New Dance Alliance

June 8-11, 2017

Performance Mix Festival “The most elaborate festival of the unpredictable,” (The New York Times), returns to University Settlement June 8-11, 2017. Karen Bernard promises a jam-packed program of local, national, and international artists with new perspectives on how we experience dance. There will be opportunities to meet the artists through special events both on and off-site. Learn more?

LiftOff

Ongoing Workshop and Residency Program

LiftOff is an NDA program offering residencies and workshops in which performing artists develop the creative and business aspects of their work. The LiftOff Creative and Project Development Residencies and Workshops are facilitated by Karen Bernard, Artist and Director of New Dance Alliance and invited guests. Learn more?

Studio Space

Affordable Studio Space Rental in NDA’s Tribeca Loft

New Dance Alliance provides subsidized rehearsal space at 182 Duane Street. NDA’s private loft space holds 40 years of inspiration and is conveniently located in the heart of Tribeca. First-time renters may be eligible for a discount. Learn more?

Goran Bogdanovski

NDA’s commitment to providing performance opportunities and residencies for Eastern European artists is an important and rare gift.Through a grant from the Trust For Mutual Understanding began an amazing exchange between New Dance Alliance. I was invited in 2008 to perform my solo performance John at the Performance Mix Festival. This invitation was at the beginning of the creation phase and gave me motivation to proceed with rehearsals, which resulted as premiere in New York. John continue touring and developing through Moscow (Russia), Dusseldorf (Germany), Skopje (Macedonia), Sofia (Bulgaria), Munchen (Germany) and finished in 2011 in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

In 2010, I invited Karen Bernard to visit the Pleskavica Festival in Ljubljana, which was organized by NOMAD Dance Academy and Fi?o Balet. As a result of our exchange she invited several artists Victoria Illioska, Ivo Dimchev, Iskra Sukarova and 50 Collective to her festival the next year.

—Goran Bogdanovski, choreographer/performer/teacher/artistic director, producer, curator (Ljubljana, Slovenia)