Harkness Foundation for Dance

The Harkness Foundation for Dance is a private grant-making foundation dedicated to invigorating and supporting the dance art form, predominantly in New York City .

Fernanda Tenorio

Nacida en Tumaco, Nariño, es una destacada cantante tradicional del Pacífico colombiano, reconocida por su poderosa voz y su compromiso con la preservación y renovación de las músicas ancestrales de su región. Su arte es una expresión viva de la identidad afrocolombiana, en la que los ritmos tradicionales dialogan con sonoridades contemporáneas como el rap, el reggae y otros géneros urbanos. Como vocalista de la agrupación Plu con Pla, Fernanda ha logrado fusionar con autenticidad la riqueza rítmica del Pacífico con nuevas estéticas musicales, llevando su mensaje de resistencia, memoria y orgullo cultural a diversos escenarios nacionales e internacionales. Su … Continued

Denise Shumei

LEIMAY Administrative Associate for LEIMAY Block Party.

Derek Baron

Performance for Sand Dunes, Snowflakes, and Turbulent Vortices.

Daniel Pettrow

Vocal and Acting Coach for Excerpts from In Pursuit of Happiness.

Todd Caroll

Photo projections for Excerpts from In Pursuit of Happiness.

Lauren Ohmer

Assistant Choreographer for Excerpts from In Pursuit of Happiness.

Tommy Schell

Creation and performance of Wisteria: the Gaggery and the Gilt.

Jenna Kirk

Creation and performance of Wisteria: the Gaggery and the Gilt.

Stephanie Eiss

Creation and performance of Wisteria: the Gaggery and the Gilt.

Dai Matsuoka

Butoh Dancer/Choreographer, LAND FES Director. Graduated Sophia University, the Faculty of Comparative Culture. Graduated Kuwasawa Design School. Dai Matsuoka has been performing with Sankai Juku since 2005, and has appeared in some of their major works including Kinkan Shonen, Tobari, Unetsu and ARC.  Matsuoka is a founder and director of LAND FES since 2011, non-profit organization that has the purpose of connecting dance artists, local communities and social minorities. He has been leading the Scramble Dance Project since 2017, in which both people with and without disabilities create dance together. This inclusive dance project initially instructed by Yoshito Ohno, a legendary figure of Butoh, has been continued … Continued

Kira Alker

Creation and performance of A Solo for Two.

Angeli

Creation and performance of Homage to Yoko Ono.

Julia Kulakova

Julia Kulakova is a performing and teaching artist, choreographer, and artistic director of Bahar Dance Ensemble and NY Persian Parade. Her varied dance and martial arts expertise, and improvisational skills led to collaborations with such bands as the NY Gypsy All Stars, Romashka, Frank London’s Klezmer Orchestra, and Mehrnam Rastegari’s Chogan, among others.

Kira Flores

Keyboard and voice for Impossible Crush: It’s Elf Itself.

Nava Dunkelman

Nava Dunkelman is a percussionist and improviser based in Brooklyn, NY. Her musical approach is innovative and dynamic, combining virtuosity and intuition. Meticulous in an intrinsic way, she uses her distinctive sound pallet to explore and give life to a vast spectrum of musical possibilities. Nava’s current projects are electro-percussion experimental noise duo IMA with Amma Ateria and percussion duo NOMON with her sister Shayna Dunkelman. navadunkelman.com” @nldunk

Yoko Murakami

Yoko Murakami is a Tokyo-born, NYC-based movement artist. She creates movement-based work in forms of site-specific installations and experimental film. Finding the surreal in the mundane, she is constantly exploring ways to blur the boundaries of creative mediums and has worked closely with artists in the fields in audio-visual, film, set design, sculpture, millinery, hair art, and motion-capture technology. She is a contributing artist of Testu Collective since 2018. Yokoteki.com @yokoteki

Alia Scheirman

Alia Scheirman is a NYC-based violinist and teacher. She studied music at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Performances in NYC have included ‘Persou’ at the Cell Theater, Dance in Bushwick, and Queer Urban Orchestra concerts. Alia is currently a member of Litha Symphony Orchestra.

Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg is an improvising guitarist, banjo-player, vocalist, songwriter, and composer. Along with performing in rock bands such as Editrix and Birthing Hips, Eisenberg works solo as a songwriter and an improviser equally. Wendy released the songs albums Dehiscence (2020) and Auto in 2020 to acclaim in such legacy publications as the Wire and the Washington Post. They are also an active writer.

Taylor Zappone

Performance for My Body as the Topic Coming Around Again // Vol 1 (Land).

Ellen Smith Ahern

Performance for My Body as the Topic Coming Around Again // Vol 1 (Land).

Joy Havens

Costumes for My Body as the Topic Coming Around Again // Vol 1 (Land).

Meredith Bove

Dramaturgy for My Body as the Topic Coming Around Again // Vol 1 (Land).

Charly Wenzel

Charly Wenzel created and performed Continually Healing with Teresa Fellion and Nicole Kadar.

Nicole Kadar

Nicole Kadar created and performed Continually Healing with Teresa Fellion and Charly Wenzel.

Teresa Fellion

Teresa Fellion (she/they) founded BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance in 2011, after working as an independent choreographer since 2004. Teresa was named Artistic Liaison between Cameroon & the U.S. by President Paul Biya, while performing with the National Ballet du Cameroun and at the National Soccer Cup Finals. She has performed for Lucinda Childs, Sarah Skaggs, Kimberly Young, M’Bewe Escobar, Skip Costa, and Martha Bowers, and she has performed works by Twyla Tharp, Deganit Shemy, Liz Lerman, and Megan Boyd, among others. Teresa completed a Dance MFA from Sarah Lawrence under the Bessie Schonberg Scholarship, a Certificate from the Ailey School … Continued

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