Works & Process presents the Vail Dance Festival on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Guggenheim New York in the Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 at 7pm. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased at https://www.worksandprocess.org/calendar/works-and-process-at-the-guggenheim-vail-dance-festival-2025

Every summer, leading and rising choreographers, composers, companies, dancers, and musicians all come together at the Vail Dance Festival in Colorado. Directed by Artistic Director Damian Woetzel, the Festival features a mosaic of offerings, including NOW: Premieres, an evening of new works; an expansive roster of international stars and emerging talents taking on new artistic challenges; and the UpClose series, exploring aspects of dance in a rehearsal-style format. The Festival also spotlights community initiatives such as Celebrate The Beat, a free dance education program for local children affiliated with the National Dance Institute. Join Woetzel as he moderates a program that blends performance highlights danced by Festival artists with behind-the-scenes insights into what goes into creating the Festival each year.

Dancers: Roman Mejia, Tiler Peck, Calvin Royal III, Mira Nadon, Spencer Lenain, India Bradley, Unity Phelan, Olivia Bell, Kayla Mak

Pianists: Stephen Gosling, Michael Scales, Derek Wang

Choreographer: Pam Tanowitz

With Heather Watts and Masazumi Chaya

Leadership support for this Works & Process program is provided by Jeff and Susan Campbell.

Works & Process Lead Donors

Lead funding provided by Adam and Abigail Flatto, Ford Foundation, Bart Friedman and Wendy Stein, Howard Gilman Foundation, Christian Humann Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Stephen Kroll Reidy, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Caroline M. Sharp, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, Eugene and Jean Stark, and Anonymous.

Additional support provided by Jody and John Arnhold, Jeff and Susan Campbell, Cate Caruso, Stuart H. Coleman and Meryl Rosofsky, Duke Dang and Charles E. Rosen, Lucy and Philip Dobrin, Elizabeth Sharp Edens and Wes Edens, The Fanwood Foundation, Agnes Gund, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, Denise and Andrew Saul, Randall Sharp, and the Simian Foundation.

Works & Process is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

About Works & Process

Championing performing artists and their creative process for each step from studio to stage, Works & Process features artists both those from the world’s largest organizations and emerging new talent. Works & Process amplifies performing arts traditions that transcend the stage, and encourage audiences to spectate, participate, and continue the conversation beyond the stage. Works & Process programs blend artist discussion and performance highlights, with post-performance receptions at Guggenheim New York and beyond. During the summer, Works & Process curates and presents free outdoor dance programs with Manhattan West and City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage.

Works & Process Artists-in-Residence are provided with commissions and made-to-measure LaunchPAD creative residencies that are fully funded and sequenced, offering 24/7 studio availability, on-site housing, health insurance enrollment access, industry-leading residency fees, and transportation to fifteen residency partners across MA, NJ, NY, and VT.

Works and Process, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID: 13-3592291

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