Photo: Robert Tyree

LiftOff : Creation and Business Residency, August 1-31, 2013

Summer residency August 1-31, 2013. The residency provides three physical based performance artists with 22 hours of rehearsal space each, two creative feedback group sessions and one two hour career consultation facilitated by director, Karen Bernard. Eligibility requirement: applicants must have created and publicly presented three works a minimum of 10-20 minutes. There is no fee for the residency.

Performance Mix Festival 2014

The Performance Mix Festival presents physically based devised performance and video works (Spring 2014 dates and location TBA).  Works must be under 15 minutes in length.  Longer pieces will be accepted by invitation only. Artists receive a fee, complimentary video documentation, and rehearsal space.

Please fill out this form to apply!

The application form can be used for the Performance Mix Festival and/or LiftOff and must be submitted online: deadline June 1st. Acceptance notification will be e-mailed no later than September 1st.

Jane Goldberg, Roxane Butterfly, Michela Marino Lerman, Cheryl Johnson.
Photo by Joy Nagy

Performance Mix Festival 2013′s afternoon of tap dance, “Rhythm and Schmooze,” was reviewed in OffOffOff.com! Read the full article, The Music of Dance: Performance Mix 27, Tap-flavored, at the Flea, by Quinn Batson on OffOffOff.com or in PDF format.

You might ask, “Does the Performance Mix Festival have an aesthetic voice?”  Last week’s performances demonstrate that it has many—recounting the history of artists who began working in the 70s to young artists making it on the scene today.  What they have in common is fresh work that takes a risk and moves us.

Many thanks,
Karen Bernard, Director

Cake by Cupcake Cafe

Apply now for the Performance Mix Festival & LiftOff Residency!

The 2014 application is available here, deadline is June 1st.

Remaining silent auction items: Make us an offer!

We have a number of remaining auction items. Make an offer by e-mailing us with the item number and offer amount!

1. Katherine Ramos “Spider”
   Print 8″ x 10″
   Value $125 Minimum bid $30
2. Katherine Ramos “Awed, We See the Infinite II”
   Print 14″ x 11″
   Value $130 Minimum bid $30
3. Victoria Libertore “Intuitive/spiritual Energy Reading”
   Value $175 Minimum Bid: $40
4. Almira Tannenbaum Necklace
   Shades of Purple Long Strand of Bohemian Glass
   Value $45 Minimum bid $15
5. Dixon Place Gift Certificate for Theater Tickets 
   Value $30 Minimum Bid $5
6. Scott Wixon “Red Crosses”
   Oil on Canvast 14″ x 18″
   Value $1,500 Minimum Bid $375

Many thanks to all of our sponsors!

La Meira and Roxanne Butterfly

You’ve still got time to catch the 27th Annual Performance Mix Festival! Shows continue through this Sunday!

Don’t miss the final shows with the works by Nicoletta Cabassi, Renee Archibald, Bob Eisen, Ori Flomin, Compagnie à contre poil du sens/
Matthieu Hocquemiller, Jil Guyon, Karen Bernard/Solo, Valerie Striar, Livia Daza Paris, Maverick Dance Experience, Rosy Simas, Nina Winthrop and Dancers, and Darcy Works!

And join us on Sunday, April 14 for our Closing Performance, a tap extravanganza hosted by the original “Rhythm and Scmooze” artist Jane Goldberg with coherts Roxane Butterfly, Cheryl Johnson and Michela Marino Lerman, followed by our Closing Party at the NDA Loft.  Join us for Tapas Españolas, Sangria, our annual Silent Auction, and a splash of flamenco performed by La Meira!

Get a head start on the Silent Auction!

If you haven’t already, check out this great preview about the festival in the Tribeca Trib, and don’t forget to use code NDA10 for discounted tickets when you order online!

View the complete schedule

Darcy Works, photo by Lisa Graves

Performances April 8-14 at The Flea Theater

• Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101
• General Admission $15, Students/Seniors $10

Breakfast Mix Thursday April 11th @ 10:30am

• FREE EVENT! Please RSVP to info@newdancealliance.org

Performance and Closing Night Party Sunday April 14th @ 3pm

• Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101
• Performance Only $30, Performance and Party $60

Many thanks to all of our sponsors!

The 27th Annual Performance Mix Festival opens TONIGHT!

Renee Archibald, photo by Paula Court

We are so excited for everything that this festival has in store, and hope that you’ll come join us and experience the work of these amazing artists! Check out this great preview about the festival in the Tribeca Trib, and don’t forget to use code NDA10 for discounted tickets when you order online!

See you there!

Rosy Simas, photo by Douglas Beasley

New Dance Alliance presents the 27th Annual Performance Mix Festival at the Flea Theater April 8-14, 2013

All events take place at The Flea Theater except the Closing Party to be held at NDA’s Loft

View the complete schedule

Get your tickets online and use code NDA10 for discount tickets!

Performances April 8-14 at The Flea Theater

• Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101
• General Admission $15, Students/Seniors $10

Breakfast Mix Thursday April 11th @ 10:30am

• FREE EVENT! Please RSVP to info@newdancealliance.org

Performance and Closing Night Party Sunday April 14th @ 3pm

• Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101
• Performance Only $30, Performance and Party $60

compagnie cie à contre poil du sens, photo by Jérôme Delatour

Many thanks to all of our sponsors!

