Photo by Colin Danville

                 Upcoming 2009 Performances

Saturday January 12

The Mason/Rhynes Productions Showcase

8:45-9:15PM

Alvin Ailey Studios at 405 W 55th Street at 9^th Avenue

Sudio (TBA)

APAP Presenters please visit:
Mason/Rhynes Production's booth number is 115 in
Rhinelander.
For a detailed floor plan and location please see
www.artspresenters.org

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March 8-9, 2008

Dance Place Presents:

INSPIRIT and VT Dance

in

Ideals & Isms

Saturday March 8^th at 8pm and Sunday March 9^th at 4pm

3225 8^th Street NE, Washington, DC 20017

$22 General Admission

$17 Artists, Members, Students, Teachers and Seniors

$8 Children age 17 and under

To purchase tickets visit www.danceplace.org

or call 202.269.1600

INSPIRIT and VT Dance join forces for a powerful evening of dance art.  Christal Brown and Vincent E.Thomas, award-winning choreographers, create work from an idealistic perspective without fear of challenging “isms”.

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Making It Together
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
INSPIRIT performs the evocative Past Her Rites as part of an all-day festival celebrating collaboration between women over the past 20 years
FREE!!! Saturday, May 17, 2008
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Say SO
Union Square
INSPIRIT performs the company collective, Isms as part of SAYSO (Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out)
FREE!! Sunday, May 18, 2008

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July 26 - 27, 2008

Mason/Rhynes Production, Inc. Presents

Eclipse: 24 Hours of Blackness

8:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dance Place Washington, D.C.

INSPIRIT, a dance company is proud to be back in Washington D.C. as part of this phenomenal festival.  Eclipse: 24 Hours of Blackness highlights the artistry of prominent black artists in D.C. and around the world.  Each day opens with master classes taught by the artists presenting, and moves into performances by noon.  The entire weekend wraps up with Black Expressions Dance: On the Rise – a shared evening of three up and coming choreographers. 

Christal Brown will teach a master class Sunday at 3 PM

The company will perform early Saturday morning: time slot TBA.

Dance Place is located at 3225 8 Street NE

Washington D.C. 20017

ph. 202-269-1600

For more information on this concert, the master classes, or to purchase advance tickets, please visit their website at: www.danceplace.org

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August 10, 2008

City Parks Foundation Presents

City Parks Dance

3-6 PM

St. Mary’s Park Bronx, New York

INSPIRIT, a dance company shares an evening with Contra Tiempo (Los Angeles)

For more information on City Parks Dance, to obtain directions to St. Mary’s Park, or for specifics on the open hip hop class with “Stomp the Yard” star Darren Henson, visit www.cityparksfoundation.org

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November 12, 2008

Afternoons at LIU

12-1pm

Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts

Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus

1 University Plaza

for more info visit www.kumbletheater.com

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December 4-6 2008

8pm Nightly

Dreams and Visions

INSPIRIT’s 5^th NYC Anniversary Season

Tribeca Performing Arts Center

199 Chambers Street

Manhattan, NY

For more info visit www.tribecapac.org

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December  12-13 2008

FREE

7:30pm Nightly

New Works of Experiential Multimedia Performance

Dreams and Visions

MFA Thesis Production

By Christal Brown

Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts

Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus

1 University Plaza

www.brooklyn.liu.edu/depts/mfa

PAST 2007 PERFORMANCES

February 3-4

one in five
Christal Brown Performing as a
Guest Artist with VT Dance
Dance Place

3225 8th Street, NE

Washington, DC 20017

February 3rd - 8pm

February 4th - 4pm

$20 general admission

$15 members, students, and seniors,
teachers and professional artists

$7 - children under 17

For more info or tickets contact
Dance Place at www.danceplace.org or 202.269.1600

or visit www.vtdance.com

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Saturday and Sunday
February 10-11
INSPIRIT and Princess Mhoon

Dance Place
3228 8^th Street NW
Washington, DC 20017

Ticket Prices: $20 general admission; $15 members,
 students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors;
$7 for children

