Fall 2010 Newsteps

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Chen Dance Center (CDC) announces auditions for the Fall 2010 newsteps series, featuring emerging choreographers who are creating new work and works-in-progress. This semi-annual series, est. in 1994, has presented over 200 artists and is dedicated to providing support and performance opportunities for experimental, innovative, and risk-taking artists. A maximum of six choreographers will be presented in three performances from Thursday through Saturday, December 2 – 4, 2010. An artist honorarium, publicity, and up to 20 hours of free rehearsal space are provided to selected choreographers.

Each choreographer may propose up to 10 minutes of work(s) for the series.  All works must be new or in progress and cannot be performed in New York City three months prior to, or after, the newsteps performances. Arrangements must be made in advance for pieces having special technical needs or requiring clean-up.

CALL-IN: Wednesday, September 8, 12 noon – 1pm 212–349–0126
APPLICATION DUE: Thursday, September 16
Mail/Deliver: Chen Dance Center, 70 Mulberry St. 2nd Fl. NY, NY 10013
Fax: 212–349–0494
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AUDITIONS: Friday, September 24, 4 – 7pm
Saturday, September 25, 5 – 7pm

PERFORMANCES: Thursday – Saturday, December 2 – 4, 2010 @ 7:30pm

AUDITION and APPLICATION
Choreographers should call CDC on Wednesday, September 8, between noon and 1pm to schedule an audition slot. Upon calling CDC, each artist will be assigned a 10-minute audition slot on either Friday, September 24 or Saturday, September 25. Those who receive an audition slot will also receive an application, which must be returned to CDC by Thursday, September 16. For the audition, each choreographer may present up to 7 minutes of work(s), with the remaining time left for discussion with the audition panel.

Chen Dance Center (CDC) is an intimate, black box performance space dedicated to providing professional opportunities for artists and promoting development of new audiences. CDC presents independent artists through three modern dance series: Co-Presentation, newsteps, and Ear to the Ground. As a modern dance presenter, CDC supports the development of dance artists by providing a professional theater space in which artists of high caliber have the freedom to experiment and receive visibility in the dance community and press.

Location: 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Stage dimensions: 23’W X 21’L X15’H
Floor: Black marley on wooden dance floor
Lighting: General wash for the audition
Sound: CD, cassette player, iPod cable

“The Mulberry Street Theater is a small, dark, corner where theatrical magic seems about to happen.”
- Jennifer Dunning, New York Times

CHEN DANCE CENTER is funded by government sources: NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, NYC DEPT. OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, LOWER MANHATTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; by private sources: THE FORD FOUNDATION, NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST, LOWER MANAHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL and METLIFE FOUNDATION; and by corporate sources: CARNEGIE CORPORATION, PFIZER FOUNDATION, CON EDISON OF NEW YORK, and TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE OF NEW YORK.

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