for children throughout the New York City Metropolitan
Area, as well as hosting young performers from abroad. The Festival
is a unique event that features participation by the kids from the many
diverse neighborhoods of New York City. In addition to performing, kids
also comprise most of the production and technical crews behind the scenes.
This year’s Kids Cafe Festival performances are hosted by
Peter Pucci Plus Dancers, a dynamic modern dance troupe founded
by former all-American athlete and member of Pilobolus, Peter Pucci.
The company will perform excerpts from Pucci: Sport, an all-sports nine
inning program that includes salutes to baseball, tennis, and basketball.
Other festival highlights include the Kids Company world premiere
performance of a newly commissioned work by Donald Byrd.
Kids Cafe Festival is a program of Dancewave, Inc., a not-for-profit
arts and education organization founded in 1979 by Executive and Artistic
Director, Diane Jacobowitz. Dancewave’s mission is to
produce arts events, festivals, and educational workshops for children
and young adults of all ethnicities and economic backgrounds. Through
Dancewave’s programming, young people are exposed to a multitude
of cultures from their local communities and around the world.
On Sunday, January 19, 2003, members of Peter Pucci Plus Dancers
will offer open workshops, teaching kids excerpts of the original
choreography of Pucci:Sport. Workshops are age specific for
children ages 6-18. The fee is $10.00 per person; for more information
about workshops and the schedule, please call 718-522-4696.
The opening night Benefit Concert, Friday, January 24, 2003 at
8pm, features the Kids Company world premiere performance of a
newly commissioned work, created by renowned modern dance choreographer
Donald Byrd. Kids Company has been working for an intensive
ten week rehearsal period with Mr. Byrd and his assistants. This premiere
is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Challenge
Grant program. Mr. Byrd will be present that evening to discuss the work
and to toast Kids Company and Dancewave. Attendees to the
benefit will be invited stage at the evening’s close for a champagne
toast.
Dancewave’s Kids Company is a dance troupe of teenagers selected
by audition from all over New York City. This exceptional company provides
a professional environment for young people that both challenges and encourages
them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American
choreographers on groundbreaking work that expands the horizons of both
the kids and the modern dance world. Kids Company will perform
at the Concert for Dancers Responding to AIDS, 4pm, December 7, 2002 at
St. Mark’s Church, and also as part of the Family, Folk, and Fairy
Tales series at Tribeca Performing Arts Center, December 14, 2002. Kids
Company repertoire includes works by Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris,
David Dorfman, Doug Varone, and Bill T. Jones. This
spring, Kids Company will once again have the opportunity to work
with Mark Morris. Company coaches are Christina Briggs, Anna Brown,
Jennifer Way-Rawe, and Diane Jacobowitz.
To make reservations for the Workshops, Festival performances,
or the Benefit Night Concert, call 718-622-2548. Tickets
can also be purchased at online at www.virtuous.com
(NYC events). Ticket prices are: $12.00 for children and $15.00 for adults
for Festival performances; $100.00 a ticket for the Benefit
Night.
All Kids Cafe Festival events take place at the Brooklyn Music
School and Playhouse, 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn (around the corner
from BAM). Directions: Train – Atlantic Avenue 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, N,
R; by Bus - 41, 45, 63, 25, 26, 67.
Dancewave receives support from Astoria Federal Savings Bank; Center
for Arts Education; Fleet Bank; Gap Foundation; Meet the Composer; New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs Challenge Grant Program; Community
Arts Re-Grant Program of the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc., which is made
possible with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, New
York Foundation for the Arts, Community Assets; the Harkness Foundation
for Dance; Mobil Foundation; local business, friends and patrons.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi
718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Dancewave’s first commission for Kids Company will be created this season
by renowned choreographer Donald Byrd. Made possible by a matching grant
from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Challenge Grant
Program, this is Dancewave’s first new work choreographed specifically
for the members of Kids Company.
Dancewave’s Kids Company is a dance troupe of young people selected by
audition from all over New York City. This unique company provides a professional
environment for young dancers that both challenges them and encourages
them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American
choreographers learning a repertory of famous dances. This special collaboration
brings kids and artists together in a creative partnership and process
that inspires them both. Kids Company repertoire includes works by Twyla
Tharp, Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, and Bill T. Jones. Company
coaches are Christina Briggs, Anna Brown, Jennifer Way-Rawe, and Diane
Jacobowitz.
