New York Live Arts Inc

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DESTINANTION FOR INNOVATIVE, MOVEMENT-BASED ARTISTRY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF CHELSEA IN NEW YORK CITY. THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BILL T. JONES, A WORLD-RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, THEATER DIRECTOR AND WRITER LEADS OUR MISSION TO OFFER AUDIENCES ACCESS TO ART AND ARTISTS NOTABLE FOR THEIR CONCEPTUAL RIGOR, FORMAL EXPERIMENTATION AND ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CURRENTS OF OUR TIMES.

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS HAD A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 2022-23 SEASON INCLUDING THREE BESSIE AWARD NOMINATIONS AMONG THREE COMMISSIONED ARTISTS. LIVE ARTS PRODUCED TEN MAIN STAGE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDING LIVE FEED AND THE RANDJELOVIC/STRYKER RESIDENT COMMISSIONED ARTIST THAT BROUGHT IN AN AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 7,161 TO LIVE ARTS. THE BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY TOURED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BRINGING ITS WORK TO APPROXIMATELY 5,432 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. DURING THE COMPANY'S 40TH YEAR, THEY HAD 16 PERFORMANCES IN 5 STATES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND.NEW YORK LIVE ARTS PRESENTED ITS SIXTH RESIDENT COMMISSIONED ARTIST PROGRAM, THE WORLD PREMIER OF DELVINA FAYE DRISCOLL'S "WEATHERING" CAME IN FROM APRIL6-15, 2023. WE ALSO SELECTED OUR SEVENTH RESIDENT COMMISSIONED ARTIST MIGUEL GUITERREZ, AND CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NEW WORK. LIVE ARTS COMMISSIONED NEW WORK FROM SOME OF THE MOST FORWARD-THINKING INDEPENDENT ARTISTS OF OUR TIME IN OUR THEATRE AND IN OFF-SITE LOCATIONS IN NYC: INCLUDING VANESSA ANSPAUGH, ANNIE DORSEN, EMILY JOHNSON/CATALYST, ROBYN ORLIN, SHAMEL PITTS, ELLEN ROBBINS AND YVONNE RAINER. THE LIVE FEED RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS A LABORATORY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMMISSIONED WORK DIRECTED TO OUR THEATER. EMERGING AND MID-CAREER ARTISTS SELECTED BY THE LIVE ARTS CURATORIAL STAFF ARE OFFERED 140 HOURS OF REHEARSAL TIME OVER TWO YEARS, FOLLOWED BY MODERATED DISCUSSIONS IN THE FIRST YEAR. IN THE SECOND YEAR, WE PREMIER THEIR NEWLY CREATED PERFORMANCE PIECE IN OUR THEATER. ALONG WITH PERFORMANCE FEES, EACH COMMISSIONED ARTIST ENJOYED A WEEK-LONG TECHNICAL RESIDENCY IN NEW YORK LIVE ARTS' THEATER, AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE A WORK FOR THE STAGE. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS SERVED AS AN ARTISTIC HOME TO MORE THAN 200 EMERGING AND MID-CAREER ARTIST. THE EMERGING ARTIST PROGRAM, FRESH TRACKS SUPPORTED FIVE NEW ARTISTS WITH A YEAR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCING A NEW WORK ON A SHARED EVENING OF TWO PERFORMANCES OF: KRISTEL BALDOZ, MALCOLM X BETTS, MIGUEL ALEJANDRO CASTILLO, JADE CHARON AND ORLANDO JAVIER HERNANDEZ.WE EXPANDED THE BILL CHATS PROGRAM, WHERE WE OFFERED 6 EVENTS CO-HOSTED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL WITH REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS, LOUISE CHUDE-SOKEI, KAMILAH FORBES, HOWARD FRENCH, NIEGEL SMITH, AND JACQUELINE WOODSON. WE WERE INVITED BY THE MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AS PART OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SEATTLE, WA TO CURATE A SPECIAL SERIES OF EVENTS IN SEATTLE, TITLED BECOMING: AT HOME IN THE WORLD WHERE WE CURATED FIVE DIFFERENT ARTISTS: HOLLAND ANDREWS, DANIEL ALEXANDER JONES, ROBYN ORLIN, ABBY ZBIKOWSKI & THE NEW UTILITY AND PRODUCED AND PERFORMED A WORK BY BILL T. JONES AND SAUL WILLIAMS TITLED THE MOTHERBOARD SUITE, WHICH ORIGINALLY PREMIERED AS PART OF OUR LIVE IDEAS FESTIVAL. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS WORKS WITH NYFA'S IMMIGRANT ARTIST PROGRAM TO EXHIBIT APPROXIMATELY 20 ARTISTS SHOWCASING THEIR VISUAL ARTWORK, CALLED IN/BETWEEN ON THE LIVE ARTS FORD FOUNDATION LIVE GALLERY.IN ITS 11TH YEAR, LIVE ARTERY TAKES PLACE DURING APAP AND ISPA, CONFERENCES FOR PERFORMING ARTS PROFESSIONALS IN NYC. IN 2023, LIVE ARTS PRESENTED THREE FULLY PRODUCED PRODUCTIONS: BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY, JOANNA KOTZE AND SHAMEL PITTS. THERE WAS ALSO 11 STUDIO SHOWINGS OF EXCERPTS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS NEW WORKS FROM OUR RESIDENCY ARTISTS AND CURATED GUESTS. LIVE ARTS HOSTED, FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ARTIST SALON FOR MILKA DJORDJEVICH, MIGUEL GUTIERREZ, EMILY JOHNSON/CATALYST AND ABBY ZBIKOWSKI. THIS ALLOWED PRESENTERS TO LISTEN TO ARTIST PITCHES AND ARTISTS TO MEET PRESENTERS IN A RELAXED SETTING TO BUILD TOURS, COMMISSIONS, ETC. LIVE ARTS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT VISUAL ARTISTS BY EXHIBITING THEIR WORK ON THE FORD FOUNDATION LIVE GALLERY. THE 2022-2023 ARTISTS WAS ACCLAIMED ARTIST, CHAZ GUEST.NEW YORK LIVE ARTS ALSO CONTINUED ITS LIVE IDEAS FESTIVAL, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL HUMANITIES FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS AND IDEAS, EXPLORING THE IDEAS, CONTROVERSIES AND THINKING INFORMING A DIFFERENT BODILY-ORIENTED THEME EACH TIME OUT. LIVE IDEAS IS ALSO INTENDED TO BRING IN NEW AUDIENCES; THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT NORMALLY ATTEND DANCE BUT WOULD ACCESS PROGRMING ROOTED IN OTHER SPHERES OF INQUIRY. THE NINTH INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES FESTIVAL LIVE IDEAS 2023, "PLANET JUSTICE: ARE YOU HERE FOR IT?", PRESENTED THIS MAY 17-21. "IT" IS DEFINED AS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION-RADICAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS ON MOTHER EARTH. THE FESTIVAL IS CO-CURATED WITH SLOW FACTORY, AN ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF CLIMATE AND CULTURE TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY THAT ADVANCES CLIMATE-POSITIVE GLOBAL MOVEMENTS THROUGH THE LENS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND FASHION. FIVE DAYS OF ACTIVITY ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY ACTION, CLIMATE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH ART, SCIENCE, AND INNOVATION. AN OUTDOOR FESTIVAL, INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, STUDY HALL, AND PERFORMANCE PREMIERS IN LIVE ARTS'''' STUDIO AND THEATER, AND OFFSITE AT PARTNER PIONEER WORKS, FEATURED ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, THINKERS, AND INNOVATORS CREATING HEALING SOLUTIONS GROUNDED IN THE EARTH. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ILLUSTRIOUS COLLECTION INCLUDE DAINA ASHBEE, FOGO AZUL NYC, MYKKI BLANCO, GABRIELA CARNEIRO DA CUNHA, DYNASTY HANDBAG, MUTULU SHAKUR, DR. VANDANA SHIVA, AND XIUHTEZCATL.WE CLOSED OUR FY23 SEASON WITH OUR ANNUAL PRIDE: THE HOUSE PARTY INCLUDING LIVE PERFORMANCES IN OUR STUDIOS AND THEATRE AND THE STREET IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING WITH DJS THROUGHOUT THE VENUE AND EVENT. PERFORMERS INCLUDED HOUSES LEGENDS OF DRAG, YAS MAMA, BODY HACK AND DOUBLE DUTCH DREAMZ JUMPING FOR JUSTICE. WE HOSTED A QUEER MARKETPLACE IN OUR STUDIOS WITH 12 QUEER VENDORS. WE COMMISSIONED ARTIST HARRY JAMES HANSEN AKA AMBER ALERT TO CREATE A MURAL ON OUR FORD FOUNDATION LOBBY WALL. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS' LIVE CORE PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDE ARTIST WITH THE TOOLS, SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEY NEED TO TRULY EXCEL. THE PROGRAM DRAWS ON THE RESOURCES OF THE INSTITTUION TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ARTISTS TO CONNECT WITH LARGER AUDIENCES, RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK, AND AUGMENT THE VISIBILITY OF DANCE IN NEW YORK. ENROLLMENT WITH AN AFFORDABLE $100 FOR A FULL YEAR OF UNLIMITED ACCESS TO MARKETING SERVICES, INCLUSION IN LIVE ARTS' E-BLASTS AND PRINT PROGRAMS, DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING GUIDANCE, TICKET DISCOUNTS AND ACCESS TO MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS HAD AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING, FOCUSED ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED SCHOOL AS UNRESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AS INDIVIDUALS. DESIGNED TO BROADEN THE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDE TWO FULL SEMESTERS OF COURSE WORK, A CLASS OF SIX TO EIGHT STUDENTS WORKED WITH A TEACHING ARTIST RECRUITED FROM OUR BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE ALUMNI TO DEVELOP PERSONAL ORAL HISTORY INTO PERFORMANCE. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR OUR THEATER AND EITHER SITTING IN ON AN OPEN COMPANY REHEARSAL OR MOVEMENT CLASS TAUGHT BY THE BILL T. JONES ARNIE ZANE COMPANY. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS THEATER TOURS ARE 60 MINUTES IN LENGTH AND CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 30 STUDENTS IN THE STUDIOS (FOR REHEARSALS/CLASS) AND UP TO 70 STUDENTS IN THE THEATER. ALONG WITH ITS ROBUST TOURING SCHEDULE, BILL T JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY HAD NUMEROUS MASTECLASSES, AND WORKSHOPS AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY. SEVERAL COMPANY MEMBERS TAUGHT MASTERCLASSES THROUGH ZOOM. WE BUILT A STUDYGUIDE FOR OUR PARTNER, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT COLLEGE AROUND DEEP BLUE SEA FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND WORKED THROUGH ZOOM TO CREATE IT AND TEACH A PILOT PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES, CA. LICENSING THE WORKS OF BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY THROUGH NEW YORK LIVE ARTS PROVIDES UNIVERSITIES/COMPANIES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN A WELL-ROUNDED, EXTENSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE ROOTED IN SIGNIFICANT WORKS FROM THE COMPANY'S REPERTORY. IN FY23 BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY LICENSED 9 WORKS AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, SUNY PURCHASE COLLEGE, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, BOSTON CONSERVATORY, THE NEW SCHOOL AND DALLAS ACADEMY.