2009 PERFORMANCES
INSPIRIT at APAP
January 9-13, 2009
3-6 PM
Represented by Mason Rhynes Prodcutions
Booth #224 in Whinelander Hall
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Showcase
January 11, 2009 9:05-9:20pm
Alvin Ailey Studios
5A and 5B
405 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
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February 8, 2009
FREE
2pm
Pink Empowerment
Christal Brown performing on behalf of
Urban Bush Women
A Wellness Day, Dance Concert and Artist Health Fair presented by the Move for Breast Cancer Awareness (MBCA)
Sponsored by and located at Dance New Amsterdam, 280 B'way, 2nd Floor (enter at Chambers), NYC, NY 10007
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March 13-14
8pm Nightly
Christal Brown as a guest performer with
Big APE
Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, VT
68 South Pleasant Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
For more information visit www.bigapensemble.com
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March 20-21, 2009
INSPIRIT and The Harlem School of the Arts Theater
Present
Celebrating Women: the voice, the body, the history and the evolution
8pm nightly
A program of music, dance, and spoken word with work by INSPIRIT Christal Brown, Toni Renee Johnson/BOLD, Nia Love/Blacksmiths Daughter, Nabiyah and more
General Admission $10
Located at 645 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10030
A/C or B/D trains to 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue
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April 1st, 2008
FREE
7pm
Presented by the Bronx Council on the Arts
In conjunction with the Bronx Culture Trolley
INSPIRIT in performs at Pregones Theater
World Premiere of “The Mocking”
575 Walton Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
Take the #2, 4 or 5 IRT trains to 149th Street and Grand Concourse. Upon exiting the station, walk 1 short block west on 149th street to Walton Avenue. Turn right on Walton Avenue. Theater is on Walton Avenue between 149th & 150th Streets. Travel time from mid-town Manhattan is usually 20 minutes.
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April 4th, 2008
FREE
4pm
Presented by the Bronx Council on the Arts
Big Read
INSPIRIT in performs
“The Mocking”
2556 Bainbridge Avenue (near Fordham Road)
for more information visit www.bronxarts.org
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May 2-3, 2009
Kaatsbaan International Arts Center
Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
Kaatsban Studio Theater
General Admission $25, $10 Dance Student Rush Tix available one half-hour before the performance at the door.
120 Broadway
Tivoli, NY 12583
For more info visit www.Kaatsbaan.com or call 845.757.510
2008 PERFORMANCES
SaturdayJanuary 12
The Mason/Rhynes Productions Showcase
8:45-9:15PM
Alvin Ailey Studios at 405 W 55th Street at 9th Avenue
Sudio (TBA)
APAP Presenters please visit:
Mason/Rhynes Production's booth number is 115 in
Rhinelander.
For a detailed floor plan and location please see
www.artspresenters.org
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March 8-9, 2008
Dance Place Presents:
INSPIRIT and VT Dance
in
Ideals & Isms
Saturday March 8th at 8pm and Sunday March 9th at 4pm
3225 8th Street NE, Washington, DC 20017
$22 General Admission
$17 Artists, Members, Students, Teachers and Seniors
$8 Children age 17 and under
To purchase tickets visit www.danceplace.org
or call 202.269.1600
INSPIRIT and VT Dance join forces for a powerful evening of dance art. Christal Brown and Vincent E.Thomas, award-winning choreographers, create work from an idealistic perspective without fear of challenging “isms”.
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March 22, 2008
BAAD Presents
(Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
BAAD Ass Women
8pm
See 3 INSPIRIT Choreographers on one bill
Christal Brown, Sharon Manuel, and Tina Vasquez
831 Barretto Street 2nd Floor
Bronx, NY 10474
TIckets $15
For more information call 718.842.5223 or visit
www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org
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April 2-4, 2008
The Dance Department of Hobart and William Smith Colleges host
INSPIRT in Residence
In addition to master classes and lecture demonstration there will be a
Public Performance Friday April 4 at 8pm
Winn Seely Gymnasium, on the HSW Campus
Geneva, NY 14456
For more info visit www.hws.edu/dance or call 315.781.3495
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April 5-6, 2008
Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents INSPIRIT
As a part of the 2008 Work and Show Festival
Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center is located inside
The Borough of Manhattan Community College
at 199 Chamber Street in Manhattan
New works premiering by INSPIRIT’s 2008 CCCP recipients Alexandra Houston and Sharon Manuel. Also performing on this program are Edissa Weeks and Ellis Wood
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Making It Together
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
INSPIRIT performs the evocative Past Her Rites as part of an all-day festival celebrating collaboration between women over the past 20 years
FREE!!! Saturday, May 17, 2008
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Say SO
Union Square
INSPIRIT performs the company collective, Isms as part of SAYSO (Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out)
FREE!! Sunday, May 18, 2008
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July 26 - 27, 2008
Mason/Rhynes Production, Inc. Presents
Eclipse: 24 Hours of Blackness
8:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dance Place Washington, D.C.
