Friday January 8, 2010

Dance/NYC will be hosting its first ever Dance/NYC Mid-Season Symposium February 5 and 6, with programming specific to dance in New York, and Sydney will be a presenter on the day of the symposium!

His presentation - Latest Technologies Impacting the Dance Field, which he will present alongside Marc Kirschner of TenduTV and Fred Benenson of kickstarter.com - will be just one of four presentations held between 8:30 AM and 6 PM on February 6th at 3LD Art & Technology Center (80 Greenwich St. at Rector St. NYC).

The event kicks off with a welcome reception on February 5th at the Rubin Museum of Art's K2 Lounge (150 W. 17th St. at 6th Ave., NYC) co-hosted by Dance/NYC's Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and Arts & Business Council of New York's Emerging Leaders of New York Arts (ELNYA). The reception will be open at no charge to all members of the dance community from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with a VIP cocktail hour from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM for all ... read more.

Thursday January 7, 2010

 
DB has officially launched its website for ZviDance! Check it out at www.zvidance.com...

Below is a brief bio of the company but for many more details about its dancers, schedule, and repertoire, visit the website :

ZviDance, a company comprised of athletic and lyrical dancers, blends contemporary aesthetics with lush, full-bodied movement. Led by Israeli-born Artistic Director Zvi Gotheiner, each piece defines a unique set of relationships, boldly addressing the depths of the human experience.

ZviDance has received critical praise and significant funding for its artistic pursuits. The company performs frequently at home in New York City at venues such as the Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors. Acting as a cultural ambassador for the city, ZviDance has toured across North America to festivals such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and The American Dance Festival, and abroad to Germany, ... read more.

Tuesday January 5, 2010

 
The DB team would like to give a shout out to the company members of its administrative service clients - David Dorfman Dance, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, and Sean Curran Company - as they prepare for their performances at this weekend's Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference. 

From January 8-12, showcases will be presented by artists, managers and agents for the APAP Conference NYC in a variety of venues throughout the New York City area, including the conference hotel, the Hilton New York. The works - over 1,000 of them - range from pop, jazz, classical and world music to theater, dance, opera, family programming, experimental works, international sensations and everything in between.

Below are the dates, times and venues of our clients. Check them out, admission is free!

David Dorfman Dance: 
1/9/2010: 8-9 pm at Danspace
1/10/2010: 11:30-12:30 pm at Baryshnikov Arts Center

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Tuesday January 5, 2010

 
Our very own Sydney Skybetter will moderate Movement Media's Special Interest Session at this year's Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference: the panel, titled "Success Stories Promoting Dance with Video", will be held Tuesday, January 12th from 9-10 am.

The discussion will focus on how dance artists and presenters can use dance videos to effectively acquire bookings and develop audiences. Sydney's "Less Overhead/Better Marketing" presentation at Dance/USA's conference this year was quite a success, so between him and his panel of experts you are in for a treat!

To register, visit https://www.apapconference-nyc.com/secure/AttFirstPage.asp.

The discussion will be held at the
Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10019
 


 

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Tuesday December 22, 2009

 
Dayton Ballet's new website has been launched! Dayton Ballet, one of the oldest and finest professional dance companies in the United States, has been celebrating its 72nd anniversary throughout 2009 and what better way to finish off a special year than with a new website?!

The Design Brooklyn team would like to congratulate Dayton Ballet on this, its momentous anniversary year and wish the ballet much success as it moves into the year 2010. To find out more about Dayton Ballet and to see the company's website, visit http://daytonballet.org/index.php. 

Saturday December 12, 2009

Just a little over a year ago, the 92nd Street Y asked to present Sydney Skybetter's "company” despite their not yet even having started one. Today Sydney's company is strong, and growing quickly. In addition to performances in New York City and across the East coast (including a zombie musical at the Minetta Lane Theater), skybetter and associates has built its Board and Think Tank, successfully applied for grants and residencies, and will present its first full-evening season at the celebrated Joyce SoHo NYC in March, 2010.

A benefit performance for friends and family, featuring live music by the fantastic chamber ensemble Group Therapy and a wine reception and toast, will be held at New York University on December 15th at 7pm. 

Congratulations to Sydney and his associates and best of luck as you continue on your journey as a company!

If you are interested in attending the benefit, suggested donation ... read more.

Wednesday December 9, 2009

 
Friday and Saturday, December 11th and 12th Design Brooklyn will host Tsunami Dance Company from New Orleans for an intensive to strategize over topics such as Board, Development, and Infrastructure.

Tsunami Dance Company, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a New Orleans-based modern dance company that incorporates athletic, innovative movement with a dynamic contemporary style. Its mission is to provide quality dance experiences as a means of enriching the New Orleans community through:

-providing economic empowerment to dance artists through employment as performers, choreographers, and teachers
-raising awareness and access to the cultural arts through modern dance

Since its founding in 2002, Tsunami Dance Company has rapidly emerged as a driving force in the renaissance of modern dance in New Orleans. Tsunami was created with the ambition of establishing a cutting-edge modern dance company for its home city and the ... read more.

