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Dance Theater Workshop
Bessie Schönberg Theater
219 W 19th St, New York, NY 10011
dancetheaterworkshop.org
Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographer’s collective. In 2002 DTW opened its new Doris Duke Performance Center, which contains the 192-seat Bessie Schönberg Theatre.
More than 200 concerts and exhibits by some 70 contemporary dance, theater, music, visual and video artists are sponsored annually by Dance Theater Workshop.
Notable artists such as Mark Morris, David Gordon, Bill T. Jones, Susan Marshall, Ron Brown, Donald Byrd, H.T. Chen, David Dorfman, Doug Elkins, Molissa Fenley, Whoopi Goldberg, Janie Geiser, Bill Irwin, LadyGourd Sangoma, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Michael Moschen, David Parsons, Lenny Pickett, Merián Soto, Pepón Osorio, Paul Zaloom and hundreds of others found an early artistic home at Dance Theater Workshop.
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There’s So Much Mad in MeEncore exclusive interview with choreographer Faye Driscoll
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The Permanence of ImpermanenceYasuko Yokoshi presents Tyler Tyler
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Defying Expectations in Life and DanceBrooklyn-based dance artist Miguel Gutierrez explores our nation’s unrealistic expectations through cultural icon James Dean
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TAKE Dance Company at Dance Theater WorkshopThe age-old struggle with life’s impermanence successfully inspires dance
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Johari Mayfield at Dance Theater WorkshopThe energetic dancer-choreographer presents a work in progress