Daniel Costa, along with other Seattle-based artists, are building a new work for 2016's Men in Dance. We are looking to raise money for costs that were not covered by the producer, before our performances. We hope to see some of you at Broadway Performance Hall for the show on October 7th, 8th & 9th.

Tickets are available online!

Dancers: Fausto Rivera, Daniel Costa, Randy Ford
Photo Credit: June Zandona 

Daniel Costa believes artists should be paid for their work and that art needs to be valued. In order to do this, we need your help! 

We are looking to raise $2,500!

What are we using this for?

We need to cover our rehearsal space, costuming for the piece, and we need to pay each artist a fee for their 50+ hours of contribution to this new work!

Budget Break Down: 

Artist Fee 50 + hours of work per 4 artists in collaboration at $450 per artist

Rehearsal Space 36.5 hours paid space $530 total

Costumes $170 total

    ~ THERE ARE PERKS FOR YOUR DONATIONS! ~

$10 - Facebook & Instagram shout out!

$25 - Mention in social media "thank you" video at the end of each week!

$50 - Daniel Costa Dance tote bag!

$100 - Exclusive access to a video of our new work, 49, which premiered at Summit Arts (SEA) + First 10 donors will receive a 10 Class Package at Vitality Pilates, a $199 value! Good for all studio locations: Phinney Ridge, Ravenna and Mount Baker!

$200 - Travis Corwin Music album of original works made specifically for Daniel Costa Dance over their 2015-16 season in Seattle, Washington AND Invitation to attend a private rehearsal on Sunday evenings at Velocity Dance Center's new V2 space in Capitol Hill! *DISCLAIMER - Private rehearsal dates: Sep. 18th & 25th. 

Dancers: Fausto Rivera and Randy Ford
Photo Credit: June Zandona

SUPPORT OUR NEW WORK, WHICH INCLUDES:

Original music and performance by Travis Corwin
Choreography & performance by Daniel Costa  in collaboration with Randy Ford and Fausto Rivera!
(Discover more about the collaborating dancers via their dance collective's website - AU Collective ).

This new work supports the development of Costa's objective to push the body's endurance and edge. We are challenging society's idea of body and the concept of dancer body and how both effect the field for artists and audience members.


Daniel Costa Dance  is a collaborative company of artists who seek to develop and invigorate contemporary dance in Seattle and beyond. 

Dancer: Julia Sloane
Photo Credit: Joseph Lambert 

The Choreographer's Bio:

Daniel Costa, originally from New Jersey, moved to Seattle, Washington in 2015. Since then, he has performed for a number of Seattle-based contemporary dance artists in festivals and concerts, such as the Seattle International Dance Festival, BOOST Dance Festival, Bridge Project, Next Fest NW, Men in Dance, Strictly Seattle and the Genius Awards. He is currently working for The Three Yells under artistic direction of Veronica Lee-Baik, and has had the pleasure of working for Wade Madsen, Stephanie Liapis, Jody Kuehner "Cherdonna Shinatra," and Jamie Karlovich. Back in New Jersey, he has apprenticed for 10 Hairy Legs and was a project-based peformer for Carolyn Dorfman Dance.

Costa's choreography has been presented at Full Tilt 2016 (SEA) , Next Fest NW 2015 (SEA)  and the American College Dance Association's North East Conference & Gala 2015 (PA) . His work, own, was awarded the Margery J. Turner Choreography Endowed Prize  in 2015 by Rutgers University. 

Costa graduated Magnum Cum Laude BFA dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in New Jersey. At Mason Gross, Daniel worked with New York based choreographers and companies, including Shen Wei Dance Arts, Keigwin + Co., Manuel Vignoulle, Randy James, Laura Peterson, and Keith Thompson. He has worked in performance art & physicalized theater under Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor (Israel).

During Costa's final term, he studied Ohad Naharin's Gaga under Jye-Hwei Lin (LeeSaar the Company). His continuing education in dance consists of "Reinventing the Eye" workshop with KT Niehoff (2016), Gallim Dance NYC Winter Intensive (2015), Strictly Seattle and SFDI (2014), Shen Wei Dance Arts Residency and Winter Intensive at Rutgers University (2014), NJ Summer Dance with Carolyn Dorfman Dance (2011-2013).

Choreographer: Daniel Costa
Photo: Tim Summers

Please consider supporting our cause. Without art, who are we?