Tuesday December 8, 2009

 
Want to be in a Jody Oberfelder original film? Well now you can! Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects will be filming its "Crash Helmet Crew" on December 13th, 2009. This renegade brigade will depict a large group of people running and dancing around the streets of New York with crash helmets on, and you could be one of them. This promises to be a fun event, giving you the opportunity to go crash helmet-crazy in the city! The video will be released online in five installments throughout the season. This means YOU could end up being featured on Jody's website, YouTube, and Facebook pages!

If you are interested, please contact Megan Madorin at meg@jodyoberfelder.com for more details.

CHECK OUT THE FIRST CRASH HELMET VIDEO CLIP HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWlmB82Y8bQ.
... read more.

Wednesday December 2, 2009

We're excited to announce the new look!

Long time client, Jordan Matter Photography, has launched a brand new redesign to house his galleries of gorgeous images.  In addition to the new look, you'll also find a wealth of information on everything you'd need to know in preparation of your portraits.  From skin care to reproductions, Jordan Matter explains it all.  Dive in and let us know what you think! 
www.jordanmatter.com

Monday November 30, 2009

Check it out...

H-Art Management website has a cleaner look and more user-friendly navigation.  Among the refinements are improved news and calendar pages and a password-protected Presenters section where full-length videos of our clients can be viewed.  Check it out at www.h-artmanagement.com.

Tuesday November 10, 2009

 
Founding partner Sydney Skybetter recently talked with Culture Pundits' Tom Schreiber regarding the currency of communication. Check out the conversation (a large part of which was made into an audio file online) at http://bit.ly/2q79BN!

Culture Pundits is a carefully curated network of today's leading cultural websites and blogs. It incorporates a group of the most reputable, top-trafficked sites covering visual art, architecture, film and design, as well as important cultural topics in the news.

With a cumulative monthly readership of up to 1 million, Culture Pundits reaches an engaged, influential audience comprised of collectors, aficionados and arts and media professionals from around the U.S. and the world.

For more information on Culture Pundits, visit its website: www.culturepundits.com.

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Wednesday November 4, 2009

Christie’s will host the Alliance for the Arts’ annual Friends of the
Arts Party, opening the galleries for an exclusive preview of the
much-heralded Latin American Art show, cocktails and music on Friday
the 13th of November, 6:30-8:30 pm. Christie’s is located at 20
Rockefeller Plaza on 49th Street between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of
the Americas.

The Friends Party will support all of the Alliance’s work as a leader
in arts advocacy, research and multimedia marketing for culture,
including the Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Fellowship for Public Policy and
the Arts. The Wagner Fellowship, now in its eighth year, provides
young professionals with first-hand experience researching and
informing public policy for the cultural community.

"As we face a time when support for the arts is more crucial than
ever, the Friends party is an ideal opportunity for younger ... read more.

Wednesday November 4, 2009

ZviDance will set its 20th anniversary season in motion at a benefit celebration Thursday, November 12th. Get up close with a performance of "Personals," Gotheiner's exploration into courting rituals, and experience its allure on stage with the exquisite ZviDance dancers. The performance will be followed by wine and hors d'oeurves and live music.

Location: Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
(at Thompson Street)
Time: 7:30 pm

Order your tickets today!

By phone:
David Persky, Executive Director at 212.869.7429

By mail:
Send check made out to "ZviDance" to:
ATTN: David Persky, Executive Director
ZviDance
246 West 38th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018

Online: visit http://www.zvidance.com/benefit/index.html.

Wednesday November 4, 2009

Join Fourth Arts Block for an evening at Jimmy's No. 43, where you can meet other interesting and interested arts professionals from all over the East Village & Lower East Side. And, as always, try to bring someone new, or pass this invitation on so that we can all get to know each other better.

Who: You and whomever you invite
What: East Village Arts Networking Night
Where: Jimmy's No. 43, 43 East 7th Street, btwn Bowery & 2nd Ave
When: Monday November 23rd, 6:00PM-7:30PM

Discounted cash bar!

Tuesday November 3, 2009

Janis Brenner & Dancers (JB&D) will present Five Decades, a program spanning over forty years of dance, at Joyce SoHo November 12-15. Ms. Brenner brings Meredith Monk's Break (1964) to Joyce SoHo's stage, and the company will perform two solos from Murray Louis' Figura (1978) and Brenner's signature solo Guilt (1985), danced by long-time JB&D member Kyla Barkin, as well as the 1994 revival of Brenner's A Matter of Time. The program will be capped off with the world premiere of Dancing in Absentia, an homage and repositioning of the many dance artists lost to the AIDS pandemic.

The Nov 14 benefit includes the performance, a company gift and a reception, and a post-performance discussion will occur Nov 13.

For more information on the company, please visit www.janisbrenner.com.

Tickets are already on sale and they plan to sell out, so make your reservations early! Tickets can be purchased at www.joyce.org.


