Dance. Workforce. Resilience. Launch Event

Three attendees at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event are talking and hanging out with each other while having a good time.

Four attendees are captured joyously dancing with each other during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. They are seen forming a circle of rhythm in the process.

Two women, Carla Hoke-Miller and Alejandra Duque Cifuentes joyously take a picture together during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. Behind them is a step-and-repeat with the Dance/NYC logo.

Two members of Rovaco Dance Company are captured performing in front of the audience at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. They are wearing orange tunics and dark pants, joining hands, one leaning backwards, the other kneeling.

A woman in a blue navy suit dances front and center. Other attendees are seen dancing and talking to each other at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event.

Two attendees warmly greet and hug each other during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event.

Alton S. Murray speaks in front of the audience during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event.

Three attendees–Rocio Aranda Alvarado, Lucy Sexton and Lane Harwell–are captured hanging out with each other, having a good time at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event.

Two staff members of Dance/NYC speak to the audience about the Dance Census at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. An ASL interpreter is standing behind them interpreting.

A volunteer joyously takes a picture with two Dance/NYC staff members at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. Behind them is a step-and-repeat with the Dance/NYC logo.

Three women joyously take a picture together during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event, including Dance/NYC’s Executive Director Alejandra Duque Cifuentes who is standing in the middle holding a poster that reads ‘#WeareNYCDance’ front and center. On the bottom right of the poster it reads ‘Dance.Workforce.Resilience’ and the bottom left is the Dance/NYC logo. Behind them is a step-and-repeat with the Dance/NYC logo.

Panelists Antuan Byers, Lucy Sexton & Pavan Thimmaiah are captured engagingly talking to each other during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. The panel includes a moderator and two artists.

The Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event Audio Describer joyously takes a picture with Dance/NYC’s Executive Director Alejandra Duque Cifuentes.

Imani Harrington of Ladies of HipHop dances in front of the audience during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. Her arms are graciously extended upwards and her hands are resting to the side creating the image of wings.

Candace Thompson-Zachery speaks in front of the audience during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event.

River Whittle, an artist, is captured talking on a big screen at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. They are wearing a black top and round colorful earrings, and their hair is pulled back.

Judith R. Fishman speaks in front of the audience during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event.

Two attendees are captured dancing with each other to the music featured at the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event. Behind them, many other attendees are seen dancing in the photo.

Two women joyously take a picture together during the Dance/NYC DWR Initiative Launch Event holding a poster that reads ‘I Got Counted’. Behind them is a step-and-repeat with the Dance/NYC logo.