Young Dancemakers Company

17th SEASON 2012! Young Dancemakers Company presents original work in free touring concerts city-wide.
NYC teens create individual original choreography with vital themes: topical, relevant, mindful, fun, witty. Live percussion and a range of recorded music, plus excerpts of repertory works from choreographers Robert Battle and Sean Curran.

Young Dancemakers Company is a unique, free summer dance ensemble of NYC teens dedicated to creating their own original choreography and performing it in free touring concerts city-wide, for audiences of up to 1500 young people and adults each season. Company members, selected annually by audition, are drawn from throughout the NYC public high schools.

Upcoming Season Highlights

17th season 2012

Thursday, June 28 to Sunday, August 5

Touring

July 26 to August 4
Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens

8 Exciting Venues:

Fieldston School, Bronx

92Y, Manhattan

NY Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center

AileyCamp, Manhattan

Kumble Theater, Brooklyn

Symphony Space, Manhattan

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Queens

Gala Finale Concert

Saturday, August 4, 7:30 PM
Ailey Citigroup Theater

News

An exciting new YDC initiative was launched in December 2011

The Professional Opportunities Project: POP

Two YDC student choreographers were selected to set their 2011 YDC works on six professional dancers of the José Limón Dance Company. This unique project, created in collaboration with the Limón Institute, was given a public performance for a packed audience on December 3, 2011.
MORE TO COME…..!