Dance/NYC 2019 Symposium


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Tune in to State of the Arts NYC podcast for a conversation with guest curators Remi Harris and Stephanie Acosta.



 

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Friday, February 22, 2019, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 23, 2019, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.


Hunter College, 695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
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Dance/NYC’s 2019 Symposium considered the role of New York dance artists and their creativity in a changing United States. It invited participants to investigate topics of transformative justice, the role of youth in activism and social change, increasing dance education for a thriving workforce, and radical practice, among others, in the context of a changing political climate and following CreateNYC, the City of New York’s first-ever cultural plan.

As the only gathering of its kind for the dance community in the New York metropolitan area, the Symposium aims to share information innovation and to stimulate awareness, interest, and ongoing engagement in dance and dance education. The 2019 Symposium was hosted campus-style and made use of Hunter College’s expanding dance facilities and performance spaces for panel discussions, case studies, interactive workshops, a networking lunch, and more.

 

 

This year's event welcomed guest curators Remi Harris, Stephanie Acosta, and the Hunter College Dance Department. 

Symposium Programming Committee

  • Ana "Rokafella" Garcia, Managing Director, Full Circle Souljahs
  • Jeffrey Rosenstock, AVP External Relations and Governmental Affairs, Queens College - CUNY Dance Initiative
  • Juan José Escalante, Executive Director, José Limón Foundation; Dance/NYC Board
  • Julia del Palacio, Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Kupferberg Center for the Arts
  • Dr. Layla Zami, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute; Artist, Oxana Chi Dance; Dance/NYC Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force
  • Leah Krauss, Senior Program Officer for Dance & Special Projects, Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
  • Michelle Mantione, Dance Educator
  • Niya Nicholson, Director of Development, José Limón Dance Foundation
  • Silas Farley, Dancer, New York City Ballet; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
  • Sita Frederick, Director of Community Engagement Programs at Lincoln Center Education; Artistic Director at Areytos Performance Works; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
  • Sydnie L. Mosley, Artistic Director, Sydnie L. Mosley Dances; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
  • Zavé Martohardjono, Artist
     


Leadership support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation. The Symposium is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Andrew Mellon Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation logo

National Endowment for the Arts logo NYC Department of Cultural Affairs logo


New York State Council on the Arts logo
 



SPONSORS & PARTNERS

 

PS Dance! Dance Education in Public Schools Logo
ConEdison Logo

Hunter College: The City University of New York logo

Dance at Hunter Logo
 
Ansel Marketing Logo Eat Offbeat logo
Nel Shelby Productions Purpose Productions

 

Christopher Duggan Photography and Wedding Films logo


First Republic Bank logo

Gibney Dance Logo
Mark Morris Dance Group Logo Tallie Carter Law, P.C. Logo
Theater Development Fund logo
 
Arnhold Graduate Program at Hunter Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater logo American Ballet Theatre Logo

 

Ballet Hispanico Logo

Benvenuti Arts Logo City University of New York Dance Initiative

 

Dancers Responding to AIDS Logo

Harkness Center for Dance Injuries The Joyce Theater Logo
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Movement Research logo National Dance Institute

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Logo

New York Live Arts Logo New York State Dance Education Association logo
NYU TISCH pentacle danceworks inc logo SUNY Purchase College Logo
Temple University Center for the performing and cinematic arts logo The Actors Fund, for everyone in entertainment logo Volunteer Lawyers for The Arts
Accessibility at Lincoln Center  logo H+|he Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory Logo Dancemart logo

 

Con Edison is Dance/NYC's 2019 Symposium Lead Corporate Sponsor.

Jody Gottfried Arnhold is Dance/NYC’s 2019 Symposium Lead Dance Advocate.
Subsidies for the dance education community are made possible by the Arnhold Foundation. 


 

JUSTICE, EQUITY & INCLUSION PARTNERS
 

 

Art Beyond Sight Logo ArtSpace Sanctuary Logo Asian American Arts Alliance logo
Center for Traditional Music and Dance Logo Disability/Arts/NYC Task Force logo Indo-American Arts Council logo
Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts International Association of Blacks in Dance logo Lotus Music & Dance
Museum Access Consortium Logo National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures logo Women of Color in the Arts logo


New York Foundation for the Arts

 

 
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