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Tuesday November 3, 2009

Claustrophobia
A performance by The Equus Projects

November 8th, 2009, 5pm
Pomona, NY

The Equus Projects is a dance company made up of professional dancers trained in natural horsemanship. Their capacity for physical listening enables them to create kinetic dialogue with their equine partners.

Horse and human grapple with the constraints of claustrophobic environments -- physical claustrophobia and emotional claustrophobia. The raw underbelly of human behavior is exposed as humans encounter their desire to be heard and be understood.

Claustrophobia brings the audience into close proximity to witness the intensely dynamic, ever changing relationship between equine and human.

The performance will be followed by refreshments.

Invite only so contact Kristen at kristen.with.horses@gmail.com for more information. To learn more about The Equus Projects, visit their website: http://www.dancingwithhorses.org/. ... read more.

Tuesday November 3, 2009

Soaking WET is a series of choreographic evenings curated by David Parker, whose company, David Parker and The Bang Group has been the first and only resident-dance company of the West End Theater since January 2003. Parker is committed to bringing together artists of varied backgrounds and levels of experience in order to break down aesthetic barriers and achieve mutual inspiration. The artists are united by their commitment to movement and their understanding that vigorous experimentation can take many forms. Soaking WET has received generous support from The Netherland-America Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Derek Bernstein and several private donors.

The next Soaking WET series will be presented November 5-8 and will feature Johanna Hegenscheidt (Thursday-Saturday @ 7:00, Sunday @ 3:00) and Lorraine Chapman (Thursday-Sunday @ 8:30, Sunday @ 5:00).
Tickets: $15/general, $10/artists.

The West End Theater is located on the second ... read more.

Tuesday November 3, 2009

Molissa will appear as a guest on a program of music performed by pianist Regina Schaffer at Mills College November 15. Her work Dreaming Awake, with music by Philip Glass, will be accompanied live by Regina Schaffer.

The FREE performance begins at 7 pm in Mills College's Concert Hall
5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA.

Best wishes to you, Molissa!


For more information on Molissa Fenley and Dancers, please visit www.molissafenley.com.

Friday October 30, 2009

White Wave's 4th annual WAVE RISING SERIES is approaching its final week in its three week festival featuring 19 dance companies! The series furthers WHITE WAVE's commitment to find, nurture, and broaden horizons for extraordinary artists. Participating companies have been selected for their artistic growth over the course of other WHITE WAVE festivals and/or their visionary independent productions. The Wave Rising Series also proudly serves as a platform for companies who may not have the resources to produce a full production on their own in New York City. Roslyn Sulcas of the New York Times summed up the importance of our contemporary dance showcase in her review of our 2008 WAVE RISING SERIES' stating that WHITE WAVE presents a "showcase (of) a broad variety of work. Tickets are cheap and dancing plentiful; it's a good mix."

All shows presented during the Festival take place at WHITE WAVE's John Ryan Theater, located at 25 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. ... read more.

Tuesday October 27, 2009

Artichoke Dance Company has two exciting events approaching! See the info below or visit their website at www.artichokedance.org for more information on performances, classes, and outreach:

Monday, November 2nd Artichoke Dance will perform at University Settlement from 7-9 for free as a part of LIVE ARTS COLLABORATION

...and...

Thursday, November 5th Artichoke Dance will host a wine tasting benefit at the Old Stone House (5th Avenue at 3rd Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn) from 7-9 to benefit the company's work with youth and seniors and its 2010 performances. Tickets cost $50 each and can be purchased online on the company's website or, if you can't make it to the benefit, donations are always accepted at www.artichokedance.org as well.

Wishing Artichoke Dance Company the best in its fall endeavors!




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Wednesday October 21, 2009

Design Brooklyn would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to the Bleecker Street Opera for its successful debut at 45 Bleecker Street! "L'amore dei Tre Re", which received an encouraging review in The New York Times, is running through November 15 at the Theaters at 45 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village. 

For The New York Times review in its full scale: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/arts/music/20bleecker.html?_r=2&ref=arts

For more information on The Bleecker Street Opera and its upcoming performances, visit www.bleeckerstreetopera.org!

Wednesday October 21, 2009

The Design Brooklyn team is eager to announce its launching of Yin Mei Dance's website, www.yinmeidance.org!

YIN MEI DANCE exists to further the choreographic and performing efforts of company director Yin Mei, who has been a professional dancer since the age of 14, when she joined the Henan Province Dance Company in her native China. Yin Mei has been choreographing and performing contemporary works worldwide since coming to the United States in 1985. She formed Yin Mei Dance in 1995. In Yin Mei’s vision, the company’s purpose is to touch people through performance – indeed, to offer work that goes beyond performance, offering and evoking a personal, even spiritual connection between performers and the audience. Yin Mei sees her work as both traditional and experimental, as drawing on classical sources while willing at the same time to subvert them. Employing Chinese energy direction and spatial principles as a means of creating dance within ... read more.

