Doug Varone and Dancers awarded a National Dance Project Touring Award

NYC contemporary dance companyNew York City’s famed Doug Varone and Dancers has had a lot to celebrate recently. In addition to kicking off its 30th Anniversary Season, which will include numerous home performances and intensives, the company was recently named as a recipient of a National Dance Project (NDP) Touring Award from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA).

 

The NDP Touring Award will support the company’s U.S. tours of in the shelter of the fold during the 17-month tour period of June 1, 2017 – November 30, 2018. Doug Varone and Dancers was one of eight companies selected from a highly competitive pool of 55 U.S. and international applicants. Each winning project will have its own tour coordinator.

 

On the company’s exciting season, Founder Doug Varone remarked, “As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, we continue to push audiences’ expectations of how they encounter dance.”

 

Over time, the company has created an expansive legacy encompassing dance, theatre, opera and film. See what 2017 has in store below. For further information on the company, visit www.dougvaroneanddancers.org.

 

Doug Varone and Dancers’ 30th Anniversary Season:

 

* January 18-22, 2017Dance Affiliates, Prince Theater, Philadelphia, PA

 

* February 18, 2017 – TITAS Presents, Dallas, TX

 

* March 4, 2017- Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA

 

* March 15, 2017- Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

 

* March 29 – April 1, 2017- Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn, NY

 

* May – August 2017- DEVICES: Choreographic Intensive & Mentorship Program, Hunter College, New York, NY

 

* July 10-21, 2017Victory Dance, The New Victory Theater, New York, NY

 

* June 2017 – Summer Intensive Workshop, Purchase College, Purchase, NY

 

* August 2-6, 2017 – Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA

 

Photo by Erin Baiano.