Dance Forward: Winter Dance Intensive - 92Y, New York
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Dance Forward: Winter Dance Intensive

Dance Forward is a weeklong intensive (Jan 13–17, 2020) led by cutting-edge artists in contemporary modern dance.

The intensive includes classes, workshops, and performances at 92Y. Housing is available upon request. For more information, please email.

$395 – New Year Discount through January 6
$425 – regular registration

*Registration includes one performance ticket to 92Y Harkness Dance Center Artists in Residence: ShAIRed Show featuring Ivy Baldwin, Kimberly Bartosik, Kazunori Kumagai and Kyle Marshall.

Mon, Jan 13 Tue, Jan 14 Wed, Jan 15 Thu, Jan 16 Fri, Jan 17

10 – 11:30 am

Technique:
Loni Landon

10 – 11:30 am

Technique:
Adam Barruch

10 – 11:30 am

Technique:
Gregory Dolbashian

10 – 11:30 am

Technique:
Adam Barruch

10 – 11:30 am

Technique:
Adam Barruch

11:45 am – 1 pm

Workshop/Technique: Sidra Bell Dance

11:45 am – 1 pm

Workshop/Technique: Sidra Bell Dance

11:45 am – 1 pm

Workshop/Technique: Sidra Bell Dance

11:45 am – 1 pm

Workshop/Technique: Sidra Bell Dance

11:45 am – 1 pm

Workshop/Technique: Sidra Bell Dance

For questions, please email or or call 212.415.5554.

Class Descriptions

Dynamic Sequencing with Adam Barruch

The class begins with dynamic flooring sequences, using the floor as a tool to explore efficiency and clarity of movement—warming the body while encouraging a sequential, articulated physicality. The initial phrases then build to seamlessly bring the dancers into standing movements that aim to stabilize and continue the body's connection with the ground. Following is a final phrase that explores the complex coordination between forceful initiations, speed and the retention of a supple and resonant expressivity.

Sidra Bell Dance New York’s CONTEMPORARY SYSTEMS

An interior & material approach to movement encourages provocative thought and an immersive approach to the subject matter of the body. Her work demands a high degree of physicality and input from the dancers, encouraging them to execute movement with intention, curiosity, care, rigor, and empathy.

Flow Space with Gregory Dolbashian:

An atmosphere that allows for the act of “pure play” to help dance artists use more capacity, intellect, sense, courage, and imagination in their movement styles. Conducted by director of The DASH Ensemble, Gregory Dolbashian, the class is a highly developed series of improvisational tools and games that warms and pushes both the mind and the body to break habits and fulfill more presence. These exercises are all methods that Gregory has developed and utilized to create movement with The DASH. The artists learn confidence not just in themselves but also in the environment that they are a part of. Games and tasks work both on the individual and in tandem, so that Flow Space creates a community for progress, inspiration, and most of all, discovery.

Dance Forward is a collaboration between 92Y’s Harkness Dance Center and Center for Arts Learning & Leadership.

Adam Barruch

Adam Barruch began his career as a young actor, performing professionally on Broadway and in film and television, working with prominent figures such as Tony Bennett, Jerry Herman and Susan Stroman …

Adam Barruch

Adam Barruch began his career as a young actor, performing professionally on Broadway and in film and television, working with prominent figures such as Tony Bennett, Jerry Herman and Susan Stroman. He later received dance training at LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts. After three years, he graduated early and was accepted into the dance department at The Juilliard School. As a dancer he has performed the works of Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Susan Marshall, Jose Limon, Daniele Dèsnoyers, and was a dancer with Sylvain Émard Danse in Montreal. He has also worked with The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation, performing and researching Conflict Transformation as part of The Legacy Project. Based in Brooklyn, Adam currently creates and performs work under the epithet of his own company, Anatomiae Occultii.

As a choreographer, Adam’s work has been presented at venues such as The Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, City Center, NYU/ Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, The Juilliard School, The Baryshnikov Arts Center, Ailey-Citigroup Theater, The 92Y: Buttenweiser Hall, Jacob’s Pillow: Inside/Out, LaMaMa,The Cedar Lake Theater, Gina Gibney Dance Center, The Harris Theater, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Cowles Center, The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, Bates Dance Festival and Theatre Usine C in Montreal.

