Nichelle's Notes

Gym Crews to compete in NYC for celebrity judges, friends, & family

(via @RDP4LIFE) Gym Crew Challenge is a unique competition where top dance instructors from gyms all over the city put together crews of their best students and battle it out on the dance floor.

Nonprofessional dancers of all ages, sizes and shapes from diverse communities in the greater NY area have a rare opportunity to perform in front of celebrity judges, friends, family and their colleagues.

“We’ve had huge success with the event in LA and are now taking it to New York!” says Real Dance Productions founder, Caroline Magbojos. “There is tremendous excitement already our October 2nd show at the Ailey Citigroup Theater.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avko_cqOKGo
www.realdanceproductions.com

New Company Would Appreciate Your Support

@SwiShwiShDance could use a kickstart only $200 from their goal. http://kck.st/ku9EBA

SwiShwiSh Dance is a contemporary dance company of highly skilled dancers. It is based in New York City and was founded by Ashley Ortiz. Choreography will first be premiered in July 2011 and many more works will continue to be shown throughout the year.  

“We currently launched a Kickstarter project which is basically a website where creative projects can get funded. It is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands. It is extremely important for us to reach our goal because we would love to expose our work to as many places as possible. We need the funding to rent space, for all of the fees for the venues, payment for our dancers, costumes/make-up/props. The best part about the kickstarter project is that sponsors get gifts designed by us & we are offering limited edition 2012 calendars with professional shots of our dancers, exclusive footage of the process of the creation of our current piece Ángeles Caídos, t-shirts, tank tops, shorts & a bag with our logo, an opportunity to dance or be apart of a rehearsal for a future piece & even complimentary tickets to our first out of state performance!”
            
SwiShwiSh Dance is committed to exposing the depths and complexities of our imaginations through our movement. We believe in truth through creation and we allow dance to be one of the main mediums by which our wildest imaginations can come to life. We want to inspire our community to go back to their youthful imaginations & to always keep their will alive to make their imaginations come to life. Eventually we would love to teach dance classes in NYC to all ages to help the explore the beauty, power & creativity that comes from contemporary modern dance. Ashley has always been interested in sci-fi and/or horror genres so interestingly, choreography has had a twist of them, which causes our senses to be heightened more than usual. We hope to have your mind racing and we wish to take you on a shocking ride!

http://swishwishdance.weebly.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/SwiShwiShDance
http://www.youtube.com/user/SwiShwiShDance?feature=mhee
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/SwiShwiSh-Dance/216281095066001 OR http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/home.php?sk=group_212621715448829&ap=1

A Celebration of Female Choreographers

via @ChEckiTDance The ChEck Us OuT Dance Festival: A Celebration of Female Choreographers at 5pm on July 23rd at Summit Rock in Central Park. This is a carefully curated event of dance at which 11 choreographers will present their innovative work. The festival seeks to showcase the shining talents of these strong, female choreographers in a welcoming and fun environment. 

A family and eco-friendly event, free of charge! ChEckiT!Dance welcomes dance enthusiasts of all ages to unroll a blanket, sit back, have a snack and enjoy the show. Patrons are welcomed to bring a picnic and enjoy dessert compliments of the ChEck Us OuT Dance Festival. Similarly ChEckiT!Dance has committed to an eco-friendly evening of art and, as such, will not be printing traditional programs. Instead, e-programs will be available for patrons via smartphone! Don’t miss this exciting evening of new choreography! 

More info right here: www.checkitdance.com