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New Victory Announces 2015 Victory Dance Series

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 03:00 pm EDT 05/04/15

The New 42nd Street and The New Victory Theater Announce 2015 Victory Dance Free Dance Series for New York City Kids Will Feature Nine New York Companies July 8 – 24, 2015 This July, The New Victory will present its second season of Victory Dance, the theater’s initiative to provide FREE dance performances to kids in New York City day camps, school and youth programs over the summer. A three-week series from July 8 - 24, 2015, Victory Dance features a cross-section of highly-accomplished and internationally recognized New York companies who perform a range of contemporary dance styles and share in the theater’s goal of inspiring young people to embrace the art form. Victory Dance consists of three unique programs, which this year will include Darrah Carr Dance; Jessica Lang Dance; Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion; Martha Graham Dance Company; Max Pollak / RumbaTap; Parsons Dance; Noche Flamenca; Urban Bush Women; and ZviDance. Every performance will feature a one-hour program of three or more pieces immediately followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q&A with the audience. Victory Dance provides New York City kids the opportunity to engage with choreographers and dancers, as well as to see these incredible artists and companies present some of their best work. Victory Dance serves New York City students enrolled in NYC Department of Education summer school enrichment programs, such as Summer Arts Institute, subsidized day camps and social service agencies. Students attend daytime performances free of charge and also receive free dance-related workshops led by professional dance teaching artists before and after their visit to the theater. Summer school instructors also receive free New Victory School Tool® Resource Guides, which encourage further exploration of the art form in the students’ day-to-day curriculum. This summertime program mirrors the education programs The New Victory Theater offers to more than 160 schools and over 35,000 students throughout each school year. The New Victory Theater looks forward to sharing live performances on stage, exploring the art form in classrooms and building relationships that will have an impact on NYC kids from summer to summer. Performance Schedule Each week, Victory Dance will feature three daytime performances free of charge for Victory Dance Summer Education Partnership students. Additionally, one evening performance per week will be made available to the general public at $10 per ticket. Program A: July 8-10 School/Day Camp Performances: July 8-10 at 11am Public Performance: July 9 at 7pm Darrah Carr Dance Step Dance Suite by Darrah Carr ZviDance Excerpt from Dabke by Zvi Gotheiner Urban Bush Women Urban Bush Women 30th Anniversary Mash Up including excerpts from Give Your Hands to Struggle, Bitter Tongue, Shelter, Women’s Resistance and Batty Moves by Jawole Willa Jo Zolar Program B: July 15-17 School/Day Camp Performances: July 15-17 at 11am Public Performance: July 16 at 7pm Martha Graham Dance Company Excerpt from Appalachian Spring Suite & Spectre Noche Flamenca Cambio de Tercio by Martín Santangelo Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion Excerpt from The Gettin’ by Kyle Abraham Program C: July 22-24 School/Day Camp Performances: July 22-24 at 11am Public Performance: July 23 at 7pm Jessica Lang Dance The Calling, White (film) & excerpt from i.n.k. Max Pollak/RumbaTap El Guararey de Pastora, RT Standard & Johann by Max Pollak Parsons Dance Hand Dance, The Envelope & Caught by David Parsons Every performance will be followed by a talk-back with choreographers. All programs are subject to change. Click here for a video overview of the program. Victory Dance is made possible, in part, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance and Jody & John Arnhold. Ticket Information Victory Dance Education Partnerships are available free of charge to New York City day camps and school programs. For more information, please contact education@new42.org. The July 9, 16 & 23 public performances of Victory Dance at 7pm at The New Victory Theater (209 West 42nd Street) are $10. Tickets for Victory Dance are available online (NewVictory.org) and by telephone (646.223.3010) beginning May 1. About The New Victory Theater Devoted to kids and families since 1995, The New Victory brings kids to the arts and the arts to kids. Serving the community in all its diversity, The New Victory Theater on 42nd Street presents international theater, dance, circus, opera and music to young New Yorkers, their families and schoolmates. As the largest provider of live performance to NYC schools and after school programs, the New Vic invites new audiences to experience the performing arts for the very first time. The theater’s contributions to the cultural landscape of the city have been honored by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities with the 2014 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for the New Victory Usher Corps and by The Drama Desk for “providing enchanting, sophisticated children’s theater that appeals to the child in all of us, and for nurturing a love of theater in young people.” About The New 42nd Street Founded in 1990, The New 42nd Street is an independent nonprofit organization charged with the continuous cultural revival of 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. Committed to the transformational power of the arts, The New 42nd Street builds on the foundation of seven historic theaters to make extraordinary performing arts and cultural engagement part of everyone’s life. The New 42nd Street fulfills this purpose by ensuring the ongoing vibrancy of 42nd Street’s historic theaters; maintaining and fully using the New 42nd Street Studios and The Duke on 42nd Street to support performing artists in the creation of their work; and through The New Victory Theater, New York’s premier theater for kids and families.

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