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DansLab
DansLab is an
artist-in-residence program
designed to provide
choreographers, dancers, and
their collaborators the
opportunity to engage in the
creation of new choreography
or the setting of a
pre-existing dance work; to
offer
Long Island’s dance artists,
many of whom are graduates
from university/college
dance programs, the
opportunity to work with and
perform works by, national
and international acclaimed
artists;
and to provide the public
access to the artistic
process during the residency
through open rehearsals,
informal showings, and
moderated dialogues with the
artist-in-residence.
Since 1982 CoDanceCo has
commissioned collaborative
works by 29 choreographers,
14 composers, and more than
50 dancers. Choreographers
commissioned over the years
include Ann Carlson, David
Dorfman, Eiko & Koma, Ralph
Lemon, Susan Marshall, Bebe
Miller, Mark Morris, Charles
Moulton, Ohad Naharin, Doug
Varone, Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane, among others.
DansLab ’08
Choreographer Victoria Marks
was CoDanceCo’s DansLab
artist-in-residence for
2008. Ms. Marks, with the
assistance of
dancer/choreographer Kristen
Smiarowski, set “Dancing to
Music” on Long Island
dancers Barbara Mordente,
Colleen Murphy, Nicole
Scalfani, and Lauren Alevas.
“Dancing to Music” was
featured on the August 20th
culminating performances for
the Brookhaven Community
Dance Festival, DansTrax:
Celebrating a Legacy of
Dance.
During the Festival,
CoDanceCo also presented a
Dance Film Showcase
featuring two of Ms. Marks’
acclaimed dance films
“Outside In” and “Mothers &
Daughters.” |
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DansLab '08 with Victoria
Marks is supported, in part,
by the New York State
DanceForce with funding from
the New York State Council
on the Arts and Altria
Group, Inc.; with funding
from the Suffolk County
Community Arts Regrant
Program under the auspices
of the Suffolk County
Alliance of Arts Councils,
Steve Levy, County
Executive; and with the
generous donation of space
by Stage Door School of
Dance; Brookhaven School of
Dance, Reflections Dance
Academy, and the artistry of
the Long Island
choreographers and teachers. |
