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New York-based nonprofit performing and teaching organization Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents Dance With Us, an educational digital platform centered around the premiere of a series of new dance films. The resource launches from June 25-27, 2021 at 7pm ET with the premieres of the films and the reveal of the platform, a website whose URL will go live at this moment. The same program will feature Daniel Gwirtzman as emcee, and will be repeated on the three successive evenings, with a special guest host each night: Dante Puleio (6/25); Tiffany Rea-Fisher (6/26); Seán Curran (6/27); and Michael Novak, Artistic Director, Paul Taylor Dance Company, who will appear each night virtually.

Following a rapid-fire pre-show of photographs – a chronological slideshow documenting the Company’s twenty-three-year history – Dance With Us ignites with a festive, pride-focused ribbon-cutting ritual initiated by each evening’s guest artist. The swift-moving program will take audiences on a guided tour of the new platform, the heart of which is the release of footage from the Company’s acclaimed productions of Encore. A show about putting on a show, this viewing of Encore is a dynamic, accessible way to usher patrons behind-the scenes and into the center of the creative and performing processes. The platform uses dance films to illuminate and illustrate dance concepts and compositional devices.

The event will include films narrated by performers include alumnae Michael Novak, Jamie Scott, Stacy Martorana (Wiley), Frances Samson, Christian von Howard, Cary McWilliam, and Oren Barnoy. A highlight of the launch event will be the premiere broadcast of Michael Novak’s commentary on his performance in a duet from the Company’s premiere of Tribe (2009) at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (footage that has never been viewed publicly). Guests Jovani Furlan, JoAnna Mendl Shaw, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Sean Curran, and Dante Puleio will also provide film narration. Another highlight of the launch will be exclusive commentary by New York City Ballet soloist Jovani Furlan, contextualizing The Brazil Series, which the Company produced in Bahia (2013). Films will be narrated by current company dancers including Derek Crescenti, Vanessa Martínez de Baños, Dwayne Brown, Sarah Hillmon, Jacob Butter, and Mariah Anton,among others.

Other highlights of the evenings include the premieres of Parade, Willow, Dollhouse, and a newly edited version of last year’s acclaimed The Fantasyland Project, all of which were produced during the pandemic; and the opening of the Dance With Us Photo Gallery. The inaugural exhibit displays a collection of never-released photographs taken of the Company by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival photographer Christopher Duggan. The events are free with advance registration requested at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dance-with-us-platform-launch-and-party-with-daniel-gwirtzman-dance-company-registration-149716460965. Donations are accepted via the Company’s PayPal Giving Fund, https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1394866, where 100% of contributions go to the nonprofit. Mixing discussions, dancing, and conversations, the interactive premiere promises to be highly accessible, entertaining, and educational. Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/477005623/da16bc6f95.

“The heart of the platform is the ability to hear about dance from a range of artists, including many former dancers along with several esteemed guests, while watching the diverse range of choreography,” said Daniel. “The platform houses scores of interviews and narrated dances which will live on the platform as discrete bite-sized films. These are unique opportunities to hear the perspectives of the performers, not only learning how they became dancers and what influences in their lives have supported their pathways, but what goes through their minds as they watch choreography, and watch themselves, or others, perform. I think this kind of immersion into the world of contemporary dance allows audiences to not only gain more insight, but to refine their own opinions and ideas, and to be empowered to express these.”

This multi-faceted project explains ways to view and speak about dance. Utilizing performance and studio footage, the resource demystifies concert dance by teaching fundamental concepts of the art form. This digital resource will be distributed widely and freely, contributing to the Open Educational Resources movement (OER), a commitment to equity, inclusion, and accessibility. The resource will be available to anyone regardless of geographic location. Multiple partnerships will ensure the impact on students, professionals, and the general viewership. The Company will also provide the resource to channels, institutional libraries, public and private schools (K-12, Higher Education), and culturally based organizations.

Schedule of Events
6:45pm: House Opens with Pre-Show Slideshow of 200 Company Photographs
7:00-8:00pm: Program 
8:00-8:30pm: Discussion
8:30-9:00pm: After Party 

Highlights of the Program Launch
Premieres. Parade, an opening film which raises the curtain for the evening, is followed by Willow,triumphant and elegiac, and the spirited and playful Dollhouse.
Platform Tour. Like walking through the rooms of a house, the site will be revealed and explained.
The Library. View the extensive archive of dance films and filmed performances.
Special Guests. Hear the esteemed artists’ perspectives on dance, dance education, and dance films.
Sneak Peek. Preview the upcoming dances to be launched monthly through the end of the year.
Party! Dance With Us to celebrate the re-emergence of our lives!


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