34th “A Day in Dance” Concert Showing The 34th “A Day in Dance” Concert Showing was a Special Fundraising event of the New York Dance Festival! The concert featured participants of the Festival and special guests. The offering includes: new work from the esteemed Festival Faculty, works in progress from the Choreographic Residency and Choreographic…
2024 Black Ballerina Summit With the collaboration of Ballet legend Karen Brown, and Co-Host Devon McLeod, Associate Producer of the New York Dance Festival and former Coordinator of Major Gifts and the Young Patrons Circle at the New York City Ballet; the Black Ballerina Summit is a celebration and acknowledgement for women of color-and those…
2024 De Lavallade Awards for Dance The Carmen DeLavallade Award for Dance is named after the incomparable Carmen DeLavallade, and was created as an international acknowledgment, to honor her immeasurable contribution to dance and to the personal development of dancers and people of color. Her artistry and humanity, like the recipients, has inspired generations of…
61st World Congress of Dance Research Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre was invited to return to the World Congress of Dance Research in Athens, Greece to perform, present scholarly lecture, and lead master classes. Scholarly Lectures Sean McLeod presented the lecture “Coloring Classical Ballet: McLeod Technique”. Kierstyn Zaykoski presented “Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary: MT Reinforced Motor…
33rd New York Dance Festival After beginning a partnership with Jonathan Stafford, Artistic Director of New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet in 2022, the New York Dance Festival (hosted by Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre and New York Institute of Dance & Education) moved fully to Lincoln Center the summer of 2023. With access…
60th World Congress of Dance research Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s European Tour to Athen’s Greece and Florence, Italy! Kierstyn Zaykoski and Sean McLeod premiered 2 new choreographic works in the Dora Stratou Theatre: Oublié: Le Don de la Pandémie Solitude of the Lonely It was hosted by the Conseil International De La Danse and dear friend Dr.…
A Soundtrack for Harriet: Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church was founded in 1928, a time where Black people in Brooklyn were powerless in regards to occupations, where they could live, and how to educate their children. Unemployment for blacks was much higher than for whites, federal housing was given to white people…
2020 Online New York Dance Festival Good Mental Health is the foundation of the 2020 Online New York Dance Festival! We led two weeks of Emotional Development, Personality Development, and Physical growth for everyone. Hosted by two black run businesses; the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre and the New York Institute of Dance & Education, the Festival…
2020 Harriet Tubman Freedom Music Festival Online Following the motto that Harriet Tubman lived by “Keep A Goin”, the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre and the New York Institute of Dance & Education were proud to partner with The City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and the New York State Fair to present the 2020 Online Harriet Tubman…
