upstart festival
We welcome a new group of dancers and choreographers into New York City’s dance community with this two-day showcase curated by renowned choreographer Shannon Hummel, founder/director of Cora Dance and Marya Warshaw Founding and Executive Director of BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange.
We usher in freshly arrived talent through our red doors with an intriguing festival of performances and roundtable discussions. Artists have no more than three years of experience showing choreography in the city. They benefit from professional experiences to develop artistic growth and to integrate them into the community.
2012 UPSTART FESTIVAL DATES
Call-in: Audition time slots are assigned on a first come, first served basis in the order that artists call-in. We will begin taking calls on Friday, January 6th at 10am and will continue until all the slots are filled.
Live auditions: Saturday, January 21st, 1pm – 7pm | Sunday, January 22nd, 12pm – 5pm
MANDATORY Roundtable for all participating artists: Monday, January 30th | 7pm – 9pm
UPSTART FESTIVAL Performances: March 23rd – 25th | Friday & Saturday @ 8pm |
Sunday @ 6pm
UPSTART FESTIVAL Artists 2011
(in alphabetical order)
- Heidi Carlsen
- Courtney Cooke
- Lindsey Drury
- devynn emory/beast productions
- Moriah Evans & Sarah Beth Percival
- (Jo) Sau Yin Leung
- Malcolm Jason Low
- Katherine Partington
- Simone Sobers in collaboration with Val-Inc.
UPSTART FESTIVAL Artists 2010
- Donna Costello
- Kamaria Dailey
- Katie Dean
- SINecdoche Dance / Belinda He
- Creature Theater / CJ Holm
- Ani Javian
- Jacob Slominsky
- Rebecca Stronger / STRONGERCircus
- Sarah Zitnay
