Documentation of a two-day conference held for choreographers, dancers, presenters, funders, writers, service personnel, and others, in order to identify and explore the challenges of making and presenting dance works. In addition to the group sessions that appear on this recording, the participants also met in breakout sessions that were not recorded ; the discussions in these sessions are summarized by representatives of the various groups. The conference closed with a public forum, open to all comers.
Cassette 1 (ca. 66 min.). Day 1: June 2, 2001. Welcome and orientation, 10:15-10:45PM: Introductory speech and welcome / by Cary Baker -- [Report on] Dancers Forum and past retreats / by Peggy Peloquin and Eileen Thomas -- Reading of Alwin Nikolais speech (1987) / by Donald Byrd -- Guest speaker Micki Wesson -- [Group warm-up exercise] / led by facilitators.
Cassette 2. Group session, 3:00-3:45PM (ca. 37 min.). Report out on Session #1, Identity, and Session #2, Common problems/challenges / identification of weaknesses in the existing system of dance production ; examination of the artist's lowly status in contemporary society and the consequent lack of money, power, and prestige.
Group session, 5:15-6:00PM (ca. 34 min.). Report out on Session #3, Common goals / proposal of solutions, both idealistic and pragmatic -- Closing.
Cassette 2. Day 2: June 3, 2001. [Opening session] (ca. 25 min.). Welcome / by Cary Baker and committee -- [Report on Dance/USA and its branch Dance/NYC] / by Andrea Snyder and Ivan Sygoda -- Ice-breaking exercise, organized by facilitators.
Group session, 11:45-12:30PM (ca. 42 min.). Report out on Session #4, Next steps / exploration of some practical actions to be taken.
Cassette 4. Public forum, 1-2:45PM (ca. 89 min.). Welcome / by Craig Peterson, Planning Committee -- Discussion by facilitators, conference attendees, and members of the public -- Closing remarks / by Cary Baker.
Call number
*MGZIA 4-5234
Note
Accompanied by program for public forum on June 3, 2001.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of Dance Theater Workshop, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Planning committee: Christina Amendolia, Arthur Aviles, Donald Byrd, Neil Greenberg, Joyce Lim, Clarinda MacLow, Peggy Peloquin, Craig Peterson, Colleen Thomas, Marya Warshaw ; Dance Theater Workshop retreat coordinators, Cary Baker, Melissa Putz, Estelle Woodward ; NYU Tisch dance coordinator, Kay Cummings.
Performer (note)
Moderator: Cary Baker.
Facilitators: Jackie Goodrich, Marilyn Wallace, Carrie Wilshusen, Chris Kelly, Caroline Holley.
Participants: Caroline Adams, Vanessa Adato, Carrie Ahern, Christina Amendolia, Ariane Anthony, Arthur Aviles, Kimberly Bartosik, Alexandra Beller, Abby Bender, Karen Bernard, Janis Brenner, Maria Breza, Barbara Bryan, Brittany Bryan, Donald Byrd, Gerald Casel, Yanira Castro, Gabri Christa, Catlin Cobb, Laura Colby, Jane Comfort, Ellie Covan, Blondell Cummings, Kay Cummings, Lane Czaplinski, Penelope Dannenberg, Thaddeus Davis, Charles Dennis, Douglas Dunn, Aria Edry, Catherine Edwards, Nancy Ellis, Joan Finkelstein, Tema Fishbein, Jane Gabriels, Keely Garfield, Gina Gibney, Ricardo Gomez, Neil Greenberg, Andrea Haenggi, Carolyn Hall, Linda Herring, Amy Horowitz, Laura Hymers, Corrina Kalisz, Susan Kennedy, Audrey Kindred, Hetty King, Stephan Koplowitz, Phyllis Lamhut, George Landey, Felice Lesser, Joyce Lim, Sarah Locke, Carolyn Lord, Fiona Marcotty, Kate Mattingly, Carla Maxwell, Sarah Michelson, Tiffany Mills, Lili Mollet-Vieville, Dean Moss, Sari Nordman, Mollie O'Brien, Heather Olson, Richard Olson, Gina Paolillo, Peggy Peloquin, Craig Peterson, Tricia Pierson, Chris Prentice, Neta Pulvermacher, Melissa Putz, Aurora Reyes, Tamar Rogoff, Diane Rosenblatt, Kathryn Sanders, Janice Shapiro, Jill Sigman, Eva Silverstein, Andrea Snyder, Jody Sperling, Roseanne Spradlin, Janet Stapleton, Dawn Stoppiello, Christine Suarez, Jennifer Sutton, Ivan Sygoda, Edward Akio Taketa, Paz Tanjuaquio, Toni Taylor, Colleen Thomas, Eileen Thomas, Randy Thomas, David Thomson, Juan Tineo, Susan Vencl, Marya Warshaw.