INSPIRIT, a dance company is proud to be back in Washington D.C. as part of this phenomenal festival. Eclipse: 24 Hours of Blackness highlights the artistry of prominent black artists in D.C. and around the world. Each day opens with master classes taught by the artists presenting, and moves into performances by noon. The entire weekend wraps up with Black Expressions Dance: On the Rise – a shared evening of three up and coming choreographers.
Christal Brown will teach a master class Sunday at 3 PM
The company will perform early Saturday morning: time slot TBA.
Dance Place is located at 3225 8 Street NE
Washington D.C. 20017
ph. 202-269-1600
For more information on this concert, the master classes, or to purchase advance tickets, please visit their website at: www.danceplace.org
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August 10, 2008
City Parks Foundation Presents
City Parks Dance
3-6 PM
St. Mary’s Park Bronx, New York
INSPIRIT, a dance company shares an evening with Contra Tiempo (Los Angeles)
For more information on City Parks Dance, to obtain directions to St. Mary’s Park, or for specifics on the open hip hop class with “Stomp the Yard” star Darren Henson, visit www.cityparksfoundation.org
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November 12, 2008
Afternoons at LIU
12-1pm
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus
1 University Plaza
for more info visit www.kumbletheater.com
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December 4-6 2008
8pm Nightly
Dreams and Visions
INSPIRIT’s 5th NYC Anniversary Season
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street
Manhattan, NY
For more info visit www.tribecapac.org
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December 12-13 2008
FREE
7:30pm Nightly
New Works of Experiential Multimedia Performance
Dreams and Visions
MFA Thesis Production
By CONTACT _Con-3B78DCCD1 Christal Brown
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus
1 University Plaza
www.brooklyn.liu.edu/depts/mfa
2007 PERFORMANCES
February 3-4
one in five
Christal Brown Performing as a
Guest Artist with VT Dance
Dance Place
3225 8th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
February 3rd - 8pm
February 4th - 4pm
$20 general admission
$15 members, students, and seniors,
teachers and professional artists
$7 - children under 17
For more info or tickets contact
Dance Place at www.danceplace.org or 202.269.1600
or visit www.vtdance.com
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Saturday and Sunday
February 10-11
INSPIRIT and Princess Mhoon
Dance Place
3228 8th Street NW
Washington, DC 20017
Ticket Prices: $20 general admission; $15 members,
students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors;
$7 for children
For more information and directions, call
202-269-1600 or visit www.danceplace.org
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February 16-17
Coming Home
INSPIRIT, a dance company in concert in
Artistic Director’s hometown
Kinston High School Performing Arts Center
2601 N. Queen Street
Kinston, NC 28501
7:30pm
$15 general admission
Special rates for students and groups
For more information call Jackie Brown
@ 252.930.5572 or Henry Street 252.361.5628
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March 16-17
16 Stories
INSPIRIT’s NY Season
Tribeca Performing Center
199 Chambers Street
Manhattan, NY 10007
7:00pm
$10 General Admission
special rates for students and groups
For more information contact the box office at 212.220.1460
16 Stories is a collaborative work created by INSPIRIT
to challenge the ideas of perception, environment and experience.
Told from the theatrical space of 16 story building dancers embody
16 stories with the use of movement, text and theatrical prowess
assisted by projection and film.
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March 17
Edgy Women Festival
Christal Brown Performing "Wishes"
www.edgywomen.ca
Saturday March 17th, 8pm / Sala Rossa, $12 ($10 VIP/students)
4848 St-Laurent (corner St-Joseph)
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February 24
INSPIRIT in collaboration with the Classical Theater of Harlem
Macbeth
SUNY Purchase
8pm
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April 19-22
OB·ject ob·JECT
The first installment of From Every Angle
shared program
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers)
New York, NY 10007
April 19-21 - 8pm
April 22 - 3pm
$17 General admission
$12 Members
www.ticketcentral.com
For more information visit www.dnadance.org
or call 212.625.8369
From Every Angle: Migration, is a physical exploration of the theoretical, psychological, and geographical migratory landscapes of women. Combining the multiethnic perspectives of eight female artist of varying ages and social backgrounds, From Every Angle: Migration (bold) delves into ancestral pathways, infuses them with present day experience, then exposes the similarities and differences of our foremothers and forefathers.
Collaborators for this project include: Andrea E Woods (choreographer) and Desiree Gordon (vocalist), Malinda Allen (choreographer) and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (spoken word artist), Tina Vasquez (choreographer) and Sarah Seigal (violinist), and Tiffany Rhynard (choreographer) and
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Friday-Sunday May 4-6
Live Art in Progress
Long Island University
New Media and Performance, MFA
Kumble Theater
1 University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201
7pm Nightly
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Wednesday, June 6 at 8pm
BAAD! Research: Movement in the Bronx
Tickets $12
Movement Research Festival Spring 2007 joins BAAD!'s Boogie Down Dance Festival. This performance is an intersection between kindred communities who are spatially separate. Co-curated by BRIO award-winning choreographer and Movement Research Artist in Residence Christal Brown of INSPIRIT, and the Curation/Production Group. Artists include Eagle Ager, Malinda Allen (in photo), Maria Hassabi, Shizu Homma, Toni Renee Johnson, and Yvonne Meier.
