New Dance Alliance presents the 27TH ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MIX FESTIVAL

New Dance Alliance presents the 27th Annual Performance Mix, a weeklong festival with twenty-five outside-the-box performance and video dance artists.  Some highlights: we will feature full-length performances by International Artists in Residence Mayday/Melanie Demers presenting Goodbye as seen at the Festival Transamerique in Montreal; from France, the compagnie à contre poil du sens/Matthieu Hocquemillers' Bonne Nouvelles; picking up from last year's festival, Valerie Striar's newly completed work Marguerite and Robert, part 2  (New York City); a sneak peek at Karen Bernard's Suspending and Other Tricks; and many other performance artists on the move from near and far - Robert Tyree (Portland, Oregon); Michael Samama, Oren Barnoy, Special Projects/Melinda Ring, and Maverick Dance Experience (New York City); video artists Charles Dennis (New York City) and  Livia Daza Paris (Quebec); and a closing performance of Rhythm and Schmooze hosted by Jane Goldberg with tap aficionados Roxane Butterfly, Cheryl Johnson and Michela Marino Lerman.   

Location:

All events take place at The Flea Theater, 41 White Street between Church and Broadway except the Closing Party to be held at NDA's Loft, 182 Duane Street between Hudson and Greenwich

Tickets available at www.theflea.org or 212-352-3101                 

Performances April 8-13 @ 7pm

Tickets: General 5, Students and Seniors 0

Performance and Closing Night Party April 14 @ 3pm

Performance and Party 0, Performance Only 0 

Breakfast Mix April 11 @ 10:30am - 12:30pm

Free Event (RSVP to info@newdancealliance.org)  

April 8-11, 13 at 8pm an International Artist in Residence will be featured. This is included in all ticket purchases, but is also available for free based on availability.

There are a variety of activities through which to experience the work of these emerging and established artists - short and long works, multiple showings, as well as special events:

• Opening Reception:  April 8, Monday following performance at The Flea Theater, an artist/audience gathering to celebrate the Festival.  
  
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• Breakfast Mix: April 11, Thursday 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at The Flea Theater. Join us for breakfast and "Out of Town Artists' Forum and Performance Away: Beyond The Site of Production" - The panel will discuss: How does performance circulate? What moves work beyond its site of production? Can work made outside major markets thrive in minor market conditions and what might those conditions look like? For instance, can regional performance circuits counter the sometimes meager incentives of one city, one weekend runs? What good does it do to "leave home?" Following the Panel, we will enjoy a performance of an excerpt from Mayday's Goodbye. Breakfast Mix is hosted by the Cultural Government of Quebec in New York.  
  
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• Closing Party: Sunday, April 14 following the 3 PM performance at The Flea Theater. Join us at the NDA loft, just a 10- minute walk from The Flea Theater, where we'll share Tapas Españolas and Sangria, with a splash of flamenco performed by La Meira, and our annual silent auction (bring your checkbook, please).

New Dance Alliance is an arts service organization whose mission is to support and promote dance and interdisciplinary artists.  NDA accomplishes this by providing opportunities for artists to share their work with each other and the public. Today, NDA has expanded and adapted services as the needs of this community change.

Director:  Karen Bernard; Board of Directors:  Chairman, Fernando Maneca

Victoria Libertore, Maja Lorkovic (Treasurer), David Shapiro (Secretary), Tricia Smit and Nina Winthrop; Artist Advisory Panel:Arthur Aviles, Jane Goldberg, Jaamil Kosoko, Rebecca Patek, Christopher Williams, Nami Yamamoto

New Dance Alliance's 27th Annual Performance Mix Festival has received public support from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and private support from Earthdance E|Merge Interdisciplinary Residency, Manoiseca, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, and Cultural Services of the Québec Government Office in New York.

Please visit www.newdancealliance.org/performance-mix-festival/artist-roster for artist biographies. Photographs are available upon request.