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CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS The Yard is currently accepting applications for the 2012 Internship. If you are interested in applying please visit the info page here.
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Affiliate Artists The Yard’s Affiliate Artists program provides opportunities for deeper ongoing relationships and collaborations by making it possible for The Yard to bring artists to the community for repeat engagements and longer stays. Current Yard affiliates are Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, Margie Gillis & Paola Styron, The Limón Dance Company and Urban Bush Women. Each affiliate has shaped a unique ongoing relationship with The Yard and the local community through performances, retreats, school residencies, and collaborations. Carolyn Dorfman Dance CompanyNow in its 22nd season, the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company is at the forefront of dance in New Jersey. CDDC’s nine members compose a uniquely talented contemporary dance ensemble that is a respected member of the extended New York City dance community. The Company is highly acclaimed for its artistic excellence and range as well as its extraordinary ability to communicate to audiences about dance and the creative process. CDDC appears at major theaters, dance festivals, and universities regionally, nationally and internationally. “Ms. Dorfman’s exploration in dance of the human experience both reflects and engenders a profound humanity. Because her dances are about people and life experience, often moving from the autobiographical to the universal, they hold immediate appeal New York Times Limón Dance CompanyAcclaimed for its dramatic expression, technical mastery and expansive, yet nuanced movement, the Limón Dance Company illustrates the timelessness of José Limón’s work and vision. Founded in 1946 by José Limón and Doris Humphrey, the Company is now led by Carla Maxwell, who worked closely with Limón before becoming Artistic Director in 1978. The Company’s repertory, which balances classic works with commissions from contemporary choreographers, is of an unparalleled breadth, creating unique experiences for audiences around the world. “For drama, virtuosity and grace, there’s no finer company.” Internationally acclaimed modern dance artist Margie Gillis has been performing her solo dance concerts for thirty years. As choreographer and performer of more than eighty original solo dance works, she has earned rave reviews throughout the world for her intimate, emotional, and intelligent portrayals of the multiple facets of the human soul. Ms Gillis, arguably the most renowned soloist of her time, is cherished by colleagues, artists, and the public for her heart-felt choreography, her daring stage presence, and her uncompromising honesty. “One doesn’t come across the flamelike intensity of a dancer like Margie Gillis too often … this dancer from Montreal is a knockout.”New York Times Paola Styronhas been a leading performer and collaborator with choreographer/director Martha Clarke for over twenty years. She has toured worldwide with these award-winning productions: Off Broadway—The Garden of Earthly Delights, Lincoln Center Great Performers Series—Vers la Flamme, New York City Opera—Orfeo ed Euridice, and Munich Biennale—Marco Polo. During her ten-year tenure as Associate Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Faustwork Mask Theater, Ms. Styron choreographed and toured here and abroad. On Martha's Vineyard she has particularly enjoyed her work with Jules Feiffer at The Vineyard Playhouse. “Ms. Styron... gifted, hilarious,...owing more to Bugs Bunny than any other performer I can think of.” New York Times Urban Bush WomenUrban Bush Women is a Brooklyn-based performance ensemble that engages a diverse audience by producing bold and life-affirming Dance Theater based on women’s experiences, African American history, and cultural influences of the African Diaspora. From its inception, Urban Bush Women has been dedicated to encouraging cultural activity as an inherent part of community life. The company has taught and performed throughout the world, and is recognized as a pioneering arts organization that effectively engages communities in art making. “Telling it with sass and style: Urban Bush Women. Jawole Willa Joe Zollar’s choreography combines text, musical accompaniment, and motifs inspired by African, pedestrian, modern, and social dance techniques. The result is a repertory of heart wrenching, soul-searching works that communicate the ecstasy and agony of the human condition.”Dance Magazine |