A Dialogue on Dance: a virtual conversation with Peter DiMuro & Gina Gibney
When:
Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 7:00p -
8:30p
Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 7:00p -
8:30p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Lectures & Conferences, Seasonal, Virtual
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-dialogue-on-dance-a-virtual-conversation-with-peter-dimuro-gina-gibney-tickets-579267132587
About A Dialogue on Dance:
Join us online for a conversation with Gina Gibney of Gibney Dance/NY and Peter DiMuro of The Dance Complex. Both leaders of their "sister" organizations in their respective cities, Gina and Peter will interview each other about dance, community and past, present and future journeys of the dance field - where we might find challenges and celebrations.
Joining in the conversation will be members of The Dance Complex's BLOOM residency dance companies - beheard.world, The Click and Jean Appolon Expressions.
This event is a part of the Dance Complex’s Learning to Walk the Talk series, presented in partnership with Global Arts Live.
Gibney Company is performing at the ICA Boston on March 17 and 18, at 8pm, presented by Global Arts Live. Click here for information on the program and to purchase tickets.
About the artists:
Gina Gibney, a nationally recognized leader and entrepreneur in the field of arts and social justice, is the Founder, Director, and CEO of Gibney, a New York City-based arts organization dedicated to dance and social action. With a belief in the vast potential of movement, creativity, and performance to effect personal change and social transformation, Gina Gibney established the Gibney organization in Manhattan in 1991. Today, Gibney’s presenting, training, fellowship and residency programs have served and supported thousands of New York City artists and audiences, and community outreach programs have impacted hundreds of lives, especially in the areas of domestic violence, economic inequality, and workforce development. Gibney Company, has grown from a small troupe of dancers presenting Gina Gibney’s choreography into a critically acclaimed internationally touring contemporary dance company dedicated to commissioning and presenting today’s most compelling choreographers. Gibney operates two New York City locations—280 Broadway near City Hall and 890 Broadway above Union Square—encompassing 23 studios and five performing spaces that serve as a nexus for a diverse and expansive artistic community. For a full bio read more here.
Peter DiMuro has woven a career as a performer, choreographer, director, teacher, facilitator and arts engager, touring and teaching internationally. His current creative umbrella is Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion, a company that develops and performs artistic works and cultivates dance/arts literacy, advocacy and engagement. The company was recently awarded a Boston Center for the Arts residency, as well as the Boston Dance Alliance’s 2014/15 Rehearsal and Retreat Fellowship. Peter was a Boston Mayor’s Office Artist in Residence inaugural cohort participant, a recipient of a 2017 Creative City grant from New England Foundation for the Arts; and received a lifetime achievement award from Salem State University in 2017. Peter was named by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum its inaugural Choreographer in Residence for 2018. Peter also serves as a consultant in arts and corporate settings, most recently with Whole Foods and with the all-male drag ballet company, Le Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Peter was Artistic Director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange 2003-2008, capping a 15-year relationship as performer. lead-artist/director and collaborator with the inter/national touring company founded by MacArthur “Genius” Lerman. For a full bio read more here.
BLOOM Residency Companies:
Boston Dance Theater (not present on 3/16)