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Thursday, June 7th
INSPIRIT Joins Forces with the Foundation Fighting Blindness
In collaboration with Paul Peress, INSPIRIT will present entertainment alongside Camaroonian singing sensation Kiesa at the Foundation Fighting Blindness Fundraisers Annual Event at Cipriani’s Restaurant on 42nd Street.
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Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th
Todo Mezclado Festival
440 Lafayette, 3rd Floor
INSPIRIT showing Until Fruition
7:30pm Nightly
for more information visit:
www.mezclado.org
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Saturday, June 23 at 6:30pm
INSPIRIT in Collaboration with Reflect Connect Move
Khrome Bar and Lounge
857 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
$5
Reflect Connect Move is striving to address gender violence by organizing, mentoring, and training members in their home community of Brooklyn to be more aware of the subject on a state and family level.
Through the mentoring arm of the organization INSPIRIT has worked with two teen choreographers to facilitate the growth of a new work by the young dance-makers addressing the issue of gender violence from their perspective.
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Wednesday, July 18 at 11am
16 Stories
Presented by the LIU H.E.O.P. Program
Kumble Theater
1 University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Admission Free
Reservations Required
E-mail Reservation Request to
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Thursday - Saturday, July 26-28 at 6:30pm
Solar 1 Dance Festival
Stuyvesant Cove, 23rd Street and East River, Manhattan
FREE
INSPIRIT, dancing the work of Paloma McGregor
For more info visit www.solar1.org
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Friday, August 10 at 7:30pm
Black Expressions Showcase
Presented by Mason/Rhynes Productions
Carter Baron Amphitheater, Rock Creek Park
3545 Williamsburg Lane, NW
Washington, DC 20008
FREE
For more info visit www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarronschedule.htm
Or www.mason-rhynes.org
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Wednesday, August 15 at 2:15
Dancewave's Demitasse Summer Cafe
The Old First Reform Church
729 Carrol Street at 7th Ave
in Park Slope, Brooklyn
take the B, Q, or F to 7th Ave
www.dancewave.org
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Saturday, September 1, 2007
12 – 6pm
INSPIRIT’s 1st Art for All Festival
An Eclectic Blend of Music, Dance, Visual Art, Spoken Word and much more
FREE
Mudbone Theater
889 Hunts Point Avenue
The Bronx, NY
www.mudbone.org
6 train to Hunts Point Avenue
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Saturday October 6th
Target 1st Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum
FREE
New Work Commissioned by the Brooklyn Museum exploring the Caribbean Diaspora
Tix Available at Visitor Center at 5:30
Show Time:6:30pm
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
2/3 Train to Eastern Parkway
for more info visit www.brooklynmuseum.org
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Sunday October 13th
Culture Fest NYC
FREE
NYC Premier of Past Her Rites
Set to the music of Nina Simone and Mocean Worker, INSPIRIT, a dance company, will perform Past Her Rites, an exposé on the culture of the modern-day professional female. Past Her Rites delves into the psyche of women who push past their identities and find themselves lost in a sea of affectations.
Main Stage State Street and Battery Place in Lower Manhattan
Show Time: 1:45pm
for more info visit www.nycvisit.com
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Saturday October 20th
Re: PRESENT
INSPIRIT dancing the work of Paloma McGregor
The Museum of Contemporary ArtCleavland, MOCA/Cleavland
Show Time:7pm
8501 Carnegie Avenue
General Admission $10/ Free for members
(216) 421-8671
for more info visit www.mocaclevland.org
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Saturday October 27th
The Blaktino Performance Series
Three INSPIRIT choreographers on 1 program
See the work of Christal Brown, INSPIRIT’s Founding Artistic Director,
Paloma McGregor, former company member and company choreographer
As well as Chevon Stewart, company member, trainer, and administrator
Show Time:8pm
General Admission $15
BAAD is located at Barretto Street
For more info visit www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org
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Friday November 2nd
INSPIRIT in Concert on the Campus of Trinity College
Goodwin Theater, Austin Arts Center
Show Time:7:30pm
General Admission $15 /Senior and Students, $10
Free for Trinity College Students, Faculty, Administration and Staff
For more info visit www.trincoll.edu and click on calendar og events
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Saturday and Sunday November 3rd and 4th
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center
UpStream Series I
Saturday at 7:30/ Sunday at 2:30
Kaatsban Studio Theater
General Admission $25,$10 Dance Student Rush Tix available onehalf-hour before the performance at the door.
For more info visit www.Kaatsban.com or call 845.757.5107
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Thursday November 29
INSPIRIT II final showing
(BAM Dancing Into the Future)
FREE
6:00pm
Whitewave John Ryan Theater , 25 Jay Street , F train to York Avenue