Faculty News

It has been a long hot summer and there is only one month left to play in the sun. See what our Peridance Faculty has been up to and what they have planned for August! 

Contemporary teacher Ashley Carter’s company, DoubleTake Dance Co. co-directed by Vanessa Martinez de Baños, will collaborate with Peridance to organize a Benefit for Japan on Sunday September 18th, 2011! Please come and support this important event, which will feature some very special guest artists. More details coming soon on the Peridance website & www.DoubleTakeDanceCo.com.

Contemporary teacher, Marinda Davis's company,  marInspired; the storytellers is premiering "breakable" on August 27th-28th at the Salvatore Capezio Theater. You can purchase tickets here. For more on Marinda and her company read the article on this blog!

Contemporary teachers, Marijke Eliasberg & Jana Hicks present their The Next Stage Project Summer Choreography Workshop Performances August 11th & 12th: 8:30pm, City Center Studios, 5th fl. The Next Stage Project company will also perform in the Peridance Faculty Showcase on Aug 13 & 14!

World Jazz teacher, Cecilia Mart's company, CECILIA MARTA DANCE Co. will perform Saturday, August 13th in NYC Summer Stage 2011. The performance will be at 8:00pm in Marcus Garvey Park, admission is FREE! The company also performed on July 30th at the Central Park Mainstage also as a part of Summer Stage 2011.

Jazz teacher, Sue Samules is joining the Peridance Faculty August 16th to teach Broadway Jazz Dance classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-11:30!  The class will touch on various facets of Jazz Dance which is used on Broadway such as, theater, lyrical, jazzy, latin and funky.  Her dance company, Jazz Roots Dance Company will be performing on August 13th and 14th in the Peridance Faculty Showcase! 

Tap teacher, Nancy Smith recently completed her 225 hour Registered Yoga Teachers training at the Wilmington Yoga Center in North Carolina. She is now a certified by The National Yoga Alliance, congratulations Nancy!
 
Ballet teacher, Kathryn Sullivan is currently working on her third DVD project for Insight Media, an educational documentary on choreographer and teacher, Hanya Holm.
 
Flamenco teacher, Nelida Tirado's  next performance is opening Thursday August 11th! For more info click here.

Faculty News

Check out what the Peridance Faculty are up to this June!

Jazz teacher, Tracie Stanfield's company, Synthesis Dance Project, will be performing as guests of the Young Choreographers Festival at Symphony Space on June 11. The company will also be performing at a gala benefit for Drea's Dream on June 14 and at The Jersey Arts Shore in Ocean Grove, NJ on June 25.

Contemporary teacher, Korhan Basaran and Dancers are having a gala performance with two world premieres at the Ailey Citigroup Theater on the 21st of June, 8pm...one night only!

Theater dance teacher, Bill Hastings is now a faculty member for the on going Jack Cole Workshop starting at Steps NYC beginning in June. He is also going to Naples, Italy to teach and adjudicate the year end school exams!

Contemporary teachers, Marijke Eliasberg & Jana Hicks' company, The Next Stage Project (TNSP) presented a new work at: Pushing Progress The Showcase Series, May 21st at MMAC. TNSP will take 13+ dancers

from the USA & Europe to Béziers, France May 31- June 6th to perform and teach! After the performance in France, Jana & Marijke travel to the Netherlands to teach master classes in Amsterdam and The Hague.

Hip Hop teacher, Nobuya Nagahama is producing his own show this summer, "Dans-A-Live" at Public Assembly (70 North 6th St. Brooklyn, NY) 7:30pm on Sunday, July 10th. Ticket: $10 in advance, $15 at door. For more info, check his website. He is also performing June 6th at "Le Squeezebox Cabaret," 9:30pm http://www.lesqueezebox.com/.

Belly Dance teacher, Andrea Beeman will be performing at the following events this June: Tagine Dining Gallery presents Andrea Anwar & Deirdre, Saturday, June 4th 9:30& 11:30PM www.taginedining.com, Greenhouse Holistic June 17, 9:00PM (783 Driggs at S.4th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn), Crest True Value Hardware, June 18, 4:00-7:00PM (558 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn, NY), & Le Scandal Saturday, June 2510:00PM (The West Bank Cafe, Laurie Beechman Theatre 407 West 42nd Street).

Also Andrea will be hosting her 6th Annual Summer Celebration, featuring performances by Andrea & her students the Dancing Rubies & Rubettes will be June 11th at 7:15PM. MBR (Moving Body Resources) 112 West 27th Street, 4th floor, NYC between 6th & 7th Avenues on the south side of the street ring buzzer 402.