In a rare event at the 36th New York Dance Festival, the impact of dance and composition are experienced through music and Song Writing. Piano and compositional virtuoso Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman and Multi Award winning Executive Producer, Composer, Choreographer, and Director Sean McLeod; combine for a special open song writing process. Presented as a concert lecture,…
December 2025 – January 2026, Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre toured, performed, lectured, and taught workshops in: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Bangkok, Thailand Kuching, Malaysia Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia Okinawa, Japan
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“Show & Tell” Pop-up Events Series, gave a sneak peak of history and Black legacy! A limited seating offering, this Intimate introduction of McLeod Technique with Performance and Classroom History, offers a significant window into a Black Dance Technique’s creation and acknowledgement of the demographical support of women, people of color, and scholars that contributed…
Kierstyn Zaykoski is a Principal Soloist of Classical Ballet and Modern Dance, and a choreographer with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. She is National Director for the New York Institute of Dance & Education, Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting, and part of the Executive Implementation team for Global Initiatives. She is an Executive Coach and Organizational…
Celebrating the 35th year of Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre in 2025 and the New York Institute of Dance & Education in 2026, Sean McLeod, is a Black Multi-Award Winning Executive Producer, American Director, Composer, and Choreographer whose work spans over 40 years & 3 continents. He is founder of Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting, President, Kaleidoscope…
35 Years of Celebration! When good hearted people come together, and act together on a common goal, anything is possible. At the 35th New York Dance Festival we again proved, “Dance is not our goal, it is our vehicle”. It was an incredible 35th “A Day in Dance” Concert Showing at New York City Ballet,…
Scholarly PResentations, International Performance, Master Classes For more than 3 decades, the New York Dance Festival has presented International Stage, an invitation-only, curated, sharing of choreography and culture through dance. In 2019 due to COVID, the special concert was moved online, allowing for a greater reach of difference and expressions of dance to be shared.…
Celebrating 35 Years of the New york Dance Festival The New York Dance Festival celebrated 35 years! This very special two week experience included daily master classes in Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop, McLeod Technique, MT Afro Hip Hop, MT Reinforced Motor Function, McLeod Technique for Pointe, and more, a world-class concert series, New York Dance…
