We produced this behind-the-scenes film capturing the aspiring dancers of The Joffrey Ballet School’s Jazz and Contemporary Program as they learn our acclaimed show Encore and prepare for performance. The performances will be held at the Salvatore Capezio Theater, February 22 and 23, 2014. However you don’t need to be in New York City to see the dancers perform! Don’t miss this exciting, dynamic, red-hot film! Click HERE to watch!
In celebration of our fifteenth anniversary season we announce the Winter/Spring Film Festival 2014, a series of dances on video, culminating in a weekend of performances at the BAM Fisher in Brooklyn. Looking both backward and forward, we will host fifteen events: dance films from the repertory, special video projects, five new dance films made in Brazil, and the premiere of an evening-length dance, May 30-June 1, 2014.
Kicking off the celebration is the world premiere of Encounter! Shot on location in New York’s Grand Central Terminal, Encounter, a new dance film is a meditative and humorous portrait of love, released in time for Valentine’s Day! Full schedule is posted HERE on our Anniversary Page.
FULL SCHEDULE CLICK HERE! Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company made its full program debut as a Company in New York in the summer of 1999. Reviewing Daniel Gwirtzman’s ambitious Plasma Field at the un-air conditioned Merce Cunningham Studios during a record heat wave, Madeleine Dale reviewed the evening-length premiere in Attitude:The Dancers’ Magazine: “Even the audience […]
June 28, 2013, 4:30pm Sacatar Foundation, Itaparica, Bahia. The culmination of Daniel’s two month residency at the Sacatar Foundation culminated in a public performance at the Institute’s dance studio/theater. Students and professionals joined Daniel for this unique, site-specific live show. Once it was dark several of the collaborative dance-for-camera films shot and edited in Bahia […]
Performance at Abrons Arts Center Sunday, April 7, 2013, 3pm In preparation for its fifteenth anniversary celebration, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presented a program of premieres and reconstructions at the Abrons Arts Center’s Underground Theater in a one-performance only event, Sunday, April 7 at 3pm. The premieres included Narcissus, a solo for the choreographer, the […]
