Steps Beyond presents ‘Performance Lab’

Steps Beyond 2014 Performance LabSteps Beyond, a division of Steps on Broadway, and REVERBdance will present a “Performance Lab,” a showcase for 10 young choreographers, on Saturday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the Steps Studio Theater in NYC. The event will also present a special appearance by Steps Repertory Ensemble, under the direction of Bradley Shelver.

 

The choreographers that were selected to present work include: Teresa Fellion, artistic director of BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance; Sarah Weber-Gallo, member of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, former member of the companies of Donald Byrd and Sean Curran; Malik Kitchen, member of Steps Repertory Ensemble who began his career on the MTV series “Taking the Stage”; Tislarm Bouie, former dancer with Philadanco 2; Adrienne Clancy, artistic director of Maryland’s ClancyWorks Dance Company; Sandra Lacy, co-artistic director of Lacy & Shade, Solo Duet Dance Works; Alyson Laury, who founded Alyson Laury Dance Company in 2012; Nicole Philippidis, artistic director of 277danceproject, founded in 2008; Jessica Taylor, artistic director of DamageDance; and Jonathan Royse Windham, company member of Gallim Dance.

 

Steps Beyond, a division of Steps on Broadway, embodies the philosophy that Steps on Broadway is a studio for professionals and for dancers training to be professionals. It’s mission is to connect dancers with the wider artistic community by providing opportunities to translate and interpret their daily dance training into performance, and to gain access to people working in the industry. 

 

For more information, visit www.stepsnyc.com. The Steps Studio Theater is on the third floor at 2121 Broadway at 74th Street.

 

Photo by Stephanie Crousillat.