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Bard College Dance Program Announces New Partnership with Gibney, a New York City–Based Dance and Social Justice Organization
The Bard College Dance Program and GIBNEY, a New York City–based dance and social justice organization led by Founder, Artistic Director, and CEO Gina Gibney, began a new partnership in the fall of 2020. This is the fourth professional partnership launched by the Dance Program, which began in 2009 with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

About the Partnership

The Bard Dance Program/Gibney Partnership provides unique opportunities for Bard students to work closely with Gibney’s resident dance troupe, Gibney Company, a commission-based, repertory company that works with renowned and rising international choreographers representing a broad range of aesthetics and techniques.

Gibney's Director of Engagement Amy Miller, Bard's Dance Program Director Tara Lorenzen, and Professor of Dance Maria Simpson champion the partnership.

Each semester, artists selected by Gibney’s leadership teach courses embedded in Bard’s dance curriculum, including studio courses for all levels of dancers, as well as seminar courses that address discipline-specific topics, such as Dance Writing as Activism. A special feature of this partnership is the opportunity to perform Bard Dance Senior Projects at Gibney Center in Manhattan in the spring. Gibney also offers yearlong artistic advising of student choreographers. Extracurricular workshops and master classes further enhance the educational field of study. Gibney Company’s residency at the College will include open rehearsals and a public showing. This partnership represents a wide-ranging vision of what dance can be in a liberal arts curriculum at a time when artist engagement in both local and global communities is essential.

*Tara Lorenzen has danced with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Stephen Petronio, Beth Gill, and Maria Hassabi, has worked for the American Dance Festival and Kaatsbaan|cultural park for dance on their education initiatives, and has been teaching in the Dance Program at Bard College since 2016.

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