Adam Barruch was selected as a participant in the 2011 Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation New Directions Choreography Lab made possible by generous support from the Ford Foundation. Adam Barruch’s short-film collaboration with filmmaker Nel Shelby, Folie a Deux, was screened at the Dance On Camera Festival in Lincoln Center in 2012. In June 2013, Adam performed a full-length evening solo work, My Name is Adam, at Joe's Pub commissioned by DanceNOW NYC, and was a recipient of a Late Stage Production Stipend from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. In addition, he has also created works for companies such as The Limón Company, Ailey II, Keigwin + Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, River North Dance Chicago, BalletX, Whim W'Him Seattle Contemporary Dance, Graham II, GroundWorks Dance Theater, Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Gibney Dance Company, 10 Hairy Legs, and Daniel Costa Dance—as well as for dance icons Margie Gillis and Miki Orihara. Adam has also choreographed two music videos for Tokyo based musical act mishmash* and created movement for Variety Worldwide, whose projects combine non-traditional theater with nightlife and dining.

Adam was the recipient of a 2014 Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences, which recognizes institutions and individuals for distinguished accomplishments and exceptional talent in the arts and sciences. In September 2015, Adam Barruch was the choreographer-in-residence at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, California as part of the 2015 DANCEworks Residency. Adam Barruch was an artist-in-residence at the 92Y Harkness Dance Center in 2016-2017. He is currently working on a new physical theater production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Adam has also taught technique and repertory at Princeton University, The Boston Conservatory, Fordham University, Marymount Manhattan College, The Martha Graham School, The Hartt School, The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, New York University, Hofstra University, West Virginia University, SUNY Brockport, The Hubbard Street Professional Training Program and internationally at La Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán (EPDM), New Zealand School of Dance and Ballet Divertimento in Montreal.

“I am always interested in reflecting the interior emotional landscape,” said Barruch. “I think working with other people and dancing in other pieces is important for choreographers. Even in the lens of another artist’s vision you are always clarifying your voice and your movement.”—The Dance Enthusiast

Sidra Bell Dance New York

Sidra Bell Dance New York is rapidly gaining an international profile for work that reveals aspects of the human condition through a distinctly female lens …

Sidra Bell Dance New York

Sidra Bell Dance New York is rapidly gaining an international profile for work that reveals aspects of the human condition through a distinctly female lens. Bell’s creations have been described as, “brainy, exuberant, and audacious.” (San Francisco Chronicle). The work demands both physical power and tender expressiveness from her crack ensemble of “fearless and technically honed dancers” (Vancouver's Georgia Straight). The Company has performed extensively throughout the USA, Europe, Canada, and South America. It was named “#1 in Contemporary Dance in 2014” by the Pittsburgh Examiner, as one of ArtsATL’s “Notable Dance Performances of 2012”, and in the “Top 10 for Best in Dance in 2010” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Bell’s process is intuitive, collaborative, and emphasizes the integration of multiple design elements and languages. Her work combines design, media, and fashion creating a singular vision in contemporary dance.

Sidra Bell is a sought-after educator and has won several awards. Bell has received many commissions from institutions internationally and has produced over 100 new works. Her work has been seen throughout the United States and in Sweden, Denmark, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Germany, Slovenia, China, Canada, Aruba, Korea, Brazil, and Greece. She was the choreographer on the critically acclaimed and internationally showcased film feature movie TEST. SBDNY has an extensive educational and mentorship program built on MODULE philosophy and works with institutions for dance and theater internationally with a particular emphasis on young artist development. SBDNY was awarded a 2015 National Dance Project Award from New England Foundation for the Arts and was one of 25 inaugural companies to receive a the Dance Advancement Fund Award from Dance/NYC in 2017. Recent features include a spread in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine (2017), KALTBLUT Magazine (Germany’s leading indie magazine for Art, Fashion, Music based in Berlin) with South Korean fashion designer NANNERWAVE, a mini book collaboration with fashion photographer Lloyd Stevie, the Best of New Orleans, T Magazine New York Times’ Style Magazine and the January 2018 cover of Dance Magazine featuring an SBDNY artist as one of 25 to Watch in 2018 “Breakout Stars of 2018.” The company was featured on NOWNESS in director Jovan Todorovic’s latest film as part of MOTIONPOEMS’ 8th Season at Anthology Film Archives. SBDNY was a featured company in Dance Magazine’s “In the Studio” in May 2018.

