Media, Method & Meaning  
Zui Gomez. Photo credit: Brandon Owen
Last month a small, new dance collective called Flying Under the Radar (FUTR) premiered at New York's Lightbox art space, with a contemporary dance performance and digital audiovisual installation called "where am i." The piece questioned dichotomies of self/others and isolation/connection through the dancers' interactions with each other, projections, recorded narration, and the audience. It jumped out as an excellent and especially effective example of creatively employing digital options to construct new dimensions of meaning, prompting multiple layers of consideration and introspection as the dancers responded to various media components. The result was a beautiful, surreal, and thought-provoking whole that was more than the sum of its parts.

 

Flying Under the Radar is directed by Marlon Taylor-Wiles. "where am i" was co-created by Taylor-Wiles and FUTR dancers Maleek Washington, Zui Gomez and Jacqui DeFranca and lighting designer Joe Doran. The World Dances recently spoke with Zui Gomez about her experience developing and performing FUTR's premier work.

 

"The creative process was incredibly exhilarating," says Gomez. "This was the first time that any of us had started from scratch. We did all the choreography, costuming, lighting, and the audio/visual. It was like an unborn child we were all trying to visualize bringing into the world."


For more on FUTR and the impact of the collaborative experience, click here.

By Tamara Johnson  
 
Special NYC Night to Support YAGP
   

Please join Youth America Grand Prix for The Making of a Costume on Monday, February 9th at New York City Center, 130 West 56th St, Studio 5.  Doors to the event will open at 6PM and a small reception will follow.  Barbara Brandt will explore the dynamics of costume design, from concept to creation, with fashion designer B Michael and choreographer Andrea Schermoly.  The panel will share insights on the importance of designing a dancer's costume.  Participating in the panel and debuting an original pas de deux are City Ballet principal dancer Chase Finlay and YAGP alumna and NYCB soloist Lauren Lovette.  B Michael will design a one of a kind tutu to be auctioned off at the conclusion of the evening.  Proceeds from the event will provide much-needed scholarships for talented young dancers!
Studio Showing 
 
Photo Credit: Rosalie O'Connor
Symphonic Etudes choreographed by Emery LeCrone

  

February 19-21, students from Ballet Academy East's Pre-Professional Division will be performing at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. The Studio Showing offers BAE dancers a special opportunity to work with world-class choreographers, both from BAE's faculty of luminaries (recently joined by Wendy Whelan) and guest artists. This year, faculty members Jenna Lavin and Charles Askegard are creating new works for the occasion. The guest choreographers include Jeff Gribler, formally of Pennsylvania Ballet, and Lisa de Ribere, former soloist with American Ballet Theatre and current faculty member at School of American Ballet. Particularly in New York, performance opportunities like this can be hard to come by for students. The World Dances recently spoke with BAE Founder and Director Julia Dubno about the philosophy and pedagogy involved in creating such a valuable opportunity for young dancers.

 

Why did you establish this workshop? 

 

The mission of BAE is to provide students with a complete ballet education that will successfully prepare them for life in a professional company. Rehearsal and performance experience is an integral part of this education.  Our students work with renowned choreographers and stagers in a wide range of styles, which is both inspiring and enriching.  

 

For more on BAE's focus on performance opportunities, click here. 


By Tamara Johnson    

 


Jobs in the Dance World
 
Ready to contribute your skills to a new organization? The Hartt School Community Division in CT is looking for a Chair of Dance. BalletX in Philadelphia seeks a Director of Development. Mark Morris Dance Group wants to find the right Development Associate and a Rental & Office Manager. Ballet Met seeks an Executive Director. See these and many more new job listings at the TheWorldDances.com. 
 
 
 

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Publisher: Karla Johnson

Editor:       Tamara Johnson

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February 5, 2015
 
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Congrats to the January 2015 Harlequin Floors Scholarship Monthly Video Contest Winners!
 

Did you  watch the January Harlequin Scholarship video entries? So many dancers posted fantastic, scholarship-worthy videos! Thank you all for sharing your dance and choreographic talents. Watch the four winning videos in this newsletter and watch 1,500+ other terrific dance videos, then post your video today to enter the February Harlequin Floors Scholarship contest. Harlequin Floors is honored to award $1,000 every month to help dancers make their dreams come true.  

 

The February Video Scholarship Contest has begun. Click here to enter your video today in the January 2015 contest for a chance to be one of the four $250 scholarship winners!

 

 

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