Over the past seven years, :pushing progress has provided integrated dance education through performances, annual intensives, instudio workshops, one day workshops and the growing Contemporary Training Program. To compliment these educationalprograms, the Showcase Series celebrates artists in the metropolitan dance community and helps foster the work of the many talented artists both established and up-and-coming. By sharing the unique work of an eclectic group of artists, these performances celebrate raw creation and diversity in dance, and provide choreographers with a venue to share new movement and ideas at various stages of the process.

Pastperformances included choreographers such asSidra Bell,Amanda Selwyn,Mark Stuart Dance Theater,Slam,Jason Parsons,Bryn Cohn, David Norsworthy, MADboots dance co,Loni Landon,BODYART,Lauren Adams,Dana Foglia,The Next Stage Project, and:pushing progress director Calen J. Kurka. Artists are picked both by invitation and through application submissions.

The 2014Showcase Series will be held at the Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance Capezio Center onSaturday May 17thandSunday May 18th.

Evolving from past showcases, the 2014 Showcase Series aims to encompass :pushing progress’s overall vision by uniting dance education with performance in one singular event. The showcase event will ljoin works presented by talented artists and choreographers with a week of instruction and education through evening workshop classes offered by donation the week leading up to the show. By providing a collaborative event that gives the many talented teachers and choreographers in the New York dance community a cohesive venue to share their knowledge and art form, the 2014 Showcase Series makes both dance education and performance widely accessible to the New York community at large.

Guests are invited tojoin the company directors and the evenings choreographers for a pre-show reception, during which attendees are welcome todiscuss and collaborate experiences in the name of dance education.

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General info

Performance Dates: Saturday May 17th and Sunday May 18th, 2014

Where: Salvatore Capezio Theater,126 East 13th Street, New York, NY 10003Tech Dates: Sunday May 11th and Friday May 16th (must be able to attend one or the other)Choreographers will present in one of the two shows, with the possibility of both.