EMERGE: A New Modern Contemporary Dance Show

Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance presents EMERGE. EMERGE is a one-hour modern contemporary dance experience filled with fresh and fun pieces that will warm your heart and move your body with irresistible catchy beats and gorgeously executed dancing. Featuring our latest work, “Enjoy Yourself!”

“Enjoy Yourself!” is a piece created in reaction to the hardships of the past few years of life: Covid-19, losing loved ones to cancer, and the horrors of the war in Ukraine. It is how Suzzanne got to the other side of grief and the lessons learned along the way; a homage to all people who have ever suffered. 

“Suzzanne Ponomarenko’s choreography was clever, with no extraneous moves – everything was distilled to the essential gesture and physical expression, which was deeply satisfying to see.” -NY Theater Guide

Suzzanne received her BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College in 2012 and studied extensively at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. She is the Artistic Director and Choreographer for Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance. In addition, she has worked with Yvonne Rainer, Richard Move, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Catapult Entertainment Inc, and The Stanley Love Performance Group.

Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance was established in in 2017 with the vision of creating a creative, equitable, and joyous space to invent and perform Contemporary Modern Dance. Their work has been seen at Jacob’s Pillow, Dumbo Dance Festival, London Contemporary Arts Gallery, Triskelion Arts, Detroit Dance Festival, Dixon Place, The EVAC, Gibney Dance Center, Caras Alegres in Xela, Guatemala, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Space, Westbeth Artist Housing, The Green Space, Gold Coast Dance Festival and soon to be Arts On Site.

In addition, they have co-produced multiple projects including the Senior Care Project, A Chance To Dance, The Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief, and The Exodus Road Fundraiser with the support of Fractured Atlas, Spaceworks NYC, Gibney Dance, and Fractured Atlas.

EMERGE will run on September 21 and 22 at 6:30 and 8:30 pm at Arts on Site (12 St Marks Place, New York, NY 10003).

Featured Dancers include Lauren Marie Jaeger, Paulina Meneses, Aoi Sato, Larissa Asebedo, Carolina Rivera Moreno, Alex Larson, Anna Zekan, and Hannah Nii with understudy, Sydney Clark.

Tickets are $30 plus an additional service fee. Click here to book now.