For more information and directions, call
202-269-1600 or  visit www.danceplace.org

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February 16-17

Coming Home
 

INSPIRIT, a dance company in concert in
Artistic Director’s hometown

Kinston High School Performing Arts Center
 

2601 N. Queen Street

Kinston, NC 28501

7:30pm

$15 general admission

Special rates for students and groups

For more information call Jackie Brown
@ 252.930.5572 or Henry Street 252.361.5628
 

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March 16-17

16 Stories

INSPIRIT’s NY Season
 

Tribeca Performing Center

199 Chambers Street

Manhattan, NY 10007

7:00pm
 

$10 General Admission

special rates for students and groups

For more information contact the box office at  212.220.1460

16 Stories is a collaborative work created by INSPIRIT
to challenge the ideas of perception, environment and experience. 
Told from the theatrical space of 16 story building dancers embody
16 stories with the use of movement, text and theatrical prowess
assisted by projection and film. 

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March 17
Edgy Women Festival
Christal Brown Performing "Wishes"
www.edgywomen.ca
Saturday March 17th, 8pm / Sala Rossa, $12 ($10 VIP/students)
4848 St-Laurent (corner St-Joseph)

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February 24
INSPIRIT in collaboration with the Classical Theater of Harlem
Macbeth
SUNY Purchase
8pm

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April 19-22

OB·ject ob·JECT
 

The first installment of From Every Angle

shared program
 

Dance New Amsterdam

280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers)
New York, NY 10007

April 19-21 - 8pm

April 22  - 3pm
 

$17 General admission

$12 Members

www.ticketcentral.com

For more information visit www.dnadance.org
or call 212.625.8369

From Every Angle: Migration, is a physical exploration of the theoretical, psychological, and geographical migratory landscapes of women.  Combining the multiethnic perspectives of eight female artist of varying ages and social backgrounds, From Every Angle: Migration (bold) delves into ancestral pathways, infuses them with present day experience, then exposes the similarities and differences of our foremothers and forefathers. 

Collaborators for this project include:  Andrea E Woods (choreographer) and Desiree Gordon (vocalist), Malinda Allen (choreographer) and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (spoken word artist), Tina Vasquez (choreographer) and Sarah Seigal (violinist), and Tiffany Rhynard (choreographer) and Karma Johnson (percussionist).

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Friday-Sunday May 4-6

 Live Art in Progress

Long Island University

New Media and Performance, MFA

Kumble Theater

1 University Plaza

Brooklyn, NY 11201

7pm Nightly

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Wednesday, June 6 at 8pm

 BAAD! Research: Movement in the Bronx

Tickets $12

Movement Research Festival Spring 2007 joins BAAD!'s Boogie Down Dance Festival. This performance is an intersection between kindred communities who are spatially separate. Co-curated by BRIO award-winning choreographer and Movement Research Artist in Residence Christal Brown of INSPIRIT, and the Curation/Production Group. Artists include Eagle Ager, Malinda Allen (in photo), Maria Hassabi, Shizu Homma, Toni Renee Johnson, and Yvonne Meier.

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 Thursday, June 7th

 INSPIRIT Joins Forces with the Foundation Fighting Blindness

In collaboration with Paul Peress, INSPIRIT will present entertainment alongside Camaroonian singing sensation Kiesa at the Foundation Fighting Blindness Fundraisers Annual Event at Cipriani’s Restaurant on 42nd Street.

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Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th

 Todo Mezclado Festival

 440 Lafayette, 3rd Floor

INSPIRIT showing Until Fruition

7:30pm Nightly

for more information visit:

www.mezclado.org

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Saturday, June 23 at 6:30pm

 INSPIRIT in Collaboration with Reflect Connect Move

Khrome Bar and Lounge

857 Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11238

$5

Reflect Connect Move is striving to address gender violence by organizing, mentoring, and training members in their home community of Brooklyn to be more aware of the subject on a state and family level.
 

Through the mentoring arm of the organization INSPIRIT has worked with two teen choreographers to facilitate the growth of a new work by the young dance-makers addressing the issue of gender violence from their perspective.

