COMMITTEES

Dance/NYC Advisory Committee

Jody Gottfried Arnhold
Dance Educator and Advocate

Karesia Batan
Queensboro Dance Festival | The Physical Plant

Camille A. Brown
Camille A. Brown & Dancers

Ayodele Casel
Tap Dance Artist

Juan Castaño
Co-Founder, Calpulli Mexican
Dance Company

Virginia Johnson
Artistic Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem

Leah Krauss
Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Andrea Miller
Artistic Director & Choreographer,
Gallim Dance

Sydnie L. Mosley
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances

Linda Murray
The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts

Tiffany Rea-Fisher
EMERGE125

Jeffrey Rosenstock
Queens College, CUNY Dance Initiative

Carlota Santana
Flamenco Vivo

Elizabeth Streb
Artistic Director and Founder, STREB EXTREME ACTION

Michele Wilson
Bay Street Theater

Janet Wong
Associate Artistic Director, New York Live Arts

Robert Yesselman, in memoriam

Marketing and Communications Task Force

Ellen Bar
New York City Ballet

Christopher Bastardi
Sunshine Sachs

Imran Khan

Ivy Li
Bloomberg Philanthropies & Bloomberg Associates

 

Disability. Dance. Artistry. Task Force

Learn more about the Disability. Dance. Artistry. Task Force

Alexandria Wailes
Actor, Dancer, Teaching Artist

Christine Bruno
Disability Inclusion Consultant

Diane Duggan, Ph.D., ADTR
Dance Therapist, Dance Educator

Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel
Art Beyond Sight

Heidi Latsky
Heidi Latsky Dance

Kitty Lunn
Infinity Dance

Simi Linton
Disability/Arts Consultancy

Zazel-Chavah O’Garra
ZCO/DANCEPROJECT

 

Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force

Learn more about the Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force

Abou Farman
Artspace Sanctuary

Alberto Lopez
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company

Ana Nery Fragoso
Arnhold Graduate Dance Education Program, Hunter College

Andrew Coldwell
Center for Traditional Music and Dance

Eileen Reyes Arias
New York City Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs

Felicity Hogan
New York Foundation for the Arts

Hussein Smko
Battery Dance

Kamala Cesar
Lotus Music & Dance

Dr. Layla Zami
Pratt Institute, Oxana Chi Dance

Luba Cortés
Make the Road

 

Symposium Programming Committee

Learn more about the Symposium Programming Committee

Billy Griffin
Choreographer

Brian Polite
Co-Founder, Afro Mosaic Soul Dance Collective

Cliff Matias
Cultural Director, Redhawk Indigenous Arts Council

Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Consulting Curator, Freelance Writer and Editor

Laurel Lawson
Choreographer, Kinetic Light
Artist-Engineer, Rose Tree Productions

Nelida Tirado
Artistic Director & Teacher of Nelida Tirado Flamenco/Arte 718

Sahara Sambamoorthi
CEO, Navatman Inc. 

Sarah Marcus
Director of Education & Community Engagement, Mark Morris Dance Group

Shari Nicole Cheverez
Choreographer & Director, AFRODISIA 

Sydnie L. Mosley
Artistic & Executive Director, Sydnie L. Mosley Dances

 

Junior Committee

Learn more about the Junior Committee

Joan Bradford
Co-Chair

Stephanie Rivas
Co-Chair

Maya Simone Z.
Secretary

Anna Bjella
Communications Chair

Abigail Linnemeyer
Member

Audrey Berger
​Member

Brooke Rucker​
Member

Catherine Messina
​Member

Dianne Walsh
​Member

Katherine De La Cruz
​Member

Leila Mire
​Member

Nia Washington-Saeed
Member

Portia Wells
​Member

Sophie Visscher-Lubinizki
​Member

Yesenia Paula
​Member

Recruitment

Dance/NYC values justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity at all levels of its organization, including its Board, committees, task forces, and staff. Diversity in this context refers to groups and individuals identified by, for instance, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, status, religion, national origin, marital or partnership status, ancestry, political belief or activity, or status as a veteran. To foster the values of justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity, Dance/NYC seeks participation on its Board, committees, task forces, and staff from individuals who share and hold these values and reflect the diversity of the metropolitan New York City area, with a focus on majority African, Latina/o/x, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) participation and disability and immigrant representation. (According to Census data, the New York City population is approximately 77% ALAANA, 10% disabled, and 37% foreign-born. Source: US Census Bureau American FactFinder 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.) For a full overview of Dance/NYC’s values on justice, equity, and inclusion and the agendas that inform this work, please refer to Dance.NYC/equity/values.

Advisory Committee Charter

If you are interested in joining Dance/NYC's ad hoc committees, please write Candace Thompson-Zachery, Director of Programming and Justice Initiatives at cthompsonzachery@dance.nyc.