Young Dancemakers Company
Hello dance-lovers:
The brand new YDC web site for Young Dancemakers Company season 2012, is under construction.
Meanwhile, here are the dates for 2012:
17th season: June 28 to August 3, 2012
Auditions will be held SUNDAY MARCH 11 STARTING AT 12 NOON at
NY Live Arts (formerly Dance Theater Workshop)
219 West 19th St.
Watch for application instructions.
Students: if you wish to apply please send your email address to:
aliceteirstein@aol.com
Following are flyers, newsletters, etc from our recent highly successful seasons 2011 and 2010.
Enjoy!
Young Dancemakers Company announces an exciting new initiative with the José Limón Dance Company: Professional Opportunities Project (POP)
Two student choreographers from Young Dancemakers Company are setting their works, from the 2011 YDC season, on six professional dancers of the José Limón Dance Company. The two works will be given a studio showing on Saturday, December 3, at 5:30 PM, at the Gibney Studios, along with the Limón Professional Studies Program showing.
YDC is grateful to the Limón Institute and Company for this unique opportunity.
Admission to the studio showing is free but seating for the event is strictly limited. Reservations are required. To make a reservation, or for more information, email aliceteirstein@aol.com.
Gibney Studios, 890 Broadway, 5th fl (Studio 6).
A free summer dance ensemble of New York City teens, selected by audition from throughout the city's public high schools. Company members create and perform their own original choreography in free concerts presented city-wide
Summer 2011
16th season, June 29 to August 1
Founding Director: Alice Teirstein
Music Director: William Catanzaro
YDC Application
2010 Season Tour:
Young Dancemakers Company presented a free one-hour concert of original dances with themes including the environment, war, power plays, self-image, domestic violence, and the galaxy, plus an excerpt of a repertory work from the famed
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
The concert included live percussion by award-winning composer and musician William Catanzaro.
Audience participation followed each concert.
Click here to view 2010 Performance Tour
This year, in a new, exciting post-season initiative, two student works from the 2010 YDC season were selected for a unique collaboration with professional dancers. Members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company worked with the two choreographers and their casts, exploring further development of the works and performing along side the student casts in a special studio showing of the completed project. The week-long project, supported by The Kornfeld Foundation, gave invaluable choreographic and performance insights to the students.
In rehearsal Zarie Thuesday directing her choreography on YDC and BTJ Dancers Antonio Brown and Talli Jackson
Studio Showing August 5 Zaire Michel's choreography with YDC and BTJ dancers Shayla-vie Jenkins and LaMichael Leonard
 Click here for previous audition Information
Watch for 2011 audition information and application!
Contact us:
Alice Teirstein, Director
phone (718) 329-7300 ext.3358
email aliceteirstein@aol.com
YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY is a unique completely free summer ensemble open to students in current grades 9-12, from public high schools throughout New York City, brought together by their love of dance and desire to create and perform their own choreography city-wide.
The company enters its 16th year in the summer of 2011, beginning the season in the state-of-the-art professional studios of Dance Theater Workshop and continuing in the newly renovated Performing Arts Center of the Fieldston School, in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, easily reached by subway or bus.
Training & Rehearsal
In daily, intensive sessions Mondays through Fridays 10 AM to 5 PM throughout the month of July, the students study dance technique, improvisation and dance composition. The company explores dance-making processes under the direction of Alice Teirstein, choreographer, dancer, dance educator, and long-time faculty member of the Fieldston School, where she developed and led the school's dance program. Mr. William Catanzaro, internationally renowned as a composer for dancers and choreographers, works closely with the director and the student choreographers as the work is developed.
YDC performing Mark Morris repertoryIn the guest repertory project, students learn and perform the work of a master choreographer. The 2011 Repertory Project will feature excerpts from the legendary work of renowned choreographer José Limón. Past projects have been the work of Donald McKayle, Robert Battle, Sean Curran, Ronald K. Brown, José Limón, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, Mark Morris, and, in 2010, Arnie Zane and Tony award-winner Bill T. Jones.
YDC performing Alvin Ailey repertory
YDC performing Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane repertory
Performing on Tour
The company performs their choreography at various sites throughout the city. These performances are often followed by participatory dance-making workshops involving the entire audience, led by Alice Teirstein and the company, with musician William Catanzaro, exploring the elements of dance through improvisation and on-the-spot choreography.
Each season the Company has performed for thousands of young people and adults throughout NYC, at venues such as the Kumble Theater, LIU, Brooklyn, Dancing in the Streets, the Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, Abrons Arts Center, The Brooklyn Museum, City Center Studio 5, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Schomburg Center, Stuyvesant High School, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, the World Trade Center, Chelsea Piers, the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, the Downtown Dance Festival in Battery Park, the Joyce SoHo Theatre, The Bridge for Dance as part of the Uptown Performance Series, "Up! On the Roof" at John Jay College Theater, the renowned Dancenow/NYC Festival at Dance Theater Workshop annually for 10 years, among many others.
Performances at the Chelsea Art Museum and Queens Museum of Art were followed by on-site improvisations based on the art exhibits.
The Company has given highly successful performances followed by workshops for hundreds of young people from United Neighborhood Houses at the Stern Auditorium of Mt. Sinai Medical Center, the Hostos Center for t he Arts and Culture for capacity audiences of 900 youngsters and adults, Ailey Dance Camp, the Police Athletic League, The Arts at University Settlement, The Point, a community development initiative in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx, Goddard-Riverside Community Center, the 92nd St. Y, Harlem School of the Arts, Lovinger Theater at Lehman College, The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, The Flushing Library, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Abrons Arts Center, and at Fieldston School for audiences of community groups from throughout the city.
Out-of-Town
YDC performing on the "Inside-Out" stage at Jacobs Pillow, Lee, Mass.
The Company has twice been presented by the famed Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, in Lee, Massachusetts. The Company has also been presented by The Yard, in Martha’s Vineyard, MA, the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY (three seasons), and by the International Conference 2000 "Dancing in the Millennium" held by the NDEO at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Dance New York,
an enrichment component, introduces students to the professional world of NY dance, with free tickets to dance concerts, behind-the-scene visits with choreographers and their company rehearsals, master classes with guest artists, and college/career seminars.
A Completely Free Funded Program
Young Dancemakers Company, offering motivated urban youth an opportunity not otherwise available to them, is made possible by foundation funding, individual contributions and the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. The 16-member company is selected by city-wide auditions, to which they are referred by their high school teachers. The Company members represent diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds with one goal, to create and perform their own work.
The Company is grateful for the generous support through the years of the Richenthal Foundation, the Joseph S. Kornfeld and Emily Davie Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, Jody and John Arnhold, the New York Times Company Foundation, and individual contributions.
Student Application Process/Auditions
Students are selected through auditions held in March. Maximum enrollment is sixteen students. Both males and females are encouraged to apply through the recommendations of their city high school dance teachers, guidance counselors, or community center leaders.
Requirements: students must be open to new ideas and ready to commit to rigorous intensive work. The company is a diverse mix of students with prior dance experience and strong dance technique, as well as highly motivated beginner students with technical and creative potential. Acceptance is based on student potential for both artistic growth and development of skills, as well as demonstrated motivation and seriousness of purpose.
For More Information
If you are a student applying to the program, a teacher who would like to help students apply, a presenter or program director interested in bringing the Young Dancemakers Company to your stage, or an audience member interested in seeing the Young Dancemakers Company, click on the appropriate link below for additional information for:
or contact Alice Teirstein, Director (718) 329-7300 ext. 3358 or by email at aliceteirstein@aol.com.
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