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Wednesday, July 18 at 11am

 16 Stories

Presented by the LIU H.E.O.P. Program

Kumble Theater

1 University Plaza

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Admission Free
Reservations Required

E-mail Reservation Request to
Info@inspiritdance.com

Thursday - Saturday, July 26-28 at 6:30pm
Solar 1 Dance Festival
Stuyvesant Cove, 23rd Street and East River, Manhattan
FREE
INSPIRIT, dancing the work of Paloma McGregor
For more info visit  www.solar1.org
 

Friday, August 10 at 7:30pm

Black Expressions Showcase

Presented by Mason/Rhynes Productions

Carter Baron Amphitheater, Rock Creek Park

3545 Williamsburg Lane, NW
Washington, DC 20008

FREE

For more info visit www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarronschedule.htm
Or
www.mason-rhynes.org

Wednesday, August 15 at 2:15
Dancewave's Demitasse Summer Cafe
The Old First Reform Church
729 Carrol Street at 7th Ave
in Park Slope, Brooklyn
take the B, Q, or F to 7th Ave
www.dancewave.org

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Saturday, September 1, 2007
12 – 6pm

INSPIRIT’s 1st Art for All Festival

An Eclectic Blend of Music, Dance, Visual Art, Spoken Word and much more

FREE

Mudbone Theater

889 Hunts Point Avenue

The Bronx, NY

www.mudbone.org

6 train to Hunts Point Avenue

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Saturday October 6th

Target 1st Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum

FREE
New Work Commissioned by the Brooklyn Museum exploring the Caribbean Diaspora
Tix Available at Visitor Center at 5:30
Show Time:  6:30pm
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
2/3 Train to Eastern Parkway
for more info visit www.brooklynmuseum.org

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Sunday October 13th
Culture Fest NYC

FREE
NYC Premier of Past Her Rites
Set to the music of Nina Simone and Mocean Worker, INSPIRIT, a dance company, will perform Past Her Rites, an exposé on the culture of the modern-day professional female. Past Her Rites delves into the psyche of women who push past their identities and find themselves lost in a sea of affectations.
Main Stage State Street and Battery Place in Lower Manhattan
Show Time: 1:45pm
for more info visit www.nycvisit.com

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Saturday October 20th
Re: PRESENT

INSPIRIT dancing the work of Paloma McGregor
The Museum of Contemporary Art  Cleavland, MOCA/Cleavland
Show Time:  7pm
8501 Carnegie Avenue
General Admission $10/ Free for members
(216) 421-8671
for more info visit www.mocaclevland.org
 

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Saturday October 27th
The Blaktino Performance Series
Three INSPIRIT choreographers on 1 program

See the work of Christal Brown, INSPIRIT’s Founding Artistic Director,
Paloma McGregor, former company member and company choreographer
As well as Chevon Stewart, company member, trainer, and administrator
Show Time:  8pm
General Admission $15
BAAD is located at Barretto Street
For more info visit www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org
 

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Friday November 2nd
INSPIRIT in Concert on the Campus of Trinity College

Goodwin Theater, Austin Arts Center
Show Time:  7:30pm
General Admission $15 /Senior and Students, $10
Free for Trinity College Students, Faculty, Administration and Staff
For more info visit www.trincoll.edu and click on calendar og events
 

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Saturday and Sunday November 3rd and 4th
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center
UpStream Series I

Saturday at 7:30/ Sunday at 2:30
Kaatsban Studio Theater
General Admission $25,  $10 Dance Student Rush Tix available one  half-hour before the performance at the door.
For more info visit www.Kaatsban.com or call 845.757.5107

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Thursday November 29

INSPIRIT II final showing
(BAM Dancing Into the Future)

FREE

6:00pm

Whitewave John Ryan Theater , 25 Jay Street , F train to York Avenue

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Friday and Saturday December 7 and 8th

