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.
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.