Wednesday October 21, 2009

Congratulations to Clayton B. Hodges on the launching of his new website at www.claytonbhodges.com!

CLAYTON B. HODGES hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he first caught the acting bug. Or rather it caught him. Mom pushed him to audition for a local production of Pinnochio and the Fire Eater and after getting the lead of Pinnochio, he never looked back. Since then, Clayton has logged over 13,000 U.S. highway miles with touring productions, worked with his own former theatrical production company in London and performed in such other exotic locales like Santa Fe, Ithaca and Princeton. He currently works all over the U.S., making major stops in NYC, LA and San Francisco.

Member of SAG
B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in acting

For more information on Clayton's past, present, and future projects, check out his website! All the best to you!



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Wednesday October 21, 2009

Dance/NYC is currently working on an exciting redesign of its website!
The project will focus on making their services more accessible and the site easier to use. To do this, we are asking you to rate the current site’s usability and your awareness of Dance/NYC’s resources. This research will give the NYC dance community a chance to help refine and organize the new site. YOUR FEEDBACK IS VITAL TO THIS PROCESS!

Link to survey: http://www.designbrooklyn.com/danceNYC-survey.php

Fill out the survey and pass it along!
We’re hoping that you can complete the survey by Monday, October 26th and send it to your friends and colleagues in New York. Your generous participation would be greatly appreciated and help to better our NYC dance community.

PRIZES?
Also, as an added bonus, every participant will be entered in a raffle for:
-Tickets for 2 to a NYC dance performance.
-A Starbucks gift ... read more.

Wednesday October 21, 2009

This week, Joe's Pub is proud to present the wrap-up, final event in the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the DanceNOW [NYC] Festival! This is sure to be the most intimate and exciting way to see dance...

The performances are on Thursday, October 22nd @ 7:30PM, Friday, October 23rd Saturday @ 8PM, October 24th @ 9:30PM. Feel free to click on any of those dates to buy tickets for that event directly!

Hosted by: The Dang-It Bobby’s, the Brooklyn-based duo of singer-songwriter Kris Bauman and guitarist Luca Benedetti.

The evenings will feature dance works that incorporate live music and/or text by these fabulous guest artists: Julian Barnett, Christal Brown/INSPIRIT [23&24], Dixie Fun Dance Theatre [22&23], dnoDances [22&24], Zach Morris with Donna Ahmadi, Negative 30 Dance [23&24], Portables/Claire Porter, Christina Reaves [22&23], Tami Stronach Dance, and Beat Boxers Adam Sutta and Mary Suk [22&24].
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Thursday October 8, 2009

Design Brooklyn is pleased to announce the launching of Tracy Marie's website, www.indigotoamber.com!

Thoughts from Tracy Marie about her series "Self Storage":

...In the series, "Self Storage", both long and short exposures are used to catalog myself. Polaroid gives me a feeling of profound and instant gratification. It differs from the digital age in the way that an image on the screen cannot compare to the feeling of holding the photo in my hand. There is something that draws me to Polaroid; they are one of a kind, and no amount of planning can secure the result. Watching the rich colors and emotions develop before my eyes allows me to release, and give a voice to my passion...

Check out her "Self Storage" series and much more at www.indigotoamber.com. 

All the best to you, Tracy Marie!


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Thursday October 1, 2009

Janis Brenner & Dancers will celebrate five decades of dance at Joyce Soho Thursday November 12-Saturday November 14 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, November 15 at 3:00 PM.

Tickets: $20 General/$15 Students & Seniors

To purchase tickets, visit joyce.org or call 212.352.3101.

Venue: Joyce Soho, 155 Mercer Street (between Houston & Prince). Train F/B/V/D to Lafayette Street; N/R/W to Prince; 6 to Bleecker

Thursday October 1, 2009

Congratulations to all those inducted into The Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame during HSF's Eighth Annual Alumni Hall of Fame Gala last night! 

May you continue to inspire and be inspired by the Hispanic community and other underserved communities you serve.

Monday September 14, 2009

Design Brooklyn is pleased to announce the launching of Yale Cabaret's website, www.yalecabaret.org! 

With an emphasis on experimental work that challenges an audience to ask questions about themselves and the art, Co-Artistic Directors Christopher Mirto ′10 and Devin Brain ′11, along with Managing Director Alyssa Anderson ′10 are carrying the tradition of the Yale Cabaret into its 42nd season.  Upcoming events include Orestes, by Euripides, and Alter Egos: a One Wo/Man Show Festival. Check out their website and their shows too!

Best wishes to all of those at Yale Cabaret! 

Friday September 11, 2009

Our DB gals Lori and Clare will be performing at Joyce Soho Sept. 17-20 as a part of Colectivodoszeta / Carlos A. Cruz Velazquez's "First Act!"

