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Matthew Westerby Company NYC Season

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Matthew Westerby Company is a professional dance company based in New York City, with deep roots in dance education and a mission to bring our work to new audiences across the city and beyond. Our performance & educational programs have taken us to public schools, libraries, community venues and dance training institutions, working with children and adults of all ages and experience levels. We continue our relationships with Hudson Guild in Chelsea, the Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ and as the resident dance company for Project Poetry Live!, a major arts-in-education project in Hartford, CT. We are the recipients of a CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at York College in Queens for the 2017-18 season.

This year we embarked on an exciting new collaboration with composer Bryan Senti. I first met Bryan a decade ago and I have always been struck by his work: cinematic in nature and employing a range of sound from his background as a classical violinist and pianist to more contemporary, electronic forms. Together we are creating "The Letters Project," an evening length contemporary dance work that looks at identity and family and personal relationships.

The new work will be presented during the MWC NYC season this November 9—12 at the Hudson Guild Theatre in Manhattan for four performances. Also on the program will be two other Company repertory works as well as guest youth performers from Covenant Ballet Theatre (Brooklyn) and Rivertown Dance Academy (Tarrytown, NY), both pre-professional training programs where I am on faculty. I especially wanted my students to be have the opportunity to perform in a professional setting and work alongside the MWC dancers.

We are raising funds to cover all of the production costs for the season – rental of the theatre, fees for the dancers, composer/musicians, lighting designer, costume, marketing materials, insurance… the list is endless! Your help will bring this project to life in rehearsal and on stage. We are already hard at work in rehearsal and we look forward to sharing this season with you soon – make a donation today to have an immediate impact on the work.

If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to MWC, you may instead write checks to Matthew Westerby Dance Company, Inc. and mail to 9 East 118th Street, #1D, New York, NY, 10035 or donate at www.matthewwesterbycompany.org
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  • Pamela Cannon
    • $50 
    • 6 yrs
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Matthew Westerby
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New York, NY

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