JULY 2017
This second edition of the Professional Development Program brought five international artists to BAM for a week of development training.
JULY 2017
This second edition of the Professional Development Program brought five international artists to BAM for a week of development training.
ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
In July 2017, five international artists with an investment in arts management traveled to Brooklyn to spend a week with Creative Capital and BAM Education. These participants were nominated by DMUSA alumni groups KEIGWIN + COMPANY, Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group, and Stephen Petronio Company. Each artist was then paired with a local counterpart for their weeklong training. The group of ten spent the week engaging with arts administrators and educators from both BAM and Creative Capital, learning skills from social media marketing to business planning. In addition, the group participated in daily dance workshops with alumni artistic directors, learned traditional dance technique from the international artists, and collaborated in a final choreographic showing of their work.
ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
In July 2017, five international artists with an investment in arts management traveled to Brooklyn to spend a week with Creative Capital and BAM Education. These participants were nominated by DMUSA alumni groups KEIGWIN + COMPANY, Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group, and Stephen Petronio Company. Each artist was then paired with a local counterpart for their weeklong training. The group of ten spent the week engaging with arts administrators and educators from both BAM and Creative Capital, learning skills from social media marketing to business planning. In addition, the group participated in daily dance workshops with alumni artistic directors, learned traditional dance technique from the international artists, and collaborated in a final choreographic showing of their work.
FROM THE TRAVEL BLOG
“Because he and I shared many things in common, we begin a conversation about collaborating. He, like myself, received free dance training that directly impacted the course of his life which, also like me, allowed him to travel the world and have a career in dance.”
—Davalois Fearon on meeting Addisu Demissie Kifle from Ethiopia
FROM THE TRAVEL BLOG
“Because he and I shared many things in common, we begin a conversation about collaborating. He, like myself, received free dance training that directly impacted the course of his life which, also like me, allowed him to travel the world and have a career in dance.”
—Davalois Fearon on meeting Addisu Demissie Kifle from Ethiopia
PARTICIPANTS
The international artists included the following participants from the following countries of origin:
Haroun Ayari – Dancer/Choreographer from Tunis, Tunisia
Krailas Chitkul – Professor of Dance at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University from Chiang Mai, Thailand
Addisu Demissie – Dancer/Choreographer/Teacher/one of the Founders of DESTINO Dance Company from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cyrinne Douss – Founder of Company MLdanse in Paris and Co-Founder of Association Hayyou’Raqs in Tunisia/Dancer/Choreographer from Tunis, Tunisia
Cindy Sosa – Dancer/Choreographer/Founder of Gran Premio de Danza Quisqueya from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The local artists included the following participants:
Rebecca Bliss – Dance Educator/Performer/Choreographer in Brooklyn, NY
Davalois Fearon – Dancer and Founder / Artistic Director of Davalois Fearon Dance in Brooklyn, NY
Nicholas Neagle – Founder and Artistic Director of NSquared Dance in Queens, NY
Bennyroyce Royon – Director/Dancer/Choreographer and Founder of Bennyroyce Dance in Brooklyn, NY
Michelle Yard – Performer/Arts Administrator in Brooklyn, NY
PARTICIPANTS
The international artists included the following participants from the following countries of origin:
Haroun Ayari – Dancer/Choreographer from Tunis, Tunisia
Krailas Chitkul – Professor of Dance at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University from Chiang Mai, Thailand
Addisu Demissie – Dancer/Choreographer/Teacher/one of the Founders of DESTINO Dance Company from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cyrinne Douss – Founder of Company MLdanse in Paris and Co-Founder of Association Hayyou’Raqs in Tunisia/Dancer/Choreographer from Tunis, Tunisia
Cindy Sosa – Dancer/Choreographer/Founder of Gran Premio de Danza Quisqueya from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The local artists included the following participants:
Rebecca Bliss – Dance Educator/Performer/Choreographer in Brooklyn, NY
Davalois Fearon – Dancer and Founder / Artistic Director of Davalois Fearon Dance in Brooklyn, NY
Nicholas Neagle – Founder and Artistic Director of NSquared Dance in Queens, NY
Bennyroyce Royon – Director/Dancer/Choreographer and Founder of Bennyroyce Dance in Brooklyn, NY
Michelle Yard – Performer/Arts Administrator in Brooklyn, NY
DanceMotion USASM was a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, administered by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) to facilitate cultural exchange while showcasing the best in contemporary American dance abroad.
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