Press Release
Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company present 1st Annual Festival.
August 17, 2010 PCDC transitions from performance and outreach to providing Dance artists with performance opportunities. At the 1st Annual Perceptions Contemporary Dance Festival emerging and established choreographers will perform with state of the art production values at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. The event takes place on Saturday September 18th at 8 pm for... Read More
Waking into Joyce SoHo for the performance of Deacadance Theater, I am immediately massaged by the sounds of Hip-Hop beats. Creating the vibe on the ones and twos is DJ Henry C, spinning the joints that hype everyone to get crunk. Finally the house lights dim and the crowd erupts into thunderous applause, and we are ready.
The first piece on the bill, choreographed by Jennifer Weber, The Cage (inspired by Jerome Robbins), takes hip hop Dance soaring to heights as high as t... Read More
DanceNOW [NYC]–Festival Twenty Ten
September 8–11, 2010
The annual DanceNOW [NYC] Festival celebrates New York City’s vibrant Dance community. Produced by DanceNOW [NYC] and presented in partnership with Dance Theater Workshop, this year’s festival features 40 choreographers, from young innovators to mid-career and established artists, in a lively showcase format. Continuing its signature “short takes” programming, the Festival offers audiences an opportunity to expe... Read More
New York is about laying it all on the line..'if you can make it here you can make it anywhere' and Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company throws their hat in the 'if you can make it here you can make it anywhere' ring of NY with their explosive evening length premier at Teatro LA TEA Theater last Friday. Relocating from Boston to NY 7 months ago, PCDC boasts fourteen highly trained and expressive dancers - including Artistic Director Melissa Gendreau and Assistant Director Molly Fletc... Read More
Zoom is a Dance piece created by the company, ZviDance. Run by choreographer Zvi Gotheiner, ZviDance performs joyous, colorful, vibrant works that revel in the pure beauty of movement and physical expression. Zoom is no different. The piece is exhilarating and moving, and showcases the excellent company Mr. Gotheiner has assembled. These are dancers that are comfortable in their bodies and whose motions feel fluid, lively, and grounded in deep, true emotions.
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