Red Crosses painting by Scott Wixon

NDA’s silent auction is now online. Items include brunch for two, beautiful jewelry and art pieces, tickets to various performances, and a wide range of services including an astrology reading, a bookkeeping consultation, music lessons, and GYROTONIC® sessions!

View the items and place a bid now!

Your bid supports the annual Performance Mix Festival and our other initiatives throughout the year.

This online silent auction will close Saturday, April 13 at 11:59 PM. The final bidding will be held at the Closing Party on Sunday, April 14 and will close at 6:00 PM. Happy Bidding!!

Pair of tickets to the Spring or Fall 2013 event of your choice at The Kitchen

“Ember” jewelry piece by Jill Platner

GYROTONIC® exercise session with Aviva Geismar

Robert Tyree, photo courtesy Tribeca Trib Online

April Koral of the Tribeca Trib Online interviews Karen Bernard about the 27th Annual Performance Mix Festival. The article goes behind the scenes as Karen and New Dance Alliance prepare for the festival, and delves into the question of dance vs. performance vs. “organized movement”. Read the entire article, Breaking Boundaries: Dance Redefined at Upcoming Performance Mix Festival online here!

Mayday photo by Mathieu Doyon

New Dance Alliance presents the 27th Annual Performance Mix Festival at The Flea Theater April 8-14, 2013

All events take place at The Flea Theater except the Closing Party to be held at NDA’s Loft

View the complete schedule

Get your tickets online and use code NDA10 for discount tickets!

Performances April 8-14 at The Flea Theater

• Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101
• General Admission $15, Students/Seniors $10

Breakfast Mix Thursday April 11th @ 10:30am

• FREE EVENT! Please RSVP to info@newdancealliance.org

Performance and Closing Night Party Sunday April 14th @ 3pm

• Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101
• Performance Only $30, Performance and Party $60

Special Projects Melinda Ring photo by Paula Court

Join us for Opening Night – you can’t beat this lineup!

Come celebrate 27 years of the Performance Mix Festival at the grand Opening Night Performance & Reception on April 8 at 7pm

Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101

• T.L. Cowan‘s alter ego dishes out her brand of feminist and queer politics in her video work, I Disown You Right Back.
• Oren Barnoy dives into not knowing physicality in Angels My House I Promise
• Special Projects/Melinda Ring‘s calculated messiness is full of surprises in X Music Study (polka mosh)

Rare appearances by out-of-town artists: Goodbye, a physical dismantling of everyday codes by International Resident Mayday/Mélanie Demers (Montreal) last seen at the Festival TransAmerique. Lemur, first stop before European tour, a visually stunning solo authored and performed by Robert Tyree (Portland, Oregon). Heads up to latecomers, International Resident Artist performances are last on the program and free to the public.

Robert Tyree photo by Rebecca Steel

Many thanks to all of our sponsors!

Mayday, photo by Mathieu Doyon

View the full festival schedule

2013 Performance Mix Festival: 27 Artists include:

Monday through Sunday: April 8-14, 2013

More info

Buy tickets online | Buy tickets by phone 212-352-3101

All performances and events will be held at The Flea Theater, 41 White Street between Broadway and Church, Tribeca.

Except for closing party at NDA loft, 182 Duane Street between Hudson and Greenwich, Tribeca.

Monday, April 8

• Opening Reception
• following performance

Monday-Saturday, April 8-13, 7:00 PM

• Performances

Thursday, April 11, 10:30 AM

• Breakfast Mix: Out-of-town artists’ forum and performance: AWAY: Beyond the Site of Production

Sunday, April 14, 3:00 PM

• Performance
• Closing Party: Tapas Españolas, sangria, splash of flamenco performed by La Meira and annual silent auction

View the complete festival schedule

Purchase tickets

Robert Tyree, photo by Allison Spurlock

Join us for Breakfast Mix

Thursday, April 11th
10:30am -12:30pm @ The Flea Theater
Free! Please RSVP to info@newdancealliance.org

Join us for breakfast and “Out of Town Artists’ Forum and Performance Away: Beyond The Site of Production” – A panel discussion facilitated by Robert Tyree (pictured above), Mix artist and writer from Portland, Oregon, with guest artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko (pictured below), Producing Associate – Humanities and Engagement at New York Live and a panel of Mix national and international artists.

The panel will discuss: How does performance circulate? What moves work beyond its site of production? Can work made outside major markets thrive in minor market conditions and what might those conditions look like? For instance, can regional performance circuits counter the sometimes meager incentives of one city, one weekend runs? What good does it do to “leave home?”

Following the Panel, we will enjoy a performance of an excerpt from Mayday‘s Goodbye. Breakfast Mix is hosted by the Cultural Government of Quebec in New York.

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

Don’t Miss the Closing Night Party & Performance!

La Meira

Sunday, April 14th

Performance at 3PM @ The Flea Theater,
Party following performance @ NDA Loft

Performance and Party $60, Performance Only $30

Tickets available online or by calling 212-352-3101

Join us at the NDA loft, just a 10-minute walk from The Flea Theater, where we’ll share Tapas Españolas and Sangria, with a splash of flamenco performed by La Meira, and our annual silent auction!