Mexico and New York-based colectivodoszeta / carlos a. cruz velázquez creates emotionally-charged movement experiences that explore ideas of beauty, romance and the human condition. Drawing from an array of images, sounds, personalities and energy, Cruz Velázquez embraces individuality and transports the audience to a world where the gentle and grotesque meet.

This is the first time the company has ever produced its own season at any venue.  Be part of that excitement!

Performance Schedule
Thu–Sat at 8pm; Sun at 3pm
Approximate run-time: 70 minutes
Post-performance discussion: Sep 18

Ticket Price
$15; $12 stu/sr; $10 DancePass  

For more information and purchasing tickets, check out www.joyce.org/calendar_detail.php.
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Wednesday September 9, 2009

Design Brooklyn would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Jody Oberfelder on her award for Outstanding Choreography in the Fringe NYC 2009 Overall Excellence Awards. The award honored Jody Oberfelder Dance Project's choreographic and performative contribution to LuLu LoLo's "38 Witnesses." 

Congratulations to all those involved in the production on such a prodigious distinction! 

Wednesday September 9, 2009

15th Anniversary Season Continues through Sept. 12

2009 marks the 15th anniversary season of the DanceNOW [NYC] Festival. In celebration of its grass roots evolvement from the tiny ‘DanceNOW’ program during the annual Downtown Arts Festival into one of NYC’s most comprehensive presenting arts organizations DanceNOW [NYC] is bringing together seventy-five choreographers in three different downtown venues that will honor its past, present and future direction. The festivities have already kicked-off at it home base at Dance Theater Workshop, where it has been focused exclusively since 2005, and it will continue there through Saturday, September 12th. Five specially curated events are featuring fifty choreographers and their companies, presenting 4OUp and Base Camp artists alongside of Raw Festival discoveries to offer a glimpse into its history which has provided threshold opportunities for many of today’s most exciting and innovative dance makers. At the end of September, DanceNOW will venture, as part of ... read more.

Wednesday September 2, 2009

For the 9th consecutive year, WHITE WAVE will produce and present its annual DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL: a four-day marathon showcase of cutting-edge contemporary dance featuring both emerging and eminent dancemakers. The 2009 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL, held at WHITE WAVE's John Ryan Theater and in Brooklyn Bridge Park, will feature over 80 companies with 400 performing artists: the grand scale of the Festival, the range of artists participating and its interdisciplinary variety distinguishes the event from its peers. Featuring the freshest and most original dancemakers, audiences will be able to enjoy up to 7 different companies in each hour of programming!

Apart from WHITE WAVE's Opening Night GALA fundraiser taking place on September 24th, all performances in the 3-day dance extravaganza will be presented free of charge to the public. 

For a schedule of each day's performances, as well as information regarding the GALA benefit, click here.
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Wednesday September 2, 2009

DB co-founder Sydney Skybetter will be showcasing work this Friday night at Dixon Place in its Under Exposed series! This series provides an opportunity for choreographers who are either beginning or evolving in their careers. Once every other month, four new works are shown in development from choreographers who are not often given the opportunity to show work in larger venues which demand more "finished" visions.

General admission tickets cost $15
Student/senior tickets cost $12

Dixon Place is located at:
161A Chrystie Street
New York, NY 10002
between Rivington and Delancey
F, V to 2nd Ave, JMZ to Bowery, B, D to Broadway/Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker

The performance, which will begin at 7:30 pm, also will feature the work of choreographers Bryan Campbell, Paul Singh, and Jessica Morgan.


*For an entertaining look at Sydney, check out Twitter Community Choreography #12 ... read more.

Thursday August 20, 2009

Co-founder Sydney Skybetter's modern dance company, skybetter and associates, will begin a residency at Joyce Soho September 15th. Its Joyce SoHo Artist Residency will be devoted to the creation of Fugue State, a quartet to Shostakovitch’s Quintet For Piano & Strings op. 57 (1940). In the mean time, the company will be working with those of us here at Design Brooklyn, exploring emerging audience engagement methodologies, including rehearsal live-streaming, online archiving and web-based sharing of the choreographic process. Studio photos taken by Kokyat September 15th during the company's rehearsals with the newly-formed chamber ensemble, Group Therapy, have already begun a sort of digital archiving of the work. To experience a skybetter and associates rehearsal through Kokyat's photography and the written word, check out the latest post on Oberon's Grove: oberon481.typepad.com/.

Wednesday August 19, 2009

This week DB co-founder Sydney Skybetter is breaking into the world of musical theatre, with dancing, bloodthirsty zombies replacing his typical company of modern dancers in the premiere of Ren Casey's musical Graveyard Shift. 

In Graveyard Shift, the President of the United States has just informed the nation that a horribly contagious virus is spreading, turning citizens into bloodthirsty zombies. While the entire country is in panic mode, an ensemble of employees at the ValueVille Superstore working the graveyard shift lock themselves in and try to survive the night despite the rampaging ghouls that threaten to get inside. 

Skybetter's choreography is being presented alongside the musical compositions of director Ren Casey at the Minetta Lane Theater August 27 at 7 p.m., August 28 at 4:15 p.m. and August 29 at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from the official ... read more.

