2016 DUMBO Dance Festival Poster

Oniin Dance_photo by Anton Martynov
2016 DUMBO
DANCE FESTIVAL
September 29 th - October 2nd
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29 Jay Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn
(formerly St. Ann's Warehouse)
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On Thursday, September 29, 2016, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates the
16th Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival with a Gala
Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to the
development of dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours
the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dancemakers,
both emerging and established, and brings them to Brooklyn for one
extended weekend.
For four nights and three days, dance lovers will experience a veritable
cornucopia of the best of contemporary dance. The DUMBO Dance
festival features 70 contemporary dance troupes combining over 325
artists who will present solo, chamber, and full scale works. Dancers
from across the United States, Canada, Hungary, Poland, Japan, South
Korea, and Italy will join the New York’s active dance community to offer
the full range of new directions in dance in the 21st century.
Special highlights include a FREE Family Program on Sunday October 1
(12-3pm) offering a Hip-Hop dance class for the whole family and a familyfriendly dance performance.
Sunday’s Grand Finale at 8.00 pm features world premieres of works
from Oniin Dance Company (Italy), SungOK Choi/ Meta Dance Project
(South Korea), The Chimera Project (Canada), Annielille GavinoKollman/Malayaworks (Virginia), of bones||hollye bynum, FJK Dance,
Pascal Rekoert/ Flexicurve, Joffrey Ballet School and WHITE WAVE Young
Soon Kim Dance Company (USA).
The 16th DUMBO Dance Festival is presented in association with the
Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter at their new state-of-the-arts, 300-seat
theater.
STAY FOR AN HOUR, STAY FOR A DAY,
STAY FOR THE WEEKEND,
YOU WILL REMEMBER THE DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL
FOR A LIFETIME
For more info and performance schedule please visit
whitewavedance.com
call 718-855-8822 or email [email protected]
/whitewavedance
@whitewavedance
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Korean Cultural Center NY; Howard
Gilman Foundation; Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the
Republic of Korea; JOHN RYAN COMPANY and Individual Contributors.
A message from the ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
“This is a festival about opportunities,” says Young Soon Kim,
Artistic Director of White Wave Dance “The DUMBO Dance
Festival provides an opportunity for over 300 performing artists
to showcase their work. Further, it offers New York audiences
the chance to participate in one of the most diverse displays of
leading-edge choreography and excellence at no cost.”
OPENING NIGHT GALA
September 29 7pm
8:30-10pm
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Ceremony & Performances
Dinner / Dance Party with Live Music
Let your life dance for a moment –
Join us for the WHITE WAVE Gala magic …
We invite you to celebrate the 16th DUMBO Dance Festival at the annual
WHITE WAVE Gala. Featuring WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance
Company; New York premieres of works by Oniin Dance (Italy), Hyun
Kim (Korea/Poland); as well as renowned Buglisi Dance Theatre, Carolyn
Dorfman Dance and two rising choreographers, Daniel Ching, and
of bones||hollye bynum (USA).
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16th annual
DUMBO
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FESTIVAL
Friday, September 30 7PM
Saturday, October 1 8PM
Friday, September 30 9PM
FREE Modern Dance /
Hip Hop class for kids of all ages!
Winnie Berger / Mook Dance Company
Mary Seidman and Dancers
Danielle Staropoli
The Now Unboxing Project
AJ Sharp
Victor Lozano
Junghwan Kim, Bom Kim / Aandamiro art company
Amanda Hinchey & Dancers
Just one train stop from downtown Manhattan, accessible from
the F train at York Street; and A, C trains at High Street.
After the performances mingle with the cast of international dancers
and choreographers for a cocktail of creative dance + creative party +
creative canapés.
Lauren Beirne Dance Works
Aimee Plauche & Performers
IAM Arts
JANOS FELEDI-FELEDI PROJECT
The Chimera Project
Micaela Taylor
Spaces of Fontana | Dance Collective
JUNGYUN, PARK / BUSAN ARTIST6
Devin Richey
All festival performances are FREE / Pay-What-You-Will
RSVP: www.whitewavedance.com
Gala tickets are $100, $250 (VIP) and can be purchased at
Saturday, October 1 2PM
Book online to secure your reservation.
General admission seating begins promptly on the hour
on a first-come, first served basis.
WHITE WAVE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
29 Jay Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, 11201
www.whitewavedance.com
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, Sep 29 7:00pm
Opening Night GALA
Friday, Sep 30
7pm, 9pm
Festival Performances
Saturday, Oct 1
2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm Festival Performances
Sunday, Oct 2
12pm-1:15pm
Susan Koper / sk dancers
Jin-Wen Yu
Joyce King/JKing Dance Company
Michiko Kiyofuji
Left Side Labs
Jihyun Kim
Nickolas Fields
Chuck Wilt / UNA Projects
Joffrey Ballet School
Saturday, October 1 4PM
1:30pm-3pm
Family Friendly Program
4pm, 6pm
Festival Performances
of bones || hollye bynum
Jordyn Kahler
Renata Skobo
Andrew Jannetti & Dancers
Tomomi Imai & Dancers
Tracy Halloran Pearson / ConteXture dance Detroit
Guidong Zhou
Svetlana Khoruzhina
XAOC Contemporary Ballet / Eryn Renee Young
8pm
Grand Finale
Saturday, October 1 6PM
Kids Can Dance
(FREE Open Class)
WHITE WAVE Dance photo by Yi-Chun Wu
[ V E S S E L S ] Kris Seto + Shoey Sun
JANOS FELEDI-FELEDI PROJECT
Ellen Sickenberger
Michel Ashley Chord
Jin-Wen Yu
Davida Rae / ChoreoNova®
Amos Pinhasi
Valerie Alpert / VADCO
Winnie Berger / Mook Dance Company
SungOk Choi / Meta Dance Project
Pascal Rekoert / Flexicurve
Hyun Kim
FJK Dance
Junghwan Kim, Bom Kim / Aandamiro art company
Erick Montes/Danceable Projects
RH+ (Renata Skobo + Hyun Kim)
Daniel Ching
WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
Sunday, October 11 12PM
FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOW
Sunday, October 2 1PM
Annielille Gavino-Kollman / Malayaworks
Erick Montes/Danceable Projects
Jeanette Stoner and Dancers
XAOC Contemporary Ballet / Eryn Renee Young
Verlezza / Fois
Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Sunday, October 2 4PM
Susan Koper / sk dancers
Verlezza / Fois
Daniel Padierna
Chien-Ying Wang & Paul C. Ocampo
Jihyun Kim
Valerie Alpert/VADCO
Micaela Taylor
Jin-Wen Yu
Amanda Hinchey & Dancers
Sunday, October 2 6PM
Danielle Staropoli
JUNGYUN, PARK/BUSAN ARTIST6
Jeanette Stoner and Dancers
Tina Croll + Company
Jordyn Kahler
Nickolas Fields
Johnnie Cruise Mercer / TheREDproject
Devin Richey
GRAND FINALE
Sunday, October 2 8PM
Annielille Gavino-Kollman/Malayaworks
FJK Dance
Pascal Rekoert/ Flexicurve
SungOk Choi/Meta Dance Project
Joffrey Ballet School
of bones || hollye bynum
Oniin Dance Company
The Chimera Project
WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
For full performance program please download the pdf on
whitewavedance.com