Participants, continued: Kathryn Westwater, Estelle Woodward, Christalyn Wright, Guy Yarden, Amy Yopp Sullivan, Bill Young, Stefa Zawerucha, Elizabeth Zimmer.
Event (note)
Videotaped at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, New York, N.Y., on June 2 and 3, 2001 ; video documentation, Penny Ward/Video.
Funding (note)
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Title
Finding the balance [videorecording] : challenging assumptions / presented by Dance Theater Workshop in collaboration with Dancers Forum.
Imprint
c2001.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, New York, N.Y., on June 2 and 3, 2001 ; video documentation, Penny Ward/Video.
Credits
Planning committee: Christina Amendolia, Arthur Aviles, Donald Byrd, Neil Greenberg, Joyce Lim, Clarinda MacLow, Peggy Peloquin, Craig Peterson, Colleen Thomas, Marya Warshaw ; Dance Theater Workshop retreat coordinators, Cary Baker, Melissa Putz, Estelle Woodward ; NYU Tisch dance coordinator, Kay Cummings.
Performer
Moderator: Cary Baker.
Facilitators: Jackie Goodrich, Marilyn Wallace, Carrie Wilshusen, Chris Kelly, Caroline Holley.
Participants: Caroline Adams, Vanessa Adato, Carrie Ahern, Christina Amendolia, Ariane Anthony, Arthur Aviles, Kimberly Bartosik, Alexandra Beller, Abby Bender, Karen Bernard, Janis Brenner, Maria Breza, Barbara Bryan, Brittany Bryan, Donald Byrd, Gerald Casel, Yanira Castro, Gabri Christa, Catlin Cobb, Laura Colby, Jane Comfort, Ellie Covan, Blondell Cummings, Kay Cummings, Lane Czaplinski, Penelope Dannenberg, Thaddeus Davis, Charles Dennis, Douglas Dunn, Aria Edry, Catherine Edwards, Nancy Ellis, Joan Finkelstein, Tema Fishbein, Jane Gabriels, Keely Garfield, Gina Gibney, Ricardo Gomez, Neil Greenberg, Andrea Haenggi, Carolyn Hall, Linda Herring, Amy Horowitz, Laura Hymers, Corrina Kalisz, Susan Kennedy, Audrey Kindred, Hetty King, Stephan Koplowitz, Phyllis Lamhut, George Landey, Felice Lesser, Joyce Lim, Sarah Locke, Carolyn Lord, Fiona Marcotty, Kate Mattingly, Carla Maxwell, Sarah Michelson, Tiffany Mills, Lili Mollet-Vieville, Dean Moss, Sari Nordman, Mollie O'Brien, Heather Olson, Richard Olson, Gina Paolillo, Peggy Peloquin, Craig Peterson, Tricia Pierson, Chris Prentice, Neta Pulvermacher, Melissa Putz, Aurora Reyes, Tamar Rogoff, Diane Rosenblatt, Kathryn Sanders, Janice Shapiro, Jill Sigman, Eva Silverstein, Andrea Snyder, Jody Sperling, Roseanne Spradlin, Janet Stapleton, Dawn Stoppiello, Christine Suarez, Jennifer Sutton, Ivan Sygoda, Edward Akio Taketa, Paz Tanjuaquio, Toni Taylor, Colleen Thomas, Eileen Thomas, Randy Thomas, David Thomson, Juan Tineo, Susan Vencl, Marya Warshaw.
Participants, continued: Kathryn Westwater, Estelle Woodward, Christalyn Wright, Guy Yarden, Amy Yopp Sullivan, Bill Young, Stefa Zawerucha, Elizabeth Zimmer.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Added author
Baker, Cary. Moderator. Speaker
Peloquin, Peggy. Speaker
Thomas, Eileen. Speaker
Nikolais, Alwin.
Byrd, Donald, 1949- Speaker
Wesson, Micki. Speaker
Goodrich, Jackie.
Snyder, Andrea. Speaker
Sygoda, Ivan. Speaker
Peterson, Craig. Speaker
Ward, Penny.
Dance/USA (Organization)
Dance Theater Workshop.
Dancers Forum.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.