THIS WEEK - YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY continues its series of free concerts around NYC
YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY, 17th Season Free Concerts featuring works by the teen dancer/choreographers, who also appear in dances by Robert Battle and Sean Curran
THIS WEEK -YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY continues its series of free concerts around NYC
YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY, 17th Season
Free Concerts featuring works by the teen dancer/choreographers, who also appear in dances by Robert Battle and Sean Curran
Remaining Performance Schedule:
Wednesday August 1 at 2 PM
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street), NYC
Thursday August 2 at 2 PM
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, LIC, Queens
Saturday August 4 at 7:30 PM - Grand Finale Concert and Reception
Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55 Street, NYC
An ensemble of 19 talented, ethnically diverse high school dancer/choreographers, under the expert eye of director/founder Alice Teirstein, will participate in the 17th year of Young Dancemakers Company, performing their original works in eight free performances in NYC, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, July 26-August 4th. In addition to their own choreographies - with a few amazingly sophisticated works by the youngsters - the dancers learn excerpts from dances by established choreographers, this year Sean Curran and Robert Battle.
SEAN CURRAN created a new work on the company called "Urban Shuffle," an upbeat group dance set to music by Lenny Pickett.
MARLENA WOLFE is working with the teens, setting an excerpt from ROBERT BATTLE'S "Ella," danced to songs sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Wolfe, a former dancer with Battle's group, will guest with the company, dancing one of the choreographer's take-no-prisoners solos.
This year's lucky teens were chosen by audition from NYC Public High Schools: Beacon School, Bronx International H.S., Clara Barton H.S., Community International H.S., Frank Sinatra H.S., Gramercy Arts H.S., High School for Violin and Dance, LaGuardia H.S. of the Arts, Long Island City H.S., Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, Professional Performing Arts School, Renaissance School, Repertory Company H.S., Talent Unlimited H.S., and Wings Academy.
www.youngdancemakerscompany.org
