92Y Weekend Dance Marathon – Hours of Dance for Just $10

Weekend Dance Marathon, Celebrating 75 Years of Dance at 92Y
100 Dancers – 42 Companies – 9 Hours – 2 Days
$10 Tickets
Saturday, October 10, 3-9pm
Sunday, October 11, 3-6 pm

Contemporary, tap, neo-Baroque, ballroom, ballet, classic 20th-century modern and more. The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center kicks off its 75th Anniversary season with a Weekend Dance Marathon on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11.  More than 40 companies perform nine hours of dance over two days.  Tickets are just $10 (each day), and seating will take place at the top of each hour so that audiences can come and go for as many hours as they like. The Marathon runs from 3-9 pm on Saturday and from 3-6 pm on Sunday, with work by Douglas Dunn, John Jasperse, Peter Pucci, Merian Soto, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Suki John and many others.

The artists presenting work are all choreographers who have appeared in 92Y’s “Sundays at Three” series since it began in 1988.  “We got in touch with as many past performers as we could, and when we invited them back, the response was terrific,” says Renata Celichowska, Director of the 92Y Harkness Dance Center.  “We were heartened to hear how many artists were eager to return to 92Y, and to celebrate the place that has supported them and the dance community through the years.”

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For tickets, please go to http://www.92y.org/ or 212.415.5500.

The complete marathon schedule follows below.

SATURDAY, OCT 10

3 PM HOUR

Bridgman/Packer – excerpt from Under the Skin (2005, premiered at 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival)
John Jasperse – New material from work-in-progress set to a woodwind quartet by György Ligeti
Ellen Cornfield – solo from Dance of a Thousand Titles (2009)
Ashley Friend – excerpt from Honey Flat, a work-in-progress
Tiffany Mills – excerpt from Tomorrow’s Legs (2009)

4 PM HOUR

Eva Dean – excerpt from BOUNCE 09 (2009)
Lonne Moretton – Mondlicht (Ein Traum) (2009)
Barry Blumenfeld – Vacancy No (2003)
Randy James – Closing the Glass Door (2009) New York premiere
Richard Daniels – Novelette (2005)

5 PM HOUR – dedicated to Bertram Ross

Bertram Ross, restaged by Deborah Zall – Nocturne (1981)
Virginie Mecene – Between Two Worlds (1998)
Buglisi Dance Theatre – Sospiri (1989)
Stuart Hodes and Alice Teirstein – I Thought You Were Dead (1996)

6 PM HOUR

Peter Sciscioli – excerpt from What Change, a work-in-progress
Zenaide – Celebration
Blanca – The Fool (2008)
Heather Harrington – Yours – work-in-progress
Hilary Easton – excerpt from Light and Shade, a work-in-progress
Patricia Beaman – Passacaglia (2009)

7 PM HOUR – dedicated to Jeff Duncan

Jeff Duncan, restaged by Kathy Wildberger – La Mesa del Brujo (1989)
Mary Seidman – Ancestors (2008)
Christopher Caines Dance Company – excerpt from Arias (1999-2000)
Mark DeGarmo – Ah – premiere
Suki John – Tanto (1996)

8 PM HOUR

Peter Pucci Plus Dancers – In the Garden (2000)
Chris Elam – Cast Iron Crutches (1998)
Isabel Gotzkowsky – th(RE)a(D) (2004)
Sandra Cameron Dancers – Ballroom dances, including an American Rhumba, Brazilian Samba, Argentine Tango and Lindy Hop

SUNDAY, OCT 11

3 PM HOUR

Peter Kyle – Folding, an excerpt from Know One, a work-in-progress
Donlin Foreman – The Old Man and the Famished Woman (2008)
Douglas Dunn – excerpt from Cleave (2009)
Rebecca Lazier – excerpt from Serenade (2009)
Daria Fain – thinking solo (2009)

4 PM HOUR

Patti Bradshaw – out of nothing, a work-in-progress
Patricia Hoffbauer – Para-dice – premiere
Kathy Westwater – Booty Object (2008)
Merian Soto – TBD

5 PM HOUR – dedicated to Eleo Pomare

Lynn Parkerson – TBD
Nejla Yatkin – excerpt from Bach to Dance (2006)
Robin Becker – Prayer (1992)
Columbine Macher – Video presentation of Pomare’s 1981 Hopper and tribute to Pomare

Where in New York can you see work by Alvin Ailey, Doug Varone, Martha Graham, Molissa Fenley, José Limón, Erick Hawkins, Yoshiko Chuma, Jerome Robbins, Doris Humphrey, Sophie Maslow, Merce Cunningham, David Parsons, Jamie Cunningham, Tina Croll, Eleo Pomare, Keely Garfield and dozens of others over the coming season? One place: the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, which is celebrating its 75th Anniversary.  As one of New York’s founding institutions supporting contemporary dance, and as one of the oldest U.S. dance institutions still in its original location, we have much to celebrate. Our anniversary theme is Past-Future-Now, and we are celebrating our history, our present and our future prospects with a wide array of performances and events. In addition to a Gala performance on November 5, our three performance venues, the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival, Sundays at Three and Fridays at Noon will offer special programming. We’re mounting an exhibit of rare artifacts and historical items from our library and archives, and we’re wrapping up the year with a kick-your-shoes-off party. For more information, go to www.92Y.org/dance75

Founded in 1874 by a group of visionary Jewish leaders, the 92nd Street Y has grown into a wide-ranging cultural, educational and community center serving people of all ages, races, faiths and backgrounds. The 92nd Street Y’s mission is to enrich the lives of the over 300,000 people who visit in person each year as well as those who visit virtually, through the Y’s satellite, television, radio and Internet broadcasts. The organization offers comprehensive performing arts, film and spoken word events; courses in the humanities, the arts, personal development and Jewish culture; activities and workshops for children, teenagers and parents; and health and fitness programs for people of every age. Committed to making its programs available to everyone, the 92nd Street Y awards nearly $1 million in scholarships annually and reaches out to more than 6,000 public school children through subsidized arts and science education programs. For more information, please visit www.92Y.org

Topics: Alice Teirstein, Alvin Ailey, Ashley Friend, Barry Blumenfeld, Bertram Ross, Blanca, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Chris Elam, Christopher Caines Dance Company, Columbine Macher, Daria Fain, David Parsons, Donlin Foreman, Doris Humphrey, Doug Varone, Douglas Dunn, Eleo Pomare, Ellen Cornfield, Erick Hawkins, Eva Dean, Heather Harrington, Hilary Easton, Isabel Gotzkowsky, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Jamie Cunningham, Jeff Duncan, Jerome Robbins, John Jasperse, Jose Limon, Kathy Westwater, Kathy Wildberger, Keely Garfield, Lonne Moretton, Lynn Parkerson, Mark DeGarm, Martha Graham, Mary Seidman, Merce Cunningham, Merian Soto, Molissa Fenley, Nejla Yatkin, Patricia Beaman, Patricia Hoffbaue, Patti Bradshaw, Peter Kyle, Peter Pucci, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers, Peter Sciscioli, Randy James, Rebecca Lazier, Renata Celichowska, Richard Daniels, Robin Becker, Sandra Cameron Dancers, Sophie Maslow, Stuart Hodes, Suki John, Tiffany Mills, Tina Croll, Virginie Mecene, Yoshiko Chuma, Zenaide

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