Project Tag: dance

Stephen Petronio Company

Curated Stephen Petronio Company into the 2013 River To River Festival with a very special site-specific version of Like Lazarus Did entitled LLD. Later consulted with the company on digital strategy and re-branding, building a new website and expanding social media presence. Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Stephen Petronio is widely regarded as one of the […]

Beth Gill

Programmed and produced Beth Gill’s Electric Midwife into the 2012 River To River Festival. Beth Gill is a choreographer making contemporary dance and performance in New York City. She has accumulated a body of work that critically examines issues relating to the fields of contemporary dance and performance studies, through a focused exploration of aesthetics and […]

Deganit Shemy

Andrew Horwitz has worked with Deganit Shemy since 2005, curating her into Performance Space 122 (2008), into Beyond Gaga: Contemporary Israeli Dance and the Reinvention of the Jewish Body (2009) and The River to River Festival (2010) with a new site-specific work 2 Kilos of Sea that was later presented in a stage version at the Baryshnikov […]

Maria Hassabi

Curated Maria Hassabi‘s “SHOW” into the River To River Festival in 2012. Maria Hassabi is a New York-based director, choreographer and performance artist. Over the past ten years, she has developed a practice involved with the relation of the body to the image—defined by sculptural physicality and extended duration. Her works are presented in theaters, museums, galleries […]

luciana achugar

Curated luciana achugar into the River To River Festival in 2012 (“FEELING…..FORM”). luciana achugar is an Uruguayan choreographer based in Brooklyn. She moved to New York in 1995 after graduating from Cal Arts. In New York, she worked as a dancer with several influential choreographers including Jeremy Nelson, Wil Swanson, Maria Hassabi, Chameckilerner and John […]

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Curated Trisha Brown Dance Company into the 2012 River To River Festival through a Governors Island residency, providing the first-ever “open studios” opportunity for audiences to see the legendary company at work. The presentation included a small exhibit of archival materials and participatory programs for children. The Trisha Brown Dance Company has presented the work of […]

Sylvain Émard

Co-curated and produced Sylvain Émard’s Le Grand Continental into the 2012 River To River Festival. A prolific and internationally respected artist, Sylvain Émard created his own dance company Sylvain Émard Danse in 1987, quickly establishing a reputation for a very original style. Highly theatrical at first, his work soon evolved into a more formal approach to dance. […]

Tere O’Connor

Curated Tere O’Connor Dance into the 2012 River To River Festival. Tere O’Connor has been making dances since 1982 and has created over 35 works for his company. The company has performed throughout the US, and in Europe, South America, and Canada. O’Connor has created numerous commissioned works for dance companies around the world, among these […]

Wally Cardona

Curated Wally Cardona into the 2012 River To River Festival. Wally Cardona is a choreographer, dancer and teacher living in Brooklyn and the artistic director of WCV, Inc. He is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, an Asian Cultural Council fellowship and a New York […]

Vanessa Anspaugh

Curated Vanessa Anspaugh into  “The Future At The End of the World” exhibit at the Farley Post Office Vanessa Anspaugh is a choreographer, director, performer and teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. Her own work has been presented by a Dance Theater Workshop, New York Live Arts, Danspace Project, AUNTS, Movement Research, The Kitchen, Highways in LA and […]