The Dance Gallery~Intimate

Preseted by Von Ussar danceworks

8pm Nightly

Other artists include:  Genesis Dance Company, Jessica Danser/dansfolk, Gerri Houlihan, Iquail Shaheed Johnson, Jennifer Muller/The Works, Andy and Dionne Noble, Jana Hicks, Marjike Eliasberg, Von Ussar danceworks, and Hattie Mae Williams

The Performance Project @ University Settlement

184 Eldridge Street (corner of Rivington Street )

F Train to 2nd Avenue , B/D to Grand Street

Tickets $15/Adults, $10/Students and Seniors Citizens, $5/ Children 12 and under

Reservations: 212-453-4532 or project.audience@gmail.com

For more information visit http://www.universitysettlement.org/what/arts.html

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2006 PAST PERFORMANCES

Saturday January 21^st @ 8pm

Pepatian Presents

Bronx Dance Express

City Center Studio 5

130 West 56^th Street Between 6^th and 7^th Avenue

FREE

For more info call (718) 588-1936

APAP presenters please visit Pepatian Booth #826 America’s Hall II
 

Sunday March 5^th 2006
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
The Women’s Performance Festival
6:00pm
421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Corner of 8^th Street
Reservations: (718) 832-0018
For more info visit www.bax.org

Friday and Saturday
March 10^th and 11^th
SWEAT Modern Dance Series
Debaun Auditorium
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
8pm Nightly
Admission: $10 Adults $7 Students and Seniors
Reservations: (201) 216-8937
Tickets can be purchased online by visiting http://www.debauntickets.org
For more info visit: www.debaun.org


an INSPIRIT, a dance company Premiere
Distinctly Akin
March 29 & 30
7pm
Tickets $10
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Inside the Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
Manhattan, NY
 www.tribecapac.org

ABOUT DISTINCTLY AKIN:  Artistic Director Christal Brown takes inspiration for Distinctly Akin from actress, poet and activist Beah Richards and her work "A Black Woman Speaks...of White Womanhood, of White Supremacy, of Peace."  Through dance, text and music, Distinctly Akin explores relationships among women across cultural lines.  Brown explains, "Women of all cultures have been disenfranchised, yet they have endured.  Having suffered as second-class citizens - being mutilated and inflicting harm on ourselves in the name of an ideal measure of beauty - our saving grace is our solidarity.”   

Drawing on INSPIRIT’s mission of collaboration, company members Rhea Patterson and Paloma McGregor have contributed choreography for Distinctly Akin, imbuing the work with INSPIRIT’s signature spiritual exuberance, ancestral strength, startling perception, and a rich movement vocabulary drawing from postmodern forms, traditional West African dance, ballet, yoga, and theater.  

Composer Kala Pierson has worked alongside INSPIRIT to create an integrated score of original and pre-recorded compositions; original text has been written for Distinctly Akin by playwright/director Patricia McGregor and actress Dawanda Wise. 

April 7 & 8 @ 9:30pm
dancemOpolitan@Joe's Pub
at the Public Theater
Produced by dancenow/NYC in partnership
with Joes's Pub
Pepatian's Bronx Burlesque Show
Hosted by Elizabeth Morrero with Guest Artists
Arthur Aviles
Christal Brown
Antonio Ramos
Richard Rivera
Rockafella
Moemi Segarra and Merian Soto
www.joespub.com


April 9th @ 4pm
FREE
Dance Forum:  Symphonic Poem
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
718 638 5000
www.brooklyn museum .org



April 21-22
FREE
INSPIRIT in conjunction with Silent Productions and
NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault/SAYSO
Friday 8:30-9:00pm and Saturday 10:00-10:30am


April 28
Hostos Community College
149th Street and Grand Concourse
7pm
Admission $10

June 16th
6:30pm
Bronx Academy of Letters Culminating Showcase
Columbia University
Casa Italiano
For more info visit www.bronxletters.org


June 17th
8pm
Out Like That Festival
Guest Artist:  Hunter Carter
BAAD
841 Barretto Street
Bronx,NY
For more info, visit www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org


June 21st
Bronx Week
Fordham Plaza
D train to Fordham road
11am-1pm
For more info, visit www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org


