Create and Educate

CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE

The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI) is a transformative incubator that secures two vital yet scarce resources—rehearsal time and performance space—for New York City choreographers and dance companies across the five boroughs. Housed within the City University of New York (CUNY)–the nation’s largest public urban university system–CDI is a residency program that supports local artists, enhances the cultural life and education of college students, and builds new dance audiences at CUNY performing arts centers.

the heroinez journey

The Heroinez Journey, investigates the classical ballet lexicon in a nonbinary or gender-inclusive exploration of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey that involves reinterpreting and expanding upon Campbell's framework to accommodate a broader spectrum of gender identities and experiences.

Summer
Winter Workshops

Working with experienced professionals to investigate movement quality and performance presence, participants explore approaches to choreography, unleashing a mature and powerful performer. The daily schedule includes classical ballet technique and pointe, historic classical solo ballet variations, and contemporary and theater dance disciplines. BMDT's unique weekly summer dance workshops are Centrally located at New York Live Arts. BNYP Summer 2024 is designed to develop dedicated dancers' artistic personalities.

Ballet Neo Young Professionals

Announcing the launch of BALLET NEO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS for skilled dancers seeking advanced training. Working closely with experienced professionals, these young dancers delve deeply into their technique to investigate movement quality and performance presence while mastering Ballet Neo's challenging repertory.

New Works on Pointe

Work begins on Swan Street, a ballet memoir, and Mrs Dalloway a quartet ballet, Mrs Dalloway. This continues Thomas' investigation of time and memory.