Monday August 17, 2009

The DB team would like to send out a warm congratulations to Sara Joel on the birth of her healthy baby girl, Jasmine Anjali Mehta!  All the best to you both!

Monday August 17, 2009

Check out Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects at The New York International Fringe Festival tomorrow Tuesday, August 18th at The Robert Moss Theatre @ 440 Studios!  38 Witnessed Her Death, I Witnessed Her Love: The Lonely Secret of Mary Ann Zielonko (Kitty Genovese Story) will be performed at both 4 and 9:45. 

"We were lovers together. Everybody tried to hush that up." Meet the killer, the NY Times Editor, and the woman who kept her love affair secret forty years. Surrounded by the specter of 38 silent witnesses.

Written and performed by LuLu LoLo,
based on interviews with Mary Ann Zielenko
Director/Choreographer: Jody Oberfelder
Supporting cast: Brynne Billingsley, Jody Oberfelder, Jake Szczypek,
Shila Tirabassi

The Robert Moss Theatre @ 440 Studios
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor
(between Astor Place & East 4th Street)
R, N (late-night only) ... read more.

Saturday August 1, 2009

Tickets on Sale for Brooklyn-Based Band

This Brooklyn-based band's experimental mishmash of electronics, indie guitar rock, free jazz, funk, soul and occasional a cappella doo-wop vocals recalls the adventurous mix of music on early Funkadelic albums while invoking the likes of the Beach Boys, Jesus & Mary Chain, Otis Redding and even Aphex Twin. TV on the Radio gained fame beyond the underground rock world with the major-label release of its second full-length album, Return to Cookie Mountain in 2006, and its 2008 follow-up Dear Science.

To purchase tickets and find links to the band's website and MySpace page, check out www.bricartsmedia.org/celebrate/benefits.asp.

Friday July 31, 2009

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund Committee will be holding its Eighth Annual Alumni Hall of Fame Gala at The Pierre Hotel in New York City September 30. The annual Gala celebrates outstanding Latinos, whose personal stories and accomplishments demonstrate the power of higher education. Notable past inductees include Héctor De Jesús Ruiz, Executive Chairman and Former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and The Honorable Antonio O. Garza Jr., United States Ambassador to Mexico. 

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's leading Hispanic scholarship organization, provides the Hispanic community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country. In 34 years, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund has awarded over 90,000 scholarships to students in need worth over $250M. Two-thirds of these students were the first in their families to go to college.

We are thrilled to be working with ... read more.

Wednesday July 29, 2009

2nd Show Added After First Sells Out

Despite the evident appeal of their deliciously skewed songs, heartbreaking hooks and deep pop sensibilities, Animal Collective is clearly not a simple or stable ‘band’ proposition. Friends and musical partners since 1992, core members Avey Tare and Panda Bear came together in 2000 with the intention of moving pop music in a direction that would place heavy emphasis on sonic experience. Soon after this, they began operating as Animal Collective, an umbrella name now used for a grouping of four people: Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deaken, who play together under different names and in different configurations (anything between 1 to 4 people), and whose releases are prone to continual musical change: from beautifully skewed pop ballads to fiercely ruptured noise-squalls to tribal rhythmic work-outs to simple folk songs, to who knows where; from fully orchestrated group freak-outs to a the intimacy of an acoustic duo.

Animal Collective's August 14th ... read more.

Wednesday July 29, 2009

Enjoy Music & Movies on NYC's Largest Outdoor Screen

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of history’s greatest pop albums, and the extravagantly, hilariously whacky and over the top film it inspired (the apotheosis of both the purple one’s genius and self caricature), don something lacey and ruffled and get your Prince on. Lyric subtitles will be available, but you know the words already. Joy Dragland of Brooklyn's live disco orchestra Escort certainly does; Purple Rain was the first cassette she ever owned. Dragland and others from Escort will lead the sing-along, after the band puts everyone in the mood with an opening set. (Note: The film is Rated R and admission of anyone under 17 will require an accompanying parent or guardian. The whole evening will feature scenes of extreme sexiness throughout.)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH
GATES OPEN AT 6:30 PM, WITH THE PERFORMANCE SET TO BEGIN AT 7:30, RAIN OR SHINE

For more details, check out the Celebrate Brooklyn! website or click here. ... read more.

Wednesday July 29, 2009

Here at Design Brooklyn we are quite excited to have begun working with Williamsburg visual artist Tracy Marie. With work ranging from polaroids to mixed media collages, Tracy Marie is surely an artist to watch out for. Stay tuned for the launching of her website in September!