July 11th
Moving Men
Dixon Place
8pm
For more info visti www.dixonplace.org
Guest Artist:  Hunter Carter


July 13-16
Goose Route Dance Festival
Shepheardstown, WV


July 21st
Earl Mosely's  Institute for the Arts
Closing Residency Concert
For more info visit www.diversityofdance.com


August 11th
Black Expressions: Showcase!!!
Carter Baron Amphitheatre
Featuring: Gesel Mason Performance Projects,
PS24, INSPIRIT and Urban Movement Theater
For more info visit www.mason-rhynes.org
 

September 14th
Dance/Now NYC
Dancemopolitan @ Joes Pub
9:30pm
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater
 425 Lafayette Street
(btwn East 4th & Astor Place)
N/R/W to 8th Street/NYU or #6 to Astor Place
TICKETS: 212-239-6200
or
www.telecharge.com
or
in person at The Public Theater Box Office
www.joespub.com
JOE'S PUB DINNER RESERVATIONS
 212-539-8778
For more info visit www.dancenownyc.org


Friday October 6, 2006

8pm

The BlakTino Performance Series

BAAD

(Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)

831 Barretto Street, 2^nd Floor

Bronx, NY 10474

Tix: $15
For more info call (718) 842-5223
or  visit www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org
 

November 10, 2006
8pm
Live Art in Progress
Long Island University's Kumble Theater
Free
B,Q,N,R to Dekalb

For more info visit www.liu.edu/kumble

 

November 27, 2006
Movement Research at Judson Church
8pm
FREE
55 Washington Square South

For more info visit www.movementresearch.org
 

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2005 PERFORMANCES

January 7, 10
For Dance, Inc.
presents  
2005 APAP Showcase
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
at the
Alvin Ailey Studios
405 West 55th Street, NYC
For more information visit www.fordance.org
or call (212)233-2323

Tickets: www.SmartTix.com

Presenters, visit us at the 2005 ISPA Conference in
NYC and/or at APAP - Booth #176 Rhinelander

  March 19

  Christal Brown performing
  at the Bronx Academy of Art and Dance.

  March 20-25 and April 3-9

  Christal Brown 2005 Guest Artist at the
  University of Southern Mississippi
  Two week residency including technique
  classes and a choreographic work set
  on the students.

April 14-16

INSPIRIT 2005 Guest Artist at
The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH.
The company will be teaching masterclasses and
performing “Beg-In Her” as a part of the
Spring College of Wooster Dance
Company Concert.

April 21-24
INSPIRIT in concert as a part of
Earl Mosely’s Diversity of Dance Festival
Joyce Soho, NY.

May 30
KEILA CORDOVA DANCES, CHRISTAL BROWN'S
INSPIRIT DANCE COMPANY
& DIXIE FUNLEE SHULMAN
Sat., April 30 at 8pm – Tickets
At BAAD 841 Barretto Street Bronx, NY
For more info visit:
www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org

June 22
INSPIRIT will perform as a part of
the Bodi-Blend Series at Dixon Place, NY, NY.
Dixon Place 258 Bowery Second Floor New York, NY 10012
For reservations call (212) 219-0736

July 22
INSPIRIT performs at the Jacobs Pillow Dance
Festival Inside/Out Stage
Lee, MA
FREE 6:30pm
For more info visit
www.jacobspillow.org

August 18-20
Solar 1 Dance Festival

Stuyvesant Cove 23^rd and East River

8 pm
www.solar1.org
 

September 8-10
DanceNow/NYC Festival
Base Camp Series at DTW
For more info visit
www.dancenownyc.org

September 10
Festival de Flores

Bronx Botanical Gardens

12 noon 

Sunday October 2^nd

Vive Bronx Festival

Noon

Between 144 and 149^th Streets on the Grand Concourse

At Hostos College

INSPIRIT in collaboration with

Richard Rivera, Alexis Caputo, Jessie Morales

FREE

October 9^th

In the Streets Festival

San Francisco, CA

Christal Brown and Amara Tabor-Smith

500 Block of Ellis The Tenderloin

Noon and 2pm

FREE/ Donations Accepted

October 16^th

Movement Research
at the Judson Church “About Town”

