The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company present The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company (DGDC) in ENCORE, conceived, directed and choreographed by Daniel Gwirtzman. ENCORE performances will take place on Thursday, October 1 at 8:00PM, Friday, October 2 at 8:00PM and Saturday, October 3 at 4:30PM at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, 248 W. 60th Street, between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. Tickets, priced at $20 go on-sale September 1, and can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101. For more information, please visit www.NYMF.org or www.GwirtzmanDance.org.
Presenting a behind-the-scenes perspective, ENCORE gives audiences rare insight into a troupe of Broadway dancers preparing to go on the road under the pressure of a fastidious and demanding choreographer. During their final rehearsal, the cast goes through the rigorous and lightning-quick paces of one show-stopping number after another - set to classic jazz recordings - working through the uncertainty, headaches and hilarity of the intense process of making art, and raising the age-old question: will the show come together? ENCORE's exploration of speed, virtuosity, and non-stop movement challenges the stamina of its performers, as well as its audience's expectations. ENCORE is a bit of feel-good escapism, designed to leave the audience humming and tapping. ENCORE alternates between the artifice of the stage, depicted through vibrant, theatrical numbers, and the reality of life in the studio.The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company (DGDC), a New York-based non-profit organization directed by Daniel Gwirtzman was "founded upon a philosophy that dance should celebrate human achievement through a combination of discipline and unbound optimism" (The New York Sun, 2008). Since its inception in 1998, the Company has consistently earned praise for its exemplary dancers and inventive choreography, as well its demonstrated commitment to education. DGDC celebrated its tenth anniversary last year - a decade of programming without pause - and has stayed true to its mission of cultivating the creation of innovative art and presenting it to the public in interactive, accessible and meaningful ways through classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, residencies, performances, its website, and instructional videos.The New York Musical Theatre Festival, now in its sixth year, has premiered more than 175 new musicals since 2004. The largest musical theater event in America, NYMF has been hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," and is widely regarded as the key source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by Back Stage, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Broadway.TV, Clear Channel Spectacolor, DFD-TV, Frank & Camille's Fine Pianos, King Displays, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, New World Stages, NASDAQ OMX, Next Magazine, Queerty.com, Reuters, Sweet Caroline's, Tekserve, TheMenEvent.com, The Tank, and Times Square Squared. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Mayer, The Charlie & Jane Fink Charitable Fund, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Tickets to individual festival events are now on sale to NYMF Members and will go on sale to the general public on September 1. NYMF Memberships, which combine charitable contributions with valuable, flexible ticket packages and perks like early seating, are currently available for purchase at (212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org.
Catch ENCORE at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (248 W. 60th Street), located between Amsterdam and West End Avenue, with performances Thursday, October 1 at 8:00PM, Friday, October 2 at 8:00PM, and Saturday, October 3 at 4:30PM. All tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101. For more information, please visit www.NYMF.org and www.GwirtzmanDance.org.
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