Wednesday July 29, 2009

The DB team is looking forward to launching the website of YIN MEI DANCE come early September!  Here is just a brief glance at Yin Mei, the mastermind behind the company:

YIN MEI is a category-defying director/choreographer/performance artist known for creating dance theater works that fearlessly bridge geographic, technological, artistic and cultural divides to conjure a unique brand of theatrical magic. Having forged a dance style employing Chinese energy direction and spatial principles as a means of creating contemporary dance theater, Yin Mei has established herself as a choreographer and performance/visual artist uniquely positioned to explore themes of artistic and spiritual significance arising at the intersection between Asian traditional performance and Western contemporary dance. She has collaborated with an astonishing array of other artists, from well-known visual artists such as MacArthur Award-winning Xu Bing and Cai Guo Giang (US/China) ... read more.

Monday July 27, 2009

Duo Multicultural Arts Center looking to commission and premiere five new dance works

Monday July 27, 2009

A sad day for dance, art, and the NYC dance community.

Tobi Tobias article here.

Wednesday July 22, 2009

The Last Showing of the Bubble Chair solo

Sara Joel will be performing the last showing of her solo in the Bubble Chair... 37 weeks pregnant! 

Solar One Presents 5th Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series
July 23th-25th (Rain Date July 26),  at 6:00PM
FREE and kid-friendly

23rd St and the East River
New York, NY
(212) 505-6050
solar1.org for more info.

This summer marks the 5th season of the Solar-Powered Dance Series in Stuyvesant Cove Park. Curated by Arts Coordinator Tamar Rogoff, with assistance from Arthur Aviles (BAAD) and Dina Elkan (Solar One), this free event will span two weekends, (July 23rd- 25th & July 30th - Aug 1st) and will feature new works from fourteen emerging choreographers. The outdoor Solar 1 performance stage is located at the northern edge of Stuyvesant Cove at E. 23rd and the East River, adjacent to its green energy arts & education center.

Other choreographers performing:
Sahar ... read more.

Tuesday July 21, 2009

FringeNYC World Premiere Musical of Graveyard Shift

Ren Casey has penned book, music and lyrics for the new musical about a zombie-inducing virus, which he will also direct.  Choreography is by Skydney Skybetter. Graveyard Shift will run Aug. 13-25 at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

For more details, click here!

Friday July 3, 2009

Sean Curran Company's newly redesigned site has launched!

Sean Curran Company's new site has launched!  Check it out at seancurrancompany.com  The site features updates on the company inlcuding: upcoming events, articles, and media galleries. 

Wednesday June 17, 2009

DanceNOW[NYC] redesign has launched!

UPDATE: DanceNOW[NYC]'s new site has launched! Check it out at DanceNOW[NYC].
The site features all things DanceNOW inlcuding: information on the upcoming festivals and events, media, and articles.

Thursday June 11, 2009

at Death by Audio

Northside Festival Showcase This Friday!
at DEATH BY AUDIO ($10)
49 South Second Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Doors: 7:30
Set times: 8:30/9:30/10:30/11:30/12:30

DJ sets by Free Danger + Stay Gold
-Free Heineken from 7:30-8:30
-Free Ice Cream provided by FreeIceCream.net
Bands:
These Are Powers
Javelin
Real Estate
Air Waves
Organs

More information visit Free Williamsburg.

Wednesday June 10, 2009

No Impact Man

Rooftop Films presents their first film of the season this Thursday, June 11.
No Impact Man
A local family drama with global implications: the inspirational (and controversial) No Impact Man (and family) challenge themselves to make no environmental impact for one year. Rooftop and The Fledgling Fund invite you to join the challenge.

Venue: the lawn of Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave. @ North 13th St.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by The Hungry March Band
9:00PM: Films
11:30PM-1:00AM: After-party: Open Bar at Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave. @ Driggs)
Tickets: $9 at the door or online
For more information go to Rooftop Films.

Tuesday June 9, 2009

Dance Theater Workshop - Dance & Technology

Dance Theater Workshop (DTW) is hosting a discussion on Dance & Technology as part of their Lobby TALKS series.

June 9th, 7:30pm

"As the internet continues to develop and mature into a powerful platform for communication, marketing, networking, and criticism, we will look at how these technologies have influenced dance. How has this development challenged and changed the landscape of dance journalism and criticism? Does print media remain relevant? How are dance artists and companies utilizing social networking and other Web 2.0 technologies?"

Thursday June 4, 2009

Thursday, June 4

Greenpoint’s Soundscreen Design, a Brooklyn based design company, asked three prominent designers to create art for indie bands that inspire them. The end result, which is Soundscreen's first apparel collection, is now for sale, printed on organic t-shirts, hoodies and totes. 

Today is the free release party for the Summer 2009 Collection, which includes organic t-shirts, hoodies and totes inspired by bands like No Age, Deerhoof, Liars, and The National. The party starts at 8pm at Glasslands Gallery and will have giveaways and free beer. 

Wednesday May 27, 2009

Monday, June 1 - Monday, June 8

Starting Monday through June 8 there will be a number of seminars, meetings, parties and competitions ending with the 13th annual Webby Awards, which honor the Internet standouts of 2008.  Visit internetweekny.com for more information on all the events.  Hope to see you there!