Dance Theater Workshop

219 West 19^th Street

8pm

FREE

For Reservations Call (212) 924-0077

Directions:  A, C, 1 or 9 to 14^th Street

November 3^rd and 4^th

Lehman College Presents Pepatian Dance Artists

Choreography by:  Paloma McGregor

8pm

$5 Students and Senior

$10 General Admission

250 Beford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY

Take 4 or D to Bedford Park Boulevard and walk West

November 18,19 and 20

RAW Material @ Dance New Amsterdam

Choreography by: Rhea Patterson

Friday 8:30 Sat and Sun 7:00

DNA members $12
Non-members $17
All tickets sold at the door
Information: 212.625.8369 x55

451 Broadway, 2nd Floor
(between Grand and Howard Streets, 1 block north of Canal Street)
New York, NY 10013
www.dnadance.org

Saturday December 17^th 2005
Food For Thought @ Danspace Project
131 East 10th Street o New York, NY 10003
8:30pm
Admission: $5 + 2 cans of food or $10
Reservations: (212) 674-8194
For more info visit www.danspaceproject.org
Directions: 6 to Astor Place
 

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2004 Past Performances

January 23rd
Mason/Rhynes Productions Inc. and Lincoln Theater present
Black Xpressions
8 p.m.
1215 U St. NW, Washington DC 20009
For more information call 202.722.0770

February 7th
Gye Nyame Productions presents
An Evening of African and African-American Music Dance and Poetry
8 p.m.
Iona College Joyce Theater
715 North Ave.
For more information contact Gye Nyame Productions at 828.242.7849

April 16th,17th, and 23rd
E-Moves 5 Program A
Aaron Davis Hall
137th and Convent Avenue @ City College
New York, NY
8 p.m. and 2 p.m. Matinee
For more information go to www.aarondavishall.org

May 22-23
New Landscapes Series
Presented by Dane Place
3225 8th St. NE
Washington DC 20017
Sat. 8 p.m. Sun. 7 p.m.
For more information go to www.danceplace.org

July 31st
INSPIRIT in Concert at Greenhouse
Culminating Residency Concert
Litchfield, CT
8 p.m.

For more information go to www.litchfieldjazzfest.com

September 13th
DanceNow/NYC Festival
Base Camp Series
Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer St. @ Houston
New York, NY
For more information go to www.dancenownyc.org

October 8-10, 2004 at 8:30 PM
"Voices from the Bush"
Presented by St. Marks Danspace Project
131 East 10th Street (at Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Admission: $15.00
Information: 212-674-8112 or Email: info@danspaceproject.org
Reservations: 212-674-8194
www.danspaceproject.org

October 9th 11am to 5pm
IN THE STREET:THE SF STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL
on the 500 block of Ellis st. in San Francisco
Inspirit in collaboration with Amara Tabor-Smith

Friday, Oct. 29 - 8 p.m.
DRA BENEFIT DANCE CONCERT
Over eight Bronx-based dance companies unite to raise money for DRA - Dancers Responding to AIDS.
841 Barretto Street

2^nd Floor

Bronx, NY 10474

For Reservations call (718) 842-5223
or visit www.bronxacademyofartanddance.org
 

November 18-21
INSPIRIT Presents: BECOMING
Joyce Soho
155 Mercer St. @ Houston
New York, NY
General Admission: $15,
Seniors and Students with ID: $12
For more information go to www.joyce.org/soho.html

December 2-4 - 8pm
Newsteps at the Mulberry Street Theater
Mulberry Street Theater
70 Mulberry St., Second Floor
New York, NY 10013
Directions: NRQW to Canal. Walk East on Canal
until you reach Mulberry Street.
Make a right on Mulberry Street
and come down to 70 Mulberry Street
on the corner. In the same building as
the Asian-American Museum
For Reservations call: (212) 349-0126
Admission $12