Donald Byrd started his company, Donald Byrd/The Group, in Los Angeles
in 1978, moving it to New York City in 1983 where it was based for 19
years. Since 1976, Mr. Byrd has created over eighty works for his own
company; as well as for major American and international companies including
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson,
Phoenix Dance in Leeds, England, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Oregon
Ballet Theater, among many others. Works created for Donald Byrd/The Group
include The Minstrel Show, for which he won a Bessie Award in 1992,
The Harlem Nutcracker, and In A Different Light: Duke Ellington.
Mr. Byrd has also choreographed for numerous stage and opera productions
including the New York Shakespeare Festival, as well as the Peter Sellars’
productions of Kurt Weil’s The Seven Deadly Sins, John Adams’ I
Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky. He has collaborated
with Max Roach on many projects including the 1994 multi-media performance
piece JuJu, presented at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Mr.
Byrd was recently appointed Artistic Director of Spectrum Dance Theater
in Seattle, Washington and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for
Dance Theater Workshop.
Kids Company will sneak preview excerpts of the new Donald Byrd work-in-progress
along with works by Mark Morris, David Dorfman, and Bill T. Jones at their
upcoming performance in the Family, Folk, and Fairy Tales series at Tribeca
Performing Arts Center, 1:30pm on December 14, 2002. The Company will
also perform excerpts from Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed
il Moderato at the Concert for Dancers Responding to AIDS, December
7, 2002. In January, Dancewave presents its 9th annual Kids Cafe Festival
at 3pm, January 25 and 26, 2003. The opening night Gala Benefit performance
Friday, January 24, 2003 at 8pm, will feature the Kids Company world premiere
of Donald Byrd’s new work.
Dancewave is a non-profit organization under the artistic direction of
Diane Jacobowitz. In addition to Kids Company and the Kids Cafe Festival,
Dancewave produces the Summer Dance Intensive for teens and brings its
arts-in-education programs D-wave in Motion, to New York City public schools.
For more information on upcoming performances, or other Dancewave programs,
please call 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
Contact: Diane Jacobowitz 718-622-1810
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi
718-522-4696
For Immediate Release:
Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers
Street
Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 1:30pm
Tickets: 212-220-1460 (Tu-Sa 12pm-6pm); www.tribecapac.org
Dancewave’s Kids Company, will perform as part of the Family,
Folk, and Fairy Tale Series at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center,
1:30pm, Saturday December 14, 2002. The program includes performances
of Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato,
David Dorfman's Subverse, a solo by Kids Company member
Sarah Outhwaite, Rachel List’s Lavender’s Blue,
a Baroque duet, as well as a sneak preview of the newly commissioned work-in-progress
by Donald Byrd.
Kids Company is a dance troupe of young people selected by audition
from all over New York City. This unique company provides a professional
environment for young dancers that both challenges them and encourages
them to excel. The company works with internationally renowned American
choreographers learning a repertory of famous dances. This special collaboration
brings kids and artists together in a creative partnership and process
that inspires both. Kids Company repertoire includes works by Twyla
Tharp, Mark Morris, David Dorfman, Doug Varone,
and Bill T. Jones. Company coaches are Christina Briggs, Anna Brown,
Jennifer Way-Rawe, and Diane Jacobowitz.
The Family Folk & Fairy Tales Series (FF&FT) gives different
generations the opportunity to share the heritage of folklore, which is
universal to all cultures. Since the debut of the program in 1994, average
attendance has nearly doubled, providing evidence that Tribeca PAC is
fulfilling a need for family-appropriate theater based on classic literature.
FF&FT’s audiences are from all boroughs and a variety of neighborhoods.
Tribeca Preforming Arts Center is located at the Borough of Manhattan
Community College, 199 Chambers Street. Tickets are available online at
www.tribecapac.org,
by calling the Box Office at 212-220-1460 Tuesday - Saturday 12-6pm, e-mailing
your ticket request to boxoffice@tribecapac.org,
or faxing your ticket request to 212-732-2482. Tickets are $9 for children
and $14 for adults.
Kids Company will perform excerpts from Mark Morris’ L’Allegro,
il Penseroso ed il Moderato at the Concert for Dancers Responding
to AIDS, 4pm, December 7, 2002. In January, Dancewave presents its 9th
annual Kids Cafe Festival at 3pm, January 25 and 26, 2003, at the
Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse. The opening night Gala Benefit
performance Friday, January 24, 2003 at 8pm, will feature the Kids
Company world premiere of Donald Byrd’s new work.
Dancewave is a non-profit organization under the artistic direction of
Diane Jacobowitz. In addition to Kids Company and the Kids Cafe Festival,
Dancewave produces the Summer Dance Intensive for teens and brings its
arts-in-education programs D-wave in Motion, to New York City public schools.
For more information on upcoming performances, or other Dancewave programs,
please call 718-522-4696 or 718-622-1810.
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