Wednesday May 20, 2009

ARuiz Photography has launched!

Photographer Anthony Ruiz has launched a new site.  Visit the site at aruizphotography.com for information on the photographer and galleries displaying his work.

Monday May 11, 2009

David Dorfman Dance redesign has launched!

UPDATE:  David Dorfman Dance's new site has launched!  Check it out at daviddorfmandance.org.
The site features all things DDD inlcuding:  information on the company, upcoming events, media, and articles.   

Friday May 8, 2009

We just finished the logo redesign for Carbonado Mgmt & Consulting.
Check it out at thecarbonado.com.

Wednesday May 6, 2009

Facebook: How the Timesuck Destroying the English Language Will Save Us All

By Sydney Skybetter

Trustee Spotlight:  originally appeared in the Spring '09 issue of Dance/USA Journal. For more information please visit Dance/USA.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”    -- Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future (1962)  

My younger sister, Rachel, is well on her way to having 2,000 “friends” on Facebook.com. This obscenely high number consists of “friends” from elementary school, current roommates, our mother (begrudgingly), college professors, among many, many others she has collected over the years. Her Facebook profile remains constant as her mail and email addresses change over the years, and it contains more photos of her than are held in family scrapbooks. She does not plan on leaving Facebook any time soon.   

This kind of hardcore facebooking has curious social effects. On her birthday, ... read more.

Friday April 24, 2009

Brooklyn Based Presents: 'Helvetica' Documentary by Gary Hustwit

Tuesday, April 28 7:30 PM  @ The Bell House

From Brooklyn Based:
"If you take the subway, fly American, shop at Target, have read those “clean up after your dog” signs, or use Word, you’re already familiar with Helvetica. But not until you see Fort Greene filmmaker Gary Hustwit’s fascinating documentary do you realize the incredible amount of thinking, biases and backlashes surrounding the font.

As part of Drinks on the Doc, we’re screening Helvetica this coming Tuesday, April 28 at The Bell House before Objectified, the second film in Hustwit’s design doc trilogy, opens at the IFC Center in May. David Carson, the rebellious art director who designed Ray Gun (and who openly hates Helvetica!), will be on hand for questions, ... read more.

Friday April 24, 2009

Saturday, April 25 - Housing Forum Schedule Released

Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) is hosting  housing forum tomorrow form 10am - 4:30pm. They released the schedule for the day which includes film screenings, seminars, and history lessons! If you reside in North Brooklyn this is the place to catch up on it's history, it's future, and gain some street cred.

Tuesday April 14, 2009

Brooklyn's restaurant week turns into restaurant month!

Monday April 13, 2009

David Byrne will be playing at Celebrate Brooklyn!

It has been announced that David Byrne will be playing the opening FREE concert for Celebrate Brooklyn! this year.  Are you going? Let us know... we can meet up ;)

Wednesday March 25, 2009

In honor of Brooklyn Restaurant Week... Free Menu Design!

We are continuing to celebrate all things Brooklyn by offering these services pro bono to restaurants participating in DineIn Brooklyn.  When you choose Design Brooklyn to design your new website, upgrade your existing site, or redesign your print materials we will redesign your menu for FREE.  We'll also update your MenuPages, Urbanspoon, Yelp,  and Citysearch profiles pro bono.

We also offer package deals with our photographer to ensure your food is picture perfect!

Enjoy the week! Email us if you taste anything too good to pass up. Really.

Tuesday March 24, 2009

New Partnership with Ramon Estevanell

Design Brooklyn is now partnered with Ramon Estevanell Photography!
What does that mean for you? Well you can now integrate custom made photography into any of your projects. Quality photographic content is extremely important for marketing, sales, print, web, and media work. Thus the partnership ;-P

Ramon shot all of the photos used on this site and we couldn't have been happier.

Check out his other work at www.ramonestevanell.com.

Contact us to book a shoot or media integration for your next project.

Tuesday March 24, 2009

A new site is on the way for David Dorfman Dance!

Design Brooklyn is about to finish the discovery & design phases of the David Dorfman Dance site. We've had contact with the company for years and have assisted them on various projects.  

We're happy to be able to help them with their site and look forward to the launch!

Wednesday March 18, 2009

Teatro IATI - Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional

UPDATE: Teatro IATI's new site has now launched!  Check it out at www.teatroiati.org.

The site features English and Spanish language options, IATI's upcoming event listings, and a visually rich environment that featuring the company's striking performance stills.

Sunday March 15, 2009

Design Brooklyn unveils it's new site!

After months of toil, fine-tuning, and creative time, we finally prepare to launch our new and improved site. Explore the site to view what we've done, what we're doing, and what's next... and even find out a little about us!

Thursday March 5, 2009

A Ruiz - Photographer

Web Site In Progress: Photographer A Ruiz displays his artful photography in this photo gallery rich site.

Sunday March 1, 2009

Duo Theater - Duo Multicultural Arts Center

Update: Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC)'s new site is now live. 

Check it out at www.duotheater.org.