“Sidra Bell introduces us to uncanny alternative realities, often asking more questions than giving answers. Her fearless performers and collaborators, fully committed to the complex movement and theatrics, stunningly transport us to her worlds.”—Dance Enthusiast, Nadia Khayrallah

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Gregory Dolbashian

Born and raised in New York City Gregory Dolbashian made his professional stage debut at the age of eight with the Glimmerglass Opera Company …

Gregory Dolbashian

Born and raised in New York City Gregory Dolbashian made his professional stage debut at the age of eight with the Glimmerglass Opera Company and in the Philip Glass/Robert Wilson world tour of Einstein on the Beach. Gregory received his dance training at the Alvin Ailey School, then graduated cum laude from SUNY Purchase dance conservatory. He debuted his own company The DASH Ensemble, in December 2010 at The JOYCE SoHo. The Company has gone on to perform at The JOYCE Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Guggenheim Works and Process Series, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Central Park Summer Stage, Jacob’s Pillow, as well as domestic touring all over the U.S. including Dallas, L.A., and North Carolina.

Artistic awards include winner of The Pretty Creatives Competition for Northwest Dance Project and The Hubbard Street 2 International Choreographic Competition, second place in Ballet Austin's New American Talent competition,the audience prize at DanceNOW at Joe’s pub in 2014 and again in 2017. Company commissions include Atlanta Ballet, TU Dance in Minnesota, Owen/Cox, Zenon Dance Company, Ballet Austin, LA Contemporary Dance Company, Hubbard Street 2, St. Louis Ballet, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance in Dallas, Northwest Dance Project in Portland Oregon, Dance Ethos in Pennsylvania, and for St. Louis Ballet. Dolbashian has also received commissions from American Dance Festival as a featured choreographer in The Footprints Program, from the city of New York for a large scale commision in Madison Square Park, and also has created multiple works for principals and soloists of American Ballet Theater both nationally and internationally including Jeffrey Cirio, Daniil Simkin, Hee-Seo, and Hamptons Dance Project all premiering nationally and abroad. College commissions include the Juilliard School, NYU Tisch, SUNY Purchase, DeSales University, The Hartt School, Point Park, Fordham/ Ailey, Long Island University, University of Hawaii, Florida Southern College, and James Madison University. Dolbashian also teaches workshops and creates work all over the country at competitive studios and professional training programs including LINES Ballet, E.M.I.A, Mid Pacific Arts Institute, Booker T Washington HSPVA, and also HSPVA in Houston, and MOVENYC.

As a soloist and performer, Gregory has performed in multiple DASH repertory shows. His solo work was also presented at American Dance Festival in his one man show Awkward Magic. In addition to his choreography, Gregory, alongside fellow choreographer Loni Landon, is the co-founder of The PlaygroundNYC, a choreographic initiative that was voted 25 to Watch in 2013 by Dance Magazine.

Loni Landon

Loni Landon is a dancer, choreographer, and movement consultant based in New York City …

Loni Landon

Loni Landon is a dancer, choreographer, and movement consultant based in New York City. In addition to creating dances for her own collective Loni Landon Dance Projects, her work is commissioned by dance companies and film makers across the country.

Born and raised in New York City, Landon received her BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School in 2005. While a student at the NYC High School of Performing Arts, Landon was a NFAA Young Arts Modern Dance Winner. After Juilliard, Landon performed with Aszure Barton and Artists, Ballet Theater Munich, Tanz Munich Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera.

Landon is the 2013 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship winner awarded with BODYTRAFFIC. As a sought after choreographer, her work has been commissioned by Keigwin and Company, Whim Whim, LEVY DANCE, The Juilliard School, BODYTRAFFIC, American Dance Institute (for Loni Landon Dance Projects), Northwest Dance Project, Hubbard Street II, Ballet X, Ballet Austin, SUNY Purchase, and Marymount Manhattan College. Her company has performed at The Joyce Theater and Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Series, as well as at Bryant Park and the first annual Beach Sessions in Rockaway Beach.

Landon has won numerous awards including 1st Prize Winner of Ballet Austin’s New American Talent Competition, Winner of Northwest Dance Project’s “Pretty Creatives” Choreography Competition, Winner of the Next Commission from CityDance Ensemble, Finalist in the International Solo Tanz Theater Competition in Stuttgart, Germany, and Finalist in the Hannover International Choreography Competition.

Landon was also a participant in the 2012 Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation New Directions Choreography Lab made possible through the generous support of the FordFoundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Other residencies include ITE and the CUNY Dance Initiative.

Alongside Gregory Dolbashian, Landon co-founded THE PLAYGROUND, an initiative designed to give emerging choreographers a place to experiment, while allowing professional dancers to participate affordably. The Playground was recognized by Dance Magazine as a 25 To Watch for 2013.

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