Boutique Roster
The Boutique Roster is an eclectic group of dance companies ready to
tour! These artists perform a range of styles from modern to aerial to
dance inspired by Irish and Indian culture. Fees are reasonable -
generally $10,000 and under! To help foster the growth of artists with
great talent and potential, JK&A represents these companies at
booking conferences, assisting them in establishing contacts in the
world of performing arts presentation; the companies then handle their
own booking arrangements..
NYC Boutique Roster
The NYC Boutique Roster is comprised of companies based in and around
New York City that reflect the broad spectrum of innovative dance born
in New York, from modern styles to ballet and dance theater.
For booking, please contact companies directly. For general inquiries, contact Boutique Roster Associate br@bookingdance.com
Applications for the 2012-2013
Boutique
Roster are accepted through May 1, 2012. Click here for
more information.
NYC BOUTIQUE ROSTER
Ariel Rivka Dance
www.arielrivkadance.com | Click
to Watch Video
Founded by Artistic
Director and Choreographer Ariel Grossman, Ariel Rivka Dance is a
Contemporary Ballet/Modern Dance company committed to creating work
that explores raw emotion in the context of strong technique and form.
ARD aims to create a comfortable and inviting environment for the
audience so they can develop a passion for dance. To do this, ARD
offers free community performances and early childhood programming.
“It
was clear she was meant for this profession . . . Ariel Grossman
started with dance when she was eight, and hasn't stopped ever since."
-Tamar Tsvaigrach, Haaretz Daily
News Paper, May 2011
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Ashley A. Friend
www.dancecore.org | Click
to Watch Video
Ashley
A. Friend offers a dynamic, artistically daring, and modern experience
of American dance. ID-iloveamerica is a response to the current
cultural climate, new technologies, and her travels around the United
States. As a contemporary dance choreographer since 2001 Friend
has crafted a unique intricate and idiosyncratic movement vocabulary
called the scary body. Her work is compelling and mysterious,
giving the viewer pause for personal interpretations and lasting
impressions.
“Her dance is arresting and her
strong tactile gestural movements are governed by a sensitive control
of dynamics.”
– Michael Smith, Santa Barbara News Press
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BodyStories:Teresa
Fellion
Dance
www.bodystoriesfellion.org | Click
to Watch Video
BodyStories:
Teresa Fellion Dance exists to embody the raw, rhythmic force of
universal human encounters, conversing at the core of emotional
commonality. The company aims to share art that inspires audiences to
physically sense emotional and psychological aspects of the human
condition onstage, which can then connect to their own expansive
potential. Audience members claim the resulting movement catapults the
viewers’ passion, wraps it into twisting curvatures onstage and returns
it with the power of a lighting bolt.
-Caroline Whitham, Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
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CPD
PLUS "Cats Paying Dues"
www.catspayingdues.com
CPD
PLUS (Cats Paying Dues) has been critically and popularly acclaimed
since the sold out debut of All For Love (Mainstage Theatre at
Playwrights Horizons, NYC). The company’s evening-length presentations,
under the direction of Andrew J. Nemr have been called, “a welcome
return to the elegance of simplicity and the tap dancer as maker of
aural magic,” (exploredance.com) and “deeply touching” (Daily Gazette).
Building on Nemr’s relationship with past tap dance masters (he was
mentored by Gregory Hines and Henry LeTang, among others) CPD PLUS’s
performances are story-driven, technically strong, and heart-felt,
spreading the joy of tap dance to an audience of all ages.
“The
dedication, skill and showmanship of Andrew and his company CPD PLUS
made both sold-out shows a highlight of our Just Kidding program.”
– Darren Critz, Director of Performing Arts Programs, Symphony Space
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Company
SoGoNo
www.sogono.org |
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to Watch Video
Company
SoGoNo employs an innovative vocabulary that draws from Japanese Butoh
dance, Ruth Zaporah’s Action Theater, and contemporary dance-theater.
Movement and sound ranges from wild and boldly expressive to quiet and
intricate. Characters are often archetypal, referencing fairytales and
dream symbolism. The mood of the work is surreal, flat-out funny, and
fable-like.
"Exhilarating dance-theater" – Angela Ashman, Village Voice
"Brilliance...seductive... mesmerizing...impressive collaboration.” – Lynn Berg, nytheater.com
“Vivid physical theater” – The New Yorker
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Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
www.GwirtzmanDance.org | Click to Watch Video
“The dancers can’t help but smile,” writes The New Yorker. With a large repertory noted for its entertaining flair, stylistic diversity, musicality, innovation and accessibility neither can the audiences. Blending virtuosic precision with pedestrian ease, the infectiously appealing dancers are renowned for their charisma. “A troupe I’d follow anywhere,” says The Village Voice. A nonprofit performing and teaching organization, the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company’s educational programming allows anyone to join in the dance. Hard to categorize. Easy to enjoy. Since 1998. *Daniel was internationally applauded for years as a dancer touring with Garth Fagan Dance and Mark Morris Dance Group.
“With an eye for beauty and
an exacting attention to detail, Daniel Gwirtzman takes good care of
his audience and his performers. His ideal of beauty is kind to
the body: His choreography celebrates the long lines and
musculature of dancers’ bodies. The dancers are flawless and
picture perfect too.” --- Julia Holland, Show Business
“Mr.
Gwirtzman does know that in dance less can be more. And that’s a
good thing for any choreographer to know. He can evoke strong
feelings with a few gestures.”
- Jack Anderson, The New York
Times
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Deoro/Hammerstep
www.daveeggarmusic.com
This groundbreaking new collaborative show is presented by two of the most innovative and talented groups in their respective fields. World-renowned cellist Dave Eggar and his Grammy-nominated band, Deoro, are reinventing the classical genre by infusing it with hip-hop, reggae, bluegrass, jazz, pop, and world music. This powerhouse group of musicians joins forces with the world champion dancers of Hammerstep, a revolutionary dance show striving to overcome cultural and socioeconomic differences through an integration of previously rebellious urban dance forms like traditional Irish step, tap, and hip hop. Features the lead dancers of “Riverdance” performing their own breakout work – blew audiences away at Lincoln Center in the Summer 2011!
“Breathtaking…a
deliverance from the sedate formality of the typical cello recital” - The New York Times
“Cutting Edge Crossover” - The
Lincoln Journal
“An Unending Crescendo” - Time
Magazine
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Gehring
Dance Theatre
www.gehringdancetheatre.org | Click
to Watch Video
Born from a strong desire to make her
own rules while integrating
different styles of dance, Heather Gehring created Gehring Dancetheatre
in 2003. Today, Gehring Dancetheatre portrays a vision of strength and
beauty in the company of all women, performing original choreography
that has breathtaking elements of partnering and acrobatics. With
roots in ballet, modern, and tango, the company appeals to vast
audiences with their accessibility and striking power. By challenging
each dancer to reach
beyond her own personal perceived limitations, the audience becomes
inspired to do the same.
“...risky and bold partnerings...a
refreshing change of pace...” – Quinn Batson, offoffoff.com
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Kim
Gibilisco Dances
www.kgdances.org | Click
to Watch Video
Critically acclaimed dancer, Kim Gibilisco offers her first full
evening solo concert highlighting her choreographic and performing
skills. Gibilisco’s one-woman concert incorporates multimedia
works and collaborations with video artist, Eric Dunlap and features
original music by Tigger Benford. Teaching residencies may include
daily modern dance technique, improvisation, choreography, repertory,
original commission and/or Pilates.
"Ms. Gibilisco - a firecracker of a dancer"- Jennifer Dunning, New York Times
"Louis' most accomplished dancer"- Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice
“Gibilisco is a powerful mover with sleek muscularity; she moves
forcefully through space without seeming to disturb the air around
her.”- Gus Solomons Jr., Solomon’s Says
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Philippa
Kaye Company
www.philippakayecompany.org. | Click
to Watch Video
Philippa
Kaye Company creates original dances to makes connections within our
wonderfully absurd transitory existence. Led by choreographer
Philippa Kaye, the Brooklyn-based company of dancers, composers, and
visual artists has brought people together in theaters, galleries,
schools, gardens, and a zoo. The imaginative worlds of the dances
spring from such physical phenomena as chaos theory, fractals, sound
waves, and animal behavior, as well as the emotional state of our
bodies in relation to technology
“Philippa Kaye is a choreographer
and dancer who creates wildly innovative multimedia dance pieces that
display a deep fascination with science and technology while
simultaneously maintaining a tender and poetic attachment to the human.”
- Heather Wagner, Location One blog
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Synthesis
Dance Project
www.SynthesisDanceProject.com | Click
to Watch Video
Synthesis
Dance Project: beautiful bodies in motion, making fierce and soulful
statements about the world inside and out! The company celebrates
athletic ability, technical precision and passionate performances.
Synthesis Dance Project delivers originality, expression and vitality
with magnetic energy. Firmly grounded in classical technique and
pulling from all styles of movement, the company strives to challenge
the boundaries of any singular dance genre. Instead Synthesis invites
audiences into the world of honest emotion, bold ideas and PURE dance.
Artistic Director Tracie Stanfield is “an innovative voice in expanding the jazz